36613
|
n |
N is the fourteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and an articulation formed by placing the end ... |
36614
|
nab |
NAB, n. The summit of a mountain or rock.NAB, v.t. To catch suddenly; to seize by a sudden grasp or ... |
36615
|
nabob |
NABOB, n. 1. A deputy or prince in India, subordinate to the Subahs; hence,2. A man of great ... |
36616
|
nacreous |
NACREOUS, a. [see Naker.] Having a pearly luster. |
36617
|
nacrite |
NACRITE, n. [See Naker.] A rare mineral, called also talckite, consisting of scaly parts; ... |
36618
|
nactareous |
NACTAREOUS, a. Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. The juice nectareous and the balmy dew. |
36619
|
nadir |
NADIR, n. 1. Natara, to be like, proportional, corresponding to, opposite.2. That point of the ... |
36620
|
nadle-stein |
NADLE-STEIN, n. Needle-stone; rutile. |
36621
|
naeve |
NAEVE, n. A spot. |
36622
|
nafe |
NAFE, n. A kind of tufted sea-fowl. |
36623
|
naff |
NAFF, n. A kind of tufted sea-fowl. |
36624
|
nag |
NAG, n. 1. A small horse; a horse in general, or rather a sprightly horse.2. A paramour; in ... |
36625
|
naiad |
NAIAD, n. To flow.1. In mythology, a water nymph; a deity that presides over rivers and springs. |
36626
|
naid |
NAID, n. To flow |
36627
|
nail |
NAIL, n. If the word was originally applied to a claw or talon, the primary sense may be to catch, ... |
36628
|
nailed |
NAILED, pp. Fastened with nails; studded. |
36629
|
nailer |
NAILER, n. One whose occupation is to make nails. |
36630
|
nailery |
NAILERY, n. A manufactory where nails are made. |
36631
|
nailing |
NAILING,ppr. Fastening with nails; studding. |
36632
|
naively |
NAIVELY, adv. With native or unaffected simplicity. |
36633
|
naivete |
NAIVETE, n. Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness. |
36634
|
naivty |
NAIVTY, n. Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness. |
36635
|
naked |
NAKED, a. Open, discovered, to strip.1. Not covered; bare; having no clothes on; as a naked body or ... |
36636
|
nakedly |
NAKEDLY, adv. 1. Without covering.2. Simply ;barely ;merely; in the abstract.3. Evidently. |
36637
|
nakedness |
NAKEDNESS, n. 1. Want of covering or clothing; nudity; bareness.2. Want of means of defense.Ye are ... |
36638
|
naker |
NAKER, n. Mother of pearl; the white substance which constitutes the interior surface of a shell ... |
36639
|
nall |
NALL, n. An awl, such as collar-makers or shoe-makers use. |
36640
|
name |
NAME, n. 1. That by which a thing is called; the sound or combination of sounds used to express an ... |
36641
|
named |
NAMED, pp. Called; denominated; designated by name. |
36642
|
nameless |
NAMELESS, a. 1. Without a name; not distinguished by an appellation; as a nameless star.2. He or ... |
36643
|
namely |
NAMELY, adv. To mention by name; particularly.For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of ... |
36644
|
namer |
NAMER, n. One that names or calls by name. |
36645
|
namesake |
NAMESAKE, n. One that has the same name as another. |
36646
|
naming |
NAMING, ppr. Calling; nominating; mentioning. |
36647
|
nan |
NAN, a Welsh word signifying what, used as an interrogative. [This word has been extensively used ... |
36648
|
nankeen |
NANKEEN, n. [Nankin a Chinese word.] A species of cotton cloth of a firm texture, from China, now ... |
36649
|
nap |
NAP, n. To lean, that is, to nod.1. A short sleep or slumber.NAP, v. I. 1. To have a short sleep; ... |
36650
|
nape |
NAPE, n. A knob; to be hard or callous, whence a callus.1. The prominent joint of the neck behind. |
36651
|
napery |
NAPERY, n. Linen for the table; table cloths or linen cloth in general. |
36652
|
naphew |
NAPHEW, n. [a turnep;a knob] A plant. |
36653
|
naphtha |
NAPHTHA, n. [from nafata, to push out, as pustules, to throw out, to boil, to be angry. In Ambaric, ... |
36654
|
naphthaline |
NAPHTHALINE, n. A peculiar crystalizable substance, deposited from naphtha distilled from coal tar, ... |
36655
|
napkin |
NAPKIN, n. [nape, cloth; of which napkin is a diminutive.]1. A cloth used for wiping the hands; a ... |
36656
|
napless |
NAPLESS, a. Without nap; threadbare. |
36657
|
nappal |
NAPPAL, n. Soap rock. |
36658
|
nappiness |
NAPPINESS, n. 1. The quality of being sleepy or inclined to take naps.2. The quality of having a ... |
36659
|
nappy |
NAPPY, frothy; spumy; as nappy beer. |
36660
|
naptaking |
NAPTAKING, a. Taking naps.NAPTAKING, n. A taking by surprise, as when one is not on his guard; ... |
36661
|
narcissus |
NARCISSUS, n. In botany, the daffodil, a genus of plants of several species. They are of the ... |
36662
|
narcotic |
NARCOTIC, n. A medicine which stupefies the senses and renders insensible to pain; hence, a ... |
36663
|
narcotically |
NARCOTICALLY, adv. By producing torpor or drowsiness. |
36664
|
narcoticness |
NARCOTICNESS, n. The quality of inducing sleep or removing pain. |
36665
|
narcotine |
NARCOTINE, n. The pure narcotic principle of opium. |
36666
|
nard |
NARD, n.1. A plant usually called spikenard, spica nardi; highly valued by the ancients, both as an ... |
36667
|
nardine |
NARDINE, a. Pertaining to nard; having the qualities of spikenard. |
36668
|
nare |
NARE, n. The nostril. |
36669
|
narrable |
NARRABLE, a. That may be related, told, or narrated. |
36670
|
narrate |
NARRATE, v.t.1. To tell, rehearse or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of any event or ... |
36671
|
narrated |
NARRATED, pp. Related; told. |
36672
|
narrating |
NARRATING, ppr. Relating; telling; reciting. |
36673
|
narration |
NARRATION, n. 1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.2. ... |
36674
|
narrative |
NARRATIVE, a. 1. Relating the particulars of an event or transaction; giving a particular or ... |
36675
|
narratively |
NARRATIVELY, adv. By way of narration, story, or recital. |
36676
|
narrator |
NARRATOR, n. One that narrates; one that relates a series of events or transactions. |
36677
|
narratory |
NARRATORY, a. Giving an account of events. |
36678
|
narrow |
NARROW, a. I suspect this word and near to be contracted by the loss of g, nig, narrow, strait; ... |
36679
|
narrowed |
NARROWED, pp. Contracted; made less wide. |
36680
|
narrowing |
NARROWING,ppr. Contracting; making less broad. |
36681
|
narrowings |
NARROWINGS, n. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. |
36682
|
narrowly |
NARROWLY, adv. 1. With little breadth. 2. Contractedly; without much extent.3. Closely; accurately; ... |
36683
|
narrowness |
NARROWNESS, n. 1. Smallness of breadth or distance from side to side; as the narrowness of cloth, ... |
36684
|
narrows |
NARROWS, n. A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one ... |
36685
|
narwal |
NARWAL, n. The Monodon monoceros, a cetaceous animal found in the northern seas, which grows to ... |
36686
|
nas |
NAS, for ne has, has not. |
36687
|
nasal |
NASAL, a. Pertaining to the nose; formed or affected by the nose; as a nasal sound; a nasal letter. ... |
36688
|
nascal |
NASCAL, n. 1. A kind of medicated pessary.2. Pessary made of wool or cotton, to raise the nose ... |
36689
|
nascent |
NASCENT, a. [to be born] beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being. |
36690
|
naseberry |
NASEBERRY, n. The naseberry tree is a species of the genus Sloanea. |
36691
|
nasicornous |
NASICORNOUS, a. Having a horn growing on the nose. |
36692
|
nastily |
NASTILY, adv. 1. In a nasty manner; filthily; dirtily.2. Obscenely. |
36693
|
nastiness |
NASTINESS, n. 1. Extreme filthiness; dirtiness; filth.2. Obscenity; ribaldry. |
36694
|
nasturtion |
NASTURTION, n. A plant of the genus Tropaeolum; Indian cresses. |
36695
|
nasty |
NASTY, a. 1. Disgustingly filthy; very dirty, foul or defiled; nauseous.2. Obscene. |
36696
|
nasus |
NASUS, n. A fresh water fish, about nine inches in length, resembling the chub. It is found in the ... |
36697
|
natal |
NATAL, a. Pertaining to birth. The natal day is the day of birth or nativity. So we say, natal ... |
36698
|
natalitial |
NATALITIAL, a. Pertaining to ones birth or birth day, or consecrated to ones activity. |
36699
|
natalitious |
NATALITIOUS, a. Pertaining to ones birth or birth day, or consecrated to ones nativity. |
36700
|
natant |
NATANT, a. In botany, swimming; floating on the surface of water; as the leaf of an aquatic plant. |
36701
|
natation |
NATATION, n. A swimming; the act of floating on the water |
36702
|
natatory |
NATATORY, a. Enabling to swim. |
36703
|
natch |
NATCH, n. The part of an ox between the loins, near the rump. |
36704
|
nathless |
NATHLESS, adv. Nevertheless; not the less; notwithstanding. |
36705
|
nathmore |
NATHMORE, adv. Not the more; never the more. |
36706
|
nation |
NATION, n. [to be born]1. A body of people inhabiting the same country, or united under the same ... |
36707
|
national |
NATIONAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a nation; as national customs, dress or language. 2. Public; general; ... |
36708
|
nationality |
NATIONALITY, n. National character; also, the quality of being national, or strongly attached to ... |
36709
|
nationalize |
NATIONALIZE, v.t. To make national; to give to one the character and habits of a nation, or the ... |
36710
|
nationally |
NATIONALLY, adv. In regard to the nation; as a whole nation.The jews-bing nationally espoused to ... |
36711
|
native |
NATIVE, a. 1. Produced by nature; original; born with the being; natural; not acquired; as native ... |
36712
|
natively |
NATIVELY, adv. By birth, naturally; originally. |
36713
|
nativeness |
NATIVENESS, n. State of being produced by nature. |
36714
|
nativity |
NATIVITY, n. 1. Birth; the coming into life or the world. The feast of Christmas is observed in ... |
36715
|
natka |
NATKA, n. A bird, a species of shrike. |
36716
|
natrolite |
NATROLITE, n. A variety of mesotype or zeolite, so called by Klaproth on account of the great ... |
36717
|
natron |
NATRON, n. Native carbonate of soda, or mineral alkali. [See niter] |
36718
|
natural |
NATURAL, a. [to be born or produced]1. Pertaining to nature; produced or effected by nature, or by ... |
36719
|
naturalism |
NATURALISM, n. Mere state of nature. |
36720
|
naturalist |
NATURALIST, n. One that studies natural history and philosophy or physics; one that is versed in ... |
36721
|
naturalization |
NATURALIZATION, n. [See Naturalize] The act of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of ... |
36722
|
naturalize |
NATURALIZE, v.t. [from natural, nature.]1. To confer on an alien the rights and privileges of a ... |
36723
|
naturalized |
NATURALIZED, pp. Invested with the privileges of natives; rendered easy and familiar; adapted to a ... |
36724
|
naturalizing |
NATURALIZING, ppr. Vesting with the rights of native subjects; making easy; acclimating; adopting. |
36725
|
naturally |
NATURALLY, adv.1. According to nature; by the force or impulse of nature; not by art or habit. We ... |
36726
|
naturalness |
NATURALNESS, n. 1. The state of being given or produced by nature; as the naturalness of desire.2. ... |
36727
|
naturals |
NATURALS, n. plu. Among physicians, whatever belongs naturally to an animal; opposed to ... |
36728
|
nature |
NATURE, n. [L. from nature, born, produced,]1. In a general sense, whatever is made or produced; a ... |
36729
|
naturist |
NATURIST, n. One who ascribes every thing t nature. |
36730
|
naturity |
NATURITY, n. The quality or state of being produced by nature. [ A very bad word and not used.] |
36731
|
naufrage |
NAUFRAGE, n. [L. A ship, and to break See wreck, which is from the same root, break] Shipwreck. ... |
36732
|
naufragous |
NAUFRAGOUS, a. Causing shipwreck. [Little used] |
36733
|
naught |
NAUGHT, n. Nothing. Doth Job serve God for naught? Job 1.Thou sellest thy people for naught. Psalm ... |
36734
|
naughtily |
NAUGHTILY, adv. nautily. Wickedly; corruptly. |
36735
|
naughtiness |
NAUGHTINESS, n. Nautiness.1. Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose. I know thy pride and ... |
36736
|
naulage |
NAULAGE, n. The freight of passengers in a ship. |
36737
|
naumachy |
NAUMACHY, n. 1. Among the ancient Romans, a show or spectacle representing a sea-fight.2. The place ... |
36738
|
nausea |
NAUSEA, n. Originally and properly, sea-sickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach, ... |
36739
|
nauseate |
NAUSEATE, v.t. 1. To lothe; to reject with disgust. The patient nauseates and lothes wholesome ... |
36740
|
nauseous |
NAUSEOUS, a. Lothesome; disgustful; disgusting; regarded with abhorrence; as a nauseous drug or ... |
36741
|
nauseously |
NAUSEOUSLY, adv. Lothesomely; disgustfully. |
36742
|
nauseousness |
NAUSEOUSNESS, n. Lothesomeness; quality of exciting disgust; as the nauseousness of a drug or ... |
36743
|
nautic |
NAUTIC, a. [L. A seaman, a ship, See Navy] Pertaining to seamen or navigation; as nautical skill; a ... |
36744
|
nautical |
NAUTICAL, a. [L. A seaman, a ship, See Navy] Pertaining to seamen or navigation; as nautical skill; ... |
36745
|
nautilite |
NAUTILITE, n. A fossil nautilus. |
36746
|
nautilus |
NAUTILUS, n. [L.,Gr. A ship] A genus of marine animals, whose shell consists of one spiral valve ... |
36747
|
naval |
NAVAL, a. [L. Gr. A ship]1. Consisting of ships; as a naval force or armament. 2. Pertaining to ... |
36748
|
navals |
NAVALS, n. Naval affairs. [Not used] |
36749
|
navarch |
NAVARCH, n. In ancient Greece, the commander of a fleet. |
36750
|
navarchy |
NAVARCHY, n. [from L. And admiral.] Knowledge of managing ships. |
36751
|
nave |
NAVE, n. 1. The thick piece of timber in the center of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted; ... |
36752
|
navel |
NAVEL, n. The center of the lower part of the abdomen, or the point where the umbilical cord ... |
36753
|
navel-gall |
NAVEL-GALL, n. A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. |
36754
|
navel-string |
NAVEL-STRING, n. The umbilical cord. [See navel] |
36755
|
navel-wort |
NAVEL-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Cotyledon. It has the appearance of houseleek. |
36756
|
navew |
NAVEW, n. A plant of the genus Brassica. It has a spindle-shaped root, less than the turnep. |
36757
|
navicular |
NAVICULAR, a. [L., a little ship]1. Relating to small ships or boats. 2. Shaped like a boat; ... |
36758
|
navigable |
NAVIGABLE, a. [L. From navigo, to sail, from navis, a ship] To pass on water in ships; to sail. The ... |
36759
|
navigate |
NAVIGATE, v.t. 1. To pass over in ships; to sail on ; as to navigate the Atlantic.2. To steer, ... |
36760
|
navigation |
NAVIGATION, ppr. Passing on or over in sailing; steering and managing in sailing.NAVIGATION, n. 1. ... |
36761
|
navigator |
NAVIGATOR, n. One that navigates or sails; chiefly, one who directs the course of a ship, or one ... |
36762
|
navy |
NAVY, n. [Gr. From to swim. To swim then is to move up and down.]1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage ... |
36763
|
nawl |
NAWL, n. An awl. [Not in use] |
36764
|
nay |
NAY, adv. [a contracted word, to deny]1. No; a word that expresses negation.I tell you nay, but ... |
36765
|
nayward |
NAYWARD, n. Tendency to denial. [Not used] |
36766
|
nayword |
NAYWORD, n. A by-word; a proverbial reproach; a watch-word. |
36767
|
nazarite |
NAZARITE, n. A jew who professed extraordinary purity of life and devotion. |
36768
|
nazaritism |
NAZARITISM, n. The doctrines of practice of the Nazarites. |
36769
|
ne |
NE, not, is obsolete. We find it in early English writers, prefixed to other words; as nill, for ... |
36770
|
neaf |
NEAF, n. The fist. |
36771
|
neal |
NEAL, v.t. To temper and reduce to a due consistence by heat. But neal is now rarely used. [See ... |
36772
|
neap |
NEAP, n. [This word may belong to the root of neb, nib; nose] The tongue or pole of a cart, sled or ... |
36773
|
neap-tide |
NEAP-TIDE, n. Low tide. [See Neap.] |
36774
|
neaped |
NEAPED, BENEAPED, a. Left aground. A ship is said to be neaped, when left aground, particularly on ... |
36775
|
neapolitan |
NEAPOLITAN, a. Belonging to Naples, in Italy. |
36776
|
near |
NEAR, a. [This seems to be a contracted word, from nigher, the comparative of neh, nih or nieh; ... |
36777
|
nearest |
NEAREST, a. Shortest; most direct; as the nearest way to London. So we use nearer for shorter. ... |
36778
|
nearly |
NEARLY, adv. 1. At no great distance; not remotely.2. Closely; as two persons nearly related or ... |
36779
|
nearness |
NEARNESS, n. 1. Closeness; small distance. The nearness of a place to a market enhances the value ... |
36780
|
neat |
NEAT, n. [Neat coincides with the root of need in elements, and if connected with it, the sense is ... |
36781
|
neatherd |
NEATHERD, n. A person who has the care of cattle; a cow-keeper. |
36782
|
neatly |
NEATLY, adv. 1. With neatness; in a neat manner; in a cleanly manner; as a garment neatly washed.2. ... |
36783
|
neatness |
NEATNESS, n. 1. Exact cleanliness; entire freedom from foul matter; as the neatness of a floor or ... |
36784
|
neatress |
NEATRESS, n. [from neat, cattle] A female who takes care of cattle. [ Not used in the United ... |
36785
|
neb |
NEB, n. [G. In the different dialects, it signifies a bill, beak, the nose, or the face, from ... |
36786
|
nebulab |
NEBULAB, n. [fog, mist; Probably the primary sense is thick or mixed.]1. A dark spot, a film in the ... |
36787
|
nebule |
NEBULE, n . [fog, mist; Probably the primary sense is thick or mixed.]1. A dark spot, a film in the ... |
36788
|
nebulosity |
NEBULOSITY, n. [from nebulous.] The state of being cloudy or hazy. |
36789
|
nebulous |
NEBULOUS, a. 1. Cloudy; hazy. 2. Resembling a small cloud or collection of vapors. |
36790
|
necessarian |
NECESSARIAN,n. [See Necessary.] An advocate for the doctrine of philosophical necessity; more ... |
36791
|
necessaries |
NECESSARIES, n. plu. [from necessary] Things necessary for some purpose; as the necessaries of ... |
36792
|
necessarily |
NECESSARILY, adv.1. By necessity; in such a manner that it cannot be otherwise. Truth is ... |
36793
|
necessariness |
NECESSARINESS, n. The state of being necessary. |
36794
|
necessary |
NECESSARY, a. 1. That must be; that cannot be otherwise; indispensably requisite. It is necessary ... |
36795
|
necessitarian |
NECESSITARIAN, n. One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the ... |
36796
|
necessitate |
NECESSITATE, v.t. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable; to compel.The marquis ... |
36797
|
necessitated |
NECESSITATED,pp. Made necessary, indispensable or unavoidable. |
36798
|
necessitating |
NECESSITATING, ppr. Making necessary or indispensable. |
36799
|
necessitation |
NECESSITATION, n. The act of making necessary; compulsion. [Little used] |
36800
|
necessitied |
NECESSITIED, a. In a state of want. [ Not in use.] |
36801
|
necessitous |
NECESSITOUS, a. 1.Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.There are multitudes of necessitous ... |
36802
|
necessitousness |
NECESSITOUSNESS, n. Extreme poverty or destitution of the means of living; pressing want. |
36803
|
necessitude |
NECESSITUDE, n. Necessitousness; want. [ Not used.] |
36804
|
necessity |
NECESSITY, n. 1. That which must be and cannot be otherwise, or the cause of that which cannot be ... |
36805
|
neck |
NECK, n. [G. This word is properly the nape or vertebrae of the neck behind, and is so rendered in ... |
36806
|
neckatee |
NECKATEE,n . A gorget; a kerchief for a womans neck. [Not in use.] |
36807
|
neckbeef |
NECKBEEF, n. The coarse flesh of the neck of cattle, sold at a low price.As cheap as neckbeef. |
36808
|
necked |
NECKED, a. Having a neck ; as in stiff-necked. |
36809
|
neckerchief |
NECKERCHIEF, n. A gorget; a kerchief for a womans neck. [ Not in use.] |
36810
|
necklace |
NECKLACE, n. A string of beads or precious stones, worn by women on the neck. |
36811
|
necklaced |
NECKLACED, a. Marked as with a necklace. |
36812
|
neckland |
NECKLAND, n. A neck or long tract of land. |
36813
|
neckverse |
NECKVERSE, n. The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the ... |
36814
|
neckweed |
NECKWEED, n. Hemp; in ridicule. |
36815
|
necrological |
NECROLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to or giving an account of the dead or of deaths. |
36816
|
necrologist |
NECROLOGIST, n. One who gives an account of deaths. |
36817
|
necrology |
NECROLOGY, n. [dead, and discourse] An account of the dead or of deaths; a register of deaths. |
36818
|
necromancer |
NECROMANCER, n. [See Necromancy.] One who pretends to foretell future events by holding converse ... |
36819
|
necromancy |
NECROMANCY, n. [Gr. Dead, and divination.]1. The art of revealing future events by means of a ... |
36820
|
necromantic |
NECROMANTIC, a. Pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy.NECROMANTIC, n. Trick; ... |
36821
|
necromantically |
NECROMANTICALLY, adv. By necromancy or the black art; by conjuration. |
36822
|
necronite |
NECRONITE, n. [Gr., dead] Fetid feldspar, a mineral which when struck or pounded, exhales a fetid ... |
36823
|
nectar |
NECTAR, n. 1. In fabulous history and poetry, the drink of the gods; hence,2. A very sweet and ... |
36824
|
nectarean |
NECTAREAN, a. Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.The juice nectareous and the balmy dew. |
36825
|
nectared |
NECTARED, a. Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. |
36826
|
nectarial |
NECTARIAL, a. Pertaining to the nectary of a plant.Stamens inserted into the margin of a glandulous ... |
36827
|
nectariferous |
NECTARIFEROUS, a. [L., to bear] Producing nectar or nomus; as a nectariferous glandule. |
36828
|
nectarine |
NECTARINE, a. Sweet as nectar.NECTARINE, n. A fruit, a variety of the peach with a smooth rind. |
36829
|
nectarize |
NECTARIZE, v.t. To sweeten. |
36830
|
nectarous |
NECTAROUS, a. Sweet as nectar. |
36831
|
nectary |
NECTARY, n. In botany, the melliferous part of a vegetable, peculiar to the flower. It usually ... |
36832
|
nedder |
NEDDER, n. An adder. |
36833
|
need |
NEED, n. [to be in want. The primary sense is to press.]1. Want; occasion for something; necessity; ... |
36834
|
needed |
NEEDED, pp. Wanted. |
36835
|
needer |
NEEDER, n. One that wants. |
36836
|
needful |
NEEDFUL, a. Necessary, as supply or relief; requisite.All things needful for defense abound. |
36837
|
needfully |
NEEDFULLY, adv. Necessarily. |
36838
|
needily |
NEEDILY, adv. [from needy] In want or poverty. |
36839
|
neediness |
NEEDINESS, n. [from needy] Want; poverty; indigence. |
36840
|
needing |
NEEDING, ppr. Wanting; requiring, as supply or relief. |
36841
|
needle |
NEEDLE, n. [G. something sharp or pointed. It may be allied to nettle.]1. A small instrument of ... |
36842
|
needle-fish |
NEEDLE-FISH, n. A fish of the genus Syngnathus. The middle of the body is hexangular. Also, the ... |
36843
|
needle-maker |
NEEDLE-MAKER, n. One who manufactures needles. |
36844
|
needle-ore |
NEEDLE-ORE, n. Acicular bismuth glance. |
36845
|
needle-shell |
NEEDLE-SHELL, n. The sea-urchin. |
