('Molinist','n.','A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit\n   (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.'),('Moll','a.','Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.'),('Mollah','n.','One of the higher order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkish\n   title of respect for a religious and learned man.'),('Molle','a.','Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat.'),('Mollebart','n.','An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting\n   of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man.'),('Mollemoke','n.','Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and\n   fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several\n   species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar.'),('Mollient','a.','Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.'),('Molliently','adv.','Assuagingly.'),('Mollifiable','a.','Capable of being mollified.'),('Mollification','n.','The act of mollifying, or the state of being\n   mollified; a softening.'),('Mollifier','n.','One who, or that which, mollifies.'),('Mollified','imp. & p. p.','of Mollify'),('Mollifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mollify'),('Mollify','v. t.','To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness,\n   harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.'),('Mollify','v. t.','To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as\n   excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.'),('Mollinet','n.','A little mill.'),('Mollipilose','a.','Having soft hairs; downy.'),('Mollities','n.','Unnatural softness of any organ or part.'),('Mollitude','n.','Softness; effeminacy; weakness.'),('Mollusc','n.','Same as Mollusk.'),('Mollusca','n. pl.','One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom,\n   including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and\n   Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented\n   bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not\n   repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses\n   either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or\n   less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be\n   univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.'),('Molluscan','a.','Of or pertaining to mollusks.'),('Molluscan','n.','A mollusk; one of the Mollusca.'),('Molluscoid','a.','Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the\n   Molluscoidea.'),('Molluscoid','n.','One of the Molluscoidea.'),('Molluscoidal','a.','Molluscoid.'),('Molluscoidea','n. pl.','A division of Invertebrata which includes the\n   classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca.'),('Molluscous','a.','Molluscan.'),('Molluscum','n.','A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of\n   various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the\n   resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals.'),('Mollusk','n.','One of the Mollusca.'),('Molly','n.','Same as Mollemoke.'),('Molly','n.','A pet or colloquial name for Mary.'),('Molly-mawk','n.','See Mollemoke.'),('Moloch','n.','The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human\n   sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.'),('Moloch','n.','A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on\n   the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable\n   appearance.'),('Molosse','n.','See Molossus.'),('Molosses','n.','Molasses.'),('Molossine','n.','A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.'),('Molossus','n.','A foot of three long syllables.'),('Molt','','imp. of Melt.'),('Molted','imp. & p. p.','of Moult'),('Moulted','','of Moult'),('Molting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moult'),('Moulting','','of Moult'),('Molt','v. t.','Alt. of Moult'),('Moult','v. t.','To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the\n   like, as an animal or a bird.'),('Molt','v. t.','Alt. of Moult'),('Moult','v. t.','To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to\n   shed.'),('Molt','n.','Alt. of Moult'),('Moult','n.','The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,\n   etc.; molting.'),('Moltable','a.','Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.'),('Molten','a.','Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid\n   state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.'),('Molten','a.','Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which\n   the thing is formed; as, a molten image.'),('Molto','adv.','Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.'),('Moly','n.','A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and\n   white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses\n   to counteract the spells of Circe.'),('Moly','n.','A kind of garlic (Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; --\n   called also golden garlic.'),('Molybdate','n.','A salt of molybdic acid.'),('Molybdena','n.','See Molybdenite.'),('Molybdenite','n.','A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated\n   masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.'),('Molybdenous','a.','See Molybdous.'),('Molybdenum','n.','A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in\n   nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced\n   obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo.\n   Atomic weight 95.9.'),('Molybdic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif.,\n   designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence,\n   as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.'),('Molybdite','n.','Molybdic ocher.'),('Molybdous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif.,\n   designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as\n   contrasted with molybdic compounds.'),('Mome','n.','A dull, silent person; a blockhead.'),('Moment','n.','A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as,\n   at thet very moment.'),('Moment','n.','Impulsive power; force; momentum.'),('Moment','n.','Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight\n   or value; consideration.'),('Moment','n.','An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or\n   consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.'),('Moment','n.','An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment\n   or decrement.'),('Moment','n.','Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp.\n   motion about a fixed point or axis.'),('Momental','a.','Lasting but a moment; brief.'),('Momental','a.','Important; momentous.'),('Momental','a.','Of or pertaining to moment or momentum.'),('Momentally','adv.','For a moment.'),('Momentaneous','a.','Alt. of Momentany'),('Momentany','a.','Momentary.'),('Momentarily','adv.','Every moment; from moment to moment.'),('Momentariness','n.','The state or quality of being momentary; shortness\n   of duration.'),('Momentary','a.','Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a\n   very short time; as, a momentary pang.'),('Momently','adv.','For a moment.'),('Momently','adv.','In a moment; every moment; momentarily.'),('Momentous','a.','Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a\n   momentous decision; momentous affairs.'),('Momenta','pl. ','of Momentum'),('Momentums','pl. ','of Momentum'),('Momentum','n.','The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always\n   proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity;\n   impetus.'),('Momentum','n.','Essential element, or constituent element.'),('Momier','n.','A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in\n   Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of\n   the 19th century.'),('Mommery','n.','See Mummery.'),('Momot','n.','See Motmot.'),('Momus','n.','The god of mockery and censure.'),('Mon-','','Same as Mono-.'),('Mona','n.','A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey\n   (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on\n   the haunches.'),('Monachal','a.','Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.'),('Monachism','n.','The system and influences of a monastic life;\n   monasticism.'),('Monacid','a.','Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid\n   atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; -- said of\n   bases, and of certain metals.'),('Monad','n.','An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something\n   ultimate and indivisible.'),('Monad','n.','The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived\n   of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo,\n   and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.'),('Monad','n.','One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species\n   of the genus Monas, and allied genera.'),('Monad','n.','A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.'),('Monad','n.','An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can\n   combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen.'),('Monadaria','n. pl.','The Infusoria.'),('Monadelphia','n. pl.','A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens\n   united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.'),('Monadelphian','a.','Alt. of Monadelphous'),('Monadelphous','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the\n   stamens united in one body by the filaments.'),('Monadic','a.','Alt. of Monadical'),('Monadical','a.','Of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its\n   senses. See Monad, n.'),('Monadiform','a.','Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in\n   having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform\n   young.'),('Monadology','n.','The doctrine or theory of monads.'),('Monal','n.','Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the\n   Impeyan pheasant.'),('Monamide','n.','An amido compound with only one amido group.'),('Monamine','n.','A basic compound containing one amido group; as, methyl\n   amine is a monamine.'),('Monander','n.','One of the Monandria.'),('Monandria','n. pl.','A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having\n   but a single stamen.'),('Monandrian','a.','Same as Monandrous.'),('Monandric','a.','Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a\n   system of marriage.'),('Monandrous','a.','Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one\n   stamen.'),('Monandry','n.','The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same\n   time; -- contrasted with polyandry.'),('Monanthous','a.','Having but one flower; one-flowered.'),('Monarch','n.','A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler;\n   an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.'),('Monarch','n.','One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is\n   called the monarch of the forest.'),('Monarch','n.','A patron deity or presiding genius.'),('Monarch','n.','A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus);\n   -- called also milkweed butterfly.'),('Monarch','a.','Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.'),('Monarchal','a.','Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign;\n   regal; imperial.'),('Monarchess','n.','A female monarch.'),('Monarchial','a.','Monarchic.'),('Monarchian','n.','One of a sect in the early Christian church which\n   rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.'),('Monarchic','a.','Alt. of Monarchical'),('Monarchical','a.','Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy.'),('Monarchism','n.','The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.'),('Monarchist','n.','An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.'),('Monarchized','imp. & p. p.','of Monarchize'),('Monarchizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Monarchize'),('Monarchize','v. i.','To play the sovereign; to act the monarch.'),('Monarchize','v. t.','To rule; to govern.'),('Monarchizer','n.','One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist.'),('Monarcho','n.','The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied\n   himself an emperor.'),('Monarchies','pl. ','of Monarchy'),('Monarchy','n.','A state or government in which the supreme power is\n   lodged in the hands of a monarch.'),('Monarchy','n.','A system of government in which the chief ruler is a\n   monarch.'),('Monarchy','n.','The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.'),('Monas','n.','A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are\n   many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.'),('Monasterial','a.','Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life.'),('Monasteries','pl. ','of Monastery'),('Monastery','n.','A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from\n   ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely\n   applied to such a house for females.'),('Monastic','n.','A monk.'),('Monastic','a.','Alt. of Monastical'),('Monastical','a.','Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants,\n   rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.'),('Monastical','a.','Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to\n   religion; recluse.'),('Monastically','adv.','In a monastic manner.'),('Monasticism','n.','The monastic life, system, or condition.'),('Monasticon','n.','A book giving an account of monasteries.'),('Monatomic','adv.','Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the\n   molecule of mercury is monatomic.'),('Monatomic','adv.','Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom\n   of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic.'),('Monaxial','a.','Having only one axis; developing along a single line or\n   plane; as, monaxial development.'),('Monazite','n.','A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals,\n   -- a phosphate of the cerium metals.'),('Monday','n.','The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.'),('Monde','n.','The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.'),('Mone','n.','The moon.'),('Mone','n.','A moan.'),('Monecian','a.','Alt. of Monecious'),('Monecious','a.','See Monoecian, and Monoecious.'),('Monembryony','n.','The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.'),('Moner','n.','One of the Monera.'),('Monera','n. pl.','The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which\n   resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus.'),('Moneral','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monera.'),('Moneran','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monera.'),('Moneran','n.','One of the Monera.'),('Monera','pl. ','of Moneron'),('Monerons','pl. ','of Moneron'),('Moneron','n.','One of the Monera.'),('Monerula','n.','A germ in that stage of development in which its form is\n   simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the\n   one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.'),('Monesia','n.','The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes\n   from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the\n   tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and\n   astringent.'),('Monesin','n.','The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a\n   medicine.'),('Monest','v. t.','To warn; to admonish; to advise.'),('Monetary','a.','Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money;\n   pecuniary.'),('Moneth','n.','A month.'),('Monetization','n.','The act or process of converting into money, or of\n   adopting as money; as, the monetization of silver.'),('Monetize','v. t.','To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as,\n   to monetize silver.'),('Moneys','pl. ','of Money'),('Money','n.','A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or\n   stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange\n   in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also,\n   any number of such pieces; coin.'),('Money','n.','Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a\n   government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is\n   payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it;\n   in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in\n   buying and selling.'),('Money','n.','In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land,\n   or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.'),('Money','v. t.','To supply with money.'),('Moneyage','n.','A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to\n   prevent them from debashing the coin.'),('Moneyage','n.','Mintage; coinage.'),('Moneyed','adv.','Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey\n   men.'),('Moneyed','adv.','Converted into money; coined.'),('Moneyed','adv.','Consisting in, or composed of, money.'),('Moneyer','n.','A person who deals in money; banker or broker.'),('Moneyer','n.','An authorized coiner of money.'),('Moneyless','a.','Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious.'),('Money-maker','n.','One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter\n   of money.'),('Money-maker','n.','One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one\n   who makes money-getting his governing motive.'),('Money-making','n.','The act or process of making money; the acquisition\n   and accumulation of wealth.'),('Money-making','a.','Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a\n   money-making business.'),('Money-making','a.','Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim;\n   as, a money-making man.'),('Moneywort','n.','A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded\n   opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.'),('Mongcorn','n.','See Mangcorn.'),('Monger','n.','A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as,\n   fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.'),('Monger','n.','A small merchant vessel.'),('Monger','v. t.','To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; --\n   used chiefly of discreditable traffic.'),('Mongol','n.','One of the Mongols.'),('Mongol','a.','Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.'),('Mongolian','a.','Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.'),('Mongolian','n.','One of the Mongols.'),('Mongolic','a.','See Mongolian.'),('Mongoloid','a.','Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race\n   characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the\n   Mongols.'),('Mongols','n. pl.','Alt. of Mongolians'),('Mongolians','n. pl.','One of the great races of man, including the\n   greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of\n   Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By\n   some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more\n   restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries,\n   including the Burats and the Kalmuks.'),('Mongoose','n.','Alt. of Mongoos'),('Mongoos','n.','A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of\n   India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded\n   mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).'),('Mongrel','n.','The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as\n   of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.'),('Mongrel','a.','Not of a pure breed.'),('Mongrel','a.','Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.'),('Mongrelize','v. t. & i.','To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as\n   to produce mongrels.'),('\'Mongst','prep.','See Amongst.'),('Monied','a.','See Moneyed.'),('Monifier','n.','A fossil fish.'),('Moniliform','a.','Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to\n   resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform\n   antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.'),('Moniment','n.','Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument;\n   hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record.'),('Monish','v. t.','To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.'),('Monisher','n.','One who monishes; an admonisher.'),('Monishment','n.','Admonition.'),('Monism','n.','That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single\n   ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.'),('Monism','n.','See Monogenesis, 1.'),('Monist','n.','A believer in monism.'),('Monistic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism.'),('Monition','n.','Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an\n   admonition; a warning; a caution.'),('Monition','n.','Information; indication; notice; advice.'),('Monition','n.','A process in the nature of a summons to appear and\n   answer.'),('Monition','n.','An order monishing a party complained against to obey\n   under pain of the law.'),('Monitive','a.','Conveying admonition; admonitory.'),('Monitor','n.','One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of\n   duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.'),('Monitor','n.','Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the\n   school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or\n   faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.'),('Monitor','n.','Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the\n   Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the\n   eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.'),('Monitor','n.','An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having\n   one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.'),('Monitor','n.','A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret,\n   and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring\n   successively the several tools in holds into proper position for\n   cutting.'),('Monitorial','a.','Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.'),('Monitorial','a.','Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work;\n   conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial\n   instruction.'),('Monitorially','adv.','In a monitorial manner.'),('Monitorship','n.','The post or office of a monitor.'),('Monitory','a.','Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution;\n   warning.'),('Monitory','n.','Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding\n   from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.'),('Monitress','n.','Alt. of Monitrix'),('Monitrix','n.','A female monitor.'),('Monk','n.','A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the\n   world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of\n   men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity,\n   obedience, and poverty.'),('Monk','n.','A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink\n   not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or\n   white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.'),('Monk','n.','A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder\n   hose or train of a mine.'),('Monk','n.','A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to\n   other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.'),('Monk','n.','The European bullfinch.'),('Monkeries','pl. ','of Monkery'),('Monkery','n.','The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or\n   customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.'),('Monkery','n.','A collective body of monks.'),('Monkeys','pl. ','of Monkey'),('Monkey','n.','In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,\n   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.'),('Monkey','n.','Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.'),('Monkey','n.','Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as\n   have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.'),('Monkey','n.','A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a\n   mischievous child.'),('Monkey','n.','The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very\n   heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of\n   the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop\n   hammer used in forging.'),('Monkey','n.','A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.'),('Monkey','v. t. & i.','To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in\n   a grotesque or meddlesome manner.'),('Monkey-bread','n.','The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree.\n   See Adansonia.'),('Monkey-cup','n.','See Nepenthes.'),('Monkey-pot','n.','The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis\n   Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large,\n   pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening\n   almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are\n   made of this capsule.'),('Monkey\'s puzzle','','A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria\n   imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted \"as\n   to puzzle a monkey to climb.