Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 10
Neighboring (a.) Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.
Neighboring (a.) Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)].
Neighborliness (n.) The quality or state of being neighborly.
Neighborliness (n.) A disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors [syn: neighborliness, neighbourliness, good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness] [ant: unneighborliness].
Neighborly (a.) Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.
Neighborly (adv.) In a neigborly manner.
Judge if this be neighborly dealing. -- Arbuthnot.
Neighborly (a.) Exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly].
Neighborship (n.) The state of being neighbors. [R.] -- J. Bailie. Neighbourhood; neighbouring; neighbour
Neishout (n.) (Bot.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood.
Neither (a.) Not either; not the one or the other.
Which of them shall I take?
Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. -- Shak.
He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. -- Shak.
Neither (conj.) Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more coordinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.
Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king. -- 1 Kings xxii. 31.
Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me. -- Milton.
When she put it on, she made me vow That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it. -- Shak.
Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor.
"For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all." --Tyndale. "Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it." -- Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). "He is very tall, but not too tall neither." -- Addison. " `I care not for his thrust’ `No, nor I neither.’” -- Shak.
Not so neither, by no means. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Neither (a.) Not either; not one or the other.
Nelumbo (n.) (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo peciose. [Written also Nelumbium.]
Nelumbo (n.) Sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses [syn: Nelumbo, genus Nelumbo].
Nemaline (a.) (Min.) Having the form of threads; fibrous.
Nemalite (n.) (Min.) A fibrous variety of brucite.
Nematelmia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
Nemathecia (n. pl. ) of Nemathecium.
Nemathecium (n.) (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. Nemathelminthes
Nemathelminthes (n. pl.) Alt. of Nematelminthes.
Nematelminthes (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also Nematelminthea.]
Nemato- () A combining form from Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread.
Nematoblast (n.) (Biol.) A spermatocyte or spermoblast.
Nematocalyces (n. pl. ) of Nematocalyx.
Nematocalyx (n.; pl. Nematocalyces, E. Nematocalyxes.) (Zool.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.
Nematocera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.
Nematocyst (n.) (Zool.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.
Nematode (a.) (Zool.) Same as Nematoid.
Nematode (n.) (Zool.) Any worm of the phylum Nematoda; a roundworm; -- they are unsegmented worms having a cylindrical elongated body. They may live freely in soil or water, or as parasites in plants or animals.
Nematogene (n.) (Zool.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene.
Nematognath (n.) (Zool.) One of the Nematognathi.
Nematognathi (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.
Nematoid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Nematoidea.
Nematoid (n.) One of the Nematoidea. see Illustration in Appendix.
Nematoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. Called also Nematodea, and more commonly Nematoda. Formerly, it was classed as a taxonomic order.
Note: The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group. See also Vinegar eel, under Vinegar, and Gapeworm.
Nematoda (prop. n. pl.) (Zool.) A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. They are mostly parasites, in plants and animals, but some are free-living in soil or water. Also called Nematoidea.
Nematoidean (a. & n.) (Zool.) Nematoid.
Nematophora (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Coelenterata.
Nemertean (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Nemertina.
Nemertean (n.) One of the Nemertina.
Nemertes (n.) (Zool.) A genus of nemertina.
Nemertian (a. & n.) (Zool.) Nemertean.
Nemertid (a. & n.) (Zool.) Nemertean.
Nemertida (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Nemertina.
Nemertina (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.
Note: The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the posterior end. They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of the species become over one hundred feet long. They are mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water. The two principal divisions are Anopla and Enopla.
Nemesis (n.) (Class. Myth.) The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.
This is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in the universe, and lets no offense go unchastised. -- Emerson.
Nemophilist (n.) One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [R.]
Nemophily (n.) Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [R.]
Nemoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [R.]
Nemorous (a.) Woody. [R.]
Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple. -- Evelyn.
Nempne (v. t.) To name or call. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nempt (p. p. of Nempne.) Called; named. [Obs.]
Nems (n.) (Zool.) The ichneumon.
Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.
Nenuphar (n.) (Bot.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.
Neo- () A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.
Neocarida (n. pl.) (Zool.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.
Neocene (a.) (Geol.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.
Neo-Christianity (n.) Rationalism. Neoclassic
Neocomian (n.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.
Neocomian (a.) (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.
Neocosmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.
