| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |