Noduled - Nonacceptance

Prev Next

Noduled (nŏd�ld), a. Having little knots or lumps.
[ Webster]

{ Nodulose (nŏd�lōs), Nodulous (nŏd�lŭs), } a. (Biol.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
[ Webster]

Noel (nōĕl), n. [F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See .] Same as .
[ Webster]

Noematachograph (?), n. [Gr. nohma the understanding + tachos swiftness + -graph.] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison.
[ Webster]

{ Noematic (?), Noematical (?), } a. [Gr. nohma the understanding. See .] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] Cudworth.
[ Webster]

Noemics (?), n. [Gr. nohma the understanding. See .] The science of the understanding; intellectual science.
[ Webster]

Noetian (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
[ Webster]

{ Noetic (?), Noetical (?), } a. [Gr. �, fr. � to perceive, � mind, intellect.] Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
[ Webster]

I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself. Sir W. Hamilton.
[ Webster]

Nof (?). [Contr. fr. ne of.] Not of; nor of. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

Nog (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. noggin.] 1. A noggin.
[ Webster]

2. A kind of strong ale. Halliwell.
[ Webster]

3. eggnog.
[PJC]

Coloq. egg nog A drink make from eggs beaten with milk, cream, and sugar, often spiked with rum or other alcoholic liquor, and sometimes seasoned with cinnamon; usually spelled eggnog. It is a traditional drink served at social gatherings during the Christmas season.
[PJC]

Nog, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
[ Webster]

2. One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
[ Webster]

3. (Shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.
[ Webster]

Nog, v. t. [From 2d .] 1. To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
[ Webster]

2. (Shipbuilding) To fasten, as shores, with treenails.
[ Webster]

Noggen (?), a. [Prop., made of hemp, fr. Prov. E. nogs hemp.] Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh. [Obs.] Johnson.
[ Webster]

Noggin (?), n. [Ir. noigin, or Gael. noigean. Cf. 1st .] 1. A small mug or cup.
[ Webster]

2. A measure equivalent to a gill. Hence: a small quantity of a beverage. [Prov. Eng.]
[ Webster]

3. The head (of a person). [slang]
Syn. -- noodle, noddle.
[PJC]

Nogging (?), n. [From , v. t.] Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.
[ Webster]

Noght (?), adv. Not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
[ Webster]

no-go adj. not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding; as, the space launch was no-go. Opposite of go, a.
[WordNet 1.5]

no-goal n. a nonexistent goal; as, he lived without a reason progressing toward no-goal.
[WordNet 1.5]

no-good adj. without merit; useless; as, the car was a no-good piece of junk.
Syn. -- good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, sorry.
[WordNet 1.5]

nogoodnik, no-goodnik n. A worthless, disreputable, or malicious person. [slang]
Syn. -- good-for-nothing.
[PJC]

no-hit (Baseball) adj. 1. (Baseball) having no hits; characterized by one team scoring no hits; -- of a baseball game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; as, he pitched no-hit ball for seven innings. A no-hit game is usually referred to as a ; as, His no-hit pitching.
Syn. -- hitless.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC

no-hitter n. (Baseball) A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits.
Syn. -- no-hit game.
[WordNet 1.5]

Noiance (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. OE. anoiance.] [Written also noyance.] Annoyance. [Obs.] Tusser.
[ Webster]

Noie (?), v. t. To annoy. See . [Obs.]
[ Webster]

Noier (?), n. An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.
[ Webster]

Noil (?), n. [Prob. fr. Prov. E. oil, ile, ail, a beard of grain (OE. eil, AS. egl) combined with the indef. article, an oil becoming a noil.] A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of waste silk.
[Webster Suppl.]

