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nacreous adjective Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.
nailless adjective Without nails; having no nails.
nainsook noun A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.
naissant adjective Same as Jessant.
namation noun A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
nameless adjective Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star., Undistinguished; not noted or famous., Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer., Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.
namesake noun One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
naperies plural of Napery
naphthol noun Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor.
naphthyl noun A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.
naperian adjective Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.
napiform adjective Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.
napoleon noun A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.
narceine noun An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
narcosis noun Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.
narcotic adjective Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic., A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
nargileh noun An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.
nariform adjective Formed like the nose.
narrable adjective Capable of being narrated or told.
narrated imp. & past participle of Narrate
narrator noun One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.
narrowed imp. & past participle of Narrow
narrower noun One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.
narrowly adverb With little breadth; in a narrow manner., Without much extent; contractedly., With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly., With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; — often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped., Sparingly; parsimoniously.
nasality noun The quality or state of being nasal.
nasalize verb t. To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in., To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
nascency noun State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
nasiform adjective Having the shape of a nose.
nataloin noun A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.
natantly adverb In a floating manner; swimmingly.
natation noun The act of floating on the water; swimming.
natatory adjective Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs.
natchnee noun An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as a food plant.
nathless conj. Nevertheless.
nathmore adverb Not the more; never the more.
naticoid adjective Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Naticidae.
national adjective Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc., Attached to one’s own country or nation.
natively adverb By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.
nativism noun The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries., The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.
nativist noun An advocate of nativism.
nativies plural of Nativity
nativity noun The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc., A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born., A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one’s birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
naturism noun The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.
naturist noun One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism.
naturity noun The quality or state of being produced by nature.
naturize verb t. To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature.
naufrage noun Shipwreck; ruin.
naughtly adverb Naughtily; wrongly.
naumachy noun A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight., A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a place for such exhibitions.
nauplius noun A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
nauscopy noun The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.
nauseant noun A substance which produces nausea.
nauseate verb i. To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust., To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust., To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
nauseous adjective Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.
nautical adjective Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
nautilus noun The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata., The argonaut; — also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper., A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.
navajoes noun pl. A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.
navarchy noun Nautical skill or experience.
navigate verb i. To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail., To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic., To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.
nazarene noun A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; — a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians., One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.
nazarite noun A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.
nazirite noun A Nazarite.
nearctic adjective Of or pertaining to a region of the earth’s surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
nearhand adjective & adverb Near; near at hand; closely.
nearness noun The state or quality of being near; — used in the various senses of the adjective.
neatherd noun A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.
neatness noun The state or quality of being neat.
neatress noun A woman who takes care of cattle.
nebulize verb t. To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.
nebulose adjective Nebulous; cloudy.
nebulous adjective Cloudy; hazy; misty., Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike.
neckband noun A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the top of a garment.
necklace noun A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament., A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
neckland noun A neck of land.
neckmold noun Alt. of Neckmould
neckwear noun A collective term for cravats, collars, etc.
neckweed noun An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod., The hemp; — so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.
necropsy noun A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.
necrosed adjective Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone.
necrosis noun Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries., A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.
necrotic adjective Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process.
nectared adjective Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.
nectosac noun Alt. of Nectosack
needless adjective Having no need., Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses., Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.
needment noun Something needed or wanted., Outfit; necessary luggage.
neelghau noun See Nylghau.
ne exeat A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree.
negation adverb The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; — the opposite of affirmation., Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.
negative adjective Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; — opposed to affirmative., Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism., Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition., Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed., Metalloidal; nonmetallic; — contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative., A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception., A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no., The refusal or withholding of assents; veto., That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative., A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture., The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell., To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove., To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill., To neutralize the force of; to counteract.
negatory adjective Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.
neginoth noun pl. Stringed instruments.
negligee noun An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.
negritic adjective Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.
negritos noun pl. A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.
nehiloth noun pl. A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes.
neighing present participle & vb. noun of Neigh
neighbor noun A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off., One who is near in sympathy or confidence., One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being., Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring., To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to., To associate intimately with., To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near.
neishout noun The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood.
nemaline adjective Having the form of threads; fibrous.
nemalite noun A fibrous variety of brucite.
