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Nag
A person who nags, especially habitually; called also .
Naiuml;f
Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.
Nake
To make naked.
Name
To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Namelessly
In a nameless manner.
Naphthylamine
One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, , forming crystalline solids.
Napping
The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
Nard
An East Indian plant () of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
Nasutness
Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness.
Natatores
The swimming birds.
Natatorial
Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; .
Native
One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; .
Nativism
The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
Nativity
The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
Natty
Neatly dressed; smart; trim; tidy; spruce.
Nauscopy
The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.
Nauseate
To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
Nautiloid
Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.
Navel-string
The .
Neaf
See 2d .
Near-legged
Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.
Neat
Cattle of the genus , as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus ;
Nebulose
Nebulous; cloudy.
Necromantic
Conjuration.
Necrophagan
Eating carrion.
Necrose
To affect with necrosis; to undergo necrosis.
needlecraft
An article or articles created or assembled by needle and thread; needlework.
Neer
Nearer.
Ne'er
a contraction of .
Ne exeat
A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree.
Negligent
Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; .
Negroloid
See .
Neighborhood
The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.
Nemalite
A fibrous variety of brucite.
Nemophilist
One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
Neoclassic architecture
All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.
Neocomian
A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.
Neonomian
One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.
neritic
Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; .
Nero-antico
A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.
Ness
A promontory; a cape; a headland.
Netfish
An astrophyton.
Net-veined
Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; .
Neurism
Nerve force. See , under .
Neuro-central
Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; .
Neurokeratin
A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.
never-ending
endless or seemingly endless; .
newborn
Recently born.
Nibelungenlied
A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to heathen times.
Nightly
Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night;
Nihilist
One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.
nine
Eight and one more; one less than ten; .
Ninny
A fool; a simpleton.
Nitratine
A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also .
no.
Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; .
Nobilitate
To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.
Nodder
One who nods; a drowsy person.
Noddy
A simpleton; a fool.
Noematachograph
An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.
Nominalistic
Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.
Nonage
Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
nonflammable
Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited.
nonhuman
not human. Opposite of .
nonmetamorphic
not metamorphic. Opposite of .
Nonperformance
Neglect or failure to perform.
Nopal
A cactaceous plant (), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of .
Norfolk plover
The stone curlew.
Norian
Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.
normalize
To make normal; .
North-American
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America and their peoples.
Northumbrian
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.
Nose
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
Notability
Quality of being notable.
Noun
A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.
Np
The chemical symbol for Neptunium, a transuranic element having atomic number 93.
Numenius
A genus of birds comprising certain of the curlews.
Numerator
One who numbers.
Numismatist
One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.
Nunc dimittis
The (), used in the ritual of many churches. It begins with these words in the Vulgate.
Nundinal
A nundinal letter.
Nursepond
A pond where fish are fed.
Nuthatch
Any one of several species of birds of the genus , as the European species (). The (), the (), the (), and others, are American.
Nyctalopia
A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.
nymphalid
Any butterfly of the family , consisting of medium to large butterflies found worldwide, typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
Nymphalis
The type genus of the , including the mourning cloak butterfly ().
Nyula
A species of ichneumon (). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.