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Nonclaim

A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

noncom

A noncommissioned officer; a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.

Noncombatant

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.

noncombustible

Not combustible; not able to burn; as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.

noncommercial

not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises. Opposite of commercial.

noncommital

Not expressing a preference; as, although favoring European unity he was noncommittal about the form it should take.

Noncommittal

A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.

Noncondensible

Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.

Noncondensing

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.

Nonconducting

Not conducting; nonconductive; not transmitting a fluid or force; -- used especially of electric current; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.

Nonconduction

The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

Nonconductor

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.

Nonconforming

Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

Nonconformist

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

Nonconformity

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.

Nonconstat

It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.

Noncontagious

Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

Noncontent

One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.

noncurrent

Not current or belonging to the present time. Opposite of current.

noncyclic

not occurring in cycles; not cyclic. Opposite of cyclic.

Nonda

The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.

Nondecane

A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.

Nondeciduate

Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.

nondecisive

not crucial; not comprising a decisive factor in a result. Opposite of crucial and decisive.

nondeductible

not allowable as a tax deduction; as, political contributions are nondeductible. Opposite of deductible.

Nondelivery

A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

nondenominational

not restricted to a particular religious denomination; as, a nondenominational school.

nondescript

Not hitherto described; of no recognizable type or class; odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

Nondescript

A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.

Nondo

A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actaeifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.

None

Same as Nones, 2.

Nonelastic

Not having elasticity; not able to be stretched reversibly.

Nonelect

A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.

Nonelectric

A substance that is not an insulator (i. e., an electric); that which transmits electricity, as a metal; a conductor.

Nonentity

Nonexistence; the negation of being.

nonequivalent

Not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance.

Nonesuch

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.

Nonetto Nonet

A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.

Nonexecution

Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.

nonexempt

Not exempt; subject to (some specified) rule. Opposite of exempt.

Nonexistence

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.

Nonexportation

A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.

nonextant

No longer existing; inaccessible through loss or destruction.

nonfissionable

not capable of undergoing fission{4}; -- of atoms or chemical elements. Opposite of fissionable.

nonflammable

Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited.

nongregarious

Not growing or living in groups or colonies; -- of plants and animals.

nonhereditary

Not inheritable through genetic transmission. Opposite of inheritable, and heritable.

Nonillion

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 Numeration.

nonimitative

not marked by or given to imitation. Opposite of imitative.

nonimmune

Not having immunity; susceptible; likely to be affected with, if exposed.

Nonimportation

Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Nonimporting

Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.

nonindustrial

not industrial; -- used of societies. Opposite of industrial and industrialized.

noninfectious

not infectious; --of diseases. Opposite of infectious.

Noninhabitant

One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.

noninheritable

not capable of transmission by heredity. Opposite of inheritable.

noninterference

a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes; nonintervention.

nonintersecting

not sharing a common point; -- of lines, planes, or surfaces.

Nonintervention

The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.

Nonjoinder

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.

Nonjuring

Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.

Nonjuror

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.

nonlinear

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.

nonliterary

Characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.

nonliterate

not using a writing system; -- of societies, cultures, or tribes.

nonliving

Not endowed with life; same as inanimate. Opposite of living and animate.

Nonmalignant

Not malignant, as a disease; -- used especially of tumors; as, a nonmalignant growth on the liver.

nonmechanistic

not determined by a mechanical process; partly resulting from a creative process.

Nonmedullated

Not medullated; without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.

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