Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 20
Nog (n.) A kind of strong ale. -- Halliwell.
Nog (n.) 蛋奶酒 Eggnog.
Egg nog, () A drink make from eggs beaten with milk, cream, and sugar, often spiked with rum or other alcoholic liquor, and sometimes seasoned with cinnamon; usually spelled eggnog. It is a traditional drink served at social gatherings during the Christmas season.
Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
Nog (n.) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
Nog (n.) (Shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.
Nog (v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
Nog (v. t.) (Shipbuilding) To fasten, as shores, with treenails.
Nog (n.) A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: peg, nog].
Nog (n.) A wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it.
Noggen (a.) Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Noggin (n.) A small mug or cup.
Noggin (n.) A measure equivalent to a gill. Hence: a small quantity of a beverage. [Prov. Eng.]
Noggin (n.) The head (of a person). [slang]
Syn: noodle, noddle.
Noggin (n.) Informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome].
Nogging (n.) Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.
Nogging (n.) Rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame.
Noght (adv.) Not. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Noiance (n.) Annoyance. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
Noie (v. t.) To annoy. See Noy. [Obs.]
Noier (n.) An annoyer. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
Noils (n. pl.) Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
Noint (v. t.) To anoint. [Obs.] -- Sir T. North.
Noious (a.) Annoying; troublesome. [Obs.]
Noise (n.) Sound of any kind.
The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. -- Bacon.
Note: Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves.
Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. -- Ganot.
Noise (n.) Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
Noise (n.) Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "The noise goes." -- Shak.
What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! -- T. Baker.
Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. -- Spectator.
Noise (n.) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] -- Milton.
The king has his noise of gypsies. -- B. Jonson.
Syn: Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.
Noise (v. i.) To sound; to make a noise. -- Milton.
Noise (n.) Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels".
Noise (n.) The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket].
Noise (n.) Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: noise, interference, disturbance].
Noise (n.) A loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could".
Noise (n.) Incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say".
Noise (n.) The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise].
Noise (v.) Emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise].
Noised (imp. & p. p.) of Noise.
Noising (p pr. & vb. n.) of Noise.
Noise (v. t.) To spread by rumor or report.
All these sayings were noised abroad. -- Luke i. 65.
Noise (v. t.) To disturb with noise. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Noise, () Any part of a signal that is not the true or original signal but is introduced by the communication mechanism.
A common example would be an electrical signal travelling down a wire to which noise is added by inductive and capacitive coupling with other nearby signals (this kind of noise is known as "{crosstalk").
A less obvious form of noise is quantisation noise, such as the error between the true colour of a point in a scene in the real world and its representation as a pixel in a digital image. (2003-07-05)
NOISE, (n.) A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
Noiseful (a.) Loud; clamorous. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Noiseless (a.) Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.
So noiseless would I live. -- Dryden. -- Noise"less*ly, adv. -- Noise"less*ness, n.
Noiseless (a.) Making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time" -- Shakespeare.
Noisette (n.) (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. -- P. Henderson.
Noisily (adv.) In a noisy manner.
Noisily (adv.) With much noise or loud and unpleasant sound; "he blew his nose noisily" [ant: quietly].
Noisiness (n.) The state or quality of being noisy.
Noisiness (n.) The auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise [syn: noisiness, racketiness].
Noisome (a.) Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.
Noisome (a.) Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. "Foul breath is noisome." -- Shak. -- Noi"some*ly, adv. -- Noi"some*ness, n.
Syn: Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive.
Usage: Noisome, Noxious. These words have to a great extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell.
Noisome (a.) Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile].
Noisome (a.) Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented].
Noisy (a.) Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
Noisy (a.) Full of noise. "The noisy town." -- Dryden.
Noisy (a.) Full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog" [ant: quiet].
Noisy (a.) Attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; "a noisy sweater".
Nolde () Would not. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nole (n.) The head. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Nolens volens (Latin phrase) 〔拉丁語〕不管願不願意；無可奈何地 (＝willy-nilly), Unwilling (or) willing : like it or not.
Nolens volens (ph.) Whether unwilling or willing. Nolens volens is from the Latin, from nolle, "to be unwilling" + velle, "to wish, to be willing."
Nolens volens (adv.) (Formal) Whether a person wants or likes something or not.
‘A defendant who has intercourse nolens volens will be liable for rape.’
Noli-me-tangere (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.
Noli-me-tangere (n.) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
Noli-me-tangere (n.) (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
Noli-me-tangere (n.) A cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
Nolition (n.) Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.
A nolition and a direct enmity against the lust. -- Jer. Taylor.
Noll (n.) The head; the noddle. [Obs.]
Syn: noddle, noggin.
Nolleity (n.) The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]
Nolle prosequi () (Law) Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.