Noils (?), n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
[ Webster]

Noint (?), v. t. To anoint. [Obs.] Sir T. North.
[ Webster]

Noious (?), a. Annoying; troublesome. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

Noise (?), n. [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See .] 1. Sound of any kind.
[ Webster]

The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise
to us perceived. Bacon.
[ Webster]

☞ Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. Ganot.
[ Webster]

2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
[ Webster]

3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. “The noise goes.” Shak.
[ Webster]

What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! T. Baker.
[ Webster]

Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. Spectator.
[ Webster]

4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] Milton.
[ Webster]

The king has his noise of gypsies. B. Jonson.
[ Webster]

Syn. -- Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.
[ Webster]

Noise, v. i. To sound; to make a noise. Milton.
[ Webster]

Noise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noised (?); p pr. & vb. n. Noising.] 1. To spread by rumor or report.
[ Webster]

All these sayings were noised abroad. Luke i. 65.
[ Webster]

2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.] Dryden.
[ Webster]

Noiseful (?), a. Loud; clamorous. [Obs.] Dryden.
[ Webster]

Noiseless, a. Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.
[ Webster]

So noiseless would I live. Dryden.
[ Webster]

-- Noiselessly, adv. -- Noiselessness, n.
[ Webster]

noisemaker n. Any device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration.
[WordNet 1.5]

Noisette (?), n. (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P. Henderson.
[ Webster]

Noisily (?), adv. In a noisy manner.
[ Webster]

Noisiness, n. The state or quality of being noisy.
[ Webster]

Noisome (?), a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See .] 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. “Noisome pestilence.” Ps. xci. 3.
[ Webster]

2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. “Foul breath is noisome.” Shak.
[ Webster]

-- Noisomely, adv. -- Noisomeness, n.
[ Webster]

Syn. -- Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive. -- , . These words have to a great extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell.
[ Webster]

Noisy (?), a. [Compar. Noisier (?); superl. Noisiest.] [From .] 1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
[ Webster]

2. Full of noise. “The noisy town.” Dryden.
[ Webster]

Nolde (?). [Contr. fr. ne wolde.] Would not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
[ Webster]

Nole (?), n. [See .] The head. [Obs.] Shak.
[ Webster]

Noli-me-tangere (?), n. [L., touch me not.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See . (b) The squirting cucumber. See under .
[ Webster]

2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
[ Webster]

Nolition (?), n. [L. nolle not to will, to be unwilling; ne + velle to will, to be willing.] Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.
[ Webster]

A nolition and a direct enmity against the lust. Jer. Taylor.
[ Webster]

Noll (?), n. [OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head.] The head; the noodle. [Obs.]
Syn. -- noddle, noggin.
[ Webster]

Nolleity (?), n. [L. nolle to be unwilling.] The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]
[ Webster]

Nolle prosequi (?). [L., to be unwilling to prosecute.] (Law) Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.
[ Webster]

Nolo contendere (?). [L., I do not wish to contend.] (Law) A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of guilty.
[ Webster]

Nol. pros. An abbrev. of .
[ Webster]

Nol-pros (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. -prossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -prossing.] To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
[ Webster]

Nolt (?), n. sing. & pl. Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
[ Webster]

Nom (?), n. [F. See .] Name.
[ Webster]

Coloq. Nom de guerre (�), literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. -- Coloq. Nom de plume (�), literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature.
[ Webster]

Noma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, lit., a feeding. See .] (Med.) See , n., 1.
[ Webster]

Nomad (?), n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. �, �, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. � a pasture, allotted abode, fr. � to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf. , , , , , .] One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
[ Webster]

Nomad, a. Roving; nomadic.
[ Webster]

Nomade (?), n. [F.] See , n.
[ Webster]

Nomadian (?), n. A nomad. [R.]
[ Webster]

Nomadic (?), a. [Gr. �. See .] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- Nomadically (#), adv.
[ Webster]

Nomadism (?), n. The state of being a nomad.
[ Webster]

Nomadize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nomadized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nomadizing (?).] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.
[ Webster]

The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke.
[ Webster]

Nomancy (?), n. [Cf. F. nomancie, nomance, abbrev. fr. onomancie. See .] The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.
[ Webster]

No-man's land, No-man's-land (?). 1. (Naut.) A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.
[ Webster]

2. An unoccupied area between opposing armies.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. Hence: (Fig.): An unclaimed space or time.
[ Webster]

That no-man's land of twilight. W. Black.
[ Webster]

Nomarch (?), n. [Gr. � a district + -arch.] The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
[ Webster]

Nomarchy (?), n.; pl. Nomarchies (�). A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.
[ Webster]

Nombles (?), n. pl. [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. , , .] The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.] Johnson.
[ Webster]

