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Nonacid (nŏnăsĭd), a. (Chem.) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
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Nonacquaintance (?), n. Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
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Nonacquiescence (?), n. Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
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Nonadmission (?), n. Failure to be admitted.
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nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive adj. lacking capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface. Opposite of adsorbent.
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Nonadult (?), a. Not adult; immature.
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Nonaërobiotic (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.
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Nonage (?), n. [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.] (Eccl.) The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.
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Nonage, n. [Pref. non- + age.] Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
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The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.
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Nonaged (?), a. Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne.
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Nonagenarian (?), n. [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.] A person ninety years old.
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Nonagesimal (?), a. [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See .] (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
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Nonagesimal, n. (Astron.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
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Nonagon (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + Gr. � angle.] (Math.) A plane figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.
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Nonagrian (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.
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Nonalienation (?), n. Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.
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Nonane (?), n. [L. nonus ninth.] (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
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Nonappearance (?), n. Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
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Nonappointment (?), n. Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.
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nonarboreal adj. not arboreal; not living in trees; -- of animals. Opposite of arboreal.
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Nonarrival (?), n. Failure to arrive.
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nonassociative adj. not associative. Opposite of associative.
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Non assumpsit (?). [L., he did not undertake.] (Law) The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.
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nonastringent adj. 1. noncontractive. Opposite of astringent.
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Nonattendance (?), n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
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Nonattention (?), n. Inattention.
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non-automatic adj. same as .
Syn. -- hand-operated.
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nonbearing adj. 1. (Arch.) supporting no vertical weight other than its own; -- of a structural member; as, a non-bearing wall. [Narrower terms: dividing(prenominal) ] bearing
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nonbelligerent adj. not directly at war; as, nonbelligerent nations.
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nonbelligerent n. A country which is not involved in a war.
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Nonbituminous (?), a. Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.
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noncarbonated adj. not having supersaturated carbon dioxide in solution; not carbonated; -- of beverages. [Narrower terms: noneffervescent (vs. effervescent) ]
Syn. -- uncarbonated.
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non-Catholic a. Not Roman Catholic; not adhering to the Catholic religion.
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non-Catholic n. A person who is not a Roman Catholic.
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noncausal adj. not causal.
Syn. -- uncausal, uncausative.
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noncausative adj. not causative. Opposite of causative.
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Nonce (nŏns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in ðam, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See , , and .] The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase Coloq. for the nonce , i. e. for the present time.
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The miller was a stout carl for the nones. Chaucer.
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And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him
A chalice for the nonce. Shak.
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Coloq. Nonce word , “a word apparently employed only for the nonce”. Murray (New English Dict.).
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noncellular adj. Not made up of or divided into cells. Opposite of cellular.
Syn. -- acellular.
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Nonchalance (?), n. [F. See .] Indifference; carelessness; coolness.
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Nonchalant (?), a. [F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See , and .] Indifferent; careless; cool.
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Nonchalantly (?), adv. In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
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Nonclaim (?), n. A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
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Noncohesion (?), n. Want of cohesion.
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Noncoincidence, n. Lack of coincidence.
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Noncoincident (?), a. Not coincident.
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noncollapsable noncollapsible adj. 1. not able to be folded into a compact form. Opposite of collapsible. [Narrower terms: nontelescopic, nontelescoping]
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noncolumned adj. (Arch.) not having columns. [Narrower terms: astylar; unpillared] columned
Syn. -- uncolumned.
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noncom n. A noncommissioned officer; a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
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Noncombatant (?), n. 1. (Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.
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2. A person not attached to a military unit, or not participating in the military activities of a war; a civilian; as, the bomb killed twenty noncombatants.
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noncombinative adj. not combinative. Opposite of combinative. [Narrower terms: noncombining]
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noncombining adj. not able to combine.
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noncombustible adj. Not combustible; not able to burn; as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.
Syn. -- incombustible.
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noncommercial adj. not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises. Opposite of commercial. [Narrower terms: nonprofit, non-profit-making ]
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Noncommissioned (?), a. Not having a commission.
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Coloq. Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.
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Noncommittal (?), n. A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
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noncommital adj. Not expressing a preference; as, although favoring European unity he was noncommittal about the form it should take.
Syn. -- undogmatic.
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Noncommunion (?), n. Neglect or failure of communion.
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Noncompletion (?), n. Lack of completion; failure to complete.
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Noncompliance (?), n. Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
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Noncomplying (?), a. Neglecting or refusing to comply.
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{ Non compos (?). Non compos mentis (?). } [L.] Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from accident.
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Noncon. (�), n. See .
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Nonconcluding (?), a. Not concluding.
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Nonconcur (?), v. i. To dissent or refuse to concur.
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Nonconcurrence (?), n. Refusal to concur.