\" The edible nuts are over an inch long,\n   and are called pion by the Chilians.'),('Monkeytail','n.','A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.'),('Monkfish','n.','The angel fish (Squatina).'),('Monkfish','n.','The angler (Lophius).'),('Monkflower','n.','A name of certain curious orchids which bear three\n   kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained\n   to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum\n   tridentatum, etc.).'),('Monkhood','n.','The character or condition of a monk.'),('Monkhood','n.','Monks, regarded collectively.'),('Monking','a.','Monkish.'),('Monkish','a.','Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish\n   manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.'),('Monkly','a.','Like, or suitable to, a monk.'),('Monkshood','n.','A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.'),('Monk\'s seam','','An extra middle seam made at the junction of two\n   breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.'),('Mono-','','Alt. of Mon-'),('Mon-','','A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp, monopoly;\n   (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom, radical, or group\n   of that to the name of which it is united; as, monoxide, monosulphide,\n   monatomic, etc.'),('Mono','n.','The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus).'),('Monobasic','a.','Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or\n   basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; --\n   said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are\n   monobasic.'),('Monocarbonic','a.','Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a\n   monocarbonic acid.'),('Monocardian','a.','Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians.'),('Monocardian','n.','An animal having a single heart.'),('Monocarp','n.','A monocarpic plant.'),('Monocarpellary','a.','Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the\n   pea, cherry, and almond.'),('Monocarpic','a.','Alt. of Monocarpous'),('Monocarpous','a.','Bearing fruit but once, and dying after\n   fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.'),('Monocephalous','a.','Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched\n   composite plants.'),('Monoceros','n.','A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one\n   horn.'),('Monoceros','n.','The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.'),('Monochlamydeous','a.','Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx\n   without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a\n   calyx.'),('Monochord','n.','An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical\n   relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched\n   between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand\n   upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring\n   the length of the part of the string between them.'),('Monochromatic','a.','Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light\n   of one color only.'),('Monochrome','n.','A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made\n   with a single color.'),('Monochromic','a.','Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic\n   picture.'),('Monochromy','n.','The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.'),('Monochronic','a.','Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.'),('Monociliated','a.','Having but one cilium.'),('Monocle','n.','An eyeglass for one eye.'),('Monoclinal','a.','Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata\n   that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.'),('Monocline','n.','A monoclinal fold.'),('Monoclinic','a.','Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system\n   of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but\n   at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.'),('Monoclinous','a.','Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in\n   every flower.'),('Monocondyla','n. pl.','A group of vertebrates, including the birds and\n   reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the\n   Sauropsida.'),('Monocotyl','n.','Any monocotyledonous plant.'),('Monocotyle','a.','Monocotyledonous.'),('Monocotyledon','n.','A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.'),('Monocotyledonous','a.','Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal\n   leaf.'),('Monocracy','n.','Government by a single person; undivided rule.'),('Monocrat','n.','One who governs alone.'),('Monocrotic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a\n   monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.'),('Monocrotism','n.','That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve\n   or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation\n   entirely disappearing.'),('Monocular','a.','Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular\n   vision.'),('Monocular','a.','Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a\n   monocular microscope.'),('Monocule','n.','A small crustacean with one median eye.'),('Monoculous','a.','Monocular.'),('Monocystic','a.','Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of\n   Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.'),('Monodactylous','a.','Having but one finger or claw.'),('Monodelph','n.','Alt. of Monodelphian'),('Monodelphian','n.','One of the Monodelphia.'),('Monodelphia','n. pl.','The group that includes all ordinary or placental\n   mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.'),('Monodelphic','a.','Alt. of Monodelphous'),('Monodelphous','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.'),('Monodic','a.','Alt. of Monodical'),('Monodical','a.','Belonging to a monody.'),('Monodical','a.','For one voice; monophonic.'),('Monodical','a.','Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is\n   confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in\n   the style called polyphonic.'),('Monodimetric','a.','Dimetric.'),('Monodist','n.','A writer of a monody.'),('Monodrama','n.','Alt. of Monodrame'),('Monodrame','n.','A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single\n   person.'),('Monodramatic','a.','Pertaining to a monodrama.'),('Monodies','pl. ','of Monody'),('Monody','n.','A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a\n   single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.'),('Monodynamic','a.','Possessing but one capacity or power.'),('Monodynamism','n.','The theory that the various forms of activity in\n   nature are manifestations of the same force.'),('Monoecia','n. pl.','A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils\n   are in distinct flowers in the same plant.'),('Monoecian','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious.'),('Monoecian','n.','One of the Monoecia.'),('Monoecian','n.','A monoecious animal, as certain mollusks.'),('Monoecious','a.','Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male\n   and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite;\n   -- opposed to dioecious.'),('Monoecism','n.','The state or condition of being monoecious.'),('Monogam','n.','One of the Monogamia.'),('Monogamia','n. pl.','A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers\n   with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.'),('Monogamian','a.','Alt. of Monogamic'),('Monogamic','a.','Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.'),('Monogamic','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple\n   flower with united anthers.'),('Monogamist','n.','One who practices or upholds monogamy.'),('Monogamous','a.','Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.'),('Monogamous','a.','Same as Monogamian.'),('Monogamous','a.','Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of\n   birds and mammals.'),('Monogamy','n.','Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or\n   wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only\n   during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.'),('Monogamy','n.','State of being paired with a single mate.'),('Monogastric','a.','Having but a single stomach.'),('Monogenesis','n.','Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all\n   beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis.\n   Called also monism.'),('Monogenesis','n.','That form of reproduction which requires but one\n   parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds,\n   etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction.'),('Monogenesis','n.','The direct development of an embryo, without\n   metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; --\n   opposed to metagenesis.'),('Monogenetic','a.','One in genesis; resulting from one process of\n   formation; -- used of a mountain range.'),('Monogenetic','a.','Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the\n   monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the\n   source of all beings.'),('Monogenic','a.','Of or pertaining to monogenesis.'),('Monogenic','a.','Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing\n   only in one way.'),('Monogenism','n.','The theory or doctrine that the human races have a\n   common origin, or constitute a single species.'),('Monogenist','n.','One who maintains that the human races are all of one\n   species; -- opposed to polygenist.'),('Monogenistic','a.','Monogenic.'),('Monogenous','a.','Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or\n   asexual, reproduction.'),('Monogeny','n.','Monogenesis.'),('Monogeny','n.','The doctrine that the members of the human race have all\n   a common origin.'),('Monogoneutic','a.','Having but one brood in a season.'),('Monogram','n.','A character or cipher composed of two or more letters\n   interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it\n   (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental\n   pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish\n   their works.'),('Monogram','n.','A picture in lines; a sketch.'),('Monogram','n.','An arbitrary sign for a word.'),('Monogrammal','a.','See Monogrammic.'),('Monogrammatic','a.','Monogrammic.'),('Monogrammic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.'),('Monogrammous','a.','Monogrammic.'),('Monograph','n.','A written account or description of a single thing, or\n   class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited\n   range.'),('Monographer','n.','A writer of a monograph.'),('Monographic','a.','Alt. of Monographical'),('Monographical','a.','Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography;\n   as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture.'),('Monographist','n.','One who writes a monograph.'),('Monographous','a.','Monographic.'),('Monography','n.','Representation by lines without color; an outline\n   drawing.'),('Monography','n.','A monograph.'),('Monogyn','n.','One of the Monogynia.'),('Monogynia','n. pl.','A Linnaean order of plants, including those which\n   have only one style or stigma.'),('Monogynian','a.','Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous.'),('Monogynian','n.','One of the Monogynia.'),('Monogynous','a.','Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or\n   stigma.'),('Monogyny','n.','Marriage with the one woman only.'),('Monogyny','n.','The state or condition of being monogynous.'),('Monohemerous','a.','Lasting but one day.'),('Monoicous','a.','Monoecious.'),('Monolatry','n.','Worship of a single deity.'),('Monolith','n.','A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into\n   a pillar, statue, or monument.'),('Monolithal','a.','Monolithic.'),('Monolithic','a.','Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single\n   stone.'),('Monologist','n.','One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes\n   conversation in company.'),('Monologue','n.','A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also,\n   talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an\n   account in monologue.'),('Monologue','n.','A dramatic composition for a single performer.'),('Monology','n.','The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing\n   conversation.'),('Monomachia','n.','Alt. of Monomachy'),('Monomachy','n.','A duel; single combat.'),('Monomachist','n.','One who fights in single combat; a duelist.'),('Monomane','n.','A monomaniac.'),('Monomania','n.','Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject\n   only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular\n   subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.'),('Monomaniac','n.','A person affected by monomania.'),('Monomaniac','a.','Alt. of Monomaniacal'),('Monomaniacal','a.','Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of\n   intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal\n   delusion.'),('Monome','n.','A monomial.'),('Monomerous','a.','Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal,\n   one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.'),('Monomerous','a.','Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain\n   insects.'),('Monometallic','a.','Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to\n   monometallism.'),('Monometallism','n.','The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or\n   silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of\n   money values. See Bimetallism.'),('Monometallist','n.','One who believes in monometallism as opposed to\n   bimetallism, etc.'),('Monometer','n.','A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.'),('Monometric','a.','Same as Isometric.'),('Monomial','n.','A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression\n   unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction,\n   equality, or inequality.'),('Monomial','a.','Consisting of but a single term or expression.'),('Monomorphic','a.','Alt. of Monomorphous'),('Monomorphous','a.','Having but a single form; retaining the same form\n   throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an\n   essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic,\n   trimorphic, and polymorphic.'),('Monomphalus','n.','A form of double monster, in which two individuals are\n   united by a common umbilicus.'),('Monomya','n.pl.','Alt. of Monomyaria'),('Monomyaria','n.pl.','An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for\n   closing the shell, as the oyster.'),('Monomyarian','a.','Alt. of Monomyary'),('Monomyary','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monomya.'),('Monomyary','n.','One of the Monomya.'),('Mononomial','n. & a.','Monomyal.'),('Monoousian','a.','Alt. of Monoousious'),('Monoousious','a.','Having but one and the same nature or essence.'),('Monopathy','n.','Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function.'),('Monopersonal','a.','Having but one person, or form of existence.'),('Monopetalous','a.','Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece,\n   or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl;\n   gamopetalous.'),('Monophanous','a.','Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual\n   resemblance.'),('Monophonic','a.','Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic\n   composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.'),('Monophthong','n.','A single uncompounded vowel sound.'),('Monophthong','n.','A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one;\n   a digraph.'),('Monophthongal','a.','Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.'),('Monophyletic','a.','Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to\n   development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to\n   polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.'),('Monophyllous','a.','One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a\n   monophyllous involucre or calyx.'),('Monophyodont','a.','Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to\n   diphyodont.'),('Monophysite','n.','One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained\n   that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite\n   nature. Also used adjectively.'),('Monophysitical','a.','Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their\n   doctrines.'),('Monoplast','n.','A monoplastic element.'),('Monoplastic','a.','That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a\n   monoplastic element.'),('Monoplegia','n.','Paralysis affecting a single limb.'),('Monopneumona','n. pl.','A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus.'),('Monopode','n.','One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but\n   one leg and foot.'),('Monopode','n.','A monopodium.'),('Monopodial','a.','Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as\n   a birchen twig or a cornstalk.'),('Monopodia','pl. ','of Monopodium'),('-ums','pl. ','of Monopodium'),('Monopodium','n.','A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to\n   sympodium.'),('Monopody','n.','A measure of but a single foot.'),('Monopoler','n.','A monopolist.'),('Monopolist','n.','One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who\n   favors monopoly.'),('Monopolistic','a.','Of or pertaining to a monopolist.'),('Monopolite','n.','A monopolist.'),('Monopolized','imp. & p. p.','of Monopolize'),('Monopolizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Monopolize'),('Monopolize','v. t.','To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the\n   exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession\n   of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to\n   monopolize land.'),('Monopolizer','n.','One who monopolizes.'),('Monopolies','pl. ','of Monopoly'),('Monopoly','n.','The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity;\n   the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or\n   of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything,\n   however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a\n   monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies\n   have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a\n   combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.'),('Monopoly','n.','Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.'),('Monopoly','n.','The commodity or other material thing to which the\n   monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.'),('Monopolylogue','n.','An exhibition in which an actor sustains many\n   characters.'),('Monopsychism','n.','The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or\n   intellect with which all men are endowed.'),('Monopteral','a.','Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring\n   of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.'),('Monoptera','pl. ','of Monopteron'),('Monopteron','n.','A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on\n   columns, without a cella.'),('Monoptote','n.','A noun having only one case.'),('Monoptote','n.','A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.'),('Monopyrenous','a.','Having but a single stone or kernel.'),('Monorganic','a.','Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of\n   organs.'),('Monorhina','n. pl.','The Marsipobranchiata.'),('Monorhyme','n.','A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with\n   the same rhyme.'),('Monosepalous','a.','Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or\n   composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.'),('Monosperm','n.','A monospermous plant.'),('Monospermal','a.','Alt. of Monospermous'),('Monospermous','a.','Having only one seed.'),('Monospherical','a.','Consisting of one sphere only.'),('Monostich','n.','A composition consisting of one verse only.'),('Monostichous','a.','Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as\n   the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae.'),('Monostrophe','n.','A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.'),('Monostrophic','a.','Having one strophe only; not varied in measure;\n   written in unvaried measure.'),('Monosulphide','n.','A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and\n   analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena\n   is a monosulphide.'),('Monosulphuret','n.','See Monosulphide.'),('Monosyllabic','a.','Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables;\n   as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language.'),('Monosyllabism','n.','The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having\n   a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.'),('Monosyllable','n.','A word of one syllable.'),('Monosyllabled','a.','Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.'),('Monosymmetric','a.','Alt. of Monosymmetrical'),('Monosymmetrical','a.','Same as Monoclinic.'),('Monotessaron','n.','A single narrative framed from the statements of the\n   four evangelists; a gospel harmony.'),('Monothalama','n. pl.','A division of Foraminifera including those that\n   have only one chamber.'),('Monothalaman','n.','A foraminifer having but one chamber.'),('Monothalamous','a.','One-chambered.'),('Monothalmic','a.','Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits.'),('Monothecal','a.','Having a single loculament.'),('Monotheism','n.','The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.'),('Monotheist','n.','One who believes that there is but one God.'),('Monotheistic','a.','Of or pertaining to monotheism.'),('Monothelism','n.','Alt. of Monothelitism'),('Monothelitism','n.','The doctrine of the Monothelites.'),('Monothelite','n.','One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but\n   one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite.'),('Monothelitic','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their\n   doctrine.'),('Monotocous','a.','Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.'),('Monotocous','a.','Uniparous; laying a single egg.'),('Monotomous','a.','Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.'),('Monotone','n.','A single unvaried tone or sound.'),('Monotone','n.','The utterance of successive syllables, words, or\n   sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.'),('Monotonic','a.','Alt. of Monotonical'),('Monotonical','a.','Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone;\n   monotonous.'),('Monotonist','n.','One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject\n   until weariness is produced.'),('Monotonous','a.','Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull\n   uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety;\n   wearisome.'),('Monotony','n.','A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound,\n   producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or\n   singing.'),('Monotony','n.','Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.'),('Monotremata','n. pl.','A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which\n   the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as\n   in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck,\n   and Echidna.'),('Monotrematous','a.','Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.'),('Monotreme','n.','One of the Monotremata.'),('Monotriglyph','n.','A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in\n   which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.'),('Monotropa','n.','A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the\n   Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the\n   stem.'),('Monotype','a.','Alt. of Monotypic'),('Monotypic','a.','Having but one type; containing but one representative;\n   as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.'),('Monovalent','a.','Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.'),('Monoxide','n.','An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule;\n   as, barium monoxide.'),('Monoxylon','n.','A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.'),('Monoxylous','a.','Made of one piece of wood.'),('Monozoa','n. pl.','A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.'),('Monroe doctrine','','See under Doctrine.'),('Messeigneurs','pl. ','of Monseigneur'),('Monseigneur','n.','My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high\n   birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the\n   Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the\n   Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)'),('Monsel\'s salt','','A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a\n   Frenchman.'),('Monsel\'s solution','','An aqueous solution of Monsel\'s salt, having\n   valuable styptic properties.'),('Messieurs','pl. ','of Monsieur'),('Monsieur','n.','The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or\n   of, a man; Mr. or Sir.'),('MM.','pl. ','of Monsieur'),('Messrs.','pl. ','of Monsieur'),('Monsieur','n.','The oldest brother of the king of France.'),('Monsieur','n.','A Frenchman.'),('Monsignors','pl. ','of Monsignore'),('Monsignore','n.','My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the\n   pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal\n   court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)'),('Monsoon','n.','A wind blowing part of the year from one direction,\n   alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied\n   particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from\n   the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September,\n   and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle\n   of December.'),('Monster','n.','Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy;\n   an enormity; a marvel.'),('Monster','n.','Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from\n   the usual type, as by having too many limbs.'),('Monster','n.','Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness,\n   deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.'),('Monster','a.','Monstrous in size.'),('Monster','v. t.','To make monstrous.'),('Monstrance','n.','A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is\n   exposed to view.'),('Monstration','n.','The act of demonstrating; proof.'),('Monstrosities','pl. ','of Monstrosity'),('Monstrosity','n.','The state of being monstrous, or out of the common\n   order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster.'),('Monstrous','a.','Marvelous; strange.'),('Monstrous','a.','Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly\n   from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.'),('Monstrous','a.','Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike,\n   apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.;\n   as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.'),('Monstrous','a.','Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or\n   wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.'),('Monstrous','a.','Abounding in monsters.'),('Monstrous','adv.','Exceedingly; very; very much.'),('Monstrously','adv.','In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily;\n   as, monstrously wicked.'),('Monstrousness','n.','The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual,\n   extraordinary.'),('Monstruosity','n.','Monstrosity.'),('Monstruous','a.','Monstrous.'),('Mont','n.','Mountain.'),('Montaigne','n.','A mountain.'),('Montanic','n.','Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.'),('Montanist','n.','A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the\n   second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt\n   in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men\n   in the Christian life.'),('Montant','n.','An upward thrust or blow.'),('Montant','n.','An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a\n   stile.'),('Mont de piete','','One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which\n   originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to\n   lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called\n   also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other\n   countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.'),('Monte','n.','A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice\n   or cards.'),('Monte-acid','n.','An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is\n   forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.'),('Monteith','n.','See Monteth.'),('Montem','n.','A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton\n   school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a\n   hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to\n   support at the university the senior scholar of the school.'),('Montero','n.','An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen.'),('Monteth','n.','Alt. of Monteith'),('Monteith','n.','A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from\n   the name of the inventor.'),('Montgolfier','n.','A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated\n   by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and\n   Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire\n   balloon.'),('Month','n.','One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided;\n   the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a\n   synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a\n   period of four weeks is often called a month.'),('Monthling','n.','That which is a month old, or which lives for a month.'),('Monthly','a.','Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the\n   monthly revolution of the moon.'),('Monthly','a.','Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month,\n   