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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.

Noematachograph

An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.

Noemics

The science of the understanding; intellectual science.

Noetian

One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Nog

To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.

Noggen

Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh.

Nogging

Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.

Noie

To annoy. See Noy.

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.

Noils

Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.

Noise

To spread by rumor or report.

Noiseless

Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.

noisemaker

Any device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration.

Noisette

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.

Noisiness

The state or quality of being noisy.

Noisome

Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.

Noisy

Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

Nol-pros

To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

Noli-me-tangere

Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens. The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

Nolition

Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.

Noll

The head; the noodle.

Nolleity

The state of being unwilling; nolition.

Noma

See Canker, n., 1.

Nomadic

Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.

Nomadize

To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.

Nomancy

The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.

Nomarch

The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.

Nomarchy

A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.

Nombles

The entrails of a deer; the umbles.

Nombril

A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Nomenclator

One who calls persons or things by their names.

Nomic

Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. Nomic spelling.

Nominalism

The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.

Nominalist

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.

Nominalize

To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a nominalized adjective or verb.

Nominally

In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.

Nominative

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. The nominative case.

Nominee

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.

Nomocracy

Government in accordance with a system of law.

Nomography

A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.

Nomopelmous

Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.

Non

No; not. See No, a.

Non-

A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

non-discriminatory

Fair and unbiased; not discriminating; not biased against a particular group or type of person.

Non-ego

The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.

Non-Episcopal

Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.

Non-feasance

An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.

non-finite

Infinitive, uninflected; -- of verbs. Opposite of finite.

non-issue

the state of something that has outlived its relevance.

non-party nonparty

not based upon or representing political parties; as, a nonparty regime.

non-profit-making

not commercially motivated; not profit-making; nonprofit; not for profit.

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