nematode adjective & noun Same as Nematoid.
nematoid adjective Of or pertaining to the Nematoidea., One of the Nematoidea. see Illustration in Appendix.
nemetean adjective Of or pertaining to the Nemertina., One of the Nemertina.
nemertes noun A genus of nemertina.
nemertid adjective & noun Nemertean.
nemorous adjective Woody.
nenuphar noun The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.
neocracy noun Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
neogaean adjective Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
neologic adjective Alt. of Neological
neomenia noun The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
neomorph noun A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a pre existing form.
neophyte noun A new convert or proselyte; — a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism., A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.
neoplasm noun A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.
neossine noun The substance constituting the edible bird’s nest.
neoteric adjective Alt. of Neoterical, One of modern times; a modern.
nepenthe noun A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; — by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
nephilim noun pl. Giants.
nephrite noun A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.
nepotism noun Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one’s family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.
nepotist noun One who practices nepotism.
nereides plural of Nereid, of Nereis
nereites noun pl. Fossil tracks of annelids.
nerfling noun The id.
neritina noun A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.
nestfuls plural of Nestful
nestling present participle & vb. noun of Nestle, A young bird which has not abandoned the nest., A nest; a receptacle., Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.
nethinim noun pl. Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.
nettling present participle & vb. noun of Nettle, A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are jointed end so as to form one rope., The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling., Stinging; irritating.
neuralgy noun Neuralgia.
neuraxis noun See Axis cylinder, under Axis.
neuridin noun a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.
neuritis noun Inflammation of a nerve.
neuropod noun A neuropodous animal.
neurosis noun A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.
neurotic adjective Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease., Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves., A disease seated in the nerves., Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
nevadite noun A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.
newcomer noun One who has lately come.
newsroom noun A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.
new-year adjective Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.
nibbling present participle & vb. noun of Nibble
niceness noun Quality or state of being nice.
niceties plural of Nicety
nickelic adjective Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.
nicknack noun See Knickknack.
nickname noun A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation., To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
nicotian noun Tobacco., Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.
nicotine noun An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous.
nidering adjective Infamous; dastardly.
nidorose adjective Nidorous.
nidorous adjective Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.
nidulant adjective Nestling, as a bird in itss nest., Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.
nidulate verb i. To make a nest, as a bird.
nidulite noun A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.
niellist noun One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.
niggardy noun Niggardliness.
niggling present participle & vb. noun of Niggle
nighness noun The quality or state of being nigh.
nightcap noun A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress., A potion of spirit drank at bedtime.
nightish adjective Of or pertaining to night.
nightjar noun A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.
nightmen plural of Nightman
nightman noun One whose business is emptying privies by night.
nihilism noun Nothingness; nihility., The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality., The theories and practices of the Nihilists.
nihilist noun One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist., A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.
nihility noun Nothingness; a state of being nothing.
nimbless noun Nimbleness.
nimbuses plural of Nimbus
ninefold adjective Nine times repeated.
ninepins noun pl. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.
nineteen adjective Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months., The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects., A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.
nineties plural of Ninety
nitrated adjective Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds., Prepared with nitrate of silver.
nitriary noun An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.
nitrogen noun A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
nitrolic adjective Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.
nitroso- (/ / /). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.
nitrosyl noun the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.
nitroxyl noun The group NO2, usually called the nitro group.
nittings noun pl. The refuse of good ore.
noachian adjective Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.
nobilify verb t. To make noble; to nobiliate.
nobility noun The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence., The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred., Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.
noblemen plural of Nobleman
nobleman noun One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.
noblesse noun Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition., The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females.
nobodies plural of Nobody
nocently adverb Hurtfully; injuriosly.
noctuary noun A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; — distinguished from diary.
nocturne noun A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn’s “Midsummer-Night’s Dream” music.
nocument noun Harm; injury; detriment.
nodation noun Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.
nodosity noun The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness., A knot; a node.
nodosous adjective Alt. of Nodous
nodulose adjective Alt. of Nodulous
nodulous adjective Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
noematic adjective Alt. of Noematical
noetical adjective Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
noiseful adjective Loud; clamorous.
noisette noun A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.
nolition noun Adverse action of will; unwillingness; — opposed to volition.
