Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 31
Nycthemeron (n.) The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.
Nyctibune (n.) (Zool.) A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.
Nyctitropic (a.) (Bot.) Turning or bending at night into special positions.
Note: Nyctitropic movements of plants usually consist in a folding or drooping of the leaves, the advantage being in lessening the radiation of heat.
Nyctophile (n.) (Zool.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.
Compare: Ny
Ny (a. & adv.) Nigh. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Nyentek (n.) (Zool.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. 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.
Nylghau (n.) Alt. of Nylgau.
Nylghau, Nylgau, (n.) (Zool.) 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. [Written also neelghau, nilgau, nylghai, and nylghaie.]
Syn: nilgai, nylghai, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus.
Nylghau (n.) Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns [syn: nilgai, nylghai, nylghau, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus].
Nymph (n.) (Class. Myth.) [C] 【希神】【羅神】居於山林水澤的仙女，女神； 【文】美女；年輕女子 A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas? -- Milton.
Nymph (n.) Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. -- Shak.
Nymph (n.) (Zool.) [C] 蛹 The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
Nymph (n.) (Zool.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
Nymph (n.) (Classical mythology) A minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water".
Nymph (n.) A larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly).
Nymph (n.) A voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn: nymph, houri].
Nymphae (n. pl. ) of Nympha.
Nympha (n.) (Zool.) Same as Nymph, 3.
Nympha (n.) pl. (Anat.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
Nymphaea (n.) (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the name Nymphaea transferred to what is now known as Nuphar.
Nymphaea (n.) The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies [syn: Nymphaea, genus Nymphaea].
Nymphal (a.) Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
Nymphales (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.
Nymphean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.
Nymphet (n.) 有性魅力的少女；早熟的少女 A little or young nymph. [Poetic] "The nymphets sporting there." -- Drayton. Nymphic
Nymphet (n.) A sexually attractive young woman.
Nymphic (a.) Alt. of Nymphical.
Nymphical (a.) Of or pertaining to nymphs.
Nymphiparous (a.) (Zool.) Producing pupas or nymphs.
Nymphish (a.) Relating to nymphs; ladylike. "Nymphish war." -- Drayton. Nymphlike
Nymphlike (a.) Alt. of Nymphly
Nymphly (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.
Nympholepsy (n.) A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] -- De Quincey.
The nympholepsy of some fond despair. -- Byron.
Nympholepsy (n.) A frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable.
Nympholeptic (a.) Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. [Poetic]
Nymphomania (n.) (Med.) An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
Nymphomania (n.) Abnormally intense sexual desire in women.
Nymphomany (n.) (Med.) Same as Nymphomania.
Nymphotomy (n.) (Med.) Excision of the nymphae.
Nys () Is not. See Nis. -- Chaucer. Spenser.
Nystagmus (n.) (Med.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.
Nystagmus (n.) Involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
Nyula (n.) (Zool.) A species of ichneumon ({Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.