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Noncondensible (?), a. Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases. [archaic]
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Noncondensing, a. (Steam Engine) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
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Nonconducting (?), a. Not conducting; nonconductive; not transmitting a fluid or force; -- used especially of electric current; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
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Nonconduction (?), n. The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.
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Nonconductor (?), n. (Physics) A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.
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Nonconforming (?), a. Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.
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Nonconformist, n. One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.
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Nonconformity (?), n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
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Nonconstat (?), n. [Law L.] It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.
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Noncontagious (?), a. Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. -- Noncontagiousness, n.
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Noncontent (?), n. (British House of Lords) One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.
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{ Noncontributing (?), Noncontributory (?) }, a. Not contributing.
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noncurrent adj. not current or belonging to the present time. Opposite of current. [Narrower terms: back(prenominal), out-of-date; discontinued, out of print(predicate), out of production(predicate), out of use(predicate); disused, obsolete ; obsolete, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, superannuated ; obsolescent ] Also See: , .
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noncyclic adj. 1. not occurring in cycles; not cyclic. Opposite of cyclic.
Syn. -- nonclyclical.
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2. aperiodic. periodic
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Nonda (?), n. (Bot.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.
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Nondecane (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
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Nondeciduate (?), a. (Anat.) Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.
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nondecisive adj. not crucial; not comprising a decisive factor in a result. Opposite of crucial and decisive.
Syn. -- noncrucial, unimportant.
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nondeductible adj. not allowable as a tax deduction; as, political contributions are nondeductible. Opposite of deductible.
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Nondelivery (?), n. A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
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nondenominational adj. not restricted to a particular religious denomination; as, a nondenominational school.
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Nondeposition (?), n. A failure to deposit or throw down.
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nondescript (?), a. [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.] 1. Not hitherto described; hence, of no recognizable type or class; odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
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2. Dull or uninteresting; undistinguished.
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Nondescript, n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.
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Nondevelopment (?), n. Failure or lack of development.
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Nondiscovery (?), n. Want or failure of discovery.
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nondiscrimination, non-discrimination n. Fairness in treating people without prejudice; -- used mostly in reference to discrimination based on race, religion, and nationality.
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non-discriminatory n. Fair and unbiased; not discriminating; not biased against a particular group or type of person.
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Nondo (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actæifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.
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None (nŭn), a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. nān, fr. ne not + ān one. √193. See , a. & adv., , and cf. , , a.]
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1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
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There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv. 3.
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Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. Ex. xvi. 26.
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Terms of peace yet none
Vouchsafed or sought. Milton.
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None of their productions are extant. Blair.
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2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
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Coloq. None of , not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. “They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.” Fuller. -- Coloq. None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride (a), under .
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None, n. [F.] Same as , 2.
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Noneffective (?), a. 1. Not effective; ineffective.
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2. (Mil.) Not fit or available for duty.
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Non-ego (?), n. [L., not I.] (Metaph.) The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See .
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Nonelastic (?), a. Not having elasticity; not able to be stretched reversibly.
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Nonelect (?), n. sing. & pl. (Theol.) A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.
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Nonelection (?), n. Failure of election.
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{ Nonelectric (?), Nonelectrical (?) }, a. 1. Not electric; conducting electricity. [archaic]
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2. Not powered by electricity; -- of machines, tools, or devices.
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Nonelectric, n. (Physics) A substance that is not an insulator (i. e., an electric); that which transmits electricity, as a metal; a conductor. [archaic]
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{ Nonemphatic (?), Nonemphatical (?) }, a. Having no emphasis; unemphatic.
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non-engagement n. Withdrawal from the activities of a group.
Syn. -- nonparticipation, non-involvement.
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Nonentity (?), n.; pl. Nonentities (�). 1. Nonexistence; the negation of being.
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2. A thing not existing. South.
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3. A person or thing of little or no account; an unimportant person; -- usually used as a disparaging term. [Colloq.]
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Non-Episcopal (?), a. Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.
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nonequivalent adj. Not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance.
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Nones (?), n. pl. [L. nonae, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, fr. nonus ninth, from novem nine. See , , 2, .]
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1. (Roman Calendar) The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.
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2. [F. none, fr. L. See .] The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 p. m.) in the Roman Catholic Church.
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3. The hour of dinner; the noonday meal. [Obs.]
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At my supper and sometimes at nones. P. Plowman.
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Nonessential (?), a. Not essential.
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Nonessential, n. A thing not essential.
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Non est factum (?). [Law L. it is not (his) deed.] (Law) The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
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Non est inventus (?). [L., he is not found.] (Law) The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.
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Nonesuch (?), n. 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 (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.
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{ Nonet (?), Nonetto (?) }, n. [From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr. L. duo.] (Mus.) A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.
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Nonett (?), n. (Zoöl.) The titmouse. [Obs.]