Nolle prosequi (n.) An entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed [syn: nolle prosequi, nol pros].
Nolle prosequi (v.) Drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records; "They nolle prossed the charge" [syn: nolle pros, nolle prosequi, nol.pros.]
NOLLE PROSEQUI, () practice. An entry made on the record, by which the prosecutor or plaintiff declares that he will proceed no further.
NOLLE PROSEQUI, () A nolle prosequi may be entered either in a criminal or a civil case. In criminal cases, a nolle prosequi may be entered at any time before the finding of the grand jury, by the attorney general, and generally after a true bill has been found; in Pennsylvania, in consequence of a statutory provision, no nolle prosequi can be entered after a bill has been found, without leave of the court, except in cases of assault and battery, fornication and bastardy, on agreement between the parties, or in prosecutions for keeping tippling houses. Act of April 29, 1819, s. 4, 7 Smith's Laws, 227.
NOLLE PROSEQUI, () A nolle prosequi may be entered as to one ot several defendants. 11 East, R. 307.
NOLLE PROSEQUI, () The effect of a nolle prosequi, when obtained, is to put the defendant without day, but it does not operate as an acquittal; for he may be afterwards reindicted, and even upon the same indictment, fresh process may be awarded. 6 Mod. 261; 1 Salk. 59; Com. Dig. Indictment. K; 2 Mass. R. 172.
NOLLE PROSEQUI, () In civil cases, a nolle prosequi is considered, not to be of the nature of a retraxit or release, as was formerly supposed, but an agreement only, not to proceed either against some of the defendants, or as to part of the suit. Vide 1 Saund. 207, note 2, and the authorities there cited. 1 Chit. PI. 546. A nolle prosequi is now held to be no bar to a future action for the same cause, except in those cases where, from the nature of the action, judgment and execution against one, is a satisfaction of all the damages sustained by the plaintiff. 3 T. R. 511; 1 Wils. 98.
NOLLE PROSEQUI, () In civil cases, a nolle prosequi may be entered as to one of several counts; 7 Wend. 301; or to one of several defendants; 1 Pet. R. 80; as in the case of a joint contract, where one of two defendants pleads infancy, the plaintiff may enter a nolle prosequi, as to him, and proceed against the other. 1 Pick. 500. See, generally, 1 Pet. R. 74; see 2 Rawle, 334; 1 Bibb, 337; 4 Bibb, 887, 454; 3 Cowen, 374; 5 Gill & John. 489; 5 Wend. 224; 20 John. 126; 3 Cowen, 335; 12 Wend. 110; 3 Watts, 460.
Nolo contendere () (Law) A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.
Nolo contendere (n.) (Law) An answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction [syn: nolo contendere, non vult].
Nol. pros. () An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.
Nol-prossed (imp. & p. p.) of Nol-pros.
Nol-prossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nol-pros.
Nol-pros (v. t.) To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
Nolt (n. sing. & pl.) Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
Nom (n.) Name.
Nom de guerre, Literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time.
Nom de plume, Literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature.
Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1.
Noma (n.) Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children.
NOMA, () National Online Media Association (org., USA)
Noma, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
Population (2000): 213
Housing Units (2000): 104
Land area (2000): 1.093958 sq. miles (2.833338 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.093958 sq. miles (2.833338 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48900
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 30.981659 N, 85.619364 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Noma, FL
Noma
Nomad (n.) [C] 遊牧民；流浪者 One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
Nomad (a.) 遊牧的；流浪的 Roving; nomadic.
Nomad (n.) A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
NOMAD, () A database language.
Version: NOMAD2 from Must Software International.
["NOMAD Reference Manual", Form 1004, National CSS Inc, Dec 1976]. (1995-04-01)
Nomade (n.) See Nomad, n.
Nomadian (n.) A nomad. [R.]
Nomadic (a.) Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.
Nomadic (a.) Migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering].
Nomadism (n.) The state of being a nomad.
Nomadized (imp. & p. p.) of Nomadize.
Nomadizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nomadize.
Nomadize (v. i.) To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.
The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. -- W. Tooke.
Nomancy (n.) The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names. No-man's land
No-man's land () (Naut.) A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.
No-man's land () An unoccupied area between opposing armies.
No-man's land () Hence: (Fig.): An unclaimed space or time.
That no-man's land of twilight. -- W. Black.
Nomarch (n.) The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
Nomarchies (n. pl. ) of Nomarchy.
Nomarchy (n.) A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.
Nombles (n. pl.) The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.] -- Johnson.
Nombril (n.) (Her.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.
Nombril (n.) The center point on a shield.
Nome (n.) A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
Nome (n.) Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
Nome (n.) (Alg.) [Obs.] See Term.
Nome () Alt. of Nomen.
Nomen () (Obs.) p. p. of Nim. -- Chaucer.
