Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 19
Nobody (n.) No person; no one; not anybody.
Nobody (n.) Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]
Nobody (n.) A person of no influence [syn: cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity].
Nocake (n.) Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians.
Nocent (a.) Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. -- I. Watts.
Nocent (a.) Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Nocent (n.) A criminal. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Nocent (a.) Having a tendency to cause harm.
Nocently (adv.) Hurtfully; injuriosly. [R.]
Nocive (a.) Hurtful; injurious. [R.] -- Hooker.
Nock (n.) A notch.
He took his arrow by the nock. -- Chapman.
Nock (n.) (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Nock (v. t.) To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. -- Chapman.
Nock (v.) Make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark].
Noctambulation (n.) Somnambulism; sleepwalking; walking in one's sleep. -- Quain.
Noctambulation (n.) Walking by a person who is asleep [syn: sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation].
Noctambulism (n.) Somnambulism.
Syn: sleepwalking; noctambulation.
Noctambulism (n.) Walking by a person who is asleep [syn: sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation].
Noctambulist (n.) A somnambulist; a sleepwalker.
Noctambulist (n.) Someone who walks about in their sleep [syn: sleepwalker, somnambulist, noctambulist].
Noctambulo (n.) A noctambulist; a sleepwalker. [Obs.]
Noctidial (a.) Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day. [R.] -- Holder.
Noctiferous (a.) Bringing night. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Noctilionid (n.) (Zool.) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.
Noctilucae (n. pl. ) of Noctiluca.
Noctiluca (n.) (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
Noctiluca (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.
Noctilucin (n.) (Zool.) A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.
Noctilucine (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.
Noctilucous (a.) Shining in the night.
Noctivagant (a.) (Zool.) Going about in the night; night-wandering.
Noctivagation (n.) A roving or going about in the night. -- Gayton.
Noctivagous (a.) Noctivagant.
Noctograph (n.) A kind of writing frame for the blind.
Noctograph (n.) An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats. -- Knight.
Noctuary (n.) A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary. [R.] -- Addison.
Noctuid (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night.
Noctuid (a.) Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.
Noctuid (n.) Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests [syn: noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth].
Noctule (n.) (Zool.) A large European bat ({Vespertilio altivolans syn. Noctulina altivolans).
Nocturn (n.) An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
Nocturn (n.) One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service. -- Hook.
Nocturnal (a.) 夜的；夜間發生的；夜間活動的 Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal. -- Dryden.
Nocturnal (a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects; raccoons are nocturnal.; -- of animals.
Nocturnal (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea. -- I. Watts.
Nocturnal (a.) Belonging to or active during the night; "nocturnal animals are active at night"; "nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day" [ant: {diurnal}].
Nocturnal (a.) Of or relating to or occurring in the night; "nocturnal darkness".
Compare: Diurnal
Diurnal (n.) A daybook; a journal. [Obs.]
Diurnal (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
Diurnal (n.) (Zool.) A diurnal bird or insect.
Diurnal (a.) 每日的，一日間的，白天的 Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to {nocturnal}; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.
Diurnal (a.) (Bot.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.
Diurnal (a.) (Zool.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
Diurnal (a.) Of or belonging to or active during the day; "diurnal animals are active during the day"; "diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night"; "diurnal and nocturnal offices" [ant: {nocturnal}].
Diurnal (a.) Having a daily cycle or occurring every day; "diurnal rotation of the heavens."
Nocturnally (adv.) By night; nightly.
Nocturnally (adv.) At night; "nocturnally active bird."
Nocturne (n.) (Mus.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
Nocturne (n.) A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) [syn: nocturne, notturno].
Nocument (n.) Harm; injury; detriment. [Obs.]
Nocuous (a.) Hurtful; noxious. [R.] -- Noc"u*ous*ly, adv. [R.]
Nod (v. i.) To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
Nod (v. i.) To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
Nod (v. i.) To be careless or inattentive; to make a mistake from lack of attention.
Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. -- Pope.
Nod (v. i.) To be drowsy or dull; to doze off, especially while in a sitting position; as, half the class nodded while the professor droned on.
Nodded (imp. & p. p.) of Nod.
Nodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nod.
Nod (v. t.) To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.
Nod (v. t.) To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
Nod (v. t.) To cause to bend. [Poetic]
By every wind that nods the mountain pine. -- Keats.
Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. -- Shak.
Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command; as, a nod of approval.
A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. -- Locke.
Nations obey my word and wait my nod. -- Prior.
The land of Nod, Sleep.
Nod (n.) A sign of assent or salutation or command.
Nod (n.) The act of nodding the head.
Nod (v.) Express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval."
Nod (v.) Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer."
Nod (v.) Let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair."
Nod (v.) Sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze."
Nod (v.) Be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace."
Nod, () Exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen.4:16). It lay on the east of Eden.
Nod, vagabond; fugitive.
Nodal (a.) Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.
Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.
NODAL, () Interpreted language implemented on Norsk Data's NORD-10 computers. Used by CERN and DESY high energy physics labs to control their accelerator hardware, PADAC and SEDAC. Included trackball input, graphics.
Nodated (a.) Knotted.
Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), A certain curve of the third order having two branches which cross each other, forming a node.
Nodation (n.) Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [R.]
Nodder (n.) One who nods; a drowsy person.
Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Nodding (a.) Having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping].
Noddle (n.) The head; also, noodle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.
Syn: noggin.
Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. -- L'Estrange.
Noddle
(n.) The
back part of the head or neck. [Obs.]
For occasion . . . turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in
front, and no hold taken. -- Bacon.
Noodle (n.) [Cf. Noddle, Noddy.] A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]
The chuckling grin of noodles. -- Sydney Smith.
Noodle (n.) The head; also, noddle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously; as, use your noodle.
Syn: noggin.
Noddle (n.) An informal British expression for head or mind; "use your noddle."
Noddies (n. pl. ) of Noddy.
Noddy (n.) A simpleton; a fool. -- L'Estrange.
Syn: tomnoddy.
Noddy (n.) (Zool.) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus.
Noddy (n.) The arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
Noddy (n.) An old game at cards. -- Halliwell.
Noddy (n.) A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
Noddy (a.) [UK: from the children's books] Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system. The archetypal noddy program is hello world. Noddy code may be used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler. May be used of real hardware or software to imply that it isn't worth using. ?This editor's a bit noddy.?
Noddy (a.) A program that is more or less instant to produce. In this use, the term does not necessarily connote uselessness, but describes a hack sufficiently trivial that it can be written and debugged while carrying on (and during the space of) a normal conversation. ?I'll just throw together a noddy awk script to dump all the first fields.? In North America this might be called a mickey mouse program. See toy program.
Noddy, () [UK: from the children's books] Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system.
The archetypal noddy program is hello, world. Noddy code may be used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler.
May be used of real hardware or software to imply that it isn't worth using. "This editor's a bit noddy."
Noddy, () A program that is more or less instant to produce. In this use, the term does not necessarily connote uselessness, but describes a hack sufficiently trivial that it can be written and debugged while carrying on (and during the space of) a normal conversation. "I'll just throw together a noddy awk script to dump all the first fields." In North America this might be called a mickey mouse program. See toy program.
Noddy, () A simple (hence the name) language to handle text and interaction on the Memotech home computer. Has died with the machine. [{Jargon File]
Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
Node (n.) Specifically: (Zool.) A swelling.
Node (n.) (Math., Computers) A special point in a graph or diagram which is attached to other points by links. It is often labeled and represented graphically as a box or circle. A node may represent any object which is related to other objects in a conceptual structure that can be represented as a graph, the relations being represented as links between the nodes.
Node (n.) (Anat.) A small mass of tissue differing from other tissue in its immediate vicinity; as, a lymph node.
Ascending node (Astron.), The node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending], called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node.
Descending node, The node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's tail.
Line of nodes, A straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
Node (n.) A connecting point at which several lines come together.
Node (n.) Any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening].
Node (n.) (Botany) The small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge [syn: node, leaf node].
Node (n.) (Physics) The point of minimum displacement in a periodic system [ant: antinode].
Node (n.) (Astronomy) A point where an orbit crosses a plane.
Node (n.) The source of lymph and lymphocytes [syn: lymph node, lymph gland, node].
Node (n.) Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.
Node (n.) (Computer science) Any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest].
Node, () A point or vertex in a graph.
Node, () Network node.
Node, () A hypertext document.
Nodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.
Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.
Nodosarine (a.) (Zool.) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.
Nodosarine (n.) (Zool.) A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied genus.
Nodose (a.) Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.
Nodose (a.) (Zool.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects.
Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness. --Holland.
Nodosity (n.) A knot; a node. Nodosous
Nodosous (a.) Alt. of Nodous.
Nodous (a.) Nodose; knotty; knotted. [Obs.]
Nodular (a.) Of or pertaining to a nodule or knot.
Nodular (a.) Having nodules or in
the form of a nodule or knot.
Nodular (a.) Relating to or characterized by or having nodules;
"Nodular vaginitis."
Nodular (a.) Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules; "nodular ores" [syn: nodular, nodulated, noduled].
Nodule (n.) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
Nodule (n.) A small node.
Nodule (n.) Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant [syn: nodule, tubercle].
Nodule (n.) (Mineralogy) A small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment).
Noduled (a.) Having little knots or lumps. Nodulose
Noduled (a.) Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules; "nodular ores" [syn: nodular, nodulated, noduled].
Nodulose (a.) Alt. of Nodulous.
Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
Nodulose (a.) Having minute nodules.
Noel (n.) Same as Nowel.
Nowel (n.) [See Noel.] [Written also noel.] Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior. [Obs.]
Nowel (n.) (Mus.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol. -- Grove.
Noel (n.) Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel].
Noel, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 1480
Housing Units (2000): 630
Land area (2000): 2.000749 sq. miles (5.181915 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.056655 sq. miles (0.146735 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.057404 sq. miles (5.328650 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52742
Located
within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 36.543361 N, 94.486238 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64854
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Noel, MO
Noel
Noematachograph (n.) An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. -- Dunglison. Noematic
Noematic (a.) Alt. of Noematical.
Noematical (a.) Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] -- Cudworth.
Noemics (n.) The science of the understanding; intellectual science.
Noetian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Noetic
Noetic (a.) Alt. of Noetical.
Noetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Noetic (a.) Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" [syn: intellectual, rational, noetic].
Nof () Not of; nor of. [Obs.]
Nog (n.) A noggin.