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Nonexecution (?), n. Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
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nonexempt adj. 1. Not exempt; subject to (some specified) rule. Opposite of exempt. [Narrower terms: liable to(predicate); subject, subject to(predicate)]
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2. Specifically: (U. S. Labor Law) Not exempt from the provisions of the fair labor practises act; -- a term applied mostly to persons who are hourly employees, who are required by law to be treated in certain ways. Many salaried and management personnnel are not covered by the law and are therefore exempt.
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Nonexistence (?), n. 1. The state of not existing; absence of existence; the negation of being; -- usually used with reference to existince in the real world, or logical possiblity; as, the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long. A. Baxter.
Syn. -- nonentity{1}.
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2. A thing that has no existence. Sir T. Browne.
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Nonexistent (?), a. Not having existence.
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nonexploratory adj. not exploratory. Opposite of exploratory.
Syn. -- nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative.
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nonexplosive adj. Not explosive. [Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible] WordNet 1.5]

Nonexportation (?), n. A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
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nonextant adj. No longer existing; inaccessible through loss or destruction.
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Its nonextant original was written on vellum G. B. Saul

Nonextensile (?), a. Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.
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Non-feasance (?), n. [Pref. non- + OF. faisance a doing, fr. faire to do.] (Law) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. .
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non-finite adj. (Grammar) Infinitive, uninflected; -- of verbs. Opposite of finite.
Syn. -- infinite.
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nonfissile adj. not fissile. Opposite of fissile.
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nonfissionable adj. (Physics) not capable of undergoing fission{4}; -- of atoms or chemical elements. Opposite of fissionable.
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nonflammable adj. Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited. [Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible] WordNet 1.5]

Nonfulfillment, n. Neglect or failure to fulfill.
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nonfunctional adj. 1. Not having or performing a function. [Narrower terms: cosmetic, decorative, ornamental ] Also See: . functional
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2. Not performing or able to perform its regular function; as, the yard was littered with nonfunctional vehicles waiting to be repaired. [Narrower terms: down(predicate) ]. Antonym: functioning.
Syn. -- malfunctioning, unserviceable, out of order.
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nonglutenous nonglutinous adj. not sticky or viscous. [Narrower terms: nonadhesive (vs. adhesive)]
Syn. -- nonviscid.
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nongregarious adj. Not growing or living in groups or colonies; -- of plants and animals.
Syn. -- nonsocial, solitary.
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nonhereditary adj. Not inheritable through genetic transmission. Opposite of inheritable, and heritable. [Narrower terms: acquired, nurtural; congenital, inborn, innate ]
Syn. -- nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable.
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nonhierarchic nonhierarchical adj. Not arranged in a hierarchy. Opposite of hierarchical. [Narrower terms: ungraded, unordered, unranked]
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nonhuman adj. not human. Opposite of human. [Narrower terms: anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike; bloodless; dehumanized, unhuman; grotesque, monstrous, unnatural; mechanical]
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Nonillion (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + -illion, as in E. million.] According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under .
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nonimitative adj. not marked by or given to imitation. Opposite of imitative.
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nonimmune adj. (Med.) Not having immunity; susceptible; likely to be affected with, if exposed.
Syn. -- liable to(predicate), nonresistant, unresistant, susceptible to(predicate).
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Nonimportation (?), n. Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
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Nonimporting (?), a. Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.
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nonindulgent adj. 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: austere, forbidding, stern ; blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; monkish ; renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying ; self-disciplined ; spartan, strict ] Also See . Antonym: indulgent.
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2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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nonindustrial adj. 1. not industrial; -- used of societies. Opposite of industrial and industrialized. [Narrower terms: developing, underdeveloped; unindustrialized ]
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noninfectious adj. not infectious; --of diseases. Opposite of infectious.
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noninflammatory adj. (Med.) not inflammatory.
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Noninflectional (?), a. Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
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Noninhabitant (?), n. One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.
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noninheritable adj. not capable of transmission by heredity. Opposite of inheritable. [Narrower terms: acquired, nurtural; congenital, inborn, innate]
Syn. -- nonheritable, nonhereditary, nontransmissible.
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noninstitutional adj. not institutional. Opposite of institutional.
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noninstitutionalized adj. not committed to an institution; -- op people. Opposite of institutionalized.
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nonintegrated adj. not integrated. Opposite of integrated.
Syn. -- unintegrated.
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nonintellectual adj. not intellectual. Opposite of intellectual. [Narrower terms: anti-intellectual, philistine; lowbrow, uncultivated ] Also See .
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noninterchangeable adj. 1. (math, logic) not able to be interchanged without changing the truth value.
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2. Not able to be substituted for each other; -- of objects, such as parts of machinery; as, the ink cartidges on the new printer are noninterchangeable with those on the older model.