Nome (n.) A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century.
Nome -- U.S. Census Area in Alaska
Population (2000): 9196
Housing Units (2000): 3649
Land area (2000): 23000.910356 sq. miles (59572.081811 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5282.418308 sq. miles (13681.400029 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 28283.328664 sq. miles (73253.481840 sq. km)
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 64.809165 N, 164.346772 W
Headwords:
Nome
Nome, AK
Nome Census Area
Nome Census Area, AK
Nome, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 3505
Housing Units (2000): 1356
Land area (2000): 12.530916 sq. miles (32.454923 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 9.068462 sq. miles (23.487208 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 21.599378 sq. miles (55.942131 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54920
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 64.503877 N, 165.399409 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Nome, AK
Nome
Nome, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 70
Housing Units (2000): 38
Land area (2000): 0.414729 sq. miles (1.074144 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.414729 sq. miles (1.074144 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57180
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.677767 N, 97.812869 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58062
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Nome, ND
Nome
Nome, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 515
Housing Units (2000): 205
Land area (2000): 1.244702 sq. miles (3.223762 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.244702 sq. miles (3.223762 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51720
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.035878 N, 94.412661 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Nome, TX
Nome
Nomenclator (n.) One who calls persons or things by their names.
Note: In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
Nomenclator (n.) One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.
Nomenclatress (n.) A female nomenclator.
Nomenclatural (a.) Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
Nomenclature (n.) A name. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Nomenclature (n.) A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]
Nomenclature (n.) The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
Nomenclature (n.) A system of names for things especially in science.
Nomenclature (n.) Name, designation.
Nomenclature (n.) The act or process or an instance of naming.
Nomenclature (n.) A system or set of terms or symbols especially in a particular science, discipline, or art.
Nomenclature (n.) An international system of standardized New Latin names used in biology for kinds and groups of kinds of animals and plants.
Nomenclature (n.) -- Nomenclatural (adj.) -- Nomenclaturally (adv.)
Nomenclature (n.) A system of terms used in a particular science; especially : an international system of standardized New Latin names used in biology for kinds and groups of kinds of animals and plants see binomial nomenclature.
Nomenclature (n.) A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language].
Nomial (n.) (Alg.) A name or term.
Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. -- H Sweet. -- n. Nomic spelling. -- A. J. Ellis.
Nomic (n.) Nomic spelling.
Nominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. -- Bp. Pearson.
Nominal (a.) Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." -- Macaulay.
Nominal (a.) Hence: Insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal sum for the data; a nominal fee.
Nominal (a.) Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation and space operations.
Nominal (n.) A nominalist. [Obs.] -- Camden.
Nominal (n.) (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
Nominal (n.) A name; an appellation.
A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
Nominal (a.) Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls".
Nominal (a.) Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture" [syn: nominal, token(a), tokenish].
Nominal (a.) Pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase".
Nominal (a.) Of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates" [ant: real].
Nominal (a.) Named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" [syn: nominative, nominal].
Nominal (a.) Existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party" [syn: nominal, titular].
Nominal (n.) A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb [syn: noun phrase, nominal phrase, nominal].
Nominalism (n.) The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.
Nominalism (n.) (Philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.
Nominalist (n.) (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. -- Reid.
Nominalist (n.) A philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism.
Nominalistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.
Nominalistic (a.) Of or relating to nominalism.
Nominalize (v. t.) (Grammar, Linguistics) To convert into a noun ; as, a nominalized sentence; a nominalized adjective or verb.
Nominally (adv.) In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. -- Burke.
Nominally (adv.) In name only; "nominally he is the boss".
Nominated (imp. & p. p.) of Nominate.
Nominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nominate.
Nominate (v. t.) To mention by name; to name. [Obs.]
To nominate them all, it is impossible. -- Shak.
Nominate (v. t.) To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Nominate (v. t.) To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.]
Is it so nominated in the bond? -- Shak.
Nominate (v. t.) To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.
Nominate (v.) Propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: nominate, put up, put forward].
Nominate (v.) Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" [syn: nominate, propose].
Nominate (v.) Charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn: name, nominate, make].
Nominate (v.) Create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute].
Nominate (v.) [ T ] (Suggest) (C1) To officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honour.
// He's been nominated by the Green Party as their candidate in the next election.
// Would you like to nominate anyone for/as director?
Nominate (v.) [ T ] (C1) To say officially that a film, song, programme, etc. will be included in a competition for a prize.
// The film was nominated for an Academy Award.
Nominate (v.) [ T ] (Choose) To officially choose someone for a job or to do something.
// She was nominated as the delegation's official interpreter.
// [ + to infinitive ] President Yeltsin nominated acting prime minister Sergei Kiriyenko to head the government.