| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| neaped | adjective | Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; — called also beneaped. |
| neared | imp. & past participle | of Near |
| nearly | adverb | In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost. |
| neatly | adverb | In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully. |
| nebula | noun | A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope., A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea., A cloudy appearance in the urine. |
| nebule | noun | A little cloud; a cloud., Alt. of Nebuly |
| nebuly | adjective | Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; — said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded., A line or a direction composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NEbulE |
| necked | imp. & past participle | of Neck, Having (such) a neck; — chiefly used in composition; as, stiff-necked., Cracked; — said of a treenail. |
| nectar | noun | The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage., A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey. |
| nedder | noun | An adder. |
| needed | imp. & past participle | of Need |
| needer | noun | One who needs anything. |
| needle | noun | A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, — used in sewing., See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic., A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting., One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus., Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc., To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals., To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. |
| needly | adjective | Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly beard., Necessarily; of necessity. |
| neesed | imp. & past participle | of Neese |
| nefand | adjective | Alt. of Nefandous |
| nefast | adjective | Wicked. |
| negoce | noun | Business; occupation. |
| nemean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion. |
| nempne | verb | To name or call. |
| neogen | noun | An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth. |
| nepeta | noun | A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy. |
| nephew | noun | A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant., A cousin., The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. |
| nereid | noun | A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish., Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families. |
| nereis | noun | A Nereid. See Nereid., A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws. |
| nerita | noun | A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates. |
| nerite | noun | Any mollusk of the genus Nerita. |
| neroli | noun | An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc. |
| nerved | imp. & past participle | of Nerve, Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved., Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins. |
| nestle | verb i. | To make and occupy a nest; to nest., To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter., To move about in one’s place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles., To house, as in a nest., To cherish, as a bird her young. |
| nestor | noun | A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka. |
| netted | imp. & past participle | of Net, of Net |
| nether | adjective | Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; — opposed to upper. |
| netify | verb t. | To render neat; to clean; to put in order. |
| nettle | noun | A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England., To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. |
| neurad | adverb | Toward the neural side; — opposed to haemad. |
| neural | adjective | relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; — opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal. |
| neuro- | A combining denoting a nerve, of / pertaining to a nerve / the nervous system. | |
| neuron | noun | The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon. |
| neuter | adjective | Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral., Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender., Intransitive; as, a neuter verb., Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3., A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral., A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words., An intransitive verb., An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers. |
| newing | verb t. | Yeast; barm. |
| newish | adjective | Somewhat new; nearly new. |
| nebbed | imp. & past participle | of Nib |