Neocracy (n.) Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
Neodamode (n.) In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service. -- Milford.
Neodymium (n.) (Chem.) The chemical element of atomic number 60, one of the rare earth elements. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 144.27.
Note: It is a rare metallic element occurring in combination with cerium, lanthanum, and other rare metals, and forming amethyst-colored salts. It was originally thought to be part of a supposed new element didymium, obtained from cerite in 1843. Later this was resolved into two elements, neodymium and praesodymium by von Welsbach in 1885. It is chiefly trivalent. It is a faintly yellow metal.
Neogaean (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
Neogamist (n.) A person recently married.
Neogen (n.) An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth. -- Ure.
Neography (n.) A new method or system of writing.
Neo-Latin (a.) Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.
Neo-Latin (n.) Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature [syn: Neo-Latin, New Latin].
Neolithic (a.) (Archaeol. & Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone; the late stone age. Estimated as beginning around 9000 b. c. in the Middle East, this period is characterized by the beginnings of farming, the domestication of animals, and the manufacture of textiles and pottery.
The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the "Stone age;" the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct.
The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or "crannogs," of the British Isles, belong to this era. -- Lubbock.
Neolithic (a.) Of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic); "evidence of neolithic settlements".
Neolithic (n.) Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere) [syn: Neolithic Age, Neolithic, New Stone Age].
Neologian (a.) Neologic; neological.
Neologian (n.) A neologist.
Neologianism (n.) Neologism. Neologic
Neologic (a.) Alt. of Neological.
Neological (a.) Of or pertaining to neology; employing new words; of the nature of, or containing, new words or new doctrines.
A genteel neological dictionary. -- Chesterfield.
Neologically (adv.) In a neological manner.
Neologism (n.) 新詞；新義；新詞（或新義）的使用 The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense. -- Mrs. Browning.
Neologism (n.) A new word, phrase, or expression.
Neologism (n.) A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.
Neologism (n.) A newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage].
Neologism (n.) The act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage].
Neologist (n.) One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.
Syn: verbarian.
Neologist (n.) An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called. Neologistic
Neologist (n.) A lexicographer of new words and expressions.
Neologistic (a.) Alt. of Neologistical.
Neologistical (a.) Of or pertaining to neology; neological.
Neologization (n.) The act or process of neologizing.
Neologize (v. i.) To introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words.
Neologize (v. i.) To introduce innovations in doctrine, esp. in theological doctrine.
Neology (n.) The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.
Neology (n.) A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.
Neology (n.) A newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage].
Neology (n.) The act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage].
Compare: Isopleura
Isopleura (n. pl.) [NL. See Iso-, and Pleura.] (Zool.) A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.
Note: The intestine terminates at the posterior end of the body, and the gills and circulatory and reproductive organs are paired. It includes the chitons ({Polyplacophora), together with Neomenia and Ch[ae]toderma, which are wormlike forms without a shell.
Neomenia (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
Neomenoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.
Neomorph (n.) (Biol.) A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a pre existing form.
Neonate (n.) A newborn child, especially one less than one month old.
Syn: baby, babe, infant.
Neonate (n.) A baby from birth to four weeks [syn: neonate, newborn, newborn infant, newborn baby].
Neonism (n.) Neologism.
Neonomian (n.) One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.
Neonomian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Neonomians, or in accordance with their doctrines.
Neonomianism (n.) The doctrines or belief of the neonomians.
Neophyte (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.
Neophyte (n.) Hence: A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.
Neophyte (n.) A plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously.
Neophyte (n.) Any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant].
Neophyte (n.) A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte].
Neoplasia (n.) (Physiol. & Med.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.
Neoplasm (n.) (Physiol. & Med.) A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.
Neoplasm (n.) An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose [syn: tumor, tumour, neoplasm].
Neoplastic (a.) (Physiol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.
Neoplastic (a.) Of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm; "neoplastic cells".
Neoplasty (n.) (Physiol. & Med.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.
Neoplatonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.
Neoplatonician (n.) A neoplatonist.
Neoplatonism (n.) A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.
Neoplatonism (n.) A system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable; "Neoplatonism was predominant in pagan Europe until the 6 th century"; "Neoplatonism was a major influence on early Christian writers and on later medieval and Renaissance thought and on Islamic philosophy".