Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
nibblingly |
adverb |
In a nibbling manner; cautiously. |
nickar nut |
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Alt. of Nickar tree |
nicker nut |
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A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray. |
nicknaming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Nickname |
nicolaitan |
noun |
One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15. |
nicotidine |
noun |
A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group. |
nidamental |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata. |
nidificate |
verb i. |
To make a nest. |
nidulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Nidulate |
nidulation |
noun |
The time of remaining in the nest. |
niggardise |
noun |
Niggardliness. |
niggardish |
adjective |
Somewhat niggard. |
niggardous |
adjective |
Niggardly. |
nightdress |
noun |
A nightgown. |
night-eyed |
adjective |
Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. |
nightshade |
noun |
A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. |
nightshirt |
noun |
A kind of nightgown for men. |
nigrescent |
adjective |
Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness. |
nihilistic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism. |
nimbleness |
noun |
The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness. |
nincompoop |
noun |
A fool; a silly or stupid person. |
ninepences |
plural |
of Ninepence |
nineteenth |
adjective |
Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others., Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything., The next in order after the eighteenth., An interval of two octaves and a fifth. |
nipplewort |
noun |
A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; — called also dock-cress. |
nitranilic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone. |
nitrifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Nitrify |
nitrometer |
noun |
An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer. |
nitrophnol |
noun |
Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid. |
nitrosylic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid. |