A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.

See 2d Neif.

The fist.

To be tempered by heat.

uncouth in manners or appearance.

A neanderthal human being; a member of the race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals were shorter than modern humans.

Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. pertaining to or designating the Neanderthal race, or Neanderthal man, a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; as, a Neanderthal skull.

same as Neanderthal{1}.

Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.

A neap tide.

Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.

Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy. A native or citizen of Naples.

To draw near; to approach.

Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.

situated near; as, the nearby towns. Opposite of far away.

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.

less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.

Near; near at hand; closely.

In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost; as, he nearly lost his life in the accident.

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

Seeing distinctly at short distances only; myopic; shortsighted.

An eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability, such that one can see only close objects distinctly; the condition of being nearsighted. See Myopic, and Myopia.

Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.

A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.

A building for the shelter of neat cattle.

To make neat.

In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.

The state or quality of being neat.

A woman who takes care of cattle.

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.

Same as Bablh.

A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)

A person who is ineffectual, timid, and often luckless; a person of no significance.

The Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.

A resident of the state of Nebraska.

A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. The term was originally applied to any diffuse luminous region. Now, technically, it is applied to interstellar clouds of dust and gases (diffuse nebula). However distant galaxies and very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope, such as the spiral nebula in Andromeda, known now to be a distant galaxy.

Of or pertaining to nebulae; of the nature of, or resembling, a nebula.

Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal.

The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark.

A little cloud; a cloud.

The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.

To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.

An atomizer.

Nebulous; cloudy.

The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; haziness; mistiness; nebulousness.

Cloudy; hazy; misty.

A line or a decoration composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resemble a cloud. See N/bul/

Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.

Of or pertaining to necessarianism.

The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism.

In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.

The quality of being necessary.

A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.

One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.

The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; determinism.

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.

The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion.

In a state of want; necessitous.

Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.

Necessitousness; want.

To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.

To kiss and caress amorously.

A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the top of a garment.

A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.

Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as, stiff-necked.

A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.

Same as Neckmold.

A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.

Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.

A neck of land.

lacking or apparently lacking a neck; -- of a garment; as, a neckless gown.

A necklace.

A small convex molding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.

See Gorget, 1 and 2.

A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck.

A collective term for cravats, collars, etc.

An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod. The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.

The death of a part of an organism by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy; a normal dying out of cells in a tissue, in contrast to necrosis.

Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a necrobiotic metamorphosis.

The worship of the dead; manes worship.

Same as Necronite.

Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths.

One who gives an account of deaths.

An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.

The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.

An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.

Conjuration.

Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy.

Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.

Eating carrion. Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.

Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.

An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.

Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.

A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.

A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.

Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.

To affect with necrosis; to undergo necrosis.

Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone.

The pathologic death of part of a tissue due to irreversible damage. Contrast to necrobiosis, which is a normal death of cells in a tissue. Formerly, applied primarily to death of bone tissue.

Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process.

The dissection of dead bodies; also, excision of necrosed bone.

The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

Nectareous.

Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.

Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.

Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean.

Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.

Having a nectary.

Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.

A smooth-skinned variety of peach.

To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.

Nectareous.

That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.

The cavity of a nectocalyx.

That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.

An adder.

A pet name for a donkey.

Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth (i.e. her maiden name); as, Madame de Stael, n/e Necker.