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Nab
The summit of an eminence.
Nabk
The edible berries of the , a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe.
Nacr
Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; .
Nvose
Spotted; freckled.
Nvus
A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- the term includes moles as wells a other types of birthmark, and is most commonly applied to reddish or brownish raised vascular areas of the skin, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.
Nail
the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
Nale
Ale; also, an alehouse.
Narrower
One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.
Nas
Has not.
Natchez
A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of , Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.
Nationalrath
See .
naturalized
Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.
Nauscopy
The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.
Nazaritism
The vow and practice of a Nazarite.
ne
Not; never.
Nearctic
Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
Nebuly
A line or a decoration composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resemble a cloud. See
Necrophagan
Eating carrion.
Neglecter
One who neglects.
Nematognathi
An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See .
Neo-
A prefix meaning , , ; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been classified, and in which at least one carbon atom is connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with and ;
neoclassicist
an advocate of neoclassicism.
Neocracy
Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
Neo-Hegelian
An adherent of Neo-Hegelianism.
Neologian
A neologist.
Nephritis
An inflammation of the kidneys.
Nervimotor
Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.
Nest
To build and occupy a nest.
Net
To form network or netting; to knit.
nettlesome
same as , 1.
Neuration
The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation; venation.
Neutral
A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.
Nevertheless
Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.
Nevew
Nephew.
newsboy
A boy who distributes or sells newspapers.
Nicotian
Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.
Nidificate
To make a nest.
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 Before Christmas
The popular name for a poem by titled , a popular poem with the theme of (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to children on Christmans eve.
Nightless
Having no night.
Nihil
Nothing.
nineties
The decade from 1890 to 1899; .
Ninetieth
Next in order after the eighty-ninth.
Nitride
A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; .
Nitroform
A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, , quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.
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 .
Nitty
Full of nits.
Noble
Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous;
Noctambulo
A noctambulist; a sleepwalker.
Noctilionid
A South American bat of the genus , having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.
Nomadic
Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; .
Nonalienation
Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.
Nonappointment
Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.
Nonconcur
To dissent or refuse to concur.
Nondelivery
A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
None
Same as , 2.
Non est factum
The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
Non est inventus
The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.
Nonesuch
A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (), a variety of pottery clay, etc.
nonlethal
not capable of causing death.
Nonobservance
Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Non-pros
To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); .
Nonsparing
Sparing none.
nonvolatilizable
not able to be volatilized.
Noon-flower
The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.
Nooning
A rest at noon; a repast at noon.
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 .
Norimon
A Japanese covered litter, carried by men.
normalcy
The quality, state, or fact of being normal; the normal situation or condition; .
North
Northward.
Northeast
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point;
Northumbrian
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.
Nostoc
A genus of alg. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.
Notarial
Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary;
Notwithstanding
Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
Nought
See .
Noyer
An annoyer.
Nuciform
Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.
Nucleolar
Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.
Nude
Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; .
Nudibranchiate
Same as .
Nulled
Turned so as to resemble nulls.
Numeration
The act or art of numbering.
Numskulled
Stupid; doltish.
Nurl
To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.
Nurse
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
Nutant
Nodding; having the top bent downward.
Nutgall
A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See , .
Nutriture
Nutrition; nourishment.
Nuzzle
To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
nymphomaniac
A woman afflicted with nymphomania.