Nombril (?), n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See .] (Her.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See .
[ Webster]

Nome (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to deal out, distribute.] 1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
[ Webster]

2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

Nome, n. [Cf. .] (Alg.) [Obs.] See .
[ Webster]

{ Nome, Nomen (?) }, obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
[ Webster]

Nomenclator (?), n. [L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See , and .] 1. One who calls persons or things by their names.
[ Webster]

☞ In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
[ Webster]

2. One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.
[ Webster]

Nomenclatress (?), n. A female nomenclator.
[ Webster]

Nomenclatural (?), a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
[ Webster]

Nomenclature (?), n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See .] 1. A name. [Obs.] Bacon.
[ Webster]

2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]
[ Webster]

3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
[ Webster]

Nomial (?), n. [Cf. .] (Alg.) A name or term.
[ Webster]

Nomic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. � a law, custom.] Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet. -- n. Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis.
[ Webster]

Nominal (?), a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See .] 1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.
[ Webster]

2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. “Nominal attendance on lectures.” Macaulay.
[ Webster]

4. Hence: Insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal sum for the data; a nominal fee.
[PJC]

3. Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation and space operations.
[PJC]

Nominal, n. 1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
[ Webster]

2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
[ Webster]

3. A name; an appellation.
[ Webster]

A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
[ Webster]

Nominalism (?), n. The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.
[ Webster]

Nominalist, n. (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. Reid.
[ Webster]

Nominalistic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.
[ Webster]

Nominalize (?), v. t. (Grammar, Linguistics) To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a nominalized adjective or verb.
[ Webster]

In a sentence of the form:
“That Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated is one of the enduring myths of the Camelot conceit.“
the sentence “Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated” has been nominalized by the introductory “that”.
[PJC]

Nominally, adv. In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. Burke.
[ Webster]

Nominate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating (?).] [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See .]
[ Webster]

1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.
[ Webster]

2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.
[ Webster]

3. To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.]
[ Webster]

Is it so nominated in the bond? Shak.
[ Webster]

4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.
[ Webster]

Nominately (?), adv. By name; particularly; namely. [Obs.] Spelman.
[ Webster]

Nomination (?), n. [L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.]
[ Webster]

1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated; as, to win the nomination.
[ Webster]

The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.
[ Webster]

2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
[ Webster]

Nominatival (?), a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the nominative case.
[ Webster]

Nominative (?), a. [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case.
[ Webster]

Nominatively, adv. In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
[ Webster]

Nominator (?), n. [L.] One who nominates.
[ Webster]

Nominee (?), n. [See , and .] A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office. One remains a nominee until one has been elected or has assumed the office.
[ Webster +PJC]

Nominor (?), n. [See , and .] A nominator. [Obs.] Bentham.
[ Webster]

Nomocracy (?), n. [Gr. nomos law + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government in accordance with a system of law. Milman.
[ Webster]

Nomography (?), n. [Gr. �; nomos law + � to write.] A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.
[ Webster]

Nomology (?), n. [Gr. nomos law + -logy.]
[ Webster]

1. The science of law; legislation.
[ Webster]

2. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology. Sir W. Hamilton.
[ Webster]

Nomopelmous (?), a. [Gr. nomos law, custom + � sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.) Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.
[ Webster]

Nomothete (?), n. [Gr. �; nomos + � to assign: cf. F. nomothète.] A lawgiver. [R.]
[ Webster]

{ Nomothetic (?), Nomothetical (?), } a. [Gr. �.] Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. [R.] Bp. Barlow.
[ Webster]

Non (nŏn), a. No; not. See , a. Chaucer.
[ Webster]

Non- (nŏn-) pref. [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See .] A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.
[ Webster]

☞ The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.
[ Webster]

Nona prop. n. The Fate who spins the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Clotho.
[WordNet 1.5]

Nonability (?), n. 1. Want of ability.
[ Webster]

2. (Law) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
[ Webster]

nonabsorbent nonabsorptive adj. not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids). Opposite of absorbent. [Narrower terms: repellent, resistant ]
[WordNet 1.5]

Nonacceptance (?), n. A neglect or refusal to accept.
[ Webster]

Prev Next

Concept Explore Home

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z