36846
|
needle-stone |
NEEDLE-STONE, n. A mineral of the zeolite family. |
36847
|
needle-zeolite |
NEEDLE-ZEOLITE, n. A species of zeolite of a grayish white color. |
36848
|
needleful |
NEEDLEFUL, n. As much thread as is put at once in a needle. |
36849
|
needler |
NEEDLER, n. One who manufactures needles. |
36850
|
needless |
NEEDLESS, a. 1. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as needless labor; needless expenses.2. Not ... |
36851
|
needlessly |
NEEDLESSLY, adv. Without necessity. |
36852
|
needlessness |
NEEDLESSNESS, n. Unnecessariness. |
36853
|
needlework |
NEEDLEWORK, n. Work executed with a needle; or the business of a seamstress. It is used ... |
36854
|
needment |
NEEDMENT, n. Something needed or wanted. [Not used.] |
36855
|
needs |
NEEDS, adv. Necessarily; indispensably; generally used with must. |
36856
|
needy |
NEEDY, a. Necessitous; indigent; very poor; distressed by want of the means of living.To relieve ... |
36857
|
neer |
NEER, a contraction of never. |
36858
|
neese |
NEESE, v.i. To sneeze [See sneeze, which is formed on this word.] |
36859
|
neesewort |
NEESEWORT, n. A plant. |
36860
|
neesing |
NEESING, n. A sneezing. |
36861
|
nef |
NEF, n. The nave of a church. [Not used. See Nave.] |
36862
|
nefandous |
NEFANDOUS, a. [L. Unlawful, or to utter.] Wicked in the extreme; abominable; atrociously sinful or ... |
36863
|
nefariously |
NEFARIOUSLY, adv. With extreme wickedness; abominably. |
36864
|
negation |
NEGATION, n. [L. The sense is to thrust, to stop or repel; for in Italian, negare is to deny, and ... |
36865
|
negative |
NEGATIVE, a. 1. Implying denial or negation; opposed to affirmative, as a negative proposition is ... |
36866
|
negatively |
NEGATIVELY, adv.1. With or by denial; as, he answered negatively.2. In the form of speech implying ... |
36867
|
negatory |
NEGATORY, a. That denies; belonging to negation. [Little used.] |
36868
|
negboor |
NEGBOOR, n. 1. One who lives near another. In large towns, a neighbor is one who lives within a ... |
36869
|
neger |
NEGER, n. [L. niger] A black person; one of the African race. |
36870
|
neglect |
NEGLECT, v.t. [G. To let, to leave, to suffer to pass. The sense of the latter words then is to ... |
36871
|
neglected |
NEGLECTED, pp. Omitted to be done; slighted; disregarded. |
36872
|
neglecter |
NEGLECTER, n. One that neglects. |
36873
|
neglectful |
NEGLECTFUL, a. 1. Heedless; careless; inattentive.2. Accustomed or apt to omit what may or ought to ... |
36874
|
neglectfully |
NEGLECTFULLY, adv. With neglect; with heedless inattention; with careless indifference. |
36875
|
neglecting |
NEGLECTING, ppr. Omitting; passing by; forbearing to do; slighting; treating with indifference. |
36876
|
neglectingly |
NEGLECTINGLY, adv. Carelessly; heedlessly. |
36877
|
neglection |
NEGLECTION, n. The state of being negligent. [Not used.] |
36878
|
neglective |
NEGLECTIVE, a. Inattentive; regardless of. [Little used.] |
36879
|
negligee |
NEGLIGEE, n. A kind of gown formerly worn. |
36880
|
negligence |
NEGLIGENCE, n. 1. Neglect; omission to do; more generally, 2. Habitual omission of that which ought ... |
36881
|
negligent |
NEGLIGENT, a. 1. Careless; heedless; apt or accustomed to omit what ought to be done; inattentive ... |
36882
|
negligently |
NEGLIGENTLY, adv. 1. Carelessly; heedlessly; without exactness; as a person negligently dressed; a ... |
36883
|
negotiability |
NEGOTIABILITY, n. The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement. |
36884
|
negotiable |
NEGOTIABLE, a. [from negotiate] That may be transferred by assignment or indorsement; that may be ... |
36885
|
negotiant |
NEGOTIANT, n. One who negotiates; a negotiator. [Not used.] |
36886
|
negotiate |
NEGOTIATE, v.i. [ L. An errand, business; to go on errands, to negotiate.]1. To transact business; ... |
36887
|
negotiated |
NEGOTIATED, pp. Procured or obtained by agreement with another; sold or transferred for a valuable ... |
36888
|
negotiating |
NEGOTIATING, ppr. Treating with; transacting business. |
36889
|
negotiation |
NEGOTIATION, n. 1. The act of negotiating; the transacting of business in traffick; the treating ... |
36890
|
negotiator |
NEGOTIATOR, n. One that negotiates; one that treats with others either as principal or agent, in ... |
36891
|
negress |
NEGRESS, n. [See Negro.] A female of the black race of Africa. |
36892
|
negro |
NEGRO, n. [It is remarkable that our common people retain the exact Latin pronunciation of this ... |
36893
|
negus |
NEGUS, n . A liquor made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg and lemon juice; so called, it is said, ... |
36894
|
neif |
NEIF, n. 1. The neaf or fist. [Not used.]2. A slave. [Not used.] |
36895
|
neigh |
NEIGH, v.i. [signifies to jar or quarrel; a sharp noise.] To utter the voice of a horse, expressive ... |
36896
|
neighbor |
NEIGHBOR, n. 1. One who lives near another. In large towns, a neighbor is one who lives within a ... |
36897
|
neighborhood |
NEIGHBORHOOD, n. 1. A place near; vicinity; the adjoining district or any place not distant. He ... |
36898
|
neighboring |
NEIGHBORING, a. Living or being near; as the neighboring inhabitants; neighboring countries or ... |
36899
|
neighborliness |
NEIGHBORLINESS, n. State or quality of being neighborly. |
36900
|
neighborly |
NEIGHBORLY, a.1. Becoming a neighbor; kind; civil.Judge if this be neighborly dealing.2. ... |
36901
|
neighborship |
NEIGHBORSHIP, n. State of being neighbors. [Not in use.] |
36902
|
neither |
NEITHER, n. [Compound pronoun, pronominal adjective, or a substitute, and not either, or not other. ... |
36903
|
nemolite |
NEMOLITE, n. An arborized stone. |
36904
|
nemoral |
NEMORAL, a. Pertaining to a wood or grove. |
36905
|
nemorous |
NEMOROUS, a. Woody. |
36906
|
nempne |
NEMPNE, v.t. To call. |
36907
|
nenia |
NENIA, n. A funeral song; an elegy. |
36908
|
nenuphar |
NENUPHAR, n. The water lily or water rose, a species of Nymphaea. |
36909
|
neodamode |
NEODAMODE, n. In ancient Greece, a person newly admitted to citizenship. |
36910
|
neologic |
NEOLOGIC, a. Pertaining to neology; employing new words. |
36911
|
neological |
NEOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to neology; employing new words. |
36912
|
neologism |
NEOLOGISM, n. A new word or expression. |
36913
|
neologist |
NEOLOGIST, n. One who introduces new words into a language. Lavoisier has been a successful ... |
36914
|
neology |
NEOLOGY, n. The introduction of a new word or of new words into a language. The present ... |
36915
|
neonomian |
NEONOMIAN, n. One who advocates new laws, or desires Gods law to be altered. |
36916
|
neophyte |
NEOPHYTE, n.1. A new convert or proselyte; a name given by the early Christians to such heathens as ... |
36917
|
neoteric |
NEOTERIC, a. [Gr. Young, from new] New; recent in origin; modern. |
36918
|
neoterical |
NEOTERICAL, a. [Gr. Young, from new] New; recent in origin; modern. |
36919
|
nep |
NEP, n. A plant of the genus Nepeta; catmint. |
36920
|
nepenthe |
NEPENTHE, n. [Gr. not, and grief.] A drug or medicine that drives away pain and grief. [Little ... |
36921
|
nephelin |
NEPHELIN, n. [Gr. A cloud] A mineral found mixed with other substances, primitive or volcanic, in ... |
36922
|
nepheline |
NEPHELINE, n. [Gr. A cloud] A mineral found mixed with other substances, primitive or volcanic, in ... |
36923
|
nephew |
NEPHEW, n. 1. The son of a brother or sister.2. A grandson; also a descendant. [Not much used.] |
36924
|
nephrite |
NEPHRITE, n. A mineral, a subspecies of jade, of a leek green color, massive and in rolled pieces. ... |
36925
|
nephritic |
NEPHRITIC, a. [Gr. From the kidneys.]1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a ... |
36926
|
nephritical |
NEPHRITICAL, a. [Gr. From the kidneys.]1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a ... |
36927
|
nephritis |
NEPHRITIS, n. In medicine, an inflammation of the kidneys. |
36928
|
nephrotomy |
NEPHROTOMY, n. [Gr. A kidney, to cut] In surgery, the operation of extracting a stone from the ... |
36929
|
nepotism |
NEPOTISM, n. [from nephew]1. Fondness for nephews.2. Undue attachment to relations; favoritism ... |
36930
|
neptunian |
NEPTUNIAN, a. [the fabled deity of the ocean.]1. Pertaining to the ocean or sea.2. Formed by water ... |
36931
|
neptunist |
NEPTUNIST, n. One who adopts the theory that the whole earth was once covered with water, or rather ... |
36932
|
nereid |
NEREID, n. In mythology, a sea nymph. In ancient monuments, the Nereids are represented as riding ... |
36933
|
nerfling |
NERFLING, n. A fresh water fish of Germany, of the lether-mouthed kind, and apparently a variety of ... |
36934
|
nerite |
NERITE, n. A genus of univalvular shells. |
36935
|
neritite |
NERITITE, n. A petrified shell of the genus Nerita. |
36936
|
nerve |
NERVE, n. 1. An organ of sensation and motion in animals. The nerves are prolongations of the ... |
36937
|
nerved |
NERVED, pp. 1. Armed with strength.2. In botany, having vessels simple and unbranched, extending ... |
36938
|
nerveless |
NERVELESS, a. Destitute of strength; weak. |
36939
|
nervine |
NERVINE,a. That has the quality of relieving in disorders of the nerves.NERVINE, n. A medicine that ... |
36940
|
nervose |
NERVOSE, a. In botany [See Nerved, No.2] |
36941
|
nervous |
NERVOUS, a. 1. Strong; vigorous; as a nervous arm.2. Pertaining to the nerves; seated in or ... |
36942
|
nervously |
NERVOUSLY, adv. With strength or vigor. |
36943
|
nervousness |
NERVOUSNESS, n. 1. Strength; force; vigor.2. The state of being composed of nerves. |
36944
|
nervy |
NERVY, a. Strong; vigorous. |
36945
|
nescience |
NESCIENCE, n. Want of knowledge; ignorance. |
36946
|
nesh |
NESH, a. Soft; tender; nice. [Not used.] |
36947
|
ness |
NESS, a termination of appellatives, denotes state or quality, as in goodness, greatness. |
36948
|
nest |
NEST, n. 1. The place or bed formed or used by a bird for incubation or the mansion of her young, ... |
36949
|
nestegg |
NESTEGG, n. An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it. |
36950
|
nestle |
NESTLE, v.i. 1. To settle; to harbor; to lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest.The king-fisher ... |
36951
|
nestling |
NESTLING, n. 1. A young bird in the nest, or just taken from the nest.2. A nest.NESTLING, a. Newly ... |
36952
|
nestorian |
NESTORIAN, n. A follower of Nestorius, a heretic of the fifth century, who taught that Christ was ... |
36953
|
net |
NET, n. 1. An instrument for catching fish and fowls, or wild beasts, formed with twine or thread ... |
36954
|
net-work |
NET-WORK, n. A complication of threads, twine or cords united at certain distances, forming meshes, ... |
36955
|
nether |
NETHER, a. [This word is of the comparative degree; the positive occurs only in composition, as in ... |
36956
|
nethermost |
NETHERMOST, a. Lowest; as the nethermost hell; the nethermost abyss. |
36957
|
netting |
NETTING, n. 1. A piece of network.2. A complication of ropes fastened across each other, to be ... |
36958
|
nettle |
NETTLE, n. A plant of the genus Urtica, whose prickles fret the skin and occasion very painful ... |
36959
|
nettle-tree |
NETTLE-TREE, n. A tree of the genus Celtis whose leaves are deeply serrated, and end in a sharp ... |
36960
|
nettled |
NETTLED, pp. Fretted; irritated. |
36961
|
nettler |
NETTLER, n. One that provokes, stings or irritates. |
36962
|
nettling |
NETTLING, ppr. Irritating; vexing. |
36963
|
neurological |
