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Nacelle
A small boat.
Nap
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
Napoleonist
A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
Narcotinic
Pertaining to narcotine.
Nath
hath not.
Naticoid
Like or belonging to , or the family .
National
Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general;
Naturalness
The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
Natured
Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition;
nauch
an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
Naufrage
Shipwreck; ruin.
Naumachy
A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight put on by the ancient Romans.
Navigate
To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; .
Nearhand
Near; near at hand; closely.
Nearly
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost; .
Nebula
A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. The term was originally applied to any diffuse luminous region. Now, technically, it is applied to interstellar clouds of dust and gases (). However distant galaxies and very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope, such as the in Andromeda, known now to be a distant galaxy.
Neckerchief
A kerchief for the neck; -- called also .
Neglect
Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
Negrohead
An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses.
Nemathecium
A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.
Nempne
To name or call.
Neo-Hebraic
Of, pert. to, or designating, modern Hebrew, or Hebrew of later date than the Biblical.
Neoplasty
Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.
Nepidae
A natural family of water scorpions.
Nero
A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.
Nest
To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
Nestorian
An adherent of , patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call the though she might be called the ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of in Persia, India, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. Opposed to .
netted
resembing a net or a web.
nettlesome
same as , 1.
Neuroma
A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.
Neurotic
A disease seated in the nerves.
Neutralizer
One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.
Nevadite
A granitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.
Newcome
Recently come.
Newfangled
Newly made; of a new type or fashion; formed with the affectation of novelty; -- sometimes used to express disapproval or disdain.
Nibblingly
In a nibbling manner; cautiously.
nickel-and-dime
Trivial; unimportant; petty; .
Nickelic
Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the compounds, the metal has a higher valence; .
Nickname
To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
Niggler
One who niggles.
Night
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
Night-eyed
Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
Ninefold
Nine times repeated.
Ninnyhammer
A simpleton; a silly person.
Nitency
Brightness; luster.
Nitrogenous
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen;
Nitrophnol
Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as .
Nival
Abounding with snow; snowy.
Nock
A notch.
Nodation
Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.
nodulated
Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.
Noise
To spread by rumor or report.
Nominately
By name; particularly; namely.
nonarboreal
not arboreal; not living in trees; -- of animals. Opposite of .
Nonda
The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, .
Non-feasance
An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. .
Nonimportation
Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
noninstitutional
not institutional. Opposite of .
Nonlimitation
Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Nonmoral
Neither moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not within the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical; .
Nonnatural
Not natural; unnatural.
Nonnecessity
Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
nonparticulate
not particulate. Opposite of .
Nonplane
Not lying in one plane; not planar; -- said of certain curves.
nonpregnant
not pregnant; . Opposite of .
Nook
A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Noon
Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
Noonstead
The position of the sun at noon.
Norman
A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under .
Norse
The Norse language.
no-show
someone who shirks a duty.
Nosocomial
Of or pertaining to a hospital; .
nostalgia
Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
Notability
Quality of being notable.
Nothingness
Nihility; nonexistence.
Notopodium
The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See .
Notwithstanding
Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
Novelize
To innovate.
Novenary
Of or pertaining to the number nine.
Novice
Like a novice; becoming a novice.
Nowthe
See .
Np
The chemical symbol for Neptunium, a transuranic element having atomic number 93.
Nub
To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.
Nucleobranch
Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.
Nudum pactum
A bare, naked contract, without any consideration and therefore unenforceable in a court of law.
nurseling
An infant considered in relation to its nurse.
Nutriture
Nutrition; nourishment.