The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.

A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.

A genus of East Indian fruit bats.

Turning or bending at night into special positions.

The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special /sleeping/ positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants.

Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.

A brood or flock of pheasants.

Nigh.

A carnivorous mammal (Helictis moscatus, or Helictis orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus, syn. Portax tragocamelus), found in Northern India; called also the blue bull. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown; the male is blue-grey with white markings, and the female is brownish with no horns.

Same as nylghau.

Any of several thermoplastic polyamide plastics, comprising a family of high-strength resilient synthetic materials, used mostly in fibers.

Same as Nymph, 3.

A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

A natural family of dicot aquatic plants.

Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.

Same as Nymphalidae, an extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.

Any butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, consisting of medium to large butterflies found worldwide, typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.

A natural family of large beautifully colored butterflies, called also the brush-footed butterflies; formerly called Nymphales.

The type genus of the Nymphalidae, including the mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa).

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

A little or young nymph.

Of or pertaining to nymphs.

Producing pupas or nymphs.

Relating to nymphs; ladylike.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.

A nymphomaniac.

A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

A woman afflicted with nymphomania.

Same as Nymphomania.

Excision of the nymphae.

A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

An antifungal antibiotic, extracted from fermentation broths of the soil actinomycete Streptomyces noursei and other actinomycetes; called also fungicidin. It is a polyene macrolide antibiotic, and consists of several related components. Component nystatin A1 has formula C47H75NO17.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.

A shortened form of of or on.

A contr. of Over.

See Woad.

Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Like an oaf; simple or clumsy.

Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.

See Ocher.

A young oak.

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

Resembling oak; strong.

To row.

Having feet adapted for swimming.

Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat.

The ribbon fish.

Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.

Without oars.

The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot. Same as Rowlock{1}.

One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.

skill as an oarsman.

Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

a woman oarsman.

Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet.

The Organization of American States an international association of countries in the Western hemisphere. It was created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation.

A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.

A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.

A cake made of oatmeal.

Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe.

A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.

Capable of having an oath administered to.

The violation of an oath; perjury.

Meal made of oats.

Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.

Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.

Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate; as, an obcordate petal or leaf.

Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers.

The condition of being obdiplostemonous.

Sleep.

To draw over, as a covering.

To draw over; to cover.

The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.

The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.

To harden.

A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

To harden.

Obdurate; hard.

Hardness.

See Obi.

Same as Obi. Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man.

A large Western African tree (Triplochiton scleroxcylon) having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; it yields soft white to pale yellow wood.

Obedient.

The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

One yielding obedience.

Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

According to the rule of obedience.

In an obedient manner; with obedience.

Obedience.

See Obeisance.

Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely submissive.

The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Formed like an obelisk.

An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.

To mark or designate with an obelisk.

To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.

A mark [thus /, or /]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.

To ride about.

The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.

A wandering about.

Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

Quality of being obese; obesity.

The state or quality of being obese; excessive body weight; incumbrance of flesh.

To give obedience.

One who yields obedience.

Obediently; submissively.

To make firm; to harden in resolution.

Hardness of heart; obduracy.

To darken; to obscure; to becloud.

The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

A sash, esp. the long belt-like broad sash of soft material worn by women aound the waist when wearing a traditional kimono, and usually having a large bow at the back.

Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.

Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.

Death; decease; the date of one's death.

In passing; incidentally; by the way.

An incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n., 2 (a).