NEUROLOGICAL, a. [See Neurology.] Pertaining to neurolgy, or to a description of the nerves of ... |
36964
|
neurologist |
NEUROLOGIST, n. One who describes the nerves of animals. |
36965
|
neurology |
NEUROLOGY,n. [Gr. A nerve, and discourse.] A description of the nerves of animal bodies, or the ... |
36966
|
neuropter |
NEUROPTER, n. [Gr., a nerve, and a wing.] The neuropters are an order of insects having four ... |
36967
|
neuroptera |
NEUROPTERA, n. [Gr., a nerve, and a wing.] The neuropters are an order of insects having four ... |
36968
|
neuropteral |
NEUROPTERAL, a. Belonging to the order of neuropters. |
36969
|
neurospast |
NEUROSPAST, n. [Gr. To draw with strings.] A puppet; a little figure put in motion. |
36970
|
neurotic |
NEUROTIC, a. [Gr. A nerve.] Useful in disorders of the nerves.NEUROTIC, n. A medicine useful in the ... |
36971
|
neurotomical |
NEUROTOMICAL, a. [See Neurotomy.] Pertaining to the anatomy or dissection of the nerves. |
36972
|
neurotomist |
NEUROTOMIST, n. One who dissects the nerves. |
36973
|
neurotomy |
NEUROTOMY, n. [Gr. A nerve, and to cut.] 1. The dissection of a nerve.2. The art or practice of ... |
36974
|
neuter |
NEUTER, a. [L. not either.]1. Not adhering to either party; taking no part with either side, either ... |
36975
|
neutral |
NEUTRAL, a. [L. From neuter.]1. Not engaged on either side; not taking an active part with either ... |
36976
|
neutralist |
NEUTRALIST, n. A neutral. [Little used.] |
36977
|
neutrality |
NEUTRALITY, n. 1. The state of being unengaged in disputes or contests between others; the state ... |
36978
|
neutralization |
NEUTRALIZATION, n. [from neutralize.]1. The act of neutralizing or destroying the peculiar ... |
36979
|
neutralize |
NEUTRALIZE, v.t.1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of indifference between different ... |
36980
|
neutralized |
NEUTRALIZED, pp. Reduced to neutrality or indifference. |
36981
|
neutralizer |
NEUTRALIZER, n. That which neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises or renders inert the ... |
36982
|
neutralizing |
NEUTRALIZING, ppr. Destroying or rendering inert the peculiar properties of a substance; reducing ... |
36983
|
neutrally |
NEUTRALLY, adv. Without taking part with either side; indifferently. |
36984
|
never |
NEVER, adv.1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time. It refers to the past or the future. This ... |
36985
|
nevertheless |
NEVERTHELESS, adv. Not the less; notwithstanding; that is, in opposition to any thing, or without ... |
36986
|
new |
NEW, a. 1. Lately made, invented, produced or come into being; that has existed a short time only; ... |
36987
|
new-fangled |
NEW-FANGLED, a. [new and fangle.] New made; formed with the affectation of novelty; in ... |
36988
|
new-fangledness |
NEW-FANGLEDNESS, n. Vain or affected fashion or form. |
36989
|
new-fashioned |
NEW-FASHIONED, a. Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion. |
36990
|
new-model |
NEW-MODEL, v.t. To give a new form to. |
36991
|
new-modeled |
NEW-MODELED, a. Formed after a new model. |
36992
|
new-modeling |
NEW-MODELING, ppr. Giving a new form to. |
36993
|
newel |
NEWEL, n. In architecture, the upright post about which are formed winding stairs, or a cylinder of ... |
36994
|
newing |
NEWING, n. Yeast or barm. |
36995
|
newish |
NEWISH, a. Somewhat new; nearly new. |
36996
|
newly |
NEWLY, adv.1. Lately; freshly; recently.He rubbd it oer with newly gathered mint.2. With a new ... |
36997
|
newness |
NEWNESS, n. 1. Lateness of origin; recentness; state of being lately invented or produced; as the ... |
36998
|
news |
NEWS, n. [ From new; This word has a plural form, but is almost always united with a verb in the ... |
36999
|
news-monger |
NEWS-MONGER, n. One that deals in news; one who employs much time in hearing and telling news. |
37000
|
newspaper |
NEWSPAPER, n. A sheet of paper printed and distributed for conveying news; a public print that ... |
37001
|
newt |
NEWT, n. A small lizard; an eft. |
37002
|
newtonian |
NEWTONIAN, a. Pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or formed or discovered by him; as the Newtonian ... |
37003
|
next |
NEXT, a. 1. Nearest in place; that has no object intervening between it and some other; immediately ... |
37004
|
nias |
NIAS, for an eyas, a young hawk. |
37005
|
nib |
NIB, n. 1. The bill or beak of a fowl.2. The point of any thing, particularly of a pen. |
37006
|
nibbed |
NIBBED, a. Having a nib or point. |
37007
|
nibble |
NIBBLE, v.t. [from nib.]1. To bite by little at a time; to eat slowly or in small bits. So sheep ... |
37008
|
nibbler |
NIBBLER, n. One that bites a little at a time; a carper. |
37009
|
nibbling |
NIBBLING, ppr. Biting in small bits; carping. |
37010
|
nibiliary |
NIBIL'IARY, n. [See Noble.] A history of noble families. |
37011
|
nice |
NICE, a. [G. To eat dainties or sweetmeats]1. Properly, soft; whence, delicate; tender; dainty; ... |
37012
|
nicely |
NICELY, adv. 1. With delicate perception; as, to be nicely sensible.2. Accurately; exactly; with ... |
37013
|
nicene |
NICENE, a. Pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor. The Nicene creed, was a summary of Christian ... |
37014
|
niceness |
NICENESS, n. 1. Delicacy of perception; the quality of perceiving small differences; as niceness of ... |
37015
|
nicety |
NICETY, n.1. Niceness; delicacy of perception.2. Excess of delicacy; fastidiousness; ... |
37016
|
nich |
NICH, n. A cavity, hollow, or recess within the thickness of a wall, for a statue or bust. |
37017
|
niche |
NICHE, n. A cavity, hollow, or recess within the thickness of a wall, for a statue or bust. |
37018
|
nick |
NICK, n. In the northern mythology, an evil spirit of the saters; hence the modern vulgar phrase, ... |
37019
|
nickar-tree |
NICKAR-TREE, n. A tree of the genus Guilandina, which grows in the western parts of the United ... |
37020
|
nickel |
NICKEL, n. A metal of a white or reddish white color, of great hardness, very difficult to be ... |
37021
|
nickelic |
NICKELIC, a. The nickelic acid is a saturated combination of nickel and oxygen. |
37022
|
nicker |
NICKER, n. One who watches for opportunities to pilfer or practice knavery. |
37023
|
nickname |
NICKNAME, n. [G. To banter. Signifies to surname, to call by a name of reproach.] A name given in ... |
37024
|
nicknamed |
NICKNAMED, pp. Named in derision. |
37025
|
nicknaming |
NICKNAMING, ppr. Calling by a name in contempt or derision. |
37026
|
nicolaitan |
NICOLAITAN, n. One of a sect in the ancient Christian church, so named from Nicolas, a deacon of ... |
37027
|
nicotian |
NICOTIAN, a. Pertaining to or denoting tobacco; and as a noun, tobacco; so called from Nicot, who ... |
37028
|
nicotin |
NICOTIN, n. The peculiar principle in the leaves of tobacco; a colorless substance of an acrid ... |
37029
|
nictate |
NICTATE, v.i. [L. to wink.] To wink. |
37030
|
nictating |
NICTATING, ppr. or a. Winking. The nictitating membrane is a thin membrane that covers and protects ... |
37031
|
nictation |
NICTATION, n. The act of winking. |
37032
|
nictitating |
NICTITATING, ppr. or a. Winking. The nictitating membrane is a thin membrane that covers and ... |
37033
|
nide |
NIDE, n. [L. A nest.] A brood; as a nide of pheasants. |
37034
|
nidget |
NIDGET, n. A dastard. [Not in use.] |
37035
|
nidificate |
NIDIFICATE, v.i. [L. A nest.] To make a nest. |
37036
|
nidification |
NIDIFICATION, n. The act or operation of building a nest, and the hatching and feeding of young in ... |
37037
|
niding |
NIDING, n. A despicable coward; a dastard. |
37038
|
nidor |
NIDOR, n. Scent, savor. |
37039
|
nidorosity |
NIDOROSITY, n. Eructation with the taste of undigested roast meat. |
37040
|
nidorous |
NIDOROUS, a. Resembling the smell or taste of roasted meat. |
37041
|
nidulant |
NIDULANT, a. [L. Nest.] In botany, nestling; lying loose in pulp or cotton, within a berry or ... |
37042
|
nidulation |
NIDULATION, n. The time of remaining in the nest; as of a bird. |
37043
|
nidus |
NIDUS, n. [L.] A nest; a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, &c. |
37044
|
niece |
NIECE, n. The daughter of a brother or sister. |
37045
|
nifle |
NIFLE, n. A trifle. |
37046
|
niggard |
NIGGARD, n. [straight, narrow; to haggle, to be sordidly parsimonious; exhibiting analogies similar ... |
37047
|
niggardise |
NIGGARDISE, n. Niggardliness. [Not in use.] |
37048
|
niggardish |
NIGGARDISH, a. Somewhat covetous or niggardly. |
37049
|
niggardliness |
NIGGARDLINESS, n. Mean covetousness; sordid parsimony; extreme avarice manifested in sparing ... |
37050
|
niggardly |
NIGGARDLY, a. 1. Meanly covetous or avaricious; sordidly parsimonious; extremely sparing of ... |
37051
|
niggardness |
NIGGARDNESS, n. Niggardliness. [Not used.] |
37052
|
niggardy |
NIGGARDY, n. Niggardliness. [Not used.] |
37053
|
niggle |
NIGGLE, v.t. and I. To mock; to trifle with. [Not in use.] |
37054
|
nigh |
NIGH, a. [G. A preposition signifying to, on or after, that is, approaching, pressing on, making ... |
37055
|
nighly |
NIGHLY, adv. Nearly; within a little.A cube and a sphere nighly of the same bigness. [Not used.] |
37056
|
nighness |
NIGHNESS, n. Nearness; proximity in place, time or degree. |
37057
|
night |
NIGHT, n. [The sense may be dark, black, or it may be the decline of the day, from declining, ... |
37058
|
night-angling |
NIGHT-ANGLING, n. The angling for or catching fish in the night. |
37059
|
night-bird |
NIGHT-BIRD, n. A bird that flies only in the night. |
37060
|
night-born |
NIGHT-BORN, a. Produced in darkness. |
37061
|
night-brawler |
NIGHT-BRAWLER, n. One who excites brawls or makes a tumult at night. |
37062
|
night-cap |
NIGHT-CAP, n. A cap worn in bed or in undress. |
37063
|
night-crow |
NIGHT-CROW, n. A fowl that cries in the night. |
37064
|
night-dew |
NIGHT-DEW, n. The dew formed in the night. |
37065
|
night-dog |
NIGHT-DOG, n. A dog that hunts in the night; used by deer-stealers. |
37066
|
night-dress |
NIGHT-DRESS, n. A dress worn at night. |
37067
|
night-faring |
NIGHT-FARING, a. Traveling in the night. |
37068
|
night-fire |
NIGHT-FIRE, n. 1. Ignis fatuus; Will with a wisp; Jack with a lantern.2. Fire burning in the night. |
37069
|
night-fly |
NIGHT-FLY, n. An insect that flies in the night. |
37070
|
night-founded |
NIGHT-FOUNDED, a. Lost or distressed in the night. |
37071
|
night-gown |
NIGHT-GOWN, n. A loose gown used for undress. |
37072
|
night-hag |
NIGHT-HAG, n. A witch supposed to wander in the night. |
37073
|
night-man |
NIGHT-MAN, n. One who removes filth from cities in the night. |
37074
|
night-piece |
NIGHT-PIECE, n. A piece of painting so colored as to be supposed seen by candle-light. |
37075
|
night-rail |
NIGHT-RAIL, n. A loose robe or garment worn over the dress at night. [Not used.] |
37076
|
night-raven |
NIGHT-RAVEN, n. A fowl of ill omen that cries in the night. |
37077
|
night-rest |
NIGHT-REST, n. Rest or repose at night. |
37078
|
night-robber |
NIGHT-ROBBER, n. One that robs or steals in the night. |
37079
|
night-rule |
NIGHT-RULE, n. A tumult or frolick in the night. |
37080
|
night-shining |
NIGHT-SHINING, a. Shining in the night; luminous in darkness. |
37081
|
night-shriek |
NIGHT-SHRIEK, n. A shriek or outcry in the night. |
37082
|
night-spell |
NIGHT-SPELL, n. A charm against accidents at night. |
37083
|
night-tripping |
NIGHT-TRIPPING, a. Tripping about in the night; as a night-tripping fairy. |
37084
|
night-vision |