or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly\n   installment; a monthly magazine.'),('Monthlies','pl. ','of Monthly'),('Monthly','n.','A publication which appears regularly once a month.'),('Monthly','adv.','Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes\n   monthly.'),('Monthly','adv.','As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of\n   a lunatic.'),('Monticle','n.','A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or\n   prominence.'),('Monticulate','a.','Furnished with monticles or little elevations.'),('Monticule','n.','See Monticle.'),('Monticulous','a.','Monticulate.'),('Montiform','a.','Resembling a mountain in form.'),('Montigenous','a.','Produced on a mountain.'),('Montoir','n.','A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.'),('Monton','n.','A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of\n   amalgamation.'),('Montross','n.','See Matross.'),('Montrue','n.','That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a\n   saddle horse.'),('Monument','n.','Something which stands, or remains, to keep in\n   remembrance what is past; a memorial.'),('Monument','n.','A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to\n   preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the\n   Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with\n   memorial inscriptions.'),('Monument','n.','A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a\n   limit or to mark a boundary.'),('Monument','n.','A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.'),('Monumental','a.','Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a\n   monumental inscription.'),('Monumental','a.','Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory.'),('Monumentally','adv.','By way of memorial.'),('Monumentally','adv.','By means of monuments.'),('Monureid','n.','Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances\n   regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a\n   monureid.'),('Moo','adv., & n.','See Mo.'),('Mooed','imp. & p. p.','of Moo'),('Mooing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moo'),('Moo','v. i.','To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- child\'s word.'),('Moo','n.','The lowing of a cow.'),('Mood','n.','Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of\n   action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).'),('Mood','n.','Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as\n   positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other\n   accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood;\n   the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.'),('Mood','n.','Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to\n   passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.'),('Mooder','n.','Mother.'),('Moodily','adv.','In a moody manner.'),('Moodiness','n.','The quality or state of being moody; specifically,\n   liability to strange or violent moods.'),('Moodir','n.','The governor of a province in Egypt, etc.'),('Moodish','a.','Moody.'),('Moodishly','adv.','Moodily.'),('Moody','superl.','Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind\n   which are unamiable or depressed.'),('Moody','superl.','Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also,\n   abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.'),('Moolah','n.','Alt. of Moollah'),('Moollah','n.','See Mollah.'),('Moolley','n.','Same as Mulley.'),('Moon','n.','The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the\n   satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from\n   the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness\n   of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance\n   from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of\n   the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.'),('Moon','n.','A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member\n   of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.'),('Moon','n.','The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her\n   orbit; a month.'),('Moon','n.','A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.'),('Mooned','imp. & p. p.','of Moon'),('Mooning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moon'),('Moon','v. t.','To expose to the rays of the moon.'),('Moon','v. i.','To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an\n   abstracted manner.'),('Moonbeam','n.','A ray of light from the moon.'),('Moonblind','a.','Dim-sighted; purblind.'),('Moonblink','n.','A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to\n   be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.'),('Mooncalf','n.','A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter,\n   generated in the uterus.'),('Mooncalf','n.','A dolt; a stupid fellow.'),('Moon-culminating','a.','Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or\n   about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of\n   certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the\n   Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the\n   moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude.'),('Mooned','a.','Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.'),('Mooner','n.','One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if\n   moonstruck.'),('Moonery','n.','Conduct of one who moons.'),('Moonet','n.','A little moon.'),('Moon-eye','n.','A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of\n   a horse.'),('Moon-eye','n.','Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus\n   Hyodon, esp. H. tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters.'),('Moon-eye','n.','The cisco.'),('Moon-eyed','a.','Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed;\n   purblind.'),('Moon-faced','a.','Having a round, full face.'),('Moonfish','n.','An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called\n   also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.'),('Moonfish','n.','A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); --\n   called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.'),('Moonfish','n.','The mola. See Sunfish, 1.'),('Moonflower','n.','The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy.'),('Moonflower','n.','A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large\n   white flowers opening at night.'),('Moong','n.','Same as Mung.'),('Moonglade','n.','The bright reflection of the moon\'s light on an expanse\n   of water.'),('Moonie','n.','The European goldcrest.'),('Moonish','a.','Like the moon; variable.'),('Moonless','a.','Being without a moon or moonlight.'),('Moonlight','n.','The light of the moon.'),('Moonlight','a.','Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by\n   moonlight.'),('Moonling','n.','A simpleton; a lunatic.'),('Moonlit','a.','Illumined by the moon.'),('Moonraker','n.','Same as Moonsail.'),('Moonrise','n.','The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time\n   of its rising.'),('Moonsail','n.','A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.'),('Moonseed','n.','A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called\n   from the crescentlike form of the seeds.'),('Moonset','n.','The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time\n   when the moon sets.'),('Moonshee','n.','A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language.'),('Moonshine','n.','The light of the moon.'),('Moonshine','n.','Hence, show without substance or reality.'),('Moonshine','n.','A month.'),('Moonshine','n.','A preparation of eggs for food.'),('Moonshine','a.','Moonlight.'),('Moonshiner','n.','A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called\n   because the work is largely done at night.'),('Moonshiny','a.','Moonlight.'),('Moonstone','n.','A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or\n   opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best\n   specimens come from Ceylon.'),('Moonsticken','a.','See Moonstruck.'),('Moonstruck','a.','Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence\n   of the moon; lunatic.'),('Moonstruck','a.','Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.'),('Moonstruck','a.','Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a\n   human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed\n   influence.'),('Moonwort','n.','The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.'),('Moonwort','n.','Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so\n   named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.'),('Moony','a.','Of or pertaining to the moon.'),('Moony','a.','Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.'),('Moony','a.','Silly; weakly sentimental.'),('Moor','n.','One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and\n   Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.'),('Moor','n.','Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which\n   have adopted the Mohammedan religion.'),('Moor','n.','An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having\n   a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a\n   heath.'),('Moor','n.','A game preserve consisting of moorland.'),('Moored','imp. & p. p.','of Moor'),('Mooring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moor'),('Moor','v. t.','To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by\n   casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel\n   was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.'),('Moor','v. t.','Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.'),('Moor','v. i.','To cast anchor; to become fast.'),('Moorage','n.','A place for mooring.'),('Moorball','n.','A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a\n   globular mass.'),('Moorband','n.','See Moorpan.'),('Mooress','n.','A female Moor; a Moorish woman.'),('Mooring','n.','The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by\n   means of anchors or fastenings.'),('Mooring','n.','That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as\n   anchors, cables, bridles, etc.'),('Mooring','n.','The place or condition of a ship thus confined.'),('Moorish','a.','Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.'),('Moorish','a.','Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of\n   the Moors.'),('Moorland','n.','Land consisting of a moor or moors.'),('Moorpan','n.','A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.'),('Moorstone','n.','A species of English granite, used as a building stone.'),('Mooruk','n.','A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New\n   Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is\n   smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is\n   biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with\n   black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue.'),('Moory','a.','Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.'),('Moory','n.','A kind of blue cloth made in India.'),('Moose','n.','A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus),\n   native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is\n   about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It\n   closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoologists is\n   considered the same species. See Elk.'),('Moosewood','n.','The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).'),('Moosewood','n.','Leatherwood.'),('Moot','v.','See 1st Mot.'),('Moot','n.','A ring for gauging wooden pins.'),('Mooted','imp. & p. p.','of Moot'),('Mooting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moot'),('Moot','v. t.','To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to\n   propose for discussion.'),('Moot','v. t.','Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for\n   practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.'),('Moot','v. i.','To argue or plead in a supposed case.'),('Moot','n.','A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of\n   the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the\n   discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in\n   composition; as, folk-moot.'),('Moot','v.','A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of\n   fictitious causes by way of practice.'),('Moot','a.','Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided;\n   debatable; mooted.'),('Mootable','a.','Capable of being mooted.'),('Mooter','n.','A disputer of a mooted case.'),('Moot-hall','n.','Alt. of Moot-house'),('Moot-house','n.','A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment.'),('Moot-hill','n.','A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the\n   open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; --\n   called, in Scotland, mute-hill.'),('Mootmen','pl. ','of Mootman'),('Mootman','n.','One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.'),('Mop','n.','A made-up face; a grimace.'),('Mop','v. i.','To make a wry mouth.'),('Mop','n.','An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece\n   of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a\n   handle.'),('Mop','n.','A fair where servants are hired.'),('Mop','n.','The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.'),('Mopped','imp. & p. p.','of Mop'),('Mopping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mop'),('Mop','v. t.','To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a\n   floor; to mop one\'s face with a handkerchief.'),('Mopboard','n.','A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to\n   the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.'),('Moped','imp. & p. p.','of Mope'),('Moping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mope'),('Mope','v. i.','To be dull and spiritless.'),('Mope','v. t.','To make spiritless and stupid.'),('Mope','n.','A dull, spiritless person.'),('Mope-eyed','a.','Shortsighted; purblind.'),('Mopeful','a.','Mopish.'),('Mopish','a.','Dull; spiritless; dejected.'),('Moplah','n.','One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar.'),('Moppet','n.','A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in\n   fondness, a little girl, or a woman.'),('Moppet','n.','A long-haired pet dog.'),('Mopsey','n.','Alt. of Mopsy'),('Mopsy','n.','A moppet.'),('Mopsy','n.','A slatternly, untidy woman.'),('Mopsical','a.','Shortsighted; mope-eyed.'),('Mopstick','n.','The long handle of a mop.'),('Mopus','n.','A mope; a drone.'),('Moquette','n.','A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.'),('Mora','n.','A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick\n   movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.'),('Mora','n.','A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra\n   excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.'),('Mora','n.','Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.'),('Moraine','n.','An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and\n   deposited by a glacier.'),('Morainic','a.','Of or pertaining to a moranie.'),('Moral','a.','Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those\n   intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are\n   predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought\n   to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as\n   social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong,\n   so far as they are properly subject to rules.'),('Moral','a.','Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity\n   with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in\n   distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.'),('Moral','a.','Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a\n   sense of right; subject to the law of duty.'),('Moral','a.','Acting upon or through one\'s moral nature or sense of right,\n   or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral\n   considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral\n   pressure or support.'),('Moral','a.','Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient;\n   -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral\n   certainty.'),('Moral','a.','Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson;\n   moral tales.'),('Moral','n.','The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of\n   living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the\n   plural.'),('Moral','n.','The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative,\n   an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything\n   is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by\n   a fiction; a maxim.'),('Moral','n.','A morality play. See Morality, 5.'),('Moral','v. i.','To moralize.'),('Morale','a.','The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so\n   far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such\n   as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of\n   men, an army, and the like.'),('Moraler','n.','A moralizer.'),('Moralism','n.','A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.'),('Moralist','n.','One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon\n   the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and\n   inculcate moral duties.'),('Moralist','n.','One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in\n   conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings\n   with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to\n   one whose life is controlled by religious motives.'),('Moralities','pl. ','of Morality'),('Morality','n.','The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral\n   standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a\n   principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right.'),('Morality','n.','The quality of an action which renders it good; the\n   conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.'),('Morality','n.','The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of\n   men in their social character; ethics.'),('Morality','n.','The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life;\n   conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the\n   politeness of men whose morality we question.'),('Morality','n.','A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it\n   consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors\n   representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such\n   plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.'),('Morality','n.','Intent; meaning; moral.'),('Moralization','n.','The act of moralizing; moral reflections or\n   discourse.'),('Moralization','n.','Explanation in a moral sense.'),('Moralized','imp. & p. p.','of Moralize'),('Moralizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moralize'),('Moralize','v. t.','To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral\n   sense; to draw a moral from.'),('Moralize','v. t.','To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples;\n   to lend a moral to.'),('Moralize','v. t.','To render moral; to correct the morals of.'),('Moralize','v. t.','To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral\n   quality of, either for better or worse.'),('Moralize','v. i.','To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events\n   as involving a moral.'),('Moralizer','n.','One who moralizes.'),('Morally','adv.','In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of\n   morality.'),('Morally','adv.','According to moral rules; virtuously.'),('Morally','adv.','In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as,\n   one who physically and morally endures hardships.'),('Morally','adv.','In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action;\n   according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according\n   to reason and probability.'),('Morass','n.','A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.'),('morassy','a.','Marshy; fenny.'),('Morate','n.','A salt of moric acid.'),('Moration','n.','A delaying tarrying; delay.'),('Moravian','a.','Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren.\n   See Moravian, n.'),('Moravian','n.','One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an\n   offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of\n   Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th\n   century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society,\n   under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was\n   reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony.\n   Called also Herrnhuter.'),('Moravianism','n.','The religious system of the Moravians.'),('Moray','n.','A muraena.'),('Morbid','a.','Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal\n   condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution;\n   a morbid state of the juices of a plant.'),('Morbid','a.','Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid\n   anatomy.'),('Morbidezza','n.','Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.'),('Morbidezza','n.','A term used as a direction in execution, signifying,\n   with extreme delicacy.'),('Morbidity','n.','The quality or state of being morbid.'),('Morbidity','n.','Morbid quality; disease; sickness.'),('Morbidity','n.','Amount of disease; sick rate.'),('Morbidly','adv.','In a morbid manner.'),('Morbidness','n.','The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.'),('Morbific','a.','Alt. of Morbifical'),('Morbifical','a.','Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a\n   morbific matter.'),('Morbillous','a.','Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of\n   measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.'),('Morbose','a.','Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.'),('Morbosity','n.','A diseased state; unhealthiness.'),('Morceau','n.','A bit; a morsel.'),('Mordacious','a.','Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively,\n   sarcastic; severe; scathing.'),('Mordacity','n.','The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or\n   sarcastic quality.'),('Mordant','a.','Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.'),('Mordant','a.','Serving to fix colors.'),('Mordant','n.','Any corroding substance used in etching.'),('Mordant','n.','Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a\n   twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a\n   bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.'),('Mordant','n.','Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to\n   adhere.'),('Mordanted','imp. & p. p.','of Mordant'),('Mordanting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mordant'),('Mordant','v. t.','To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant;\n   as, to mordant goods for dyeing.'),('Mordantly','adv.','In the manner of a mordant.'),('Mordente','n.','An embellishment resembling a trill.'),('Mordicancy','n.','A biting quality; corrosiveness.'),('Mordicant','a.','Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body.'),('Mordication','n.','The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.'),('Mordicative','a.','Biting; corrosive.'),('More','n.','A hill.'),('More','n.','A root.'),('More','superl.','Greater; superior; increased'),('More','superl.','Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the\n   like; with the singular.'),('More','superl.','Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the\n   plural.'),('More','superl.','Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no\n   more words to conquer.'),('More','n.','A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or\n   surpasses in any way what it is compared with.'),('More','n.','That which is in addition; something other and further; an\n   additional or greater amount.'),('More','adv.','In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.'),('More','adv.','With a verb or participle.'),('More','adv.','With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to\n   form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more\n   sweetly.'),('More','adv.','In addition; further; besides; again.'),('More','v. t.','To make more; to increase.'),('Moreen','n.','A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; --\n   used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.'),('Morel','n.','An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of\n   which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as\n   food, and for flavoring sauces.'),('Morel','n.','Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.'),('Morel','n.','A kind of cherry. See Morello.'),('Moreland','n.','Moorland.'),('Morelle','n.','Nightshade. See 2d Morel.'),('Morello','n.','A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and\n   juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.'),('Morendo','a. & n.','Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain\n   or cadence.'),('Moreness','n.','Greatness.'),('Moreover','adv.','Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in\n   addition; furthermore; also; likewise.'),('Morepork','n.','The Australian crested goatsucker (Aegotheles\n   Novae-Hollandiae). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus\n   Cuveiri.'),('Moresk','a. & n.','Moresque.'),('Moresque','a.','Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the\n   Moors; Moorish.'),('Moresque','n.','The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See\n   Moorish architecture, under Moorish.'),('Morganatic','a.','Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind\n   of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of\n   superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that\n   neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the\n   possessions of her husband.'),('Morgay','n.','The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the\n   Note under Houndfish.'),('Morglay','n.','A sword.'),('Morgue','n.','A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed,\n   that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.'),('Moria','n.','Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.'),('Morian','n.','A Moor.'),('Moribund','a.','In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.'),('Moribund','n.','A dying person.'),('Moric','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as,\n   moric acid.'),('Morice','n.','See Morisco.'),('Morigerate','a.','Obedient.'),('Morigeration','n.','Obsequiousness; obedience.'),('Morigerous','a.','Obedient; obsequious.'),('Moril','n.','An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel.'),('Morin','n.','A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted\n   from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); --\n   called also moric acid.'),('Morinda','n.','A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East\n   Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The\n   wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.'),('Morindin','n.','A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East\n   Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).'),('Morinel','n.','The dotterel.'),('Moringa','n.','A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa.\n   One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its\n   seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or\n   ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.'),('Moringic','a.','Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See\n   Moringa.'),('Morintannic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic\n   acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a\n   yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin.'),('Morion','n.','A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and\n   somewhat resembling a hat.'),('Morion','n.','A dark variety of smoky quartz.'),('Morioplasty','n.','The restoration of lost parts of the body.'),('Morisco','a.','Moresque.'),('Morisco','n.','A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language.\n   (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who\n   dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or\n   architecture.'),('Morisk','n.','Same as Morisco.'),('Morkin','n.','A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.'),('Morland','n.','Moorland.'),('Morling','n.','Mortling.'),('Mormal','n.','A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer.'),('Mormo','n.','A bugbear; false terror.'),('Mormon','n.','A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the\n   puffin.'),('Mormon','n.','The mandrill.'),('Mormon','n.','One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph\n   Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved\n   on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830.\n   The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc.,\n   has control of civil and religious matters.'),('Mormon','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion;\n   Mormon practices.'),('Mormondom','n.','The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.'),('Mormonism','n.','The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.'),('Mormonite','n.','A Mormon.'),('Mormonite','a.','Mormon.'),('Morn','n.','The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in\n   poetry.'),('Morne','a.','Of or pertaining to the morn; morning.'),('Morne','n.','A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding\n   an adversary in tilting.'),('Morne','a.','Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion\n   represented heraldically.'),('Morne','n.','The first or early part of the day, variously understood as\n   the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from\n   midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.'),('Morne','n.','The first or early part; as, the morning of life.'),('Morne','n.','The goddess Aurora.'),('Morning','a.','Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day;\n   being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;\n   morning service.'),('Morning-glory','n.','A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome,\n   funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated,\n   sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.'),('Morningtide','n.','Morning time.'),('Mornward','adv.','Towards the morn.'),('Moro','n.','A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry.'),('Moroccan','a.','Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.'),('Morocco','n.','A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin\n   (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac\n   and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the\n   Moors.'),('Morology','n.','Foolish talk; nonsense; folly.'),('Morone','n.','Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.'),('Morosaurus','n.','An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found\n   in Jurassic strata in America.'),('Morose','a.','Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.'),('Morose','a.','Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.'),('Morosely','adv.','Sourly; with sullen austerity.'),('Moroseness','n.','Sourness of temper; sulenness.'),('Morosis','n.','Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity.'),('Morosity','n.','Moroseness.'),('Moroshop','n.','A philosophical or learned fool.'),('Morosous','a.','Morose.'),('Moroxite','n.','A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.'),('Moroxylate','n.','A morate.'),('Moroxylic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric.'),('Morphean','a.','Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep.'),('Morpheus','n.','The god of dreams.'),('Morphew','n.','A scurfy eruption.'),('Morphew','v. t.','To cover with a morphew.'),('Morphia','n.','Morphine.'),('Morphine','n.','A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium,\n   possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; --\n   called also morphia, and morphina.'),('Morphinism','n.','A morbid condition produced by the excessive or\n   prolonged use of morphine.'),('Morpho','n.','Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical\n   American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very\n   brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper\n   surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with\n   eyelike spots.'),('Morphogeny','n.','History of the evolution of forms; that part of\n   ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished\n   from physiogeny.'),('Morphologic','a.','Alt. of Morphological'),('Morphological','a.','Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles\n   of morphology.'),('Morphologist','n.','One who is versed in the science of morphology.'),('Morphology','n.','That branch of biology which deals with the structure\n   of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing\n   their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and\n   Promorphology.'),('Morphon','n.','A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness\n   of form bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology.'),('Morphonomy','n.','The laws of organic formation.'),('Morphophyly','n.','The tribal history of forms; that part of phylogeny\n   which treats of the tribal history of forms, in distinction from the\n   tribal history of functions.'),('Morphosis','n.','The order or mode of development of an organ or part.'),('Morphotic','a.','Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a\n   living unit or of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or\n   tissue, proteids.'),('-morphous','','A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.'),('Morpion','n.','A louse.'),('Morrice','n.','Same as 1st Morris.'),('Morrice','a.','Dancing the morrice; dancing.'),('Morricer','n.','A morris dancer.'),('Morrimal','n. & a.','See Mormal.'),('Morris','n.','A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who\n   accompanies the dance with castanets.'),('Morris','n.','A dance formerly common in England, often performed in\n   pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed\n   and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other\n   fictious characters.'),('Morris','n.','An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed\n   angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board\n   or ground on which the game is played.'),('Morris','n.','A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent\n   body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or\n   some allied fish.'),('Morris-pike','n.','A Moorish pike.'),('Morrot','n.','See Marrot.'),('Morrow','n.','Morning.'),('Morrow','n.','The next following day; the day subsequent to any day\n   specified or understood.'),('Morrow','n.','The day following the present; to-morrow.'),('Morse','n.','The walrus. See Walrus.'),('Morse','n.','A clasp for fastening garments in front.'),('Morse alphabet','','A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing\n   by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse\'s telegraph. The letters are\n   represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .-\n   (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or\n   by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals\n   between them.'),('Morsel','n.','A little bite or bit of food.'),('Morsel','n.','A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.'),('Morsing horn','','A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming.'),('Morsitation','n.','The act of biting or gnawing.'),('Morsure','n.','The act of biting.'),('Mort','n.','A great quantity or number.'),('Mort','n.','A woman; a female.'),('Mort','n.','A salmon in its third year.'),('Mort','n.','Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.'),('Mort','n.','A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of\n   game.'),('Mort','n.','The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.'),('Mortal','a.','Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.'),('Mortal','a.','Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;\n   terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal\n   wound; a mortal sin.'),('Mortal','a.','Fatally vulnerable; vital.'),('Mortal','a.','Of or pertaining to the time of death.'),('Mortal','a.','Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.'),('Mortal','a.','Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or\n   knowledge; mortal power.'),('Mortal','a.','Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting\n   two mortal hours.'),('Mortal','n.','A being subject to death; a human being; man.'),('Mortality','n.','The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to\n   death or to the necessity of dying.'),('Mortality','n.','Human life; the life of a mortal being.'),('Mortality','n.','Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace;\n   humanity; human nature.'),('Mortality','n.','Death; destruction.'),('Mortality','n.','The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a\n   given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a\n   specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or\n   low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming.'),('Mortalized','imp. & p. p.','of Mortalize'),('Mortalizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mortalize'),('Mortalize','v. t.','To make mortal.'),('Mortally','adv.','In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally\n   wounded.'),('Mortally','adv.','In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.'),('Mortally','adv.','In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing\n   death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.'),('Mortalness','n.','Quality of being mortal; mortality.'),('Mortar','n.','A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in\n   which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.'),('Mortar','n.','A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs,\n   carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45¡, and even\n   higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above\n   described.'),('Mortar','n.','A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster\n   of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in\n   masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in\n   other ways.'),('Mortar','v. t.','To plaster or make fast with mortar.'),('Mortar','n.','A chamber lamp or light.'),('Mortgage','n.','A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for\n   the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void\n   upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also,\n   the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.'),('Mortgage','n.','State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage.'),('Mortgaged','imp. & p. p.','of Mortgage'),('Mortgaging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mortgage'),('Mortgage','v. t.','To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a\n   debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or\n   engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the\n   conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject,\n   however, to the right of redemption.'),('Mortgage','v. t.','Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to\n   make subject to a claim or obligation.'),('Mortgagee','n.','The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a\n   mortgage is made or given.'),('Mortgageor','n.','Alt. of Mortgagor'),('Mortgagor','n.','One who gives a mortgage.'),('Mortgager','n.','gives a mortgage.'),('Mortiferous','a.','Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as,\n   a mortiferous herb.'),('Mortification','n.','The act of mortifying, or the condition of being\n   mortified'),('Mortification','n.','The death of one part of an animal body, while the\n   rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living\n   animal; gangrene.'),('Mortification','n.','Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.'),('Mortification','n.','Subjection of the passions and appetites, by\n   penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.'),('Mortification','n.','Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval;\n   abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.'),('Mortification','n.','That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation,\n   chagrin, or vexation.'),('Mortification','n.','A gift to some charitable or religious institution;\n   -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.'),('Mortified','','imp. & p. p. of Mortify.'),('Mortifiedness','n.','The state of being mortified; humiliation;\n   subjection of the passions.'),('Mortifier','n.','One who, or that which, mortifies.'),('Mortified','imp. & p. p.','of Mortify'),('Mortifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mortify'),('Mortify','v. t.','To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of;\n   to produce gangrene in.'),('Mortify','v. t.','To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of;\n   to change by chemical action.'),('Mortify','v. t.','To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the\n   carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into\n   subjection; to abase; to humble.'),('Mortify','v. t.','To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to\n   humble; to depress.'),('Mortify','v. i.','To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a\n   living body; to gangrene.'),('Mortify','v. i.','To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden\n   desires by religious discipline.'),('Mortify','v. i.','To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.'),('Mortifying','a.','Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of,\n   mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.'),('Mortifying','a.','Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying\n   penances.'),('Mortifying','a.','Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a\n   mortifying repulse.'),('Mortifyingly','adv.','In a mortifying manner.'),('Mortise','n.','A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to\n   receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and\n   called a tenon.'),('Mortised','imp. & p. p.','of Mortise'),('Mortising','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mortise'),('Mortise','v. t.','To cut or make a mortisein.'),('Mortise','v. t.','To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to\n   mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.'),('Mortling','n.','An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a\n   mortling.'),('Mortling','n.','Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.'),('Mortmain','n.','Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to,\n   dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate.'),('Mortmal','n.','See Mormal.'),('Mortpay','n.','Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead\n   soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.'),('Mortress','n.','Alt. of Mortrew'),('Mortrew','n.','A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an\n   ollapodrida.'),('Mortuaries','pl. ','of Mortuary'),('Mortuary','a.','A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed\n   by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.\n   It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation,\n   intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of\n   which the deceased had been guilty.'),('Mortuary','a.','A burial place; a place for the dead.'),('Mortuary','a.','A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a\n   deadhouse; a morgue.'),('Mortuary','a.','Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.'),('Morulae','pl. ','of Morula'),('Morula','n.','The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed\n   by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its\n   development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and\n   blastosphere. See Segmentation.'),('Morulation','n.','The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum,\n   by which a morula is formed.'),('Morus','n.','A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible\n   fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.'),('Morwe','n.','See Morrow.'),('Morwening','n.','Morning.'),('Mosaic','n.','A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small\n   pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called\n   also mosaic work.'),('Mosaic','n.','A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in\n   mosaic.'),('Mosaic','a.','Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed\n   by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also,\n   composed of various materials or ingredients.'),('Mosaic','a.','Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or\n   established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or\n   institutions.'),('Mosaical','a.','Mosaic (in either sense).'),('Mosaically','adv.','In the manner of a mosaic.'),('Mosaism','n.','Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which\n   is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines.'),('Mosasaur','n.','Alt. of Mosasaurian'),('Mosasaurian','n.','One of an extinct order of reptiles, including\n   Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.'),('Mosasauria','n. pl.','An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found\n   in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike\n   in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with\n   large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were\n   over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with\n   paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.'),('Mosasaurus','n.','A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the\n   lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form\n   of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was\n   discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.'),('Moschatel','n.','A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the\n   flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is\n   found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root\n   and musk crowfoot.'),('Moschine','a.','Of or pertaining to Moschus, a genus including the musk\n   deer.'),('Mosel','n. & v.','See Muzzle.'),('Moselle','n.','A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of\n   the river Moselle.'),('Moses','n.','A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight\n   from shore to ship.'),('Mosk','n.','See Mosque.'),('Moslems','pl. ','of Moslem'),('Moslem','pl. ','of Moslem'),('Moslem','n.','A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.]'),('Moslem','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem\n   lands; the Moslem faith.'),('Moslings','n. pl.','Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.'),('Mososaurus','n.','Same as Mosasaurus.'),('Mosque','n.','A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship.'),('Mosquitoes','pl. ','of Mosquito'),('Mosquito','n.','Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex\n   and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the\n   sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they\n   puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites,\n   when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and\n   swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are\n   aquatic.'),('Moss','n.','A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct\n   stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by\n   an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species,\n   collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks\n   of trees, etc., and a few in running water.'),('Moss','n.','A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of\n   the Scottish border.'),('Mossed','imp. & p. p.','of Moss'),('Mossing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moss'),('Moss','v. t.','To cover or overgrow with moss.'),('Mossback','n.','A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion\n   that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.'),('Mossbanker','n.','Alt. of Mossbunker'),('Mossbunker','n.','The menhaded.'),('Moss-grown','a.','Overgrown with moss.'),('Mossiness','n.','The state of being mossy.'),('Mosstrooper','n.','One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly\n   infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called\n   in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border\n   country.'),('Mossy','superl.','Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss;\n   as, mossy trees; mossy streams.'),('Mossy','superl.','Resembling moss; as, mossy green.'),('Most','a.','Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in\n   number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.'),('Most','a.','Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it.'),('Most','a.','Highest in rank; greatest.'),('Most','a.','In the greatest or highest degree.'),('Mostahiba','n.','See Mustaiba.'),('Moste','','imp. of Mote.'),('Mostic','n.','Alt. of Mostick'),('Mostick','n.','A painter\'s maul-stick.'),('Mostly','adv.','For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the\n   main.'),('Mostra','n.','See Direct, n.'),('Mostwhat','adv.','For the most part.'),('Mot','Sing. pres. ind.','of Mot'),('Mote','','of Mot'),('Moot','','of Mot'),('Mot','pl.','of Mot'),('Mote','','of Mot'),('Moote','','of Mot'),('Mote','pres. subj.','of Mot'),('Moste','imp.','of Mot'),('Mot','v.','May; must; might.'),('Mot','n.','A word; hence, a motto; a device.'),('Mot','n.','A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.'),('Mot','n.','A note or brief strain on a bugle.'),('Motacil','n.','Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.'),('Motation','n.','The act of moving; motion.'),('Mote','v.','See 1st Mot.'),('Mote','n.','A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the\n   city of London.'),('Mote','n.','A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the\n   management of affairs; as, a folkmote.'),('Mote','n.','A place of meeting for discussion.'),('Mote','n.','The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3,\n   and Mort.'),('Mote','n.','A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially\n   small; a speck.'),('Moted','a.','Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air.'),('Motet','n.','A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate\n   polyphonic church style; an anthem.'),('Moth','n.','A mote.'),('Moths','pl. ','of Moth'),('Moth','n.','Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among\n   the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.'),('Moth','n.','Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain,\n   etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under\n   Clothes, Grain, etc.'),('Moth','n.','Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur\n   goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the\n   genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of\n   Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.'),('Moth','n.','Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or\n   wastes any other thing.'),('Moth-eat','v. t.','To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.'),('Mothen','a.','Full of moths.'),('Mother','n.','A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman\n   who has borne a child.'),('Mother','n.','That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of\n   birth or origin; generatrix.'),('Mother','n.','An old woman or matron.'),('Mother','n.','The female superior or head of a religious house, as an\n   abbess, etc.'),('Mother','n.','Hysterical passion; hysteria.'),('Mother','a.','Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as,\n   mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother;\n   producing others; originating.'),('Mothered','imp. & p. p.','of Mother'),('Mothering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mother'),('Mother','v. t.','To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of\n   a mother to.'),('Mother','n.','A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of\n   fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a\n   means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other\n   combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.'),('Mother','v. i.','To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as\n   vinegar.'),('Mothered','a.','Thick, like mother; viscid.'),('Motherhood','n.','The state of being a mother; the character or office of\n   a mother.'),('Mothering','n.','A rural custom in England, of visiting one\'s parents on\n   Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother\n   church to make offerings at the high altar.'),('Mother-in-law','n.','The mother of one\'s husband or wife.'),('Motherland','n.','The country of one\'s ancestors; -- same as fatherland.'),('Motherless','a.','Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as,\n   motherless children.'),('Motherliness','n.','The state or quality of being motherly.'),('Motherly','a.','Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a\n   mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.'),('Motherly','adv.','In a manner of a mother.'),('Mother-naked','a.','Naked as when born.'),('Mother-of-pearl','n.','The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of\n   shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells;\n   nacre. See Pearl.'),('Mother-of-thyme','n.','An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called\n   also wild thyme.'),('Motherwort','n.','A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste,\n   used popularly in medicine; lion\'s tail.'),('Motherwort','n.','The mugwort. See Mugwort.'),('Mothery','a.','Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in\n   vinegar).'),('Mothy','a.','Infested with moths; moth-eaten.'),('Motif','n.','Motive.'),('Motific','a.','Producing motion.'),('Motile','a.','Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the\n   motile spores of certain seaweeds.'),('Motile','a.','Producing motion; as, motile powers.'),('Motility','n.','Capability of motion; contractility.'),('Motion','n.','The act, process, or state of changing place or position;\n   movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another,\n   whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.'),('Motion','n.','Power of, or capacity for, motion.'),('Motion','n.','Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of\n   the planets is from west to east.'),('Motion','n.','Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;\n   action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.'),('Motion','n.','Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or\n   impulse to any action; internal activity.'),('Motion','n.','A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;\n   esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion\n   to adjourn.'),('Motion','n.','An application made to a court or judge orally in open\n   court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to\n   be done in favor of the applicant.'),('Motion','n.','Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same\n   part or in groups of parts.'),('Motion','n.','A puppet show or puppet.'),('Motioned','imp. & p. p.','of Motion'),('Motioning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Motion'),('Motion','v. i.','To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the\n   hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.'),('Motion','v. i.','To make proposal; to offer plans.'),('Motion','v. t.','To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head;\n   as, to motion one to a seat.'),('Motion','v. t.','To propose; to move.'),('Motioner','n.','One who makes a motion; a mover.'),('Motionist','n.','A mover.'),('Motionless','a.','Without motion; being at rest.'),('Motive','n.','That which moves; a mover.'),('Motive','n.','That which incites to action; anything prompting or\n   exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement;\n   object.'),('Motive','n.','The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is\n   reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short\n   figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed.\n   See also Leading motive, under Leading.'),('Motive','n.','That which produces conception, invention, or creation in\n   the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or\n   controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.'),('Motive','a.','Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move;\n   as, a motive argument; motive power.'),('Motive','v. t.','To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.'),('Motiveless','a.','Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.'),('Motivity','n.','The power of moving or producing motion.'),('Motivity','n.','The quality of being influenced by motives.'),('Motivo','n.','See Motive, n., 3, 4.'),('Motley','a.','Variegated in color; consisting of different colors;\n   dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.'),('Motley','a.','Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n.,\n   1.'),('Motley','n.','Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously\n   made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.'),('Motley','n.','A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored\n   cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.'),('Motley','n.','Hence, a jester, a fool.'),('Motley-minded','a.','Having a mind of a jester; foolish.'),('Motmot','n.','Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds\n   of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the\n   species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip,\n   when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into\n   this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found\n   from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.'),('Moto','n.','Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with\n   increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto,\n   directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a\n   little more rapidly than andante, etc.'),('Moton','n.','A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th\n   century and later.'),('Motor','n.','One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of\n   mechanical power.'),('Motor','n.','A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of\n   power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for\n   doing mechanical work.'),('Motor','n.','Alt. of Motorial'),('Motory','n.','Alt. of Motorial'),('Motorial','n.','Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of\n   motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve\n   fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles,\n   thereby causing motion.'),('Motorman','n.','A man who controls a motor.'),('Motorpathic','a.','Of or pertaining to motorpathy.'),('Motorpathy','n.','Kinesiatrics.'),('Motte','n.','A clump of trees in a prairie.'),('Mottled','imp. & p. p.','of Mottle'),('Mottling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mottle'),('Mottle','v. t.','To mark with spots of different color, or shades of\n   color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.'),('Mottle','n.','A mottled appearance.'),('Mottled','a.','Marked with spots of different colors; variegated;\n   spotted; as, mottled wood.'),('Mottoes','pl. ','of Motto'),('Motto','n.','A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic\n   achievment.'),('Motto','n.','A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay,\n   discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject\n   matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.'),('Mottoed','a.','Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.'),('Motty','a.','Full of, or consisting of, motes.'),('Mouchoir','n.','A handkerchief.'),('Mouazzin','n.','See Muezzin.'),('Mouflon','n.','A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of\n   Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular\n   base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of\n   the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon.'),('Mought','imp.','Might.'),('Mouillation','n.','The act of uttering the sound of a mouille letter.'),('Mouille','a.','Applied to certain consonants having a \"liquid\" or\n   softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in\n   million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ;\n   in Portuguese, lh and nh.'),('Mould','','Alt. of Mouldy'),('Moulder','','Alt. of Mouldy'),('Mouldy','','See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.'),('Moule','v. i.','To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold.'),('Mouline','n.','Alt. of Moulinet'),('Moulinet','n.','The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan,\n   crane, or the like.'),('Moulinet','n.','A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding\n   it up.'),('Moulinet','n.','In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the\n   weapon.'),('Moult','v. & n.','See Molt.'),('Moulten','a.','Having molted.'),('Moun','v.','pl. of Mow, may.'),('Mounch','v. t.','To munch.'),('Mound','n.','A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or\n   other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious\n   stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.'),('Mound','n.','An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an\n   embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural\n   elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and\n   isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.'),('Mounded','imp. & p. p.','of Mound'),('Mounding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mound'),('Mound','v. t.','To fortify or inclose with a mound.'),('Mount','v.','A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably\n   above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high\n   hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper\n   name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.'),('Mount','v.','A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.'),('Mount','v.','A bank; a fund.'),('Mounted','imp. & p. p.','of Mount'),('Mounting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mount'),('Mount','n.','To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to\n   tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.'),('Mount','n.','To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold;\n   especially, to seat one\'s self on a horse for riding.'),('Mount','n.','To attain in value; to amount.'),('Mount','v. t.','To get upon; to ascend; to climb.'),('Mount','v. t.','To place one\'s self on, as a horse or other animal, or\n   anything that one sits upon; to bestride.'),('Mount','v. t.','To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with\n   animals for riding; to furnish with horses.'),('Mount','v. t.','Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for\n   use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to\n   prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a\n   sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.'),('Mount','v. t.','To raise aloft; to lift on high.'),('Mount','v.','That upon which a person or thing is mounted'),('Mount','v.','A horse.'),('Mount','v.','The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or\n   the like is mounted; a mounting.'),('Mountable','a.','Such as can be mounted.'),('Mountain','n.','A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common\n   level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated\n   peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.'),('Mountain','n.','A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the\n   White Mountains.'),('Mountain','n.','A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk.'),('Mountain','a.','Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or\n   living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among\n   mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats;\n   mountain air; mountain howitzer.'),('Mountain','a.','Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.'),('Mountaineer','n.','An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among\n   mountains.'),('Mountaineer','n.','A rude, fierce person.'),('Mountaineer','v. i.','To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.'),('Mountainer','n.','A mountaineer.'),('Mountainet','n.','A small mountain.'),('Mountainous','a.','Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous\n   country of the Swiss.'),('Mountainous','a.','Inhabiting mountains.'),('Mountainous','a.','Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great\n   bulk; as, a mountainous heap.'),('Mountainousness','n.','The state or quality of being mountainous.'),('Mountance','n.','Amount; sum; quantity; extent.'),('Mountant','a.','Raised; high.'),('Mountebank','n.','One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other\n   public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends\n   medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.'),('Mountebank','n.','Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.'),('Mountebank','v. t.','To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.'),('Mountebank','v. i.','To play the mountebank.'),('Mountebankery','n.','The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful\n   and vain pretenses.'),('Mountebankish','a.','Like a mountebank or his quackery.'),('Mountebankism','n.','The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.'),('Mounted','a.','Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted\n   police; mounted infantry.'),('Mounted','a.','Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a\n   mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.'),('Mountenaunce','n.','Mountance.'),('Mounter','n.','One who mounts.'),('Mounter','n.','An animal mounted; a monture.'),('Mounting','n.','The act of one that mounts.'),('Mounting','n.','That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to\n   advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a\n   sword or diamond.'),('Mountingly','adv.','In an ascending manner.'),('Mountlet','n.','A small or low mountain.'),('Mounty','v.','The rise of a hawk after prey.'),('Mourned','imp. & p. p.','of Mourn'),('Mourning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mourn'),('Mourn','v. i.','To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be\n   sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.'),('Mourn','v. i.','To wear the customary garb of a mourner.'),('Mourn','v. t.','To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to\n   bewail.'),('Mourn','v. t.','To utter in a mournful manner or voice.'),('Mourne','n.','The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the\n   end of the staff to which the hook is attached.'),('Mourner','n.','One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the\n   death of a friend.'),('Mourner','n.','One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.'),('Mournful','a.','Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express,\n   sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening;\n   grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss.'),('Mourning','n.','The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation;\n   sorrow.'),('Mourning','n.','Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp.\n   clothing or a badge of somber black.'),('Mourning','a.','Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.'),('Mourning','a.','Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as\n   appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning\n   garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.'),('Mourningly','adv.','In a mourning manner.'),('Mournival','n.','See Murnival.'),('Mice','pl. ','of Mouse'),('Mouse','n.','Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to\n   the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The\n   common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The\n   American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes\n   lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest\n   mouse, under Harvest.'),('Mouse','n.','A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent\n   a running eye from slipping.'),('Mouse','n.','Same as 2d Mousing, 2.'),('Mouse','n.','A familiar term of endearment.'),('Mouse','n.','A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.'),('Mouse','n.','A match used in firing guns or blasting.'),('Moused','imp. & p. p.','of Mouse'),('Mousing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mouse'),('Mouse','v. i.','To watch for and catch mice.'),('Mouse','v. i.','To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry\n   about, on the lookout for something.'),('Mouse','v. t.','To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.'),('Mouse','v. t.','To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing.\n   See Mouse, n., 2.'),('Mouse-ear','n.','The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species\n   of the same genus.'),('Mouse-ear','n.','A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).'),('Mousefish','n.','See Frogfish.'),('Mousehole','n.','A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a\n   wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.'),('Mousekin','n.','A little mouse.'),('Mouser','n.','A cat that catches mice.'),('Mouser','n.','One who pries about on the lookout for something.'),('Mousetail','n.','A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which\n   the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so\n   resembles the tail of a mouse.'),('Mousie','n.','Diminutive for Mouse.'),('Mousing','a.','Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.'),('Mousing','n.','The act of hunting mice.'),('Mousing','n.','A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a\n   metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to\n   prevent its unhooking or straighening out.'),('Mousing','n.','A ratchet movement in a loom.'),('Mousle','v. t.','To sport with roughly; to rumple.'),('Mousseline','n.','Muslin.'),('Moustache','n.','Mustache.'),('Mousy','a.','Infested with mice; smelling of mice.'),('Moutan','n.','The Chinese tree peony (Paeonia Mountan), a shrub with\n   large flowers of various colors.'),('Mouths','pl. ','of Mouth'),('Mouth','n.','The opening through which an animal receives food; the\n   aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity,\n   containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the\n   buccal cavity.'),('Mouth','n.','An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;'),('Mouth','n.','The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied,\n   charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of\n   the lacteal vessels, etc.'),('Mouth','n.','The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well,\n   or den.'),('Mouth','n.','The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is\n   discharged.'),('Mouth','n.','The opening through which the waters of a river or any\n   stream are discharged.'),('Mouth','n.','The entrance into a harbor.'),('Mouth','n.','The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an\n   animal.'),('Mouth','n.','A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a\n   mouthpiece.'),('Mouth','n.','Cry; voice.'),('Mouth','n.','Speech; language; testimony.'),('Mouth','n.','A wry face; a grimace; a mow.'),('Mouthed','imp. & p. p.','of Mouth'),('Mouthing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mouth'),('Mouth','v. t.','To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth\n   or teeth; to chew; to devour.'),('Mouth','v. t.','To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to\n   speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.'),('Mouth','v. t.','To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her\n   cub.'),('Mouth','v. t.','To make mouths at.'),('Mouth','v. i.','To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to\n   vociferate; to rant.'),('Mouth','v. i.','To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.'),('Mouth','v. i.','To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.'),('Mouthed','a.','Furnished with a mouth.'),('Mouthed','a.','Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth,\n   speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as,\n   wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed.'),('Mouther','n.','One who mouths; an affected speaker.'),('Mouth-footed','a.','Having the basal joints of the legs converted into\n   jaws.'),('Mouthfuls','pl. ','of Mouthful'),('Mouthful','n.','As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.'),('Mouthful','n.','Hence, a small quantity.'),('Mouthless','a.','Destitute of a mouth.'),('Mouth-made','a.','Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt.'),('Mouthpiece','n.','The part of a musical or other instrument to which the\n   mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a\n   tobacco pipe.'),('Mouthpiece','n.','An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or\n   vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.'),('Mouthpiece','n.','One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a\n   spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.'),('Movability','n.','Movableness.'),('Movable','a.','Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or\n   conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of\n   motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.'),('Movable','a.','Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i.\n   e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.'),('Movables','pl. ','of Movable'),('Movable','n.','An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of\n   property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the\n   plural, goods; wares; furniture.'),('Movable','n.','Property not attached to the soil.'),('Movableness','n.','The quality or state of being movable; mobility;\n   susceptibility of motion.'),('Movably','adv.','In a movable manner or condition.'),('Moved','imp. & p. p.','of Move'),('Moving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Move'),('Move','v. t.','To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set\n   in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another;\n   to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a\n   carriage.'),('Move','v. t.','To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to\n   another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.'),('Move','v. t.','To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to\n   rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.'),('Move','v. t.','To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to\n   excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite,\n   as an emotion.'),('Move','v. t.','To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose\n   formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative\n   assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to\n   adjourn.'),('Move','v. t.','To apply to, as for aid.'),('Move','v. i.','To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner,\n   from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.'),('Move','v. i.','To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to\n   move in a matter.'),('Move','v. i.','To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town,\n   or state, to another.'),('Move','v. i.','To change the place of a piece in accordance with the\n   rules of the game.'),('Move','n.','The act of moving; a movement.'),('Move','n.','The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to\n   another, in the progress of the game.'),('Move','n.','An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the\n   execution of a plan or purpose.'),('Moveless','a.','Motionless; fixed.'),('Movement','n.','The act of moving; change of place or posture;\n   transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or\n   appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army\n   in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the\n   party of movement.'),('Movement','n.','Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.'),('Movement','n.','Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or\n   sudden, movement.'),('Movement','n.','The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.'),('Movement','n.','One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in\n   itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as,\n   the several movements of a suite or a symphony.'),('Movement','n.','A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a\n   definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a\n   watch.'),('Movent','a.','Moving.'),('Movent','n.','That which moves anything.'),('Mover','n.','A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.'),('Mover','n.','A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of\n   place; a motor.'),('Mover','n.','One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes\n   movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.'),('Mover','n.','A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends\n   anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution\n   in a legislative body.'),('Moving','a.','Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a\n   moving car, or power.'),('Moving','a.','Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the\n   sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving\n   appeal.'),('Moving','n.','The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of\n   changing one\'s dwelling place or place of business.'),('Movingly','adv.','In a moving manner.'),('Movingness','n.','The power of moving.'),('Mow','n.','A wry face.'),('Mow','v. i.','To make mouths.'),('Mow','n.','Same as Mew, a gull.'),('Mow','pres. sing.','of Mow'),('Mowe','pl.','of Mow'),('Mowen','','of Mow'),('Moun','','of Mow'),('Mow','v.','May; can.'),('Mowed','imp.','of Mow'),('Mowed','p. p.','of Mow'),('Mown','','of Mow'),('Mowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mow'),('Mow','v. t.','To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.'),('Mow','v. t.','To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.'),('Mow','v. t.','To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in\n   mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down\n   whole ranks of men.'),('Mow','v. i.','To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to\n   cut grass for hay.'),('Mow','n.','A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.'),('Mow','n.','The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.'),('Mow','v. t.','To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a\n   barn; to pile and stow away.'),('Mowburn','v. i.','To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too\n   green.'),('Mowe','v.','See 4th Mow.'),('Mowe','n. & v.','See 1st & 2d Mow.'),('Mower','n.','One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn\n   mower.'),('Mowing','n.','The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.'),('Mowing','n.','Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.'),('Mown','p. p. & a.','Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by\n   mowing; as, a mown field.'),('Mowyer','n.','A mower.'),('Moxa','n.','A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of\n   Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin;\n   hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with\n   niter, amadou.'),('Moxa','n.','A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia\n   Chinensis, and A. moxa.'),('Moxie','n.','energy; pep.'),('Moxie','n.','courage, determination.'),('Moxie','n.','Know-how, expertise.'),('Moya','n.','Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called\n   in South America.'),('Moyle','n. & v.','See Moil, and Moile.'),('Mozarab','','Alt. of Mozarabic'),('Mozarabic','','Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.'),('Mozetta','n.','Alt. of Mozzetta'),('Mozzetta','n.','A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other\n   dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.'),('Mr.','','The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing.\n   See Master, 4.'),('Mrs.','','The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of\n   courtesy, in writing and printing.'),('Mucamide','n.','The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white\n   crystalline substance.'),('Mucate','n.','A salt of mucic acid.'),('Muce','n.','See Muse, and Muset.'),('Mucedin','n.','A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found\n   in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also\n   mucin.'),('Much','Compar. & superl. wa','Great in quantity;\n   long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time.'),('Much','Compar. & superl. wa','Many in number.'),('Much','Compar. & superl. wa','High in rank or\n   position.'),('Much','n.','A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity;\n   as, you have as much as I.'),('Much','n.','A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something\n   considerable.'),('Much','a.','To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far;\n   nearly.'),('Muchel','a.','Much.'),('Muchness','n.','Greatness; extent.'),('Muchwhat','adv.','Nearly; almost; much.'),('Mucic','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous\n   substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of\n   gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with\n   saccharic acid.'),('Mucid','a.','Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.'),('Mucific','a.','Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus;\n   blennogenous.'),('Mucific','a.','Secreting mucus.'),('Muciform','a.','Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of\n   mucus.'),('Mucigen','n.','A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells,\n   and gives rise to mucin.'),('Mucigenous','a.','Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling\n   mucin.'),('Mucilage','n.','A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain\n   plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of\n   quinces, of flax, etc.'),('Mucilage','n.','An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to\n   it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.'),('Mucilaginous','a.','Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage;\n   moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.'),('Mucilaginous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the\n   mucilaginous glands.'),('Mucilaginous','a.','Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding\n   mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants.'),('Mucin','n.','See Mucedin.'),('Mucin','n.','An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and\n   gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found\n   in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers\n   of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune.'),('Mucinogen','n.','Same as Mucigen.'),('Muciparous','a.','Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.'),('Mucivore','n.','An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as\n   certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.'),('Muck','','abbreviation of Amuck.'),('Muck','n.','Dung in a moist state; manure.'),('Muck','n.','Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places\n   and swamps.'),('Muck','n.','Anything filthy or vile.'),('Muck','n.','Money; -- in contempt.'),('Muck','a.','Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing\n   muck; as, a muck fork.'),('Muck','v. t.','To manure with muck.'),('Muckender','n.','A handkerchief.'),('Mucker','n.','A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person.'),('Mucker','v. t.','To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts.'),('Muckerer','n.','A miser; a niggard.'),('Muckiness','n.','The quality of being mucky.'),('Muckle','a.','Much.'),('Muckmidden','n.','A dunghill.'),('Mucksy','a.','Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy.'),('Muckworm','n.','A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied\n   to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.'),('Muckworm','n.','One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices;\n   a miser.'),('Mucky','a.','Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road.'),('Mucky','a.','Vile, in a moral sense; sordid.'),('Mucocele','n.','An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of\n   the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon\n   catarrhal inflammation of the latter.'),('Mucoid','a.','Resembling mucus.'),('Muconate','n.','A salt of muconic acid.'),('Muconic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid,\n   obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic\n   acid.'),('Mucopurulent','a.','Having the character or appearance of both mucus and\n   pus.'),('Mucor','n.','A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender\n   threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.'),('Mucosity','n.','The quality or state of being mucous or slimy;\n   mucousness.'),('Mucous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or\n   stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.'),('Mucous','a.','Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous\n   membrane.'),('Mucousness','n.','The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.'),('Mucro','n.','A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point\n   or process, terminating a larger part or organ.'),('Mucronate','a.','Alt. of Mucronated'),('Mucronated','a.','Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with\n   a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf.'),('Mucronulate','a.','Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.'),('Muculent','a.','Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.'),('Mucus','n.','A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves\n   to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the\n   cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose,\n   lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.'),('Mucus','n.','Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial\n   fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so\n   used.'),('Mucus','n.','A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algae and\n   other plants.'),('Mucusin','n.','Mucin.'),('Mud','n.','Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.'),('Mud','v. t.','To bury in mud.'),('Mud','v. t.','To make muddy or turbid.'),('Mudar','n.','Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis\n   gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber.\n   The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.'),('Mudarin','n.','A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong\n   emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.'),('Muddily','adv.','In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily;\n   obscurely; confusedly.'),('Muddiness','n.','The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness;\n   foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a\n   stream.'),('Muddiness','n.','Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject;\n   intellectual dullness.'),('Muddled','imp. & p. p.','of Muddle'),('Muddling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muddle'),('Muddle','v. t.','To make turbid, or muddy, as water.'),('Muddle','v. t.','To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to\n   intoxicate partially.'),('Muddle','v. t.','To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or\n   intoxicated.'),('Muddle','v. t.','To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to\n   muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.'),('Muddle','v. i.','To dabble in mud.'),('Muddle','v. i.','To think and act in a confused, aimless way.'),('Muddle','n.','A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual\n   cloudiness or dullness.'),('Muddlehead','n.','A stupid person.'),('Muddler','n.','One who, or that which, muddles.'),('Muddy','superl.','Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a\n   muddy road or path; muddy boots.'),('Muddy','superl.','Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.'),('Muddy','superl.','Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.'),('Muddy','superl.','Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull;\n   stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.'),('Muddy','superl.','Not clear or bright.'),('Muddied','imp. & p. p.','of Muddy'),('Muddying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muddy'),('Muddy','v. t.','To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.'),('Muddy','v. t.','Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy.'),('Muddy-headed','a.','Dull; stupid.'),('Muddy-mettled','a.','Dull-spirited.'),('Mudfish','n.','The European loach.'),('Mudfish','n.','The bowfin.'),('Mudfish','n.','The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African\n   species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren.'),('Mudfish','n.','The mud minnow.'),('Mudhole','n.','A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.'),('Mudhole','n.','A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is\n   withdrawn.'),('Mudir','n.','Same as Moodir.'),('Mudsill','n.','The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the\n   soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a\n   bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.'),('Mudsucker','n.','A woodcock.'),('Mudwall','n.','The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater.'),('Mudwort','n.','A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores\n   (Limosella aquatica).'),('Mue','v. i.','To mew; to molt.'),('Muezzin','n.','A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.'),('Muff','n.','A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by\n   women to shield the hands from cold.'),('Muff','n.','A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.'),('Muff','n.','A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to\n   make a sheet.'),('Muff','n.','A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.'),('Muff','n.','A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.'),('Muff','n.','The whitethroat.'),('Muffed','imp. & p. p.','of Muff'),('Muffing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muff'),('Muff','v. t.','To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a\n   ball, in catching it.'),('Muffetee','n.','A small muff worn over the wrist.'),('Muffin','n.','A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and\n   tea.'),('Muffineer','n.','A dish for keeping muffins hot.'),('Muffish','a.','Stupid; awkward.'),('Muffle','n.','The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp.\n   of ruminants.'),('Muffled','imp. & p. p.','of Muffle'),('Muffling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muffle'),('Muffle','v. t.','To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to\n   wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to\n   conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.'),('Muffle','v. t.','To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps\n   bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.'),('Muffle','v. t.','To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound\n   of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which\n   rests in the rowlock.'),('Muffle','v. i.','To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.'),('Muffle','v. t.','Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is\n   muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.'),('Muffle','v. t.','An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a\n   half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the\n   direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of\n   ore buttons, etc.'),('Muffle','v. t.','A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted\n   or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the\n   furnace or kiln.'),('Muffle','v. t.','A pulley block containing several sheaves.'),('Muffler','n.','Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting\n   the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.'),('Muffler','n.','A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a\n   stringed instrument with a keyboard.'),('Muffler','n.','A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.'),('Muffler','n.','One who muffles.'),('Muflon','n.','See Mouflon.'),('Muftis','pl. ','of Mufti'),('Mufti','n.','An official expounder of Mohammedan law.'),('Mufti','n.','Citizen\'s dress when worn by a naval or military officer; --\n   a term derived from the British service in India.'),('Mug','n.','A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, --\n   usually cylindrical and without a lip.'),('Mug','n.','The face or mouth.'),('Muggard','a.','Sullen; displeased.'),('Mugget','n.','The small entrails of a calf or a hog.'),('Mugginess','n.','The condition or quality of being muggy.'),('Muggish','a.','See Muggy.'),('Muggletonian','n.','One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic\n   Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be\n   inspired.'),('Muggy','superl.','Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.'),('Muggy','superl.','Warm, damp, and close; as, muggy air, weather.'),('Mughouse','n.','An alehouse; a pothouse.'),('Mugiency','n.','A bellowing.'),('Mugient','a.','Lowing; bellowing.'),('Mugil','n.','A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.'),('Mugiloid','a.','Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family\n   Mugilidae.'),('Mugweed','n.','A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also\n   crossweed.'),('Mugwort','n.','A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris),\n   at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.'),('Mugwump','n.','A bolter from the Republican party in the national\n   election of 1884; an Independent.'),('Mugwumpery','n.','Alt. of Mugwumpism'),('Mugwumpism','n.','The acts and views of the mugwumps.'),('Muhammadan','a. & n.','Alt. of Muhammedan'),('Muhammedan','a. & n.','Mohammedan.'),('Muhammadanism','n.','Mohammedanism.'),('Mulada','n.','A moor.'),('Mulada','n.','A drove of mules.'),('Mulattoes','pl. ','of Mulatto'),('Mulatto','n.','The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white\n   woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.'),('Mulattress','n.','A female mulatto.'),('Mulberries','pl. ','of Mulberry'),('Mulberry','n.','The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also,\n   the tree itself. See Morus.'),('Mulberry','n.','A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.'),('Mulberry-faced','a.','Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as\n   if with mulberry stains.'),('Mulch','n.','Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the\n   ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought,\n   etc., and to preserve moisture.'),('Mulched','imp. & p. p.','of Mulch'),('Mulching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mulch'),('Mulch','v. t.','To cover or dress with mulch.'),('Mulct','n.','A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.'),('Mulct','n.','A blemish or defect.'),('Mulcted','imp. & p. p.','of Mulct'),('Mulcting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mulct'),('Mulct','v. t.','To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a\n   fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.'),('Mulct','v. t.','Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or\n   discipline.'),('Mulctary','a.','Alt. of Mulctuary'),('Mulctuary','a.','Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as,\n   a fine.'),('Mule','n.','A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass\n   and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.'),('Mule','n.','A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of\n   one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called\n   also hybrid.'),('Mule','n.','A very stubborn person.'),('Mule','n.','A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,\n   etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also\n   jenny and mule-jenny.'),('Mule-jenny','n.','See Mule, 4.'),('Muleteer','n.','One who drives mules.'),('Mulewort','n.','A fern of the genus Hemionitis.'),('Muley','n.','A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a\n   gate.'),('Muley','n.','See Mulley.'),('Muliebrity','n.','The state of being a woman or of possessing full\n   womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.'),('Muliebrity','n.','Hence: Effeminancy; softness.'),('Mulier','n.','A woman.'),('Mulier','n.','Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder\n   brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son.'),('Mulier','n.','A woman; a wife; a mother.'),('Mulierly','adv.','In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock;\n   legitimately.'),('Mulierose','a.','Fond of woman.'),('Mulierosity','n.','A fondness for women.'),('Mulierty','n.','Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in\n   lawful wedlock.'),('Mulish','a.','Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.'),('Mull','n.','A thin, soft kind of muslin.'),('Mull','n.','A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.'),('Mull','n.','A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.'),('Mull','n.','Dirt; rubbish.'),('Mull','v. t.','To powder; to pulverize.'),('Mull','v. i.','To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; --\n   usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.'),('Mull','n.','An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or\n   the peelings and refuse of the larger.'),('Mulled','imp. & p. p.','of Mull'),('Mulling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mull'),('Mull','v. t.','To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull\n   wine.'),('Mull','v. t.','To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.'),('Mulla','n.','Same as Mollah.'),('Mullagatawny','n.','An East Indian curry soup.'),('Mullah','n.','See Mollah.'),('Mullar','n.','A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief,\n   as upon metal.'),('Mullein','n.','Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs\n   having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common\n   species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus.'),('Mullen','n.','See Mullein.'),('Muller','n.','One who, or that which, mulls.'),('Muller','n.','A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.'),('Muller','n.','A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at\n   the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of\n   similar material.'),('Mullerian','a.','Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Muller.'),('Mullet','n.','Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called\n   also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and\n   are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil\n   capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and\n   American coasts.'),('Mullet','n.','Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called\n   also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus\n   barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern\n   Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the\n   brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.'),('Mullet','n.','A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a\n   difference it indicates the third son.'),('Mullet','n.','Small pinchers for curling the hair.'),('Mulley','n.','Alt. of Moolley'),('Moolley','n.','A mulley or polled animal.'),('Moolley','n.','A cow.'),('Mulley','a.','Alt. of Moolley'),('Moolley','a.','Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of\n   animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle;\n   a mulley (or moolley) cow.'),('Mulligatawny','n.','See Mullagatawny.'),('Mulligrubs','n.','A griping of the intestines; colic.'),('Mulligrubs','n.','Hence, sullenness; the sulks.'),('Mullingong','n.','See Duck mole, under Duck.'),('Mullion','n.','A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the\n   lights of windows, screens, etc.'),('Mullion','n.','An upright member of a framing. See Stile.'),('Mullion','v. t.','To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.'),('Mullock','n.','Rubbish; refuse; dirt.'),('Mulliod','a.','Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the\n   surmullet, or red mullet.'),('Mulmul','n.','A fine, soft muslin; mull.'),('Mulse','n.','Wine boiled and mingled with honey.'),('Mult-','','See Multi-.'),('Multangular','a.','Having many angles.'),('Multanimous','a.','Many-minded; many-sided.'),('Multarticulate','a.','Having many articulations or joints.'),('Multeity','n.','Multiplicity.'),('Multi-','','Alt. of Mult-'),('Mult-','','A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as,\n   multiaxial, multocular.'),('Multiaxial','a.','Having more than one axis; developing in more than a\n   single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.'),('Multicapsular','a.','Having many, or several, capsules.'),('Multicarinate','a.','Many-keeled.'),('Multicavous','a.','Having many cavities.'),('Multicellular','a.','Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than\n   one cell.'),('Multicentral','a.','Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral\n   cell.'),('Multicipital','a.','Having many heads or many stems from one crown or\n   root.'),('Multicolor','a.','Having many, or several, colors.'),('Multicostate','a.','Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a\n   plant, or as certain shells and corals.'),('Multicuspid','a.','Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.'),('Multicuspidate','a.','Having many cusps or points.'),('Multidentate','a.','Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.'),('Multidigitate','a.','Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.'),('Multifaced','a.','Having many faces.'),('Multifarious','a.','Having multiplicity; having great diversity or\n   variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing\n   parts; manifold.'),('Multifarious','a.','Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical\n   rows.'),('Multifariously','adv.','With great multiplicity and diversity; with\n   variety of modes and relations.'),('Multifariousness','n.','Multiplied diversity.'),('Multifariousness','n.','The fault of improperly uniting in one bill\n   distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them.'),('Multiferous','a.','Bearing or producing much or many.'),('Multifid','a.','Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear\n   sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.'),('Multiflorous','a.','Having many flowers.'),('Multiflue','a.','Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.'),('Multifoil','n.','An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five\n   divisions or foils.'),('Multifoil','a.','Having more than five divisions or foils.'),('Multifold','a.','Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.'),('Multiform','a.','Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.'),('Multiformity','n.','The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms;\n   variety of appearances in the same thing.'),('Multiformous','a.','Multiform.'),('Multigenerous','a.','Having many kinds.'),('Multigranulate','a.','Having, or consisting of, many grains.'),('Multijugate','a.','Having many pairs of leaflets.'),('Multijugous','a.','Consisting of many parts.'),('Multijugous','a.','Same as Multijugate.'),('Multilateral','a.','Having many sides; many-sided.'),('Multilineal','a.','Having many lines.'),('Multilobar','a.','Consisting of, or having, many lobes.'),('Multilocular','a.','Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a\n   multilocular shell or capsule.'),('Multiloquence','n.','Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words;\n   talkativeness.'),('Multiloquent','a.','Alt. of Multiloquous'),('Multiloquous','a.','Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.'),('Multiloquy','n.','Excess of words or talk.'),('Multinodate','a.','Having many knots or nodes.'),('Multinodous','a.','Same as Multinodate.'),('Multinomial','n. & a.','Same as Polynomial.'),('Multinominal','a.','Alt. of Multinominous'),('Multinominous','a.','Having many names or terms.'),('Multinuclear','a.','Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells.'),('Multinucleate','a.','Alt. of Multinucleated'),('Multinucleated','a.','Multinuclear.'),('Multiparous','a.','Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.'),('Multipartite','a.','Divided into many parts; having several parts.'),('Multiped','n.','An insect having many feet, as a myriapod.'),('Multiped','a.','Having many feet.'),('Multiple','a.','Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting\n   of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or\n   many, parts.'),('Multiple','n.','A quantity containing another quantity a number of times\n   without a remainder.'),('Multiplex','a.','Manifold; multiple.'),('Multipliable','a.','Capable of being multiplied.'),('Multiplicable','a.','Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.'),('Multiplicand','n.','The number which is to be multiplied by another\n   number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.'),('Multiplicate','a.','Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple;\n   multifold.'),('Multiplication','n.','The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing\n   in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the\n   human species by natural generation.'),('Multiplication','n.','The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any\n   given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the\n   process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such\n   repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed;\n   -- the reverse of division.'),('Multiplication','n.','An increase above the normal number of parts,\n   especially of petals; augmentation.'),('Multiplication','n.','The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, --\n   attributed formerly to the alchemists.'),('Multiplicative','a.','Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply,\n   or incease numbers.'),('Multiplicatively','adv.','So as to multiply.'),('Multiplicator','n.','The number by which another number is multiplied; a\n   multiplier.'),('Multiplicious','a.','Manifold.'),('Multiplicity','n.','The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various;\n   a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or\n   objects.'),('Multiplier','n.','One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number.'),('Multiplier','n.','The number by which another number is multiplied. See\n   the Note under Multiplication.'),('Multiplier','n.','An instrument for multiplying or increasing by\n   repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat\n   or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or\n   action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier.'),('Multiplied','imp. & p. p.','of Multiply'),('Multiplying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Multiply'),('Multiply','v. t.','To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add\n   quantity to.'),('Multiply','v. t.','To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a\n   certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus\n   7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See\n   the Note under Multiplication.'),('Multiply','v. t.','To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts\n   of alchemy.'),('Multiply','v. i.','To become greater in number; to become numerous.'),('Multiply','v. i.','To increase in extent and influence; to