Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 23
Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission.
Nonresistant (n.) One who holds that violence should never be resisted by force ; especially, a reformer who believes in passive resistance.
Syn: passive resister.
Nonresistant (a.) (Often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes" [syn: liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant].
Nonresistant (a.) Offering no resistance.
Nonresisting (a.) Not making resistance. Nonretractable
Nonreticulate (a.) Not resembling or forming a network [ant: reticular, reticulate].
Nonruminant (a.) Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.
Nonruminant (a.) Not ruminant [ant: ruminant].
Nonsane (a.) Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory. -- Blackstone.
Nonsense (n.) That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.
Nonsense (n.) Trifles; things of no importance.
Nonsense verses, Lines made by taking any words which occur, but especially certain words which it is desired to recollect, and arranging them without reference to anything but the measure, so that the rhythm of the lines may aid in recalling the remembrance of the words.
Syn: Folly; silliness; absurdity; trash; balderdash.
Fiddledeedee (interj.) An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense! [Colloq.]
Nonsense (a.) Having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a), nonsensical].
Nonsense (n.) A message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum].
Nonsense (n.) Ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery].
Nonsense, () construction. That which in a written agreement or will is unintelligible.
Nonsense, () It is a rule of law that an instrument shall be so construed that the whole, if possible, shall stand. When a matter is written grammatically right, but it is unintelligible, and the whole makes nonsense, some words cannot be rejected to make sense of the rest; 1 Salk. 324; but when matter is nonsense by being contrary and repugnant to, some precedent sensible latter, such repugnant matter is rejected. Ib.; 15 Vin. Ab. 560; 14 Vin. Ab. 142. The maxim of the civil law on this subject agrees with this rule: Quae in testamento ita sunt scripta, ut intelligi non possent: perinde sunt, ac si scripta non essent. Dig. 50,17,73,3. Vide articles Ambiguity; Construction; Interpretation.
Nonsense, () In pleading, when matter is nonsense by being contradictory and repugnant to something precedent, the precedent matter, which is sense, shall not be defeated by the repugnancy which follows, but that which is contradictory shall be rejected; as in ejectment where the declaration is of a demise on the second day of January, and that the defendant postea scilicet, on the first of January, ejected him; here the scilicet may be rejected as being expressly contrary to the postea and the precedent matter. 5 East, 255; 1 Salk. 324.
Nonsense, (n.) The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.
Nonsensical (a.) Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.
Nonsensical (a.) Incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous].
Nonsensical (a.) Having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a), nonsensical].
Nonsensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.
Nonsensitive (a.) Never having had security classification [syn: nonsensitive, unrestricted].
Non sequitur () (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Non sequitur (n.) A reply that has no relevance to what preceded it.
Non sequitur (n.) (Logic) A conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
Nonsexual (a.) Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.
Nonslaveholding (a.) Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.
Nonsolution (n.) Failure of solution or explanation.
Nonsolvency (n.) Inability to pay debts; insolvency.
Nonsolvent (a.) Not solvent; insolvent.
Nonsolvent (n.) An insolvent.
Nonsonant (a.) Not sonant.
Nonsonant (n.) A nonsonant or nonvocal consonant.
Nonsparing (a.) Sparing none. nonstandard
Nonsteroidal (a.) Not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones [ant: steroidal].
Nonsteroidal (n.) An organic compound that does no contain a steroid [syn: nonsteroid, nonsteroidal].
Nonsteroidal (n.) A drug or other substance not containing a steroid.
Nonsteroidal (a.) Not being or containing a steroid.
Nonstriated (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.
Nonsubmission (n.) Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.
Nonsubmissive (a.) Not submissive.
Nonsuch (n.) See Nonesuch.
Nonsuch (n.) Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch].
Nonsuit (n.) (Law) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
Nonsuited (imp. & p. p.) of Nonsuit.
Nonsuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nonsuit.
Nonsuit (v. t.) (Law) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. "When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited." -- Z. Swift.
Nonsuit (a.) Nonsuited. -- D. A. Tyng.
Nonsurety (n.) Insecurity. [Obs.]
Nontenure (n.) (Law) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.
Nonterm (n.) (Law) A vacation between two terms of a court.
Nontoxic (a.) Not toxic.
Nontronite (n.) (Min.) A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.
Nonuniformist (n.) One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.
Nonunionist (n.) One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.
Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Nonuser () A not using; failure to use.
An office may be forfeited by misuser or nonuser. -- Blackstone.
Nonuser () (Law) Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right. -- Kent.
Nonvascular (a.) (Anat.) Destitute of vessels; extravascular.