NIGHT-VISION, n. A vision at night. Daniel 2. |
37085
|
night-waking |
NIGHT-WAKING, a. Watching in the night. |
37086
|
night-walk |
NIGHT-WALK, n. A walk in the evening or night. |
37087
|
night-walker |
NIGHT-WALKER, n. 1. One that walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.2. One that roves about in the ... |
37088
|
night-walking |
NIGHT-WALKING, a. Roving in the night.NIGHT-WALKING, n. A roving in the streets at night with evil ... |
37089
|
night-wanderer |
NIGHT-WANDERER, n. One roving at night. |
37090
|
night-wandering |
NIGHT-WANDERING, a. Wandering in the night. |
37091
|
night-warbling |
NIGHT-WARBLING, a. Warbling or singing in the night. |
37092
|
night-watch |
NIGHT-WATCH, n. 1. A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of the watch. ... |
37093
|
night-watcher |
NIGHT-WATCHER, n. One that watches in the night with evil designs. |
37094
|
night-witch |
NIGHT-WITCH, n. A night hag; a witch that appears in the night. |
37095
|
nighted |
NIGHTED, a. Darkened; clouded; black. [Little used.] |
37096
|
nightfall |
NIGHTFALL, n. The close of the day; evening. |
37097
|
nightingale |
NIGHTINGALE, n. 1. A small bird that sings at night, of the genus Motacilla; Philomela or ... |
37098
|
nightish |
NIGHTISH, a. Pertaining to night, or attached to the night. |
37099
|
nightly |
NIGHTLY, a. 1. Done by night; happening in the night, or appearing in the night; as nightly sports; ... |
37100
|
nightmar |
NIGHTMAR, n. Incubus; a sensation in sleep resembling the pressure of a weight on the breast or ... |
37101
|
nightshade |
NIGHTSHADE, n. A plant of the genus Solanum. The deadly nightshade is of the genus Atropa; the ... |
37102
|
nightward |
NIGHTWARD, a. Approaching towards night. |
37103
|
nigrescent |
NIGRES'CENT, a. [L. to grow black.] Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to ... |
37104
|
nigrin |
NIG'RIN, n. An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces. |
37105
|
nigrine |
NIG'RINE, n. An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces. |
37106
|
nihility |
NIHIL'ITY, n. Nothingness; a state of being nothing. |
37107
|
nill |
NILL, v.t. Not to will; to refuse; to reject.NILL, v.i. To be unwilling.NILL, n. The shining sparks ... |
37108
|
nilometer |
NILOM'ETER, n. An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during the flood. |
37109
|
nim |
NIM, v.t. To take; to steal; to filch. |
37110
|
nimble |
NIM'BLE, a. Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. It is applied ... |
37111
|
nimble-footed |
NIM'BLE-FOOTED, a. Running with speed; light of foot. |
37112
|
nimble-witted |
NIM'BLE-WITTED, a. Quick; ready to speak. |
37113
|
nimbleness |
NIM'BLENESS, n. Lightness and agility in motion; quickness; celerity; speed; swiftness. It implies ... |
37114
|
nimbless |
NIM'BLESS, n. Nimbleness. |
37115
|
nimbly |
NIM'BLY, adv. With agility; with light, quick motion.He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber. |
37116
|
nimiety |
NIM'IETY, n. The state of being too much. [Not in use.] |
37117
|
nimmer |
NIM'MER, n. A thief. [Not in use.] |
37118
|
nincompoop |
NIN'COMPOOP, n. [said to be a corruption of L. non compos, not of sound mind.] A fool; a blockhead; ... |
37119
|
nine |
NINE, a. Denoting the number composed of eight and one; as nine men; nine days.NINE, n. The number ... |
37120
|
nine-fold |
NI'NE-FOLD, a. Nine times repeated. |
37121
|
nine-holes |
NI'NE-HOLES, n A game in which holes are made in the ground, into which a pellet is to be bowled. |
37122
|
nine-pence |
NI'NE-PENCE, n. A silver coin of the value of nine pence. |
37123
|
nine-pins |
NI'NE-PINS, n. A play with nine pins or sharpened pieces of wood set on end, at which a bowl is ... |
37124
|
nine-score |
NI'NE-SCORE, n. The number of nine times twenty. |
37125
|
nineteen |
NI'NETEEN, a. Noting the number of nine and ten united; as nineteen years. |
37126
|
nineteenth |
NI'NETEENTH, a. The ordinal of nineteen; designating nineteen. |
37127
|
ninetieth |
NI'NETIETH, a. The ordinal of ninety. |
37128
|
ninety |
NI'NETY, a. Nine times ten; as ninety years. |
37129
|
ninny |
NIN'NY, n. A fool; a simpleton. |
37130
|
ninth |
NINTH, a. The ordinal of nine; designating the number nine, the next preceding ten; as the ninth ... |
37131
|
nip |
NIP, v.t. [G. a nipping tool; to nip, to cut off, to pinch.]1. To cut, bite or pinch off the end or ... |
37132
|
nipped |
NIP'PED, pp. Pinched; bit; cropped; blasted. |
37133
|
nipper |
NIP'PER, n. 1. A satirist. [Not used.]2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four. |
37134
|
nippers |
NIP'PERS, n. Small pinchers. |
37135
|
nipping |
NIP'PING, ppr. Pinching; pinching off; biting off the end; cropping; clipping; blasting; killing. |
37136
|
nippingly |
NIP'PINGLY, adv. With bitter sarcasm. |
37137
|
nipple |
NIP'PLE, n. 1. A teat; a dug; the spungy protuberance by which milk is drawn from the breasts of ... |
37138
|
nipplewort |
NIP'PLEWORT, n. A plant of the genus Lapsana. |
37139
|
nipt |
NIPT, pp. Pinched; bit; cropped; blasted. |
37140
|
nisan |
NIS'AN, n. A month of the Jewish calendar, the first month of the sacred year and seventh of the ... |
37141
|
nisiprius |
NISIPRIUS, n. In law, a writ which lies in cases where the jury being impaneled and returned before ... |
37142
|
nit |
NIT, n. The egg of a louse or other small insect. |
37143
|
nitency |
NI'TENCY, n. [L. to shine.]1. Brightness; luster. [Little used.]2. [L. to strive.] Endeavor; ... |
37144
|
niter |
NI'TER, n. [In Hebrew, the verb under which this word appears signifies to spring, leap, shake, and ... |
37145
|
nithing |
NITH'ING, n. A coward; a dastard; a poltroon. [See Niding.] |
37146
|
nitid |
NIT'ID, a. 1. Bright; lustrous; shining.2. Gay; spruce; fine; applied to persons. [Little used.] |
37147
|
nitrate |
NI'TRATE, n. A salt formed by the union of the nitric acid with a base; as nitrate of soda. |
37148
|
nitrated |
NI'TRATED, a. Combined with niter. |
37149
|
nitric |
NI'TRIC, a. Impregnated with niter. Nitric acid is the acid saturated with oxygen, or an acid ... |
37150
|
nitrification |
NITRIFICATION, n. The process of forming niter. |
37151
|
nitrify |
NITRIFY, v.t. [L.] To form into niter. |
37152
|
nitrite |
NI'TRITE, n. A salt formed by the combination of the nitrous acid with a base. |
37153
|
nitro-muriatic |
NITRO-MURIAT'IC, a. Partaking of niter and muria or sea-salt. The nitro-muriatic acid is a ... |
37154
|
nitrogen |
NI'TROGEN, n. [Gr. to produce.] The element of niter; that which produces niter; that element or ... |
37155
|
nitrogenous |
NITROG'ENOUS, a. Pertaining to nitrogen; producing niter. |
37156
|
nitroleucic |
NITROLEU'CIC, a. Designating an acid obtained from leucine acted on by niter. |
37157
|
nitrometer |
NITROM'ETER, n. [Gr. to measure.] An instrument for ascertaining the quality or value of niter. |
37158
|
nitrous |
NI'TROUS, a. Pertaining to niter; partaking of the qualities of niter, or resembling it. Nitrous ... |
37159
|
nitry |
NI'TRY, a. Nitrous; pertaining to niter; producing niter. |
37160
|
nitter |
NIT'TER, n. [from nit.] The horse bee that deposits nits on horses. |
37161
|
nittily |
NIT'TILY, adv. [from nitty.] Lousily. [Not used.] |
37162
|
nitty |
NIT'TY, a. [from nit.] Full of nits; abounding with nits. |
37163
|
nival |
NI'VAL, a. [L. snow.] Abounding with snow; snowy. |
37164
|
niveous |
NI'VEOUS, a. Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow. |
37165
|
no |
NO. an abbreviation of number. |
37166
|
nobilitate |
NOBIL'ITATE, v.t. [See Noble.] To make noble; to ennoble. |
37167
|
nobilitation |
NOBILITA'TION, n. The act of making noble. |
37168
|
nobility |
NOBIL'ITY, n. 1. Dignity of mind; greatness; grandeur; that elevation of soul which comprehends ... |
37169
|
noble |
NO'BLE, a. 1. Great; elevated; dignified; being above every thing that can dishonor reputation; as ... |
37170
|
nobleness |
NO'BLENESS, n. 1. Greatness; dignity; ingenuousness; magnanimity; elevation of mind or of ... |
37171
|
nobless |
NOBLESS', n. 1. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females.2. ... |
37172
|
noblewoman |
NO'BLEWOMAN, n. A female of noble rank. |
37173
|
nobly |
NO'BLY, adv. 1. Of noble extraction; descended from a family of rank; as nobly born or descended.2. ... |
37174
|
nobody |
NO'BODY, n. [no and body.] No person; no one. |
37175
|
nocent |
NO'CENT, a. [L. to hurt, from striking.] Hurtful; mischievous; injurious; doing hurt; as nocent ... |
37176
|
nocive |
NO'CIVE, a. Hurtful; injurious. |
37177
|
nock |
NOCK, n. A notch. [See Notch.]NOCK, v.t. To place in the notch. |
37178
|
noctambulation |
NOCTAMBULA'TION, n. [L. night, to walk.] A rising from bed and walking in sleep. |
37179
|
noctambulist |
NOCTAM'BULIST, n. One who rises from bed and walks in his sleep. Arbuthnot uses noctambulo in the ... |
37180
|
noctidial |
NOCTID'IAL, a. [L. night, and dies, day.] Comprising a night and a day. [Little used.] |
37181
|
noctiferous |
NOCTIF'EROUS, a. [L. night, and to bring.] Bringing night. [Not used.] |
37182
|
noctiluca |
NOCTIL'UCA, n. [L. night, and to shine.] A species of phosphorus which shines in darkness without ... |
37183
|
noctilucous |
NOCTIL'UCOUS, a. Shining in the night. |
37184
|
noctivagant |
NOCTIV'AGANT, a. [L. night, and to wander.] Wandering in the night. |
37185
|
noctivagation |
NOCTIVAGA'TION, n. A roving in the night. |
37186
|
noctuary |
NOC'TUARY, n. [from L. night.] An account of what passes in the night. |
37187
|
noctule |
NOC'TULE, n. [from L. night.] A large species of bat. |
37188
|
nocturn |
NOC'TURN, n. [L. by night.] An office of devotion, or religious service by night. |
37189
|
nocturnal |
NOCTURN'AL, a. [L. night.]1. Pertaining to night; as nocturnal darkness.2. Done or happening at ... |
37190
|
nocument |
NOCUMENT, n. [L. To hurt.] Harm. |
37191
|
nod |
NOD, v.i. [Gr. contracted; a nod; to nod, to beckon, a leap a spring; to leap, to throb or beat, as ... |
37192
|
nodated |
NODATED, a. Knotted. A nodated hyperbola is one that by turning round crosses itself. |
37193
|
nodation |
NODATION, n. [L. To tie.] The act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [Little used.] |
37194
|
nodden |
NODDEN, a. Bent; inclined. [Not in use.] |
37195
|
nodder |
NODDER, n. One who nods; a drowsy person. |
37196
|
nodding |
NODDING, ppr. Inclining the head with a short quick motion. |
37197
|
noddle |
NODDLE, n. [L. A lump; or from nod.] The head; in contempt.Come, master, I have a project in my ... |
37198
|
noddy |
NODDY, n. 1. A simpleton; a fool.2. A fowl of the genus Sterna, very simple and easily taken.3. A ... |
37199
|
node |
NODE, n. 1. Properly, a knot; a knob; hence, 2. In surgery, a swelling of the periosteum, tendons ... |
37200
|
nodose |
NODOSE, a. [L. Knot.] Knotted; having knots or swelling joints. |
37201
|
nodosity |
NODOSITY, n. Knottiness. |
37202
|
nodous |
NODOUS, a. Knotty; full of knots. |
37203
|
nodular |
NODULAR, a. Pertaining to or in the form of a nodule or knot. |
37204
|
nodule |
NODULE, n. A little knot or lump. |
37205
|
noduled |
NODULED, a. Having little knots or lumps. |
37206
|
nog |
NOG, n. A little pot; also, ale. |
37207
|
noggen |
NOGGEN, a. Hard; rough; harsh. [Not used.] |
37208
|
noggin |
NOGGIN, n. A small mug or wooden cup. |
37209
|
nogging |
NOGGING, n. A partition of scantlings filled with bricks. |
37210
|
noiance |
NOIANCE, n. [See Annoy.] Annoyance; trouble; mischief; inconvenience. [Not used.] |
37211
|
noie |
NOIE, for annoy is not in use. |