spread.'),('Multiply','v. i.','To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of\n   alchemy.'),('Multipolar','a.','Having many poles; -- applied especially to those\n   ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.'),('Multipotent','a.','Having manifold power, or power to do many things.'),('Multipresence','n.','The state or power of being multipresent.'),('Multipresent','a.','Being, or having the power to be, present in two or\n   more places at once.'),('Multiradiate','a.','Having many rays.'),('Multiramified','a.','Divided into many branches.'),('Multiramose','a.','Having many branches.'),('Multiscious','a.','Having much or varied knowledge.'),('Multisect','a.','Divided into many similar segments; -- said of an insect\n   or myriapod.'),('Multiseptate','a.','Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith\n   of the pokeweed.'),('Multiserial','a.','Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a\n   pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.'),('Multisiliquous','a.','Having many pods or seed vessels.'),('Multisonous','a.','Having many sounds, or sounding much.'),('Multispiral','a.','Having numerous spiral coils round a center or\n   nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.'),('Multistriate','a.','Having many streaks.'),('Multisulcate','a.','Having many furrows.'),('Multisyllable','n.','A word of many syllables; a polysyllable.'),('Multititular','a.','Having many titles.'),('Multitubular','a.','Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler.'),('Multitude','n.','A great number of persons collected together; a numerous\n   collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.'),('Multitude','n.','A great number of persons or things, regarded\n   collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the\n   multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.'),('Multitude','n.','The state of being many; numerousness.'),('Multitudinary','a.','Multitudinous.'),('Multitudinous','a.','Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or\n   condition; as, multitudinous waves.'),('Multitudinous','a.','Of or pertaining to a multitude.'),('Multivagant','a.','Alt. of Multivagous'),('Multivagous','a.','Wandering much.'),('Multivalence','n.','Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element,\n   atom, or radical.'),('Multivalent','a.','Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.'),('Multivalent','a.','Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.'),('Multivalve','n.','Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two\n   pieces.'),('Multivalve','a.','Alt. of Multivalvular'),('Multivalvular','a.','Having many valves.'),('Multivalvular','a.','Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of\n   certain shells, as the chitons.'),('Multiversant','a.','Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms;\n   protean.'),('Multivious','a. & adv.','Having many ways or roads; by many ways.'),('Multivocal','a.','Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning;\n   equivocal.'),('Multivocal','n.','A multivocal word.'),('Multocular','a.','Having many eyes, or more than two.'),('Multum','n.','An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by\n   brewers in order to economize malt and hops.'),('Multungulate','a.','Having many hoofs.'),('Multure','n.','The toll for grinding grain.'),('Multure','n.','A grist or grinding; the grain ground.'),('Mum','a.','Silent; not speaking.'),('Mum','interj.','Be silent! Hush!'),('Mum','n.','Silence.'),('Mum','n.','A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.'),('Mumbled','imp. & p. p.','of Mumble'),('Mumbling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mumble'),('Mumble','v.','To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the\n   sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling\n   indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.'),('Mumble','v.','To chew something gently with closed lips.'),('Mumble','v. t.','To utter with a low, inarticulate voice.'),('Mumble','v. t.','To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth.'),('Mumble','v. t.','To suppress, or utter imperfectly.'),('Mumblenews','n.','A talebearer.'),('Mumbler','n.','One who mumbles.'),('Mumbling','a.','Low; indistinct; inarticulate.'),('Mumbo Jumbo','','An object of superstitious homage and fear.'),('Mum-chance','n.','A game of hazard played with cards in silence.'),('Mum-chance','n.','A silent, stupid person.'),('Mum-chance','a.','Silent and idle.'),('Mummed','imp. & p. p.','of Mumm'),('Mumming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mumm'),('Mumm','v. i.','To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.'),('Mummer','n.','One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a\n   buffon.'),('Mummeries','pl. ','of Mummery'),('Mummery','n.','Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.'),('Mummery','n.','Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or\n   ceremonies.'),('Mummichog','n.','Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont\n   fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; --\n   called also minnow.'),('Mummification','n.','The act of making a mummy.'),('Mummified','a.','Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having\n   the appearance of a mummy; withered.'),('Mummiform','a.','Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoology, said\n   of the pupae of certain insects.'),('Mummified','imp. & p. p.','of Mummify'),('Mummifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mummify'),('Mummify','v. t.','To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a\n   mummy.'),('Mummies','pl. ','of Mummy'),('Mummy','n.','A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the\n   ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry\n   state, from the process of putrefaction.'),('Mummy','n.','Dried flesh of a mummy.'),('Mummy','n.','A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated;\n   -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.'),('Mummy','n.','A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown\n   (below).'),('Mummy','n.','A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.'),('Mummy','n.','One whose affections and energies are withered.'),('Mummied','imp. & p. p.','of Mummy'),('Mummying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mummy'),('Mummy','v. t.','To embalm; to mummify.'),('Mummychog','n.','See Mummichog.'),('Mump','v. i.','To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in\n   sulkiness.'),('Mump','v. i.','To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter\n   unintelligibly.'),('Mump','v. i.','To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.'),('Mump','v. i.','To be sullen or sulky.'),('Mumped','imp. & p. p.','of Mump'),('Mumping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mump'),('Mump','v. t.','To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.'),('Mump','v. t.','To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.'),('Mump','v. t.','To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.'),('Mumper','n.','A beggar; a begging impostor.'),('Mumpish','a.','Sullen, sulky.'),('Mumps','n.','Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.'),('Mumps','n.','A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a\n   nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or\n   infectious parotitis.'),('Mun','n.','The mouth.'),('Munched','imp. & p. p.','of Munch'),('Munching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Munch'),('Munch','v. t. & i.','To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast\n   chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.'),('Munchausenism','n.','An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some\n   marvelous exploit or adventure.'),('Muncher','n.','One who munches.'),('Mund','n.','See Mun.'),('Mundane','a.','Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly;\n   terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.'),('Mundanity','n.','Worldliness.'),('Mundation','n.','The act of cleansing.'),('Mundatory','a.','Cleansing; having power to cleanse.'),('Mundic','n.','Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the\n   Cornish miners.'),('Mundificant','a.','Serving to cleanse and heal.'),('Mundificant','n.','A mundificant ointment or plaster.'),('Mundification','n.','The act or operation of cleansing.'),('Mundificative','a.','Cleansing.'),('Mundificative','n.','A detergent medicine or preparation.'),('Mundify','v. t.','To cleanse.'),('Mundil','n.','A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver\n   embroidery.'),('Mundivagant','a.','Wandering over the world.'),('Mundungus','n.','A stinking tobacco.'),('Munnerary','a.','Having the nature of a gift.'),('Munnerate','v. t.','To remunerate.'),('Muneration','n.','Remuneration.'),('Mung','n.','Green gram, a kind of pulse (Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food\n   in British India.'),('Munga','n.','See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet.'),('Mungcorn','n.','Same as Mangcorn.'),('Mungo','n.','A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants\n   of woolen goods.'),('Mungoose','n.','Alt. of Mungoos'),('Mungoos','n.','See Mongoose.'),('Mungrel','n. & a.','See Mongrel.'),('Municipal','a.','Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the\n   right of administering local government; as, municipal rights;\n   municipal officers.'),('Municipal','a.','Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.'),('Municipalism','n.','Municipal condition.'),('Municipalities','pl. ','of Municipality'),('Municipality','n.','A municipal district; a borough, city, or\n   incorporated town or village.'),('Municipally','adv.','In a municipal relation or condition.'),('Munific','a.','Munificent; liberal.'),('Munificate','v. t.','To enrich.'),('Munificence','n.','Means of defense; fortification.'),('Munificence','n.','The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or\n   bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish\n   generosity.'),('Munificent','a.','Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a\n   munificent benefactor.'),('Munify','v. t. & i.','To prepare for defense; to fortify.'),('Muniment','n.','The act of supporting or defending.'),('Muniment','n.','That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or\n   means of defense; munition; assistance.'),('Muniment','n.','A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is\n   enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.'),('Munite','v. t.','To fortify; to strengthen.'),('Munition','n.','Fortification; stronghold.'),('Munition','n.','Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for\n   annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military\n   stores of all kinds.'),('Munity','n.','Freedom; security; immunity.'),('Munjeet','n.','See Indian madder, under Madder.'),('Munjistin','n.','An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin,\n   found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista).'),('Munnion','n.','See Mullion.'),('Muntin','n.','Alt. of Munting'),('Munting','n.','Same as Mullion; -- especially used in joiner\'s work.'),('Muntjac','n.','Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the\n   genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the\n   East Indian Islands.'),('Muntz metal','','See under Metal.'),('Muraena','n.','A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They\n   differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the\n   dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of\n   Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a\n   food fish.'),('Muraenoid','a.','Alt. of Murenoid'),('Murenoid','a.','Like or pertaining to the genus Muraena, or family\n   Muraenidae.'),('Murage','n.','A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a\n   fortified town.'),('Mural','a.','Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing\n   on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.'),('Mural','a.','Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural\n   precipice.'),('Murder','n.','The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense\n   or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.'),('Murdered','imp. & p. p.','of Murder'),('Murdering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Murder'),('Murder','n.','To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being)\n   willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.'),('Murder','n.','To destroy; to put an end to.'),('Murder','n.','To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or\n   cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king\'s English.'),('Murderer','n.','One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his\n   reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.'),('Murderer','n.','A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship\'s decks\n   of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.'),('Murderess','n.','A woman who commits murder.'),('Murderment','n.','Murder.'),('Murderous','a.','Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or\n   causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder;\n   bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous\n   intent; a murderous assault.'),('Murdress','n.','A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices\n   for firing through.'),('Mure','n.','A wall.'),('Mured','imp. & p. p.','of Mure'),('Mure','n.','To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up.'),('Murenger','n.','One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.'),('Murices','pl. ','of Murex'),('Murex','n.','A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently\n   spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock\n   shells. They abound in tropical seas.'),('Murexan','n.','A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide,\n   alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline\n   which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil,\n   dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.'),('Murexide','n.','A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid\n   dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted\n   light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a\n   large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.'),('Murexoin','n.','A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet\n   crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.'),('Muriate','n.','A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as,\n   muriate of ammonia.'),('Muriated','a.','Put in brine.'),('Muriated','a.','Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric\n   acid.'),('Muriated','a.','Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of\n   common salt.'),('Muriatic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from\n   chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.'),('Muriatiferous','a.','Producing muriatic substances or salt.'),('Muricate','a.','Alt. of Muricated'),('Muricated','a.','Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of\n   pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or\n   excrescences.'),('Muricoid','a.','Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family\n   Muricidae.'),('Muriculate','a.','Minutely muricate.'),('Muride','n.','Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from\n   sea water.'),('Muriform','a.','Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and\n   regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.'),('Murine','a.','Pertaining to a family of rodents (Muridae), of which the\n   mouse is the type.'),('Murine','n.','One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.'),('Muringer','n.','See Murenger.'),('Murk','a.','Dark; murky.'),('Murk','n.','Darkness; mirk.'),('Murk','n.','The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed;\n   marc.'),('Murkily','adv.','Darkly; gloomily.'),('Murkiness','n.','The state of being murky.'),('Murky','superl.','Dark; obscure; gloomy.'),('Murlins','n.','A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.'),('Murmur','v. i.','A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of\n   running water.'),('Murmur','v. i.','A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low,\n   muttering voice.'),('Murmured','imp. & p. p.','of Murmur'),('Murmuring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Murmur'),('Murmur','v. i.','To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a\n   stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.'),('Murmur','v. i.','To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to\n   feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often\n   with at or against.'),('Murmur','v. t.','To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or\n   sounds; as, to murmur tales.'),('Murmuration','n.','The act of murmuring; a murmur.'),('Murmurer','n.','One who murmurs.'),('Murmuring','a. & n.','Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.'),('Murmurous','a.','Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint;\n   murmuring.'),('Murnival','n.','In the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as\n   four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything.'),('Murphy','n.','A potato.'),('Murr','n.','A catarrh.'),('Murrain','n.','An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.'),('Murrain','a.','Having, or afflicted with, murrain.'),('Murrayin','n.','A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya\n   exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly\n   bitter substance.'),('Murre','n.','Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria,\n   or Catarractes; a guillemot.'),('Murrelet','n.','One of several species of sea birds of the genera\n   Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They\n   are closely related to the murres.'),('Murrey','n.','A dark red color.'),('Murrey','a.','Of a dark red color.'),('Murrhine','a.','Made of the stone or material called by the Romans\n   murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy\n   used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups,\n   vessels.'),('Murrion','a.','Infected with or killed by murrain.'),('Murrion','n.','A morion. See Morion.'),('Murry','n.','See Muraena.'),('Murth','n.','Plenty; abundance.'),('Murther','n. & v.','Murder, n. & v.'),('Murtherer','n.','A murderer.'),('Murza','n.','One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of\n   the second class.'),('Mures','pl. ','of Mus'),('Mus','n.','A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.'),('Musae','pl. ','of Musa'),('Musa','n.','A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great\n   size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M.\n   paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the\n   Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which\n   yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of\n   Banana and Plantain.'),('Musaceous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus\n   Musa.'),('Musal','a.','Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry.'),('Musang','n.','A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to\n   the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe\n   coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it\n   is called also coffee rat.'),('Musar','n.','An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly\n   common in Europe.'),('Musard','v. i.','A dreamer; an absent-minded person.'),('Muscae','pl. ','of Musca'),('Musca','n.','A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house\n   fly, and numerous allied species.'),('Musca','n.','A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross\n   and the Pole.'),('Muscadel','n.','See Muscatel, n.'),('Muscadine','n.','A name given to several very different kinds of grapes,\n   but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape,\n   which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.'),('Muscadine','n.','A fragrant and delicious pear.'),('Muscadine','n.','See Muscardin.'),('Muscales','n. pl.','An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including\n   the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna.'),('Muscallonge','n.','See Muskellunge.'),('Muscardin','n.','The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.'),('Muscardine','n.','A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and\n   which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the\n   development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also,\n   the fungus itself.'),('Muscariform','a.','Having the form of a brush.'),('Muscarin','n.','A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the\n   toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical\n   ptomaine, and a violent poison.'),('Muscat','n.','A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes,\n   differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor.\n   The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color.'),('Muscatel','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a\n   muscat grapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.'),('Muscatel','n.','A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine,\n   made in Italy, Spain, and France.'),('Muscatel','n.','Finest raisins, dried on the vine; \"sun raisins.\"'),('Muschelkalk','n.','A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the\n   middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany.\n   See Chart, under Geology.'),('Musci','n. pl.','An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses.\n   See Moss, and Cryptogamia.'),('Muscicapine','a.','Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of\n   birds that includes the true flycatchers.'),('Muscid','n.','Any fly of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.'),('Musciform','a.','Having the form or structure of flies of the genus\n   Musca, or family Muscidae.'),('Musciform','a.','Having the appearance or form of a moss.'),('Muscle','n.','An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.'),('Muscle','n.','The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made\n   up.'),('Muscle','n.','Muscular strength or development; as, to show one\'s muscle\n   by lifting a heavy weight.'),('Muscle','n.','See Mussel.'),('Muscled','a.','Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well\n   muscled.'),('Muscling','n.','Exhibition or representation of the muscles.'),('Muscogees','n. pl.','See Muskogees.'),('Muscoid','a.','Mosslike; resembling moss.'),('Muscoid','n.','A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant,\n   with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular\n   system.'),('Muscology','n.','Bryology.'),('Muscosity','n.','Mossiness.'),('Muscovado','a.','Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw\n   sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and\n   draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which\n   render it dark colored and moist.'),('Muscovado','n.','Unrefined or raw sugar.'),('Muscovite','n.','A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia;\n   hence, a Russian.'),('Muscovite','n.','Common potash mica. See Mica.'),('Muscovy duck','','A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck,\n   often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of\n   tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.'),('Muscovy glass','','Mica; muscovite. See Mica.'),('Muscular','a.','Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles;\n   consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular\n   fiber.'),('Muscular','a.','Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.'),('Muscular','a.','Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed\n   muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body\n   or arm.'),('Muscularity','n.','The state or quality of being muscular.'),('Muscularize','v. t.','To make muscular.'),('Muscularly','adv.','In a muscular manner.'),('Musculation','n.','The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its\n   parts.'),('Musculature','n.','Musculation.'),('Muscule','n.','A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in\n   attacking the walls of a fortified town.'),('Musculin','n.','See Syntonin.'),('Musculocutaneous','a.','Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the\n   musculocutaneous nerve.'),('Musculophrenic','a.','Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as,\n   the musculophrenic artery.'),('Musculosity','n.','The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity.'),('Musculospiral','a.','Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral\n   course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.'),('Musculous','a.','Muscular.'),('Muse','n.','A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through\n   which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.'),('Muse','n.','One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the\n   different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often\n   used in the plural.'),('Muse','n.','A particular power and practice of poetry.'),('Muse','n.','A poet; a bard.'),('Mused','imp. & p. p.','of Muse'),('Musing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muse'),('Muse','n.','To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.'),('Muse','n.','To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or\n   contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be\n   in a brown study.'),('Muse','n.','To wonder.'),('Muse','v. t.','To think on; to meditate on.'),('Muse','v. t.','To wonder at.'),('Muse','n.','Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes;\n   absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.'),('Muse','n.','Wonder, or admiration.'),('Museful','a.','Meditative; thoughtfully silent.'),('Museless','a.','Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of\n   poetry; unpoetical.'),('Muser','n.','One who muses.'),('Muset','n.','A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a\n   muse.'),('Musette','n.','A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet\n   tone.'),('Musette','n.','An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic\n   dance.'),('Museum','n.','A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or\n   literary curiosities, or of works of art.'),('Mush','n.','Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding;\n   supawn.'),('Mush','v. t.','To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.'),('Mushroom','n.','An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white\n   stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the\n   pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on\n   the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but\n   gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is\n   proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a\n   pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from\n   spawn.'),('Mushroom','n.','Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a\n   toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous.'),('Mushroom','n.','One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an\n   upstart.'),('Mushroom','a.','Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.'),('Mushroom','a.','Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness\n   of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.'),('Mushroom-headed','a.','Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of\n   larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.'),('Mushy','a.','Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and\n   effusive; weakly sentimental.'),('Music','n.','The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e.,\n   sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous\n   vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science\n   of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the\n   properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art\n   of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.'),('Music','n.','Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of\n   tones.'),('Music','n.','Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.'),('Music','n.','The written and printed notation of a musical composition;\n   the score.'),('Music','n.','Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.'),('Music','n.','A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower\n   animals. See Stridulation.'),('Musical','a.','Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music;\n   or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious;\n   harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical\n   instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.'),('Musical','n.','Music.'),('Musical','n.','A social entertainment of which music is the leading\n   feature; a musical party.'),('Musicale','n.','A social musical party.'),('Musically','adv.','In a musical manner.'),('Musicalness','n.','The quality of being musical.'),('Musician','n.','One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a\n   skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.'),('Musicomania','n.','A kind of monomania in which the passion for music\n   becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties.'),('Musimon','n.','See Mouflon.'),('Musingly','adv.','In a musing manner.'),('Musit','n.','See Muset.'),('Musk','n.','A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the\n   consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the\n   male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially\n   remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine\n   as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of\n   various other animals, having a similar odor.'),('Musk','n.','The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).'),('Musk','n.','The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.'),('Musk','n.','The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).'),('Musk','n.','A plant of the genus Erodium (E. moschatum); -- called also\n   musky heron\'s-bill.'),('Musk','n.','A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.'),('Musk','v. t.','To perfume with musk.'),('Muskadel','n.','See Muscadel.'),('Muskat','n.','See Muscat.'),('Muskellunge','n.','A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) found in the\n   Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River.