A vacation between two terms of a court.

not displaying territoriality; -- of animals; as, a nonterritorial species. Opposite of territorial.

having no theme. Opposite of thematic.

Not toxic.

A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.

One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.

Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunion carpenter.

One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.

Neglect of using; failure to use.

Destitute of vessels; extravascular.

Not vernacular.

The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.

peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance. Opposite of violent.

same as nonglutenous.

Not vocal; destitute of tone. A nonvocal consonant.

not vocalic; not having vowel character; -- used of liquids and nasals. Opposite of vocalic.

not readily evaporated. Opposite of volatile.

not able to be volatilized.

not washable; damaged by washing; -- used mostly of clothing, especially clothing that must be cleaned by a dry-cleaning process. Opposite of washable.

not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody plants. Opposite of woody.

A person who does not work as s/he should.

The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19-, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.

Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.

Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.

A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.

A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Full of nooks, angles, or corners.

Of or pertaining to noology.

One versed in no0logy.

The science of intellectual phenomena.

To take rest and refreshment at noon.

The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.

Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat; only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.

A rest at noon; a repast at noon.

See Nunchion.

The position of the sun at noon.

The time of noon; midday.

To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.

A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.

No.

A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.

Northwest; the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.

a storm blowing from the northeast; -- a term used especially in the northeastern region of the United States.

Same as norepinephrine.

See Premonstrant.

of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scandinavia; as, Nordic languages have a gender system.

A hormone (C8H11NO3) secreted by the adrenal medulla; it also serves as a neurotransmitter, released at synapses; called also noradrenaline. Chemically it is 2-amino-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol. It is a precursor of epinephrine in the body.

a progestin compound used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis.

Short for Norfolk Jacket.

A type of dried seaweed, pressed into sheets and used as a seasoning or as a wrapper for sushi.

A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.

Nurse.

The cormorant.

A Japanese covered litter, carried by men.

A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in 1845 by the Swedish chemist Swanberg in zircon. After many unsuccessful attempts to verify this new element, the element named Hafnium (atomic number 72) was discoverd in 1923 by D. Coster and G. von Hevesey in the zirconium-containing mineral zircon. Hafnium, present at 1 to 5% in many zirconium-bearing minerals, but difficult to separate from zirconium, is probably the element that gave rise to the properties attributed to the hypothetical norium.

The land in the north; north country.

A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.

Any perpendicular.

The quality, state, or fact of being normal; the normal situation or condition; as, the point of normalcy.

Conformity with the norm; the state of being normal; the normal condition.

Reduction to a standard or normal state.

To make normal; as, to normalize relations with China.

In a normal manner.

A wooden bar, or iron pin.

A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror.

A region of France divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.

A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans.

relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples.

Pertaining to or having normal blood pressure.

normal body temperature.

Any one of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld. They are identified with the Anglo-Saxon Wyrd, and are similar to the Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.

The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms, under King.

The Norse language.

One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.

Nurture; education; culture; bringing up.

Northward.

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America and their peoples.

Of or pertaining to a region of the U. S. generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana; Wyoming; and Colorado.

Of or pertaining to the North Pole; at or near the north pole; characteristic of the north pole.

Moving toward the north; as, northbound traffic.

Toward the northeast.

A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.

Toward the northeast.

Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

Toward the northeast.

A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.

The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.

Toward the north.

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

One born or living in the north.

Northerly.

Farthest north.

Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.

any region lying in or toward the north.

One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.

Lying farthest north; northernmost.

A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.

Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.

Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

In a northern direction.

Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Toward the northwest.

A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.

Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.

Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

Toward the northwest.

A native of Norway.

A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway. Not recognized as an element (1999).

Norwegian.

To smell; to sniff; to scent.

to look around or search, especially where one has no authority to do so; to pry; to be nosy. Same as nose{2}, v. i.

To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane.

A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

A bleeding at the nose.