37212
|
noier |
NOIER, for annoyer is not in use. |
37213
|
noious |
NOIOUS, for troublesome is not in use. |
37214
|
noise |
NOISE, n. 1. Sound of any kind, or proceeding from any cause, as the sound made by the organs of ... |
37215
|
noise-maker |
NOISE-MAKER, n. One who makes a clamor. |
37216
|
noised |
NOISED, pp. Spread by report; much talked of. |
37217
|
noiseful |
NOISEFUL, a. Loud; clamorous; making much noise or talk. |
37218
|
noiseless |
NOISELESS, a. Making no noise or bustle; silent; as the noiseless foot of time.So noiseless would I ... |
37219
|
noisily |
NOISILY, adv. With noise; with making a noise. |
37220
|
noisiness |
NOISINESS, n. The state of being noisy; loudness of sound; clamorousness. |
37221
|
noising |
NOISING, ppr. Spreading by report. |
37222
|
noisome |
NOISOME, a. 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as ... |
37223
|
noisomely |
NOISOMELY, adv. With a fetid stench; with an infectious steam. |
37224
|
noisomeness |
NOISOMENESS, n. Offensiveness to the smell; quality that disgusts. |
37225
|
noisy |
NOISY1. Making a loud sound.2. Clamorous; turbulent; as the noisy crowd.3. Full of noise.O leave ... |
37226
|
noli-me-tangere |
NOLI-ME-TANGERE, n. [L. Touch me not.]1. A plant of the genus Impatiens, called also balsamine; ... |
37227
|
nolition |
NOLITION, n. Unwillingness; opposed to volition. [Little used.] |
37228
|
noll |
NOLL, n. The head; the noddle. [Not used.] |
37229
|
nomad |
NOMAD, n. [Gr. Living on pasturage, to distribute or divide, to feed. This verb is connected with ... |
37230
|
nomadic |
NOMADIC, a. Pastoral; subsisting by the tending of cattle, and wandering for the sake of pasturage; ... |
37231
|
nomadize |
NOMADIZE, v.i. To wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage; to subsist by the ... |
37232
|
nomadizing |
NOMADIZING, ppr. Leading a pastoral life and wandering or removing from place to place for the sake ... |
37233
|
nomancy |
NOMANCY, n. [Gr. Name, and divination.] The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by ... |
37234
|
nombles |
NOMBLES, n. The entrails of a deer. |
37235
|
nombril |
NOMBRIL, n. The center of an escutcheon. |
37236
|
nome |
NOME, n. 1. A province or tract of country; an Egyptian government or division.2. In the ancient ... |
37237
|
nomenclator |
NOMENCLATOR1. A person who calls things or persons by their names. In Rome, candidates for office ... |
37238
|
nomenclatress |
NOMENCLATRESS, n. A female nomenclator. |
37239
|
nomenclatural |
NOMENCLATURAL, a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature. |
37240
|
nomenclature |
NOMENCLATURE, n. [See Nomenclator.]1. A list or catalogue of the more usual and important words in ... |
37241
|
nomial |
NOMIAL, n. A single name or term in mathematics. |
37242
|
nominal |
NOMINAL, a. 1. Titular; existing in name only; as , a nominal distinction or difference is a ... |
37243
|
nominalist |
NOMINALIST, n. The Nominalists were a sect of school philosophers, the disciples of Ocham or ... |
37244
|
nominalize |
NOMINALIZE, v.t. To convert into a noun. [Not in use and ill formed.] |
37245
|
nominally |
NOMINALLY, adv. By name or in name only. |
37246
|
nominate |
NOMINATE, v.t. [L. Name. See Name.]1. To name; to mention by name.2. To call; to entitle; to ... |
37247
|
nominated |
NOMINATED, pp. Named; mentioned by name; designated or proposed for an office or for election. |
37248
|
nominately |
NOMINATELY, adv. By name; particularly. |
37249
|
nominating |
NOMINATING, ppr. Naming; proposing for an office or for choice by name. |
37250
|
nomination |
NOMINATION, n. 1. The act of naming or of nominating; the act of proposing by name for an office.2. ... |
37251
|
nominative |
NOMINATIVE, a. Pertaining to the name which precedes a verb, or to the first case of nouns; as the ... |
37252
|
nominator |
NOMINATOR, n. One that nominates. |
37253
|
nominee |
NOMINEE, n. 1. In law, the person who is named to receive a copy-hold estate on surrender of it to ... |
37254
|
nomothetic |
NOMOTHETIC, a. Legislative; enacting laws. |
37255
|
nomothetical |
NOMOTHETICAL, a. Legislative; enacting laws. |
37256
|
non |
NON, adv. [L.] Not. This word is used in the English language as a prefix only, for giving a ... |
37257
|
non-ability |
NON-ABILITY, n. A want of ability; in law, an exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when ... |
37258
|
non-appearance |
NON-APPEARANCE, n. Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend. |
37259
|
non-appointment |
NON-APPOINTMENT, n. Neglect of appointment. |
37260
|
non-attendance |
NON-ATTENDANCE, n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance. |
37261
|
non-attention |
NON-ATTENTION, n. Inattention. |
37262
|
non-bituminous |
NON-BITUMINOUS, a. Containing no bitumen. |
37263
|
non-claim |
NON-CLAIM, n. A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim. |
37264
|
non-communion |
NON-COMMUNION, n. Neglect or failure of communion. |
37265
|
non-compliance |
NON-COMPLIANCE, n. Neglect or failure of compliance. |
37266
|
non-complying |
NON-COMPLYING, a. Neglecting or refusing to comply.Non compos mentis, or non compose, [L.] not of ... |
37267
|
non-conducting |
NON-CONDUCTING, a. Not conducting; not transmitting another fluid. Thus in electricity, wax is a ... |
37268
|
non-conduction |
NON-CONDUCTION, a. Not conducting; not transmitting another fluid. Thus in electricity, wax is a ... |
37269
|
non-conductor |
NON-CONDUCTOR, n. A substance which does not conduct, that is, transmit another substance or fluid, ... |
37270
|
non-conformist |
NON-CONFORMIST, n. One who neglects or refuses to conform to the rites and mode of worship of an ... |
37271
|
non-conformity |
NON-CONFORMITY, n. 1. Neglect or failure of conformity.2. The neglect or refusal to unite with an ... |
37272
|
non-contagious |
NON-CONTAGIOUS, a. Not contagious. |
37273
|
non-contagiousness |
NON-CONTAGIOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being not communicable from a diseased to a healthy ... |
37274
|
non-cotemporaneous |
NON-COTEMPORANEOUS, a. Not being cotemporary, or not of cotemprary origin. |
37275
|
non-descript |
NON-DESCRIPT, a. [L. Not, non, and described.] That has not been described.NON-DESCRIPT, n. Any ... |
37276
|
non-elect |
NON-ELECT, n. [L. non, not, and elected.] One who is not elected or chosen to salvation. |
37277
|
non-electric |
NON-ELECTRIC, a. Conducting the electric fluid.NON-ELECTRIC, n. A substance that is not an ... |
37278
|
non-emphatic |
NON-EMPHATIC, a. Having no emphasis; unemphatic. |
37279
|
non-emphatical |
NON-EMPHATICAL, a. Having no emphasis; unemphatic. |
37280
|
non-entity |
NON-ENTITY, n. 1. Non-existence; the negation of being.2. A thing not existing.There was no such ... |
37281
|
non-episcopal |
NON-EPISCOPAL, a. Not episcopal; not of the episcopal church or denomination. |
37282
|
non-episcopalian |
NON-EPISCOPALIAN, n. One who does not belong to the episcopal church or denomination. |
37283
|
non-essential |
NON-ESSENTIAL, n. Non-essentials are things not essential to a particular purpose. |
37284
|
non-execution |
NON-EXECUTION, n. Neglect of execution; non-performance. |
37285
|
non-existence |
NON-EXISTENCE, n. 1. Absence of existence; the negation of being.2. A thing that has no existence ... |
37286
|
non-exportation |
NON-EXPORTATION, n. A failure of exportation; a not exporting goods or commodities. |
37287
|
non-importation |
NON-IMPORTATION, n. Want or failure of importation; a not importing goods. |
37288
|
non-juring |
NON-JURING, a. [L. Non, not, and to swear.] Not swearing allegiance; an epithet applied to the ... |
37289
|
non-juror |
NON-JUROR, n. In Great Britain, one who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the government ... |
37290
|
non-manufacturing |
NON-MANUFACTURING, a. Not carrying on manufactures; as non-manufacturing states. |
37291
|
non-metallic |
NON-METALLIC, a. Not consisting of metal. |
37292
|
non-naturals |
NON-NATURALS, n. In medicine, things which, by the abuse of them, become the causes of disease, as ... |
37293
|
non-observance |
NON-OBSERVANCE, n. Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.Non obstante, [L. Notwithstanding,] a ... |
37294
|
non-payment |
NON-PA'YMENT, n. Neglect of payment. |
37295
|
non-ponderosity |
NON-PONDEROS'ITY, n. Destitution of weight; levity. |
37296
|
non-ponderous |
NON-PON'DEROUS, a. Having no weight. |
37297
|
non-production |
NON-PRODUCTION, n. A failure to produce or exhibit. |
37298
|
non-proficiency |
NON-PROFI'CIENCY, n. Failure to make progress. |
37299
|
non-proficient |
NON-PROFI'CIENT, n. One who has failed to improve or make progress in any study or pursuit.Non ... |
37300
|
non-regardance |
NON-REG'ARDANCE, n. Want of due regard. |
37301
|
non-rendition |
NON-RENDI'TION, n. Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.The non-payment of a debt, ... |
37302
|
non-resemblance |
NON-RESEM'BLANCE, n. Unlikeness; dissimilarity. |
37303
|
non-residence |
NON-RES'IDENCE, n. Failure or neglect of residing at the place where one is stationed, or where ... |
37304
|
non-resident |
NON-RES'IDENT, a. Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper ... |
37305
|
non-resistance |
NON-RESIST'ANCE, n. The omission of resistance; passive obedience; submission to authority, power ... |
37306
|
non-resistant |
NON-RESIST'ANT, a. Making no resistance to power or oppression. |
37307
|
non-sane |
NON-SA'NE, a. [L. non, not, and sound.] Unsound; not perfect; as a person of nonsane memory. |
37308
|
non-solution |
NON-SOLU'TION, n. Failure of solution or explanation. |
37309
|
non-solvency |
NON-SOLV'ENCY, n. Inablility to pay debts. |
37310
|
non-solvent |
NON-SOLV'ENT, a. Not able to pay debts; insolvent. |
37311
|
non-sparing |
NON-SPARING, a. Sparing none; alldestroying; merciless. |
37312
|
non-usance |
NON-USANCE, n. Neglect of use. |
37313
|
non-user |
NON-USER, n.1. A not using; failure to use; neglect of official duty; default of performing the ... |
37314
|
nonage |
NONAGE, n. [non, not, and age] Minority; the time of life before a person, according to the laws of ... |
37315
|
nonagesimal |
NONAGESIMAL, a. [L. Ninetieth.] Noting the 90th degree of the ecliptic; being in the highest point ... |
37316
|
nonagon |
NONAGON, n. [L. Nine, and Gr. an angle.] A figure having nine sides and nine angles. |
37317
|
nonce |
NONCE, n. Purpose; intent; design. [Not in use.] |
37318
|
none |
NONE, a. 1. Not one; used of persons or things.There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Psalm ... |
37319
|
nones |
NONES, n. 1. In the Roman calendar, the fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, ... |
37320
|
nonesuch |
NONESUCH, n. 1. An extraordinary thing; a thing that has not its equal.2. A plant of the genus ... |
37321
|
nonillion |
NONILLION, n. [L. Nine and million] The number of nine million millions. |
37322
|
nonpareil |
NONPAREIL, n. nonparel'. 1. Excellence unequaled.2. A sort of apple.3. A sort of printing type very ... |
37323
|
nonplus |
NON'PLUS, n. [L. not, and plus, more, further.] Puzzle; insuperable difficulty; a state in which ... |
37324
|
nonsense |
NON'SENSE, n. 1. No sense; words or language which have no meaning, or which convey no just ideas; ... |
37325
|
nonsensical |
NONSENS'ICAL, a. Unmeaning; absurd; foolish. |
37326
|
nonsensically |
NONSENS'ICALLY, adv. Absurdly; without meaning. |
37327
|
nonsensicalness |
NONSENS'ICALNESS, n. Jargon; absurdity; that which conveys no proper ideas. |