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noninterference n. a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes; nonintervention.
Syn. -- nonintervention.
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nonintersecting adj. not sharing a common point; -- of lines, planes, or surfaces. [Narrower terms: parallel (vs. nonparallel) ]
Syn. -- nonconvergent.
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Nonintervention (?), n. The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.
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non-involvement n. withdrawing from the activities of a group.
Syn. -- non-engagement, nonparticipation.
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non-issue n. the state of something that has outlived its relevance.
Syn. -- dead letter.
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Nonius (?), n. [Latinized form of Nunez, the name of a Portuguese mathematician.] A vernier.
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non-Jew prop. n. A person who is not Jewish.
Syn. -- Gentile, goy.
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Nonjoinder (?), n. (Law) The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.
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Nonjurant (?), a. Nonjuring.
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Nonjuring (?), a. [F. jurer to swear, or L. jurare, jurari, to swear, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law, justice. See .] Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.
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Nonjuror (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.
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Nonjurorism (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.
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nonlethal adj. not capable of causing death.
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nonlexical adj. (Grammar) Not lexical; as, nonlexical morphemes.
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Nonlimitation (?), n. Want of limitation; failure to limit.
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nonlinear adj. 1. (Math.) Not depictable graphically as a straight line; not changing by a constant amount for each unit of time, distance, or other independent variable. Opposite of linear.
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2. (Math.) Containing variables of greater than the first degree; -- of an equation. Opposite of linear.
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3. (Physics) Represented by equations containing variables of greater than the first degree; -- of physical processes or relationships. Opposite of linear.
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Non liquet (?). [L.] It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.
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nonliterary adj. Characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
Syn. -- common, vernacular, vulgar.
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nonliterate adj. not using a writing system; -- of societies, cultures, or tribes. [Narrower terms: uncivilized (vs. civilized)]
Syn. -- preliterate.
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nonliving adj. Not endowed with life; same as . Opposite of living and animate.
Syn. -- inanimate.
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Nonmalignant (?), a. Not malignant, as a disease; -- used especially of tumors; as, a nonmalignant growth on the liver.
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Nonmanufacturing (?), a. Not carrying on manufactures.
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nonmechanical adj. 1. not using a mechanism. Opposite of mechanical. [Narrower terms: nonmechanistic] [Narrower terms: unmechanized ]
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2. Not having an aptitude to work with machinery; without mechanical skills; -- of persons.
Syn. -- unmechanical.
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nonmechanistic adj. not determined by a mechanical process; partly resulting from a creative process.
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Nonmedullated (?), a. Not medullated; Specifically: (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.
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Nonmember, n. One who is not a member; as, nonmembers are not allowed in the club reading room.
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Nonmembership, n. State of not being a member.
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Nonmetal (?), n. (Chem.) Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
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Nonmetallic (?), a. 1. Not metallic.
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2. (Chem.) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.
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nonmetamorphic adj. 1. not metamorphic. Opposite of metamorphic. [Narrower terms: ametabolic metamorphosis)]
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2. (Geol.) not produced by metamorphosis. metamorphic
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nonmigratory adj. 1. Not participating in migrations; -- used of animals that do not migrate. Opposite of migratory.
Syn. -- resident.
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2. living in one area throughout the year; -- used of animals.
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nonmodern adj. 1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time. Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum; fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal), stodgy old-fashioned; medieval, mediaeval, gothic; old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian; old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: , .
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nonmonotonic adj. (Math. or logic) not monotonic; -- of relations between variables. Opposite of monotonic.
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Nonmoral (?), a. Neither moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not within the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical; as, imagination is of its nature nonmoral; infants are nonmoral.
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nonmoving adj. Not moving. Opposite of moving. [Narrower terms: at rest, inactive, motionless, static, still; becalmed ; dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still; frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; inert ; sitting ; slack ; stationary ; immobile, unmoving] Also See: .
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nonnative adj. 1. not being or composed of aborigines; as, the nonnative population of South Africa. Opposite of native.
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2. Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; foreign-born; as, our large nonnative population.
Syn. -- foreign-born.
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3. Originating in a different region and acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
Syn. -- domesticated, naturalized.
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Nonnatural, a. Not natural; unnatural.
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Nonne (?), n. A nun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Nonnecessity (?), n. Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
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Nonnitrogenous (?), a. Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under , n., 1.
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Nonnucleated (?), a. Without a nucleus; anucleate.
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Nonny (?), n. A silly fellow; a ninny.
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no-no (?), n. Something improper, unethical, inadvisable, or illegal; as, salt is a no-no for someone after a heart attack. [informal]
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Nonobedience (nŏn�bēdĭ�ns), n. Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
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Nonobservance (nŏnŏbzẽrv�ns), n. Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
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