Nonvernacular (a.) Not vernacular.
A nonvernacular expression. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Nonvocal (a.) Not vocal; destitute of tone.
Nonvocal (n.) A nonvocal consonant.
Nonyl (n.) (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.
Nonylene (n.) (Chem.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.
Nonylenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.
Nonylic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.
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.) 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.
Noodle (n.) A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
Noodle (n.) A ribbonlike strip of pasta.
Noodle (n.) Informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome].
Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook? -- Milton.
Nook (n.) A sheltered and secluded place.
Nook (n.) An interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook].
Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
That nook-shotten isle of Albion. -- Shak.
Noological (a.) Of or pertaining to noology.
Noologist (n.) One versed in noology.
Noology (n.) The science of intellectual phenomena.
Noon (a.) No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]
Noon (n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination.
In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. -- Motley.
High noon, the exact meridian; midday.
Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] -- Dryden.
Noon (a.) Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. -- Young.
Noon (v. i.) To take rest and refreshment at noon.
Noon (n.) The middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide].
Noonday (n.) Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.
Noonday (a.) Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat ; only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. "Noonday walks." -- Addison.
Noonday (n.) The middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide].
Noonday, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 515
Housing Units (2000): 222
Land area (2000): 1.991712 sq. miles (5.158510 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.991712 sq. miles (5.158510 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51756
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.245210 N, 95.392567 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Noonday, TX
Noonday
Noon-flower (n.) (Bot.) The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.
Nooning (n.) A rest at noon; a repast at noon.
Noonshun (n.) [Obs.] See Nunchion. -- Nares.
Nunchion (n.) A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon. [Written also noonshun.] -- Hudibras.
Noonstead (n.) The position of the sun at noon. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Noontide (n.) The time of noon; midday.
Noontide (n.) The middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide].
Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.
Noosed (imp. & p. p.) of Noose.
Noosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Noose.
Noose (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Noose (n.) A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose [syn: snare, gin, noose].
Noose (n.) A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled [syn: noose, running noose, slip noose].
Noose (v.) Make a noose in or of.
Noose (v.) Secure with a noose.
Noot () See lst Not. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nopal (n.) (Bot.) A cactaceous plant ({Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.
Nopal (n.) Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits [syn: nopal, Opuntia lindheimeri].
Nopal (n.) Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears.
Nopalries (n. pl. ) of Nopalry.
Nopalry (n.) A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.
Nope (n.) (Zool.) A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Nope (interj. & adv.) No. [informal]
Nor (conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. -- Matt. x. 9, 10.
Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. -- Matt. vi. 20.
I love him not, nor fear him. -- Shak.
Where neither party is nor true, nor kind. -- Shak.
Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. -- Dryden.
NOR
Not OR.
The Boolean function which is true if none of its inputs are true and false otherwise, the logical complement of inclusive OR. The binary (two-input) NOR function can be defined (written as an infix operator):
A NOR B = NOT (A OR B) = (NOT A) AND (NOT B)
Its truth table is:
A | B | A NOR B
--+---+---------
F | F | T
F | T | F
T | F | F
T | T | F
NOR, like NAND, forms a complete set of Boolean functions on its own since it can be used to make NOT, AND, OR and any other Boolean function:
NOT A = A NOR A
A OR B = NOT (A NOR B)
A AND B = (NOT A) NOR (NOT B)
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Norbertine (n.) See Premonstrant.
Noreaster, Nor'easter (n.) A storm blowing from the northeast; -- a term used especially in the northeastern region of the United States.
Syn: northeaster.
Noreaster (n.) A storm blowing from the northeast [syn: northeaster, noreaster].
Nor'easter (n.) [ C ] 東北風（同 northeaster）A northeaster.
Nor'easter (n.) [ C ] A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a macro-scale cyclone. The name derives from the direction of the strongest winds that will be hitting an eastern seaboard of the northern hemisphere: as a cyclonic air mass rotates counterclockwise, winds tend to blow northeast-to-southwest over the region covered by the northwest quadrant of the cyclone. Use of the term in North America is associated with several different types of storms, some of which can form in the North Atlantic Ocean and some of which form as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The term is most often used in the coastal areas of New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. Typically, such storms originate as a low-pressure area that forms within 100 miles (160 km) of the shore between North Carolina and Massachusetts. The precipitation pattern is similar to that of other extratropical storms. Nor'easters are usually accompanied by very heavy rain or snow, and can cause severe coastal flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane-force winds, or blizzard conditions. Nor'easters are usually most intense during winter in New England and Atlantic Canada. They thrive on converging air masses—the cold polar air mass and the warmer air over the water—and are more severe in winter when the difference in temperature between these air masses is greater. [1] [2] [3]
Nor'easters tend to develop most often and most powerfully between the months of November and March, although they can (much less commonly) develop during other parts of the year as well. The susceptible regions are generally impacted by Nor'easters a few times each winter. [4] [5] [6]
Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
Noria (n.) A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel.