37328
|
nonsensitive |
NONSENS'ITIVE, a. Wanting sense or perception. |
37329
|
nonsuch |
NONSUCH. [See Nonesuch.] |
37330
|
nonsuit |
NON'SUIT, n. In law, the default, neglect or non-appearance of the plaintiff in a suit, when called ... |
37331
|
nonsuited |
NON'SUITED, pp. Adjudged to have deserted the suit by default of appearance; as a plaintiff. |
37332
|
nonsuiting |
NON'SUITING, ppr. Adjudging to have abandoned the suit by non-appearance or other neglect; as a ... |
37333
|
noodle |
NOO'DLE, n. A simpleton. [A vulgar word.] |
37334
|
nook |
NOOK, n. [See Nich.] A corner; a narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; as a ... |
37335
|
noon |
NOON, n. [ said to be from naw, that is up or ultimate, that limits, also nine. I has been ... |
37336
|
noonday |
NOON'DAY, n. Mid-day; twelve o'clock in the day.NOON'DAY, a. Pertaining to mid-day; meridional; as ... |
37337
|
nooning |
NOON'ING, n. Repose at noon; sometimes, repast at noon. |
37338
|
noonstead |
NOON'STEAD, n. The station of the sun at noon. |
37339
|
noontide |
NOON'TIDE, n. [See Tide, which signifies time.] The time of noon; mid-day.NOON'TIDE, a. Pertaining ... |
37340
|
noose |
NOOSE, n. A running knot, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.Where the hangman does ... |
37341
|
nopal |
NO'PAL, n. A Plant of the genus Cactus, from which the cochineal is collected in Mexico; Indian fig ... |
37342
|
nope |
NOPE, n. A provincial name for the bullfinch or red tail. |
37343
|
nor |
NOR, connective. [ne and or.] 1. A word that denies ro renders negative the second or subsequent ... |
37344
|
normal |
NOR'MAL, a. [L. a square, a rule.]1. According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right ... |
37345
|
norman |
NOR'MAN, n. In seamen's language, a short wooden bar to be thrust into a hole of the windlass, on ... |
37346
|
norroy |
NOR'ROY, n. [north and roy, north king.] The title of the third of the three kings at arms or ... |
37347
|
north |
NORTH, n. [I know not the origin of this word, nor its primary sense. It may have been applied ... |
37348
|
northeast |
NORTHE'AST, n. The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each.NORTHE'AST, a. ... |
37349
|
northerly |
NORTH'ERLY, a. Being towards the north, or nearer towards the north than to any other cardinal ... |
37350
|
northern |
NORTH'ERN, a. 1. Being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.2. In a ... |
37351
|
northernly |
NORTH'ERNLY, adv. Toward the north. [Not used.] |
37352
|
northing |
NORTH'ING, n. 1. The motion or distance of a planet from the equator northward.As the tides of the ... |
37353
|
northward |
NORTH'WARD, a. Being towards the north, or nearer to the north than to the east and west ... |
37354
|
northwest |
NORTHWEST', n. The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from ... |
37355
|
northwestern |
NORTHWEST'ERN, a. Pertaining to or being in the northwest, or in a direction to the northwest; as a ... |
37356
|
norwegian |
NORWE'GIAN, a. Belonging to Norway.NORWE'GIAN, n. A native of Norway. |
37357
|
nose |
NOSE, n. 1. The prominent part of the face which is the organ of smell, consisting of two similar ... |
37358
|
nose-fish |
NO'SE-FISH, n. A fish of the lether-mouthed kind, with a flat blunt snout; called also broad-snout. |
37359
|
nose-smart |
NO'SE-SMART, n. A plant, nasturtium; cresses. |
37360
|
nosebleed |
NO'SEBLEED, n. 1. A hemorrhage or bleeding at the nose.2. A plant of the genus Achillea. |
37361
|
nosed |
NO'SED, a. 1. Having a nose; as in long-nosed.2. Having sagacity. |
37362
|
nosegay |
NO'SEGAY, n. A bunch of flowers used to regale the sense of smelling.As on the nosegay in her ... |
37363
|
noseless |
NO'SELESS, a. Destitute of a nose. |
37364
|
nosethril |
NOSETHRIL. [See Nostril.] |
37365
|
nosle |
NOS'LE, n. [from nose.] A little nose; the extremity of a thing; as the nosle of a bellows. [See ... |
37366
|
nosological |
NOSOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Nosology.] Pertaining to nosology, or a systematic classification of ... |
37367
|
nosologist |
NOSOL'OGIST, n. One who classifies diseases, arranges them in order and gives them suitable names. |
37368
|
nosology |
NOSOL'OGY, n. [Gr. disease, and discourse.]1. A treatise on diseases, or a systematic arrangement ... |
37369
|
nosopoetic |
NOSOPOET'IC, a. [Gr. disease, and to produce.] Producing diseases. [Little used.] |
37370
|
nostril |
NOS'TRIL, n. [Thyrl or thirel is an opening or perforation; thirlian, thyrlian, to bore, to ... |
37371
|
nostrum |
NOS'TRUM, n. [L. from ours.] A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose ... |
37372
|
not |
NOT, adv. [See Naught.]1. A word that expreses negation, denial or refusal; as, he will no go; will ... |
37373
|
notable |
NOT'ABLE, a. [L. known; to know.] 1. Remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable; observable; ... |
37374
|
notableness |
NOT'ABLENESS, n. 1. Activity; industriousness; care. [Little used.]2. Remarkableness. |
37375
|
notably |
NOT'ABLY, adv.1. Memorably; remarkably; eminently.2. With show of consequence or importance. |
37376
|
notarial |
NOTA'RIAL, a. [from notary.] 1. Pertaining to a notary; as a notarial seal; notarial evidence or ... |
37377
|
notary |
NO'TARY, n. [L. known.]1. Primarily, a person employed to take notes of contracts, trials and ... |
37378
|
notation |
NOTA'TION, n. [L. to mark.]1. The act or practice of recording any thing by marks, figures or ... |
37379
|
notch |
NOTCH, n. [G. to crack or flaw. It seems to be the same word in origin as niche, nick.]1. A hollow ... |
37380
|
note |
NOTE, for ne wote, knew not or could not.NOTE, n. [L. to know.]1. A mark or token; something by ... |
37381
|
note-book |
NO'TE-BOOK, n. 1. A book in which memorandums are written.2. A book in which notes of hand are ... |
37382
|
noted |
NO'TED, pp. 1. Set down in writing.2. Observed; noticed.3. Remarkable; much known by reputation or ... |
37383
|
notedly |
NO'TEDLY, adv. With observation or notice. |
37384
|
notedness |
NO'TEDNESS, n. Conspicuousness; eminence; celebrity. |
37385
|
noteless |
NO'TELESS, a. Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. |
37386
|
noter |
NO'TER, n. One who takes notice; an annotator. |
37387
|
noteworthy |
NO'TEWORTHY, a. Worthy of observation or notice. |
37388
|
nothing |
NOTH'ING, n. [no and thing.] 1. Not any thing; not any being or existence; a word that denies the ... |
37389
|
nothingness |
NOTH'INGNESS, n. 1. Nihility; non-existence.2. Nothing; a thing of no value. |
37390
|
notice |
NO'TICE, n. 1. Observation by the eye or by the other senses. We take notice of objects passing or ... |
37391
|
noticeable |
NO'TICEABLE, a. That may be observed; worthy of observation. |
37392
|
noticed |
NO'TICED, pp. Observed; seen; remarked; treated with attention. |
37393
|
noticing |
NO'TICING, ppr. Observing; seeing; regarding; remarking on; treating with attention. |
37394
|
notification |
NOTIFICA'TION, n. [See Notify.]1. The act of notifying or giving notice; the act of making known, ... |
37395
|
notified |
NO'TIFIED, pp. 1. Made known; applied to things. This design of the king was notified to the court ... |
37396
|
notify |
NO'TIFY, v.t. [L. known, and to make.]1. To make known; to declare; to publish. The laws of God ... |
37397
|
notifying |
NO'TIFYING, ppr. Making known; giving notice to. |
37398
|
notion |
NO'TION, n. [L. known; to know.]1. Conception; mental apprehension of whatever may be known or ... |
37399
|
notional |
NO'TIONAL, a. 1. Imaginary; ideal; existing in idea only; visionary; fantastical.Notional good, by ... |
37400
|
notionality |
NOTIONAL'ITY, n. Empty ungrounded opinion. [Not used.] |
37401
|
notionally |
NO'TIONALLY, adv. In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.Two faculties notionally or ... |
37402
|
notionist |
NO'TIONIST, n. One who holds to an ungrounded opinion. |
37403
|
notoriety |
NOTORI'ETY, n. [See Notorious.]1. Exposure to public knowledge; the state of being publicly or ... |
37404
|
notorious |
NOTO'RIOUS, a. [L. known.]1. Publicly knwon; manifest to the world; evident; usually, knwon to ... |
37405
|
notoriously |
NOTO'RIOUSLY, adv. Publicly; openly; in a manner to be known or manifest. |
37406
|
notoriousness |
NOTO'RIOUSNESS, n. The state of being open or known; notoriety. |
37407
|
nott |
NOTT, a. Shorn. |
37408
|
notus |
NO'TUS, n. [L.] The south wind. |
37409
|
notwheat |
NOT'WHEAT, n. [smooth, shorn.] Wheat not bearded. |
37410
|
notwithstanding |
NOTWITHSTAND'ING, the participle of withstand, with not prefixed, and signifying not opposing; ... |
37411
|
nought |
NOUGHT. See Naught. |
37412
|
noul |
NOUL, n. The top of the head. [Not in use.] |
37413
|
nould |
NOULD, ne would, would not. |
37414
|
noun |
NOUN, n. [altered from L. name.] In grammar, a name; that sound or combination of sounds by which ... |
37415
|
nourish |
NOURISH, v.t. [G. to nourish, cannot be the same word unless they have lost a dental, which may ... |
37416
|
nourishable |
NOURISHABLE, a. Susceptible of nourishment; as the nourishable parts of the body. |
37417
|
nourished |
NOURISHED, pp. Fed; supplied with nutriment; caused to grow. |
37418
|
nourisher |
NOURISHER, n. The person or thing that nourishes. |
37419
|
nourishing |
NOURISHING, ppr. 1. Feeding; supplying with aliment; supporting with food.2. Promoting growth; ... |
37420
|
nourishment |
NOURISHMENT, n. 1. That which serves to promote the growth of animals or plants, or to repair the ... |
37421
|
nouriture |
NOURITURE. [See Nurture.] |
37422
|
noursling |
NOURSLING. [See Nursling.] |
37423
|
novaculite |
NOVAC'ULITE, n. [L. a razor.] Razor-stone; Turkey-hone; coticular shist; whet-slate, a variety of ... |
37424
|
novatian |
NOVA'TIAN, n. In church history, one of the sect of Novatus or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed ... |
37425
|
novatianism |
NOVA'TIANISM, n. The opinions of the Novations.One Hypolitus, a Roman presbyter, had been seduced ... |
37426
|
novation |
NOVATION. [See Innovation.] |
37427
|
novator |
NOVATOR. [See Innovator.] |
37428
|
novel |
NOV'EL, a. 1. New; of recent origin or intorduction; not ancient; hence, unusual; as a novel ... |
37429
|
novelism |
NOV'ELISM, n Innovation. [Little used.] |
37430
|
novelist |
NOV'ELIST, n. 1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty.2. A writer of a novel or of novels.3. A ... |
37431
|
novelize |
NOV'ELIZE, v.i. To innovate. [Not in use.] |
37432
|
novelty |
NOV'ELTY, n. Newness; recentness of origin or introduction.Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. |
37433
|
november |
NOVEM'BER, n. [L. from nine; the ninth month, according to the ancient Roman year, beginning in ... |
37434
|
novenary |
NO'VENARY, n. [nine.] The number nine; nine collectively. |
37435
|
novennial |
NO'VEN'NIAL, a. Done every ninth year. |
37436
|
novercal |
NOVER'CAL, a. [L. a step-mother.] Pertaining to a step-mother; suitable to a step-mother; in the ... |
37437
|
novice |
NOV'ICE, n. [L. from new.]1. One who is new in any business; one unacquainted or unskilled; one in ... |
37438
|
novitiate |
NOVI'TIATE, n. 1. The state or time or learning rudiments.2. In religious houses, a year or other ... |
37439
|
novitious |
NOVI'TIOUS, a. Newly invented. [Not used.] |
37440
|
novity |
NOV'ITY, n. Newness. [Not used.] |
37441
|
now |
NOW, adv. 1. At the present time.I have a patient now living at an advanced age, who discharged ... |
