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Notice

To observe; to see; to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.

Noticeable

Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicuous.

Notidanian

Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.

Notification

The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

notifying

The act or process of informing by words.

Notional

Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

Notionally

In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Notionist

One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.

Notobranchiata

A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back. The Dorsibranchiata.

Notochord

An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Notochordal

Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Notodontian

Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.

Notophthalmus

One of the genera of newts, included in the family Salamandridae.

Notopodium

The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

Notorhizal

Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Notoriety

The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.

Notorious

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

Notornis

A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

Nototherium

An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.

Nototrema

The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

Notwithstanding

Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

Nougat

A cake, sweetmeat, or confection made with almonds or other nuts.

Noule

The top of the head; the head or noll.

Noumenal

Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal.

Noumenon

The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.

Noun

A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Nounal

Of or pertaining to a noun.

Nounize

To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun; to nominalize.

Noursle

To nurse; to rear; to bring up.

Nous

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

Nova

A star which suddenly increases in brightness thousands of times, then fades back to near its original intensity. It may appear as a /new/ star if its original brightness was too low for routine observation. A star which suddenly increases in brightness to many millions of times its original intensity is a supernova, and the postulated mechanisms for the increases of brightness of novae and supernovae are different.

Novaculite

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

Novatian

One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

Novatianism

The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.

Novel

That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

Novelist

An innovator; an asserter of novelty.

Novelty

The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

November

The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.

Novenary

The number of nine units; nine, collectively.

Novene

Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.

Novercal

Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.

Novice

Like a novice; becoming a novice.

Novosibirsk

A city in the Asian part of Russia. Much Soviet military research was performed there, and until the 1990's it was restricted from entry by foreigners.

Novum

A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.

Now

The present time or moment; the present.

Nowadays

In these days; at the present time.

Nowd

The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).

Nowed

Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

Nowel

The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object. The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

Nowhere

Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.

Nowhither

Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.

Nowise

Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.

Noy

That which annoys.

Noyade

A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.

Noyau

A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

Nozzle

The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.

Np

The chemical symbol for Neptunium, a transuranic element having atomic number 93.

nth

Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series; as, to the nth degree.

nu

The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (/).

Nuance

A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

Nub

A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

Nubbin

A small or imperfect ear of maize.

Nubble

To beat or bruise with the fist.

Nubecula

A nebula. Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.

nubia

A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.

Nubian

Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa. A native of Nubia.

Nubile

Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.

Nubility

The state of being marriageable.

Nucament

A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.

Nucamentaceous

Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.

Nucha

The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.

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