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Narcotic (närkŏtĭk), n. (Med.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
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Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. Chaucer.
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Narcotical (närkŏtĭk�l), a. Narcotic.
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-- Narcotically, adv.
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Narcotine (närk�tĭn or närk�tēn), n. [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. .] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.
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Narcotinic (närk�tĭnĭk), a. Pertaining to narcotine.
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Narcotism (närk�tĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. narcotisme.] Narcosis; the state of being narcotized. G. Eliot.
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Narcotize (närk�tīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narcotized (närk�tīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Narcotizing (närk�tīzĭng).] To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.
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narcotized adj. under the influence of narcotics.
Syn. -- doped, drugged.
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narcotizing adj. Inducing stupor or narcosis.
Syn. -- narcotic.
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Nard (närd), n. [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. nardos; cf. Heb. nêrd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.] 1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
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2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See .
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3. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.
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Nardine (närdĭn), a. [L. nardinus, Gr. nardinos.] Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
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Nardoo (närd�), n. (Bot.) An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
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Nare (nâr), n. [L. naris.] A nostril. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Nares (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of naris nostril.] (Anat.) The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
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{ Nargile (?), Nargileh (?), } n. [Per. nārghīl, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called and water pipe. Functionally similar to the , a simplified form.
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Narica (?), n. (Zoöl.) The brown coati. See .
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Nariform (?), a. [L. naris nostril + -form. See .] Formed like the nose.
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narine (?), a. Of or belonging to the nostrils.
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nark n. [from narcotics.] A law enforcement agent specializing in narcotics law violations. [slang]
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narrable (?), a. [L. narrabilis, fr. narrare to narrate.] Capable of being narrated or told. [Obs.]
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Narragansetts (?), prop. n. pl.; sing. Narragansett (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
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narrate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Narrating.] [L. narratus, p. p. of narrare to narrate, prob. for gnarigare, fr. gnarus knowing. See , .] To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
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Syn. -- To relate; recount; detail; describe.
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narration (?), n. [L. narratio: cf. F. narration.] 1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal.
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2. That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; a narrative; story; history.
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3. (Rhet.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.
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Syn. -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history. See .
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Narrative (?), a. [Cf. F. narratif.] 1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.
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2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
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But wise through time, and narrative with age. Pope.
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Narrative, n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
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Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. Tatler.
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Syn. -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See .
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Narratively, adv. In the style of narration.
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Narrator (?), n. [L.] One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.
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Narratory (?), a. Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters. Howell.
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Narre (när), a. Nearer. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Narrow (nărr�), a. [Compar. Narrower (nărr�ẽr); superl. Narrowest.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
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Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak.
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2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. Bp. Wilkins.
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3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{5}; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority. Dryden.
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4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
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5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. “A narrow understanding.” Macaulay.
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6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
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A very narrow and stinted charity. Smalridge.
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7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
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But first with narrow search I must walk round
This garden, and no corner leave unspied. Milton.
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8. (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as ē (ēve) and � (f�d), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and � (f�t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, §13.
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☞ Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc.
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Coloq. Narrow gauge . (Railroad) See Note under , n., 6.
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Narrow (?), n.; pl. Narrows (�). A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
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Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
narrow. Gladstone.
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Narrow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Narrowing.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. Sir W. Temple.
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2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
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Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. I. Watts.
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3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
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Narrow, v. i. 1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
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2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. Farrier's Dict.
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3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
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narrowed adj. reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
Syn. -- constricted.
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Narrower (?), n. One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.
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Narrowing, n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.
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2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
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Narrowly, adv. [AS. nearulice.] 1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner.
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2. Without much extent; contractedly.
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3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly.
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4. With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped.
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5. Sparingly; parsimoniously.
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6. With close adherence to the literal meaning of a text; as, to interpret narrowly; to construe narrowly; to read narrowly; -- used especially of laws and contracts.