\n   It is valued as a food fish.'),('Musket','n.','The male of the sparrow hawk.'),('Musket','n.','A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an\n   army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for\n   which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and\n   finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm\n   has been generally superseded by the rifle.'),('Musketeer','n.','A soldier armed with a musket.'),('Musketo','n.','See Mosquito.'),('Musketoon','n.','A short musket.'),('Musketoon','n.','One who is armed with such a musket.'),('Musketry','n.','Muskets, collectively.'),('Musketry','n.','The fire of muskets.'),('Muskiness','n.','The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.'),('Muskmelon','n.','The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo),\n   having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties,\n   the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish\n   flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of\n   Melon.'),('Muskogees','n. pl.','A powerful tribe of North American Indians that\n   formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They\n   constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy.'),('Muskrat','n.','A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber\n   zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail,\n   but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are\n   concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance\n   having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and\n   ondatra.'),('Muskrat','n.','The musk shrew.'),('Muskrat','n.','The desman.'),('Muskwood','n.','The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family\n   (Moschoxylum Swartzii).'),('Muskwood','n.','The wood of an Australian tree (Eurybia argophylla).'),('Musky','a.','Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like.'),('Muslim','n.','See Moslem.'),('Muslin','n.','A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also\n   applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting\n   muslins.'),('Muslinet','n.','A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth.'),('Musmon','n.','See Mouflon.'),('Musomania','n.','See Musicomania.'),('Musquash','n.','See Muskrat.'),('Musquaw','n.','The American black bear. See Bear.'),('Musquet','n.','See Musket.'),('Musquito','n.','See Mosquito.'),('Musrole','n.','Alt. of Musrol'),('Musrol','n.','The nose band of a horse\'s bridle.'),('Muss','n.','A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be\n   taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.'),('Muss','n.','A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess,\n   but influenced by muss, a scramble.'),('Mussed','imp. & p. p.','of Muss'),('Mussing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muss'),('Muss','v. t.','To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple.'),('Muss','n.','A term of endearment.'),('Mussel','n.','Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the\n   genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common\n   mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or\n   horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe\n   and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in\n   Europe.'),('Mussel','n.','Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related\n   fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. See Naiad, and Unio.'),('Mussitation','n.','A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.'),('Mussite','n.','A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont;\n   diopside.'),('Mussulmans','pl. ','of Mussulman'),('Mussulman','n.','A Mohammedan; a Moslem.'),('Mussulmanic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or like, the Mussulmans, or their\n   customs: Mohammedan.'),('Mussulmanish','a.','Mohammedan.'),('Mussulmanism','n.','Mohammedanism.'),('Mussulmanly','adv.','In the manner of Moslems.'),('Mussy','a.','Disarranged; rumpled.'),('Must','v. i. / auxiliary','To be obliged; to be necessitated; --\n   expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for\n   nourishment; we must submit to the laws.'),('Must','v. i. / auxiliary','To be morally required; to be necessary or\n   essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must\n   reconsider the matter; he must have been insane.'),('Must','n.','The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before\n   fermentation.'),('Must','n.','Mustiness.'),('Must','v. t. & i.','To make musty; to become musty.'),('Mustac','n.','A small tufted monkey.'),('Mustaches','pl. ','of Mustache'),('Mustache','n.','That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair\n   left growing above the mouth.'),('Mustache','n.','A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has\n   yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose.'),('Mustache','n.','Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head,\n   beneath the eye of a bird.'),('Mustachios','pl. ','of Mustacho'),('Mustacho','n.','A mustache.'),('Mustachoed','a.','Having mustachios.'),('Mustaiba','n.','A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought\n   from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and\n   the like.'),('Mustang','n.','The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California,\n   etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.'),('Mustard','n.','The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus\n   Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard\n   (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum).'),('Mustard','n.','A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white\n   mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is\n   stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.'),('Mustee','n.','See Mestee.'),('Musteline','a.','Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the\n   weasels and martens.'),('Muster','v. t.','Something shown for imitation; a pattern.'),('Muster','v. t.','A show; a display.'),('Muster','v. t.','An assembling or review of troops, as for parade,\n   verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into\n   service.'),('Muster','v. t.','The sum total of an army when assembled for review and\n   inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.'),('Muster','v. t.','Any assemblage or display; a gathering.'),('Mustered','imp. & p. p.','of Muster'),('Mustering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muster'),('Muster','v. t.','To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for\n   parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.'),('Muster','v. t.','Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get\n   together.'),('Muster','v. i.','To be gathered together for parade, inspection,\n   exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body;\n   as, his supporters mustered in force.'),('Mustily','a.','In a musty state.'),('Mustiness','n.','The quality or state of being musty.'),('Musty','n.','Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which\n   substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul\n   or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.'),('Musty','n.','Spoiled by age; rank; stale.'),('Musty','n.','Dull; heavy; spiritless.'),('Mutability','n.','The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or\n   alteration, either in form, state, or essential character;\n   susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.'),('Mutable','a.','Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in\n   form, qualities, or nature.'),('Mutable','a.','Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle.'),('Mutableness','n.','The quality of being mutable.'),('Mutably','adv.','Changeably.'),('Mutacism','n.','See Mytacism.'),('Mutage','n.','A process for checking the fermentation of the must of\n   grapes.'),('Mutanda','pl. ','of Mutandum'),('Mutandum','n.','A thing which is to be changed; something which must be\n   altered; -- used chiefly in the plural.'),('Mutation','n.','Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.'),('Mutch','n.','The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman.'),('Muchkin','n.','A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.'),('Mute','v. t.','To cast off; to molt.'),('Mute','v. t. & i.','To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of\n   birds.'),('Mute','n.','The dung of birds.'),('Mute','a.','Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.'),('Mute','a.','Incapable of speaking; dumb.'),('Mute','a.','Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete\n   closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; --\n   said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.'),('Mute','a.','Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.'),('Mute','n.','One who does not speak, whether from physical inability,\n   unwillingness, or other cause.'),('Mute','n.','One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life,\n   is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.'),('Mute','n.','A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.'),('Mute','n.','A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.'),('Mute','n.','Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for\n   his place because he can not speak.'),('Mute','n.','A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a\n   close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the\n   mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.'),('Mute','n.','A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so\n   formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a\n   violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.'),('Mute-hill','n.','See Moot-hill.'),('Mutely','adv.','Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner;\n   silently.'),('Muteness','n.','The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.'),('Mutic','a.','Alt. of Muticous'),('Muticous','a.','Without a point or pointed process; blunt.'),('Mutilate','a.','Deprived of, or having lost, an important part;\n   mutilated.'),('Mutilate','a.','Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a\n   cetacean.'),('Mutilate','n.','A cetacean, or a sirenian.'),('Mutilated','imp. & p. p.','of Mutilate'),('Mutilating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mutilate'),('Mutilate','v. t.','To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to\n   maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc.'),('Mutilate','v. t.','To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to\n   render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.'),('Mutilation','n.','The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated;\n   deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.'),('Mutilator','n.','One who mutilates.'),('Mutilous','a.','Mutilated; defective; imperfect.'),('Mutine','n.','A mutineer.'),('Mutine','v. i.','To mutiny.'),('Mutineer','n.','One guilty of mutiny.'),('Muting','n.','Dung of birds.'),('Mutinous','a.','Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized\n   by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.'),('Mutinies','pl. ','of Mutiny'),('Mutiny','n.','Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly\n   military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of\n   discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence,\n   generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.'),('Mutiny','n.','Violent commotion; tumult; strife.'),('Mutinied','imp. & p. p.','of Mutiny'),('Mutinying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mutiny'),('Mutiny','v. i.','To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in\n   military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or\n   mutinous conduct; to revolt against one\'s superior officer, or any\n   rightful authority.'),('Mutiny','v. i.','To fall into strife; to quarrel.'),('Mutism','n.','The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without\n   speech.'),('Muttered','imp. & p. p.','of Mutter'),('Muttering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mutter'),('Mutter','v. i.','To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips\n   partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry\n   expressions; to grumble; to growl.'),('Mutter','v. i.','To sound with a low, rumbling noise.'),('Mutter','v. t.','To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low\n   voice; as, to mutter threats.'),('Mutter','n.','Repressed or obscure utterance.'),('Mutterer','n.','One who mutters.'),('Mutteringly','adv.','With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a\n   muttering manner.'),('Mutton','n.','A sheep.'),('Mutton','n.','The flesh of a sheep.'),('Mutton','n.','A loose woman; a prostitute.'),('Muttony','a.','Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.'),('Mutual','a.','Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and\n   giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as,\n   a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.'),('Mutual','a.','Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or\n   things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual\n   effort.'),('Mutualism','n.','The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of\n   individual and social welfare.'),('Mutuality','n.','The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange;\n   interaction; interdependence.'),('Mutuality','n.','Reciprocity of consideration.'),('Mutually','adv.','In a mutual manner.'),('Mutuary','n.','One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed\n   by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.'),('Mutuation','n.','The act of borrowing or exchanging.'),('Mutule','n.','A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric\n   corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and\n   Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.'),('Mux','n.','Dirt; filth; muck.'),('Mux','v. t.','To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of.'),('Muxy','a.','Soft; sticky, and dirty.'),('Muzarab','n.','One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under\n   the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual\n   of their own.'),('Muzarabic','a.','Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.'),('Muzziness','n.','The state or quality of being muzzy.'),('Muzzle','v. i.','The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a\n   horse; a snout.'),('Muzzle','v. i.','The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge;\n   as, the muzzle of a gun.'),('Muzzle','v. i.','A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the\n   mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.'),('Muzzled','imp. & p. p.','of Muzzle'),('Muzzling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Muzzle'),('Muzzle','v. t.','To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to\n   prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to\n   restrain from speech or action.'),('Muzzle','v. t.','To fondle with the closed mouth.'),('Muzzle','v. i.','To bring the mouth or muzzle near.'),('Muzzle-loader','n.','A firearm which receives its charge through the\n   muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.'),('Muzzle-loading','a.','Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a\n   muzzle-loading rifle.'),('Muzzy','a.','Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.'),('My','a.','Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, my\n   body; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book is mine.\n   See Mine.'),('Mya','n.','A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or\n   soft-shelled, clam.'),('Myalgia','n.','Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.'),('Myall wood','','A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood,\n   used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree\n   Acacia homolophylla.'),('Myaria','n. pl.','A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam\n   (Mya) is the type.'),('Mycelium','n.','The white threads or filamentous growth from which a\n   mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.'),('Myceloid','a.','Resembling mycelium.'),('Mycetes','n.','A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers.\n   See Howler, 2, and Illust.'),('Mycetoid','','Resembling a fungus.'),('Mycoderma','n.','One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a\n   more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by\n   the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are\n   developed. This production differs from the zooloea stage of bacteria\n   by not having the intermediary mucous substance.'),('Mycoderma','n.','A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment\n   (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a\n   representative. Cf. Mother.'),('Mycologic','a.','Alt. of Mycological'),('Mycological','a.','Of or relating to mycology, or the fungi.'),('Mycologist','n.','One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.'),('Mycology','n.','That branch of botanical science which relates to the\n   musgrooms and other fungi.'),('Mycomelic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous\n   acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its\n   solutions have a gelatinous consistency.'),('Mycoprotein','n.','The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are\n   composed.'),('Mycose','n.','A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from\n   certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose.'),('Mycothrix','n.','The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the\n   micrococci in multiplication.'),('Mydaleine','n.','A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh\n   and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse\n   diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.'),('Mydatoxin','n.','A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger\n   from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to\n   curare.'),('Mydaus','n.','The teledu.'),('Mydriasis','n.','A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of\n   the eye.'),('Mydriatic','a.','Causing dilatation of the pupil.'),('Mydriatic','n.','A mydriatic medicine or agent, as belladonna.'),('Myelencephala','n. pl.','Same as Vertebrata.'),('Myelencephalic','a.','Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon;\n   cerebro-spinal.'),('Myelencephalon','n.','The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis;\n   the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.'),('Myelencephalon','n.','The metencephalon.'),('Myelencephalous','a.','Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.'),('Myelin','n.','A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of\n   nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin,\n   albumin, and some fat.'),('Myelin','n.','One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in\n   nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.'),('Myelitis','n.','Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.'),('Myelocoele','n.','The central canal of the spinal cord.'),('Myelogenic','a.','Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.'),('Myeloid','a.','Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a\n   myeloid tumor.'),('Myeloidin','n.','A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal\n   epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance\n   (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.'),('Myelon','n.','The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)'),('Myelonal','a.','Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal, or\n   spinal, nerves.'),('Myeloneura','n. pl.','The Vertebrata.'),('Myeloplaxes','pl. ','of Myeloplax'),('Myeloplaces','pl. ','of Myeloplax'),('Myeloplax','n.','One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow\n   of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.'),('Mygale','n.','A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and\n   only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct\n   tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The\n   South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or\n   matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the\n   species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M.\n   Hentzii).'),('Mylodon','n.','An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates,\n   allied to Megatherium.'),('Mylohyoid','a.','Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and\n   the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve.'),('Myna','n.','Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the\n   genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera.\n   In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often\n   caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird.'),('Mynchen','n.','A nun.'),('Mynchery','n.','A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of\n   certain nunneries in England.'),('Mynheer','n.','The Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman.'),('Myo-','','A combining form of Gr. /, /, a muscle; as, myograph,\n   myochrome.'),('Myocarditis','n.','Inflammation of the myocardium.'),('Myocardium','n.','The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart\n   inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium.'),('Myochrome','n.','A colored albuminous substance in the serum from\n   red-colored muscles. It is identical with hemoglobin.'),('Myocommata','pl. ','of Myocomma'),('Myocommas','pl. ','of Myocomma'),('Myocomma','n.','A myotome.'),('Myodynamics','n.','The department of physiology which deals with the\n   principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or\n   contraction.'),('Myodynamiometer','n.','A myodynamometer.'),('Myodynamometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the muscular strength\n   of man or of other animals; a dynamometer.'),('Myoepithelial','a.','Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become\n   a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in\n   certain embryonic forms.'),('Myoepithelial','a.','Having the characteristics of both muscle and\n   epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra.'),('Myogalid','n.','One of the Myogalodae, a family of Insectivora, including\n   the desman, and allied species.'),('Myogram','n.','See Muscle curve, under Muscle.'),('Myograph','n.','An instrument for determining and recording the different\n   phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.'),('Myographic','a.','Alt. of Myographical'),('Myographical','a.','Of or pertaining to myography.'),('Myography','n.','The description of muscles, including the study of\n   muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some\n   form of myograph; myology.'),('Myohaematin','n.','A red-colored respiratory pigment found associated\n   with hemoglobin in the muscle tissue of a large number of animals, both\n   vertebrate and invertebrate.'),('Myoid','a.','Composed of, or resembling, muscular fiber.'),('Myolemma','n.','Sarcolemma.'),('Myolin','n.','The essential material of muscle fibers.'),('Myologic','a.','Alt. of Myological'),('Myological','a.','Of or pertaining to myology.'),('Myologist','n.','One skilled in myology.'),('Myology','n.','That part of anatomy which treats of