nolleity noun The state of being unwilling; nolition.
nol-pros verb t. To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
nomadian noun A nomad.
nomadism noun The state of being a nomad.
nomadize verb i. To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.
nomarchy noun A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.
nominate verb t. To mention by name; to name., To call; to entitle; to denominate., To set down in express terms; to state., To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.
nomology noun The science of law; legislation., The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.
nonadult adjective Not adult; immature.
nonclaim noun A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
nonelect noun sing. & pl. A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.
nonesuch noun A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.
nonjuror noun One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.
nonmetal noun Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
nonplane adjective Not lying in one plane; — said of certain curves.
non-pros verb t. To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.
nonsense noun That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity., Trifles; things of no importance.
nontoxic adjective Not toxic.
nonvocal adjective Not vocal; destitute of tone., A nonvocal consonant.
nonylene noun Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.
noonshun noun See Nunchion.
noontide noun The time of noon; midday.
norimons plural of Norimon
normalcy noun The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.
normally adverb In a normal manner.
norsemen plural of Norseman
norseman noun One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.
nortelry noun Nurture; education; culture; bringing up.
northern adjective Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west., In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
northing noun Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; — opposed to southing., The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.
northmen plural of Northman
northman noun One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
norweyan adjective Norwegian.
noseband noun That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse’s nose.
noseless adjective Destitute of a nose.
nosology noun A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases., That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
nostalgy noun Same as Nostalgia.
nostrums plural of Nostrum
notandum noun A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; — chiefly used in the plural.
notarial adjective Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.
notaries plural of Notary
notation noun The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters., Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations., Literal or etymological signification.
notching present participle & vb. noun of Notch, The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows., The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches., A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions., A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.
notebook noun A book in which notes or memorandums are written., A book in which notes of hand are registered.
noteless adjective Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.
noticing present participle & vb. noun of Notice
notified imp. & past participle of Notify
notional adjective Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions., Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical., Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
notornis noun A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.
notturno noun Same as Nocturne.
notwheat noun Wheat not bearded.
noumenal adjective Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; — opposed to phenomenal.
noumenon noun The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; — so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
novatian noun One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.
novation noun Innovation., A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.
novelism noun Innovation.
novelist noun An innovator; an asserter of novelty., A writer of news., A writer of a novel or novels.
novelize verb i. To innovate., To innovate., To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction.
november noun The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.
novenary adjective Of or pertaining to the number nine., The number of nine units; nine, collectively.
novercal adjective Done or recurring every ninth year., Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.
nowadays adverb In these days; at the present time.
nubecula noun A nebula., Specifically, the Magellanic clouds., A slight spot on the cornea., A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
nubilate verb t. To cloud.
nubility noun The state of being marriageable.
nubilose adjective Alt. of Nubilous
nubilous adjective Cloudy.
nucament noun A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.
nucellus noun See Nucleus, 3 (a).
nuciform adjective Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.
nucleate adjective Having a nucleus; nucleated., To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
nucleole noun The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
nucleoli plural of Nucleolus
nudation noun The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.
nudicaul adjective Having the stems leafless.
nudities plural of Nudity
nugacity noun Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
nugation noun The act or practice of trifling.
nugatory adjective Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant., Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
nuisance noun That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
numbered imp. & past participle of Number
numberer noun One who numbers.
numbfish noun The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.
numbless noun pl. See Nombles.
numbness noun The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.
numerary adjective Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.
numerate verb To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.
numerist noun One who deals in numbers.
numerous adjective Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army., Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.
numidian adjective Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.
nummular adjective Alt. of Nummulary
numskull noun A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.
nunchion verb i. A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon.
nunciate noun One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio.
nundinal noun A nundinal letter., Alt. of Nundinary
nuptials plural of Nuptial
nursling noun One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.
nurtured imp. & past participle of Nurture
nutation noun The act of nodding., A very small libratory motion of the earth’s axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount., The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening., Circumnutation.
nuthatch noun Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American.
nutrient adjective Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth., Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.
nutshell noun The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed., Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value., A shell of the genus Nucula.
nuzzling present participle & vb. noun of Nuzzle
nymphaea noun A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
nymphean adjective Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.
nymphish adjective Relating to nymphs; ladylike.