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Narrow-minded (?), a. Of narrow mental scope; lacking tolerance or breadth of view; illiberal; mean. Opposite of broad-minded, open-minded, liberal. [wns=2] [Narrower terms: dogmatic, dogmatical; little, petty, small, small-minded]
Syn. -- narrowminded, narrow, illiberal, intolerant.
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2. Capable of being shocked by behavior of others. Opposite of unshockable. [wns=1]
Syn. -- shockable.
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-- Narrow-mindedness, n.
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Narrowness, n. [AS. nearunes.] The condition or quality of being narrow.
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Nart (?). [For ne art.] Art not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Narthex (?), n. [L., giant fennel, Gr. narqhx.] 1. (Bot.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under .
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2. (Arch.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.
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Narwal (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Narwe (närw�), a. Narrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Narwhal (närhwȧl), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. nāhvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. nār corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See .] [Written also narwhale and narwal.] (Zoöl.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
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Nas (näz). [For ne was.] Was not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Nas. [Contr. fr. ne has.] Has not. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Nasal (nāz�l), a. [F., from L. nasus the nose. See .] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose.
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2. (Phon.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
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Coloq. Nasal bones (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals. -- Coloq. Nasal index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the transverse breadth of the anterior nasal aperture to the height from the base of the aperture to the nasion, which latter distance is taken as the standard, equal to 100.
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Nasal, n. 1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
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2. (Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. [Archaic]
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3. (Anc. Armor) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
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4. (Anat.) One of the nasal bones.
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5. (Zoöl.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
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Nasalis prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the proboscis monkeys.
Syn. -- genus Nasalis.
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nasalise v. t. Same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
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Nasality (?), n. [Cf. F. nasalité.] The quality or state of being nasal.
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Nasalization (?), n. The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.
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Nasalize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nasalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nasalizing (?).] To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
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Nasalize, v. t. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose; to pronounce with a lowered velum.
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Nasally, adv. In a nasal manner; by the nose.
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Nascal (năsk�l), n. [F. nascale.] (Med.) A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.
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Nascency (năss�ns�), n. [L. nascentia. See .] State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
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Nascent (năss�nt; nās�nt), a. [L. nascens, -entis, p. pr. nasci to be born. See , and cf. .] 1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.
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Nascent passions and anxieties. Berkley.
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2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent oxygen.
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Coloq. Nascent state (Chem.), the fleeting or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong reducer.
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Naseberry (nāzbĕrr�), n. [Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See .] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See . [Written also nisberry.]
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Nash (năsh), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Nasicornous (?), a. [L. nasus nose + cornu horn: cf. F. nasicorne.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.
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Nasiform (?), a. [L. nasus nose + -form. See , and cf. .] Having the shape of a nose.
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Nasion (?), n. [NL., fr. L. nasus nose.] (Anat.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.
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Naso- (�). [L. nasus nose.] (Anat.) A combining form denoting pertaining to the nose, or connected with the nose; as, nasofrontal.
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Nasobuccal (?), a. [Naso + buccal.] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate.
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Nasofrontal (?), a. [Naso- + frontal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.
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Nasolachrymal (?), a. [Naso- + lachrymal.] (Anat.) Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.
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{ Nasopalatal (?), Nasopalatine (?) }, a. [Naso- + palatal.] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.
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Nasopharyngeal (? or �), a. [Naso- + pharyngeal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus.
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Nasoseptal (?), a. [Naso- + septal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.
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Nasoturbinal (?), a. [Naso- + turbinal.] (Anat.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasoturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelæ of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal. -- n. The nasoturbinal bone.
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Nassa (?), n.; pl. E. Nassas (#), L. NassÆ (#). [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zoöl.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidæ; a dog whelk. See Illust. under .
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-- nassoid (#), a.
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Nastily (?), adv. In a nasty manner.
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Nastiness, n. The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.
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The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dryden.
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Nasturtion (?), n. [See .] (Bot.) Same as .
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Nasturtium (?), n. [L. nasturtium, for nasitortium, fr. nasus nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See of the face, and .] 1. (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Tropæolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropæolum majus), the canary-bird flower (Tropæolum peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.
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