Norian (a.) (Geol.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. -- T. S. Hunt.
Norice (n.) Nurse. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Norie (n.) (Zool.) The cormorant. [Prov. Eng.]
Norimons (n. pl. ) of Norimon.
Norimon (n.) A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. -- B. Taylor.
Norite (n.) (Min.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.
Norium (n.) [NL.] (Chem.) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in 1845 by the Swedish chemist Swanberg in zircon. After many unsuccessful attempts to verify this new element, the element named Hafnium (atomic number 72) was discoverd in 1923 by D. Coster and G. von Hevesey in the zirconium-containing mineral zircon. Hafnium, present at 1 to 5% in many zirconium-bearing minerals, but difficult to separate from zirconium, is probably the element that gave rise to the properties attributed to the hypothetical norium.
Norm (a.) A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type; as, deviations from the norm are not tolerated.
Norm (a.) (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. -- Agassiz.
Norm (n.) A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"
Norm (n.) A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm].
Norm, () A real-valued function modelling the length of a vector. The norm must be homogeneous and symmetric and fulfil the following condition: the shortest way to reach a point is to go straight toward it. Every convex symmetric closed surface surrounding point 0 introduces a norm by means of Minkowski functional; all vectors that end on the surface have the same norm then.
The most popular norm is the Euclidean norm.
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Norma (n.) [L.] A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. -- J. S. Mill.
Norma (n.) A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
Norma (n.) A templet or gauge.
Norma (n.) A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
NORMA
NO Remote Memory Access (OSF/1, Multi-Server).
Normal (a.) 正常的，正規的，標準的；精神正常的；身心健全的；【數】垂直的；直角的；【化】規度的；當量的；中和性的 According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
Deviations from the normal type. -- Hallam.
Normal (a.) (Geom.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
Normal (a.) (Chem.) Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically:
Normal (a.) (Quantitative Analysis) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.
Normal (a.) (Chem.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5.
Normal (a.) (Organ. Chem.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-.
Normal equations (Method of Least Squares), A set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process. The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities.
Normal group (Geol.), A group of rocks taken as a standard. -- Lyell.
Normal place (of a planet or comet) (Astron.), The apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other.
Normal school, A school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers.
Syn: Normal, Regular, Ordinary.
Usage: Regular and ordinary are popular terms of well-known signification; normal has now a more specific sense, arising out of its use in science. A thing is normal, or in its normal state, when strictly conformed to those principles of its constitution which mark its species or to the standard of a healthy and natural condition. It is abnormal when it departs from those principles.
Normal (n.) (Geom.) 標準；常態 [S]；【數】法線 [C]；正常人，正常事物 Any perpendicular.
Normal (n.) (Geom.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
Note: The term normal is also used to denote the distance along the normal line from the curve to the axis of abscissas or to the center of curvature.
Normal (a.) Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" [ant: {abnormal}, {unnatural}].
Normal (a.) In accordance with scientific laws [ant: {paranormal}].
Normal (a.) Being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development; "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met" [ant: {abnormal}].
Normal (a.) Forming a right angle.
Normal (n.) Something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn: {convention}, {normal}, {pattern}, {rule}, {formula}].
Normal, IL -- U.S. town in Illinois
Population (2000): 45386
Housing Units (2000): 15683
Land area (2000): 13.618924 sq. miles (35.272851 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.062083 sq. miles (0.160793 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.681007 sq. miles (35.433644 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53234
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.512189 N, 88.988701 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61761
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Normal, IL
Normal
Normalcy (n.) 常態；正常 The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy. [R.]
Syn: normality.
Normalcy (n.) Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning [syn: {normality}, {normalcy}] [ant: {abnormalcy}, {abnormality}].
Normalcy (n.) Expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common [syn: {normality}, {normalcy}].
Normalization (n.) 常態化；正常化；正規化 Reduction to a standard or normal state.
Normalization (n.) The imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization" [syn: standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation].
Normally (adv.) 正常地；通常，按慣例 In a normal manner. -- Darwin.
Normally (adv.) Under normal conditions; "usually she was late" [syn: normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily] [ant: outstandingly, remarkably, unco, unusually].
Norman (n.) (Naut.) A wooden bar, or iron pin. -- W. C. Russell.