37442
|
noway |
NO'WAY, adv. [no and way.] In no manner or degree. [These can hardly be considered as compound ... |
37443
|
noways |
NO'WAYS, adv. [no and way.] In no manner or degree. [These can hardly be considered as compound ... |
37444
|
nowed |
NOW'ED, a. Knotted; tied in a knot; used in heraldry. |
37445
|
nowel |
NOW'EL, n. A shout of joy or christmas song. |
37446
|
nowes |
NOWES, n. The marriage knot. |
37447
|
nowhere |
NO'WHERE, adv. Not in any place or state. Happiness is nowhere to be found but in the practice of ... |
37448
|
nowise |
NO'WISE, adv. [no and wise; often by mistake written noways.] Not in any manner or degree. |
37449
|
noxious |
NOXIOUS, a. [L. from hurt.]1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; destructive; unwholesome; ... |
37450
|
noxiously |
NOX'IOUSLY, adv. Hurtfully; perniciously. |
37451
|
noxiousness |
NOX'IOUSNESS, n. 1. Hurtfulness; the quality that injures, impairs or destroys; insalubrity; as the ... |
37452
|
noyau |
NOYAU, n. A rich cordial. |
37453
|
nozle |
NOZ'LE, n. [from nose.] The nose; the extremity of any thing; the snout. |
37454
|
nozzle |
NOZ'ZLE, n. [from nose.] The nose; the extremity of any thing; the snout. |
37455
|
nubble |
NUB'BLE, v.t. [for knubble, from knob, the fist.] To beat or bruise with the fist. [Not used.] |
37456
|
nubiferous |
NUBIF'EROUS, a. [L. a cloud or fog, and to produce.] Brining or producing clouds. |
37457
|
nubile |
NU'BILE, a. [L. to marry.] Marriageable; of an age suitable for marriage. |
37458
|
nubilous |
NU'BILOUS, a. Cloudy. |
37459
|
nuciferous |
NUCIF'EROUS, a. [L. nut and to bear.] Bearing or producing nuts. |
37460
|
nucleus |
NU'CLEUS, n. [L. a nut.]1. Properly, the kernel of a nut; but in usage, any body about which matter ... |
37461
|
nudation |
NUDA'TION, n. [L. to make bare.] The act of stripping or making bare or naked. |
37462
|
nude |
NUDE, a. 1. Bare.2. In law, void; of no force. |
37463
|
nudity |
NU'DITY, n. 1. Nakedness.2. Nudities, in the plural, naked parts which decency requires to be ... |
37464
|
nugacity |
NUGAC'ITY, n. [L. trifles.] Futility; trifling talk or behavior. |
37465
|
nugation |
NUGA'TION, n. [L. to trifle.] The act or practice of trifling. [Little used.] |
37466
|
nugatory |
NU'GATORY, a. 1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. ... |
37467
|
nuisance |
NU'ISANCE, n. [L. to annoy. Blackstone writes nusance, and it is desirable that his example may be ... |
37468
|
nul |
NUL, in law, signifies no, not any; as nul diseizin; nul tiel record; nul tort. |
37469
|
null |
NULL, v.t. [L. not any.] To annul; to deprive of validity; to destroy. [Not much used.] [See ... |
37470
|
nullifidian |
NULLIFID'IAN, a. [L. none, and faith.] Of no faith; of no religion or honesty. [Not used.] |
37471
|
nullified |
NUL'LIFIED, pp. Made void. |
37472
|
nullify |
NUL'LIFY, v.t. [L. none, and to make.] To annul; to make void; to render invalid; to deprive of ... |
37473
|
nullity |
NUL'LITY, n. 1. Nothingness; want of existence.2. Want of legal force, validity or efficacy. |
37474
|
numb |
NUMB, a. 1. Torpid; destitute of the power of sensation and motion; as, the fingers or limbs are ... |
37475
|
numbed |
NUMBED, pp. Rendered torpid. |
37476
|
number |
NUM'BER, n. [Probably the radical sense is to speak, name or tell, as our word tell, in the other ... |
37477
|
numbered |
NUM'BERED, pp. Counted; enumerated. |
37478
|
numberer |
NUMBERER, n. One that counts numbers. |
37479
|
numbering |
NUM'BERING, ppr. Counting; ascertaining the units of a multitutde or collection. |
37480
|
numberless |
NUM'BERLESS, a. That cannot be counted; innumerable. |
37481
|
numbers |
NUM'BERS, n. The title of the fourth book of the Pentateuch. |
37482
|
numbing |
NUMBING, ppr. Making torpid. |
37483
|
numbles |
NUM'BLES, n. The entrails of a deer. |
37484
|
numbness |
NUMBNESS, n. Torpor; that state of a living body in which it has not the power of feeling or ... |
37485
|
numerable |
NU'MERABLE, a. That may be numbered or counted. |
37486
|
numeral |
NU'MERAL, a. 1. Pertaining to number; consisting of number.The dependence of a long train of ... |
37487
|
numerally |
NU'MERALLY, adv. According to number; in number. |
37488
|
numerary |
NU'MERARY, a. Belonging to a certain number.A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, ... |
37489
|
numerate |
NU'MERATE, v.t. To count or reckon in numbers; to calculate. [But enumerate is generally used.] |
37490
|
numeration |
NUMERA'TION, n. 1. The act or art of numbering.Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, ... |
37491
|
numerator |
NU'MERATOR, n. [L.]1. One that numbers.2. In arithmetic, the number in vulgar fractions which shows ... |
37492
|
numeric |
NUMER'IC, a. [L., number.]1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; as ... |
37493
|
numerical |
NUMER'ICAL, a. [L., number.]1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; as ... |
37494
|
numerically |
NUMER'ICALLY, adv. 1. In numbers; as parts of a thing numerically expressed.2. With respect to ... |
37495
|
numerist |
NU'MERIST, n. One that deals in numbers. [Not used.] |
37496
|
numerosity |
NUMEROS'ITY, n. The state of being numerous. [Not used.] |
37497
|
numerous |
NU'MEROUS, a. [L.]1. Being many, or consisting of a great number of individuals; as a numerous ... |
37498
|
numerously |
NUMEROUSLY, adv. In great numbers. |
37499
|
numerousness |
NU'MEROUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of being numerous or many; the quality of consisting of a great ... |
37500
|
numismatic |
NUMISMAT'IC, a. [L., money, coin; Gr., to suppose, to sanction, law or custom.] Pertaining money, ... |
37501
|
numismatics |
NUMISMAT'ICS, n. The science of coins and medals. |
37502
|
numismatologist |
NUMISMATOL'OGIST, n. One versed in the knowledge of coins and medals. |
37503
|
numismatology |
NUMISMATOL'OGY, n. [Gr., coin, and discourse.] The branch of historical science which treats of ... |
37504
|
nummary |
NUM'MARY, a. [L., a coin.] Pertaining to coin or money. |
37505
|
nummular |
NUM'MULAR, a. [L., a coin.] Pertaining to coin or money. |
37506
|
nummulite |
NUM'MULITE, n. [L., money.] Fossil remains of a chambered shell of a flattened form, formerly ... |
37507
|
numps |
NUMPS, n. A dolt; a blockhead. [Not used.] |
37508
|
numskull |
NUM'SKULL, n. [numb and skull.] A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. |
37509
|
numskulled |
NUM'SKULLED, a. Dull in intellect; stupid; doltish. |
37510
|
nun |
NUN, n. A woman devoted to a religious life, and who lives in a cloister or nunnery, secluded from ... |
37511
|
nunchion |
NUN'CHION, n. A portion of food taken between meals. [qu. from noon, or a corruption of luncheon.] |
37512
|
nunciature |
NUN'CIATURE, n. [See Nuncio] The office of a nuncio. |
37513
|
nuncio |
NUN'CIO, n. [L., a messenger.]1. An embassador from the pope to some catholic prince or state, or ... |
37514
|
nuncupate |
NUN'CUPATE, v.t. [L.] To declare publicly or solemnly. [Not used.] |
37515
|
nuncupation |
NUNCUPA'TION, n. A naming. |
37516
|
nuncupative |
NUNCU'PATIVE, a. [L., to declare.]1. Nominal; existing only in name.2. Publicly or solemnly ... |
37517
|
nuncupatory |
NUNCU'PATORY, a. [L., to declare.]1. Nominal; existing only in name.2. Publicly or solemnly ... |
37518
|
nundinal |
NUN'DINAL, a. [L., a fair or market, every nine days.]1. Pertaining to a fair or to a market day.2. ... |
37519
|
nundinate |
NUN'DINATE, v.i. To buy and sell at fairs. [Not used.] |
37520
|
nundination |
NUNDINA'TION, n. Traffick in fairs. [Not used.] |
37521
|
nunnation |
NUNNA'TION, n. In Arabic grammar, from the name of N, the pronunciation of n at the end of words. |
37522
|
nunnery |
NUN'NERY, n. A house in which nuns reside; a cloister in which females under a vow of chastity and ... |
37523
|
nuptial |
NUP'TIAL, a. [L., to marry.]1. Pertaining to marriage; done at a wedding; as nuptial rites and ... |
37524
|
nuptials |
NUP'TIALS, n. plu. Marriage, which see. |
37525
|
nurse |
NURSE, n.1. A woman that has the care of infants, or a woman employed to tend the children of ... |
37526
|
nursed |
NURS'ED, pp. Tended in infancy or sickness; nourished from the breast maintained; cherished. |
37527
|
nurser |
NURS'ER, n. One that cherishes or encourages growth. |
37528
|
nursery |
NURS'ERY, n. 1. The place or apartment in a house appropriated to the care of children.2. A place ... |
37529
|
nursing |
NURS'ING, ppr. Tending; nourishing at the breast; education; maintaining. |
37530
|
nursling |
NURS'LING, n. 1. An infant; a child.2. One that is nursed. |
37531
|
nurture |
NUR'TURE, n. 1. That which nourishes; food; diet.2. That which promotes growth; education; ... |
37532
|
nusance |
NU'SANCE, n. [L. to annoy. Blackstone writes nusance, and it is desirable that his example may be ... |
37533
|
nut |
NUT, n. [It seems to be allied to knot, a bunch or hard lump.]1. The fruit of certain trees and ... |
37534
|
nut-breaker |
NUT-BREAKER. [See Nutcracker.] |
37535
|
nut-hatch |
NUT'-HATCH, n. The common name of birds of the genus sitta. The common European nut-hatch is ... |
37536
|
nutation |
NUTA'TION, n. [L., a nodding, to nod.] In astronomy, a kind of tremulous motion of the axis of the ... |
37537
|
nutgall |
NUT'GALL, n. An excrescence of the oak. |
37538
|
nutmeg |
NUT'MEG, n. [L. But it may be questionable whether the last syllable in English, meg, is not from ... |
37539
|
nutrication |
NUTRICA'TION, n. Manner of feeding or being fed. [Not in use.] |
37540
|
nutrient |
NU'TRIENT, a. [L.] Nourishing; promoting growth.NU'TRIENT, n. Any substance which nourishes by ... |
37541
|
nutriment |
NU'TRIMENT, n. [L., from to nourish.]1. That which nourishes; that which promotes the growth or ... |
37542
|
nutrimental |
NUTRIMENT'AL, a. Having the qualities of food; alimental. |
37543
|
nutrition |
NUTRI'TION, n. [L., to nourish.]1. The act or process of promoting the growth or repairing the ... |
37544
|
nutritious |
NUTRI'TIOUS, a. Nourishing; promoting the growth or repairing the waste of animal bodies. Milk is ... |
37545
|
nutritive |
NU'TRITIVE, a. Having the quality of nourishing; nutrimental; alimental; as a nutritive food. |
37546
|
nutriture |
NU'TRITURE, n. The quality of nourishing. [Not used.] |
37547
|
nuzzle |
NUZ'ZLE, v.t.[qu. from noursle.] To nurse; to foster. [Vulgar.] |
37548
|
nyctalops |
NYC'TALOPS, n. [Gr., night and the eye.]1. One that sees best in the night.2. One who loses his ... |
37549
|
nyctalopy |
NYC'TALOPY, n. 1. The faculty of seeing best in darkness, or the disorder from which this faculty ... |
37550
|
nye |
NYE, n. A brood or flock of pheasants. |
37551
|
nylgau |
NYL'GAU, n. A quadruped of the genus Bos, a native of the interior of India, of a middle size ... |
37552
|
nymph |
NYMPH, n. 1. In mythology, a goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows and waters. According to ... |
37553
|
nympha |
NYMPH'A, n. Another name of the pupa, chrysalis, or aurelia; the second state of an insect, passing ... |
37554
|
nymphean |
NYMPHE'AN, a. Pertaining to nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as a nymphean cave. |
37555
|
nymphical |
NYMPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to nymphs. |
37556
|
nymphish |
NYMPH'ISH, a. Relating to nymphs; lady-like. |
37557
|
nymphlike |
NYMPH'LIKE, a. Resembling nymphs. |
37558
|
nymphly |
NYMPH'LY, a. Resembling nymphs. |
37559
|
nys |
NYS, [ne and is.] None is; is not. |
