| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| naphthalidine | noun | Same as Naphthylamine. |
| naphthylamine | noun | One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids. |
| napier’s rods | A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; — a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division. | |
| naples yellow | See under Yellow. | |
| narragansetts | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay. |
| narrow-minded | adjective | Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. |
| nasolachrymal | adjective | Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct. |
| nationalities | plural | of Nationality |
| nationalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Nationalize |
| necessariness | noun | The quality of being necessary. |
| necessitarian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; — opposed to libertarian., One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism. |
| necessitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Necessitate |
| necromantical | adjective | Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. |
| necroscopical | adjective | Or or relating to post-mortem examinations. |
| nectariferous | adjective | Secreting nectar; — said of blossoms or their parts. |
| neglectedness | noun | The state of being neglected. |
| negotiability | noun | The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement. |
| negotiousness | noun | The state of being busily occupied; activity. |
| nematocalyces | plural | of Nematocalyx |
| neologistical | adjective | Of or pertaining to neology; neological. |
| neologization | noun | The act or process of neologizing. |
| nervelessness | noun | The state of being nerveless. |
| nervomuscular | adjective | Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy. |
| neurapophyses | plural | of Neurapophysis |
| neurapophysis | noun | One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch., The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process. |
| neuro-central | adjective | Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture. |
| neuromuscular | adjective | Nervomuscular. |
| neuroskeletal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton. |
| neuroskeleton | noun | The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation. |
| neverthelater | adverb / conj. | Nevertheless. |
| newfangleness | noun | Newfangledness. |
| nickeliferous | adjective | Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron. |
| niggardliness | noun | The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. |
| nigrification | noun | The act or process of making black. |
| nitrification | noun | The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds., The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid., A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates. |
| nitrogenizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Nitrogenize |
| nitroglycerin | noun | A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion. |
| nitromuriatic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric. |
| nitroprusside | noun | See Nitroprussic. |
| noctivagation | noun | A roving or going about in the night. |
| no-man’s land | A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for., Fig.: An unclaimed space or time. | |
| nomenclatress | noun | A female nomenclator. |
| nomenclatural | adjective | Pertaining or according to a nomenclature. |
| nonacceptance | noun | A neglect or refusal to accept. |
| nonaerobiotic | adjective | Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaerobiotic. |
| nonalienation | noun | Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated. |
| nonappearance | noun | Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear. |
| non assumpsit | The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit. | |
| nonattendance | noun | A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance. |
| nonbituminous | adjective | Containing no bitumen; not bituminous. |
| noncoincident | adjective | Not coincident. |
| noncompletion | noun | Lack of completion; failure to complete. |
| noncompliance | noun | Neglect of compliance; failure to comply. |
| nonconcluding | adjective | Not concluding. |
| noncondensing | adjective | Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser. |
| nonconducting | adjective | Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance. |
| nonconduction | noun | The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct. |
| nonconforming | adjective | Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country. |
| nonconformist | noun | One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter. |
| nonconformity | noun | Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship. |
| noncontagious | adjective | Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. |
| nondeposition | noun | A failure to deposit or throw down. |
| nonelectrical | adjective | Not electric; conducting electricity. |
| nonemphatical | adjective | Having no emphasis; unemphatic. |
| non-episcopal | adjective | Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system. |
| noninhabitant | noun | One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident. |
| nonlimitation | noun | Want of limitation; failure to limit. |
| nonmedullated | adjective | Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber. |
| nonmembership | noun | State of not being a member. |
| nonnitrognous | adjective | Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1. |
| nonobservance | noun | Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill. |
| nonproduction | noun | A failure to produce or exhibit. |
| nonproficient | noun | One who has failed to become proficient. |
| nonregardance | noun | Want of due regard; disregard; slight. |
| nonresistance | noun | The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition. |
| nonsubmission | noun | Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit. |
| nonsubmissive | adjective | Not submissive. |
| nonuniformist | noun | One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; — called also nonuniformitarian. |
| nonvernacular | adjective | Not vernacular. |
| normalization | noun | Reduction to a standard or normal state. |
| northeasterly | adjective | Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast., Toward the northeast. |
| northeastward | adverb | Alt. of Northeastwardly |
| northerliness | noun | The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. |
| northwesterly | adjective | Toward the northwest, or from the northwest. |
| northwestward | adverb | Alt. of Northwestwardly |
| nucleoplasmic | adjective | Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; — esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle. |
| nudibrachiate | adjective | Having tentacles without vibratile cilia. |
| nullification | noun | The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. |
| numismatology | noun | The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics. |