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Nitrogenize

To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.

Nitrogenous

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.

Nitroglycerine Nitroglycerin

A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate; also called trinitroglycerin and glyceryl trinitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.

Nitrol

Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.

Nitrolic

Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.

Nitromagnesite

Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium.

Nitrometer

An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.

Nitromethane

A nitro derivative of methane (CH3.NO2), obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol. It has been used as a rocket fuel and as a gasoline additive to add power to the fuel, especially in racing cars.

Nitromuriatic

Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.

Nitrophnol

Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid.

Nitroprussic

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline sulphides.

Nitroquinol

A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.

Nitrosaccharin

An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc.

Nitrosalicylic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.

Nitrosyl

The radical -NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.

Nitrosylic

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.

Nitrous

Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

Nitroxyl

The group -NO2, usually called the nitro group.

Nitryl

A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.

Nitter

The horse louse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.

Nitty

Shining; elegant; spruce.

Nival

Abounding with snow; snowy.

Niveous

Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.

Nivose

The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See Vend/miaire.

Nix

One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

Nizam

A regular soldier of the Turkish army. See Army organization, above.

Njorth Njord

Chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus.

NNE

north northeast; the compass point that is midway between north and northeast.

NNW

north northwest; the compass point that is midway between north and northwest.

No

A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.

no-go

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

no-goal

a nonexistent goal; as, he lived without a reason progressing toward no-goal.

no-good

without merit; useless; as, the car was a no-good piece of junk.

no-hit

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 no-hitter; as, His no-hit pitching.

no-hitter

A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits.

no-no

Something improper, unethical, inadvisable, or illegal; as, salt is a no-no for someone after a heart attack.

no-nonsense

Not tolerating irrelevant or frivolous distractions; businesslike; serious; as, the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent; the chairman adopted a no-nonsense attitude.

no-see-um

Any of several minute two-winged biting insects of the family Ceratopogonidae that suck the blood of mammals and birds and other insects; also called biting midge and punkie.

no.

Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; as, no. 2.

Noachian

Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.

Noah

A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.

Noah's ark

The ship built by Noah according to God's command, as related in the bible.

Nob

A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.

Nobby

Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.

Nobel prize

Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel (1833-1896), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901. The monetary value of the awards have increased each year, to near one million U. S. dollars by the end of the 20th century.

Nobility

The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

Noble

To make noble; to ennoble.

Noble-minded

Having a noble mind; of high moral or intellectual character; honorable; magnanimous.

Nobleman

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

Nobleness

The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.

Nobley

The body of nobles; the nobility.

Nobly

Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.

Nobody

No person; no one; not anybody.

Nocake

Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians.

Nock

To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.

Noctidial

Comprising a night and a day; as, a noctidial day.

Noctilionid

A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

Noctiluca

That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.

Noctilucin

A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.

Noctuary

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.

Noctuid

Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.

Noctule

A large European bat (Vespertilio altivolans syn. Noctulina altivolans).

Nocturn

An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.

Nocturnal

An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

Nocturne

A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's /Midsummer-Night's Dream/ music.

Nod

A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.

Nodal

Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.

Nodation

Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.

Nodder

One who nods; a drowsy person.

Nodding

Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Noddle

The head; also, noodle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

Noddy

A simpleton; a fool.

Node

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

Nodical

Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.

Nodosarine

Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria. A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied genus.

Nodose

Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.

Nodosity

The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.

Nodular

Of or pertaining to a nodule or knot.

nodulated

Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.

Nodule

A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Noduled

Having little knots or lumps.

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