one of the most important fungi (Pholiota nameko) cultivated in Japan.

Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.

In a nameless manner.

By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.

One who names, or calls by name.

One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

The Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.

No more.

A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind.

Anan.

Grandmother.

An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.

Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia, especially the smallest, Pterocnemia pennata (formerly Rhea Americana), called also the common rhea. They are tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed, found from Peru to the Straits of Magellan. See Rhea.

The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfism; dwarfishness; -- opposed to gigantism.

A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.

a former capital of China.

The wife of Balder.

a caretaker for a child; a child's nurse; a nursemaid.

A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.

See Sheepberry.

A prefix meaning one-billionth; as, a nanogram is one-thousandth of a microgram.

The manipulation or construction of objects with sizes in the nanometer range or smaller.

The magpie.

A white sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter.

A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.

Same as Napoleon, 1, below.

A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.

A plant (Brassica rapa pekinensis) with an elongated celerylike head of broadstalked leaves used as a vegetable in east Asia; called also Chinese cabbage.

A genus consisting of only one species, the glade mallow.

A highly incediary liquid consisting of gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps, used as a weapon of war in fire bombs and flame throwers.

The back part of the neck.

An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.

Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.

See Navew.

The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.

A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.

A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.

Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.

Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- formerly used to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naphthalene, and called naphthalene acids, now specifically referring to 1,8-naphthalenedicaboxylic acid, C12H8O4. Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid.

Same as Naphthylamine.

See Naphthalene.

To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.

A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin.

A peculiar hydrocarbon fraction occuring as an ingredient of some crude petroleums, mostly mixtures of derivatives of the five- and six-membered saturated cyclic alkanes, cyclopentane and cyclohexane, having the general formula CnH2n.

A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; as, mercuric naphthide.

Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids of the general formula C10H7.COOH, such as 1-naphthoic acid.

Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor.

A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.

A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.

One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.

Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.

A little towel, made of cloth or paper, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

Without nap; threadbare.

A French gold coin of twenty francs, no longer minted or circulated. It bore the portrait of Napoleon I. or Napoleon III.

Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.

A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.

The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

A diaper{4}.

A drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues.

A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.

A kind of turnip. See Navew.

An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.

Of or pertaining to Narcissus.

An exceptional interest in and admiration for oneself.

Someone in love with hisself or herself.

Having an excessive love of oneself; egocentric; egoistic.

Someone in love with themselves; a narcissist.

Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.

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.

Narcotic.

An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.

Pertaining to narcotine.

Narcosis; the state of being narcotized.

To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.

under the influence of narcotics.

Inducing stupor or narcosis.

An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.

Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.

An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.

A nostril.

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.

An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the hubble-bubble, a simplified form.

The brown coati. See Coati.

Formed like the nose.

Of or belonging to the nostrils.

A law enforcement agent specializing in narcotics law violations.

Capable of being narrated or told.

A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

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.

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal.

That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.

In the style of narration.

One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.

Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters.

Nearer.

To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

Of narrow mental scope; lacking tolerance or breadth of view; illiberal; mean. Opposite of broad-minded, open-minded, liberal.

reduced in size as if by being squeezed.

One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.

The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.

With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

The condition or quality of being narrow.

A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.

See Narwhal.

Narrow.

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.

An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

A genus of mammals comprising the proboscis monkeys.

Same as nasalize.

The quality or state of being nasal.

The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose; to pronounce with a lowered velum.

In a nasal manner; by the nose.

A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.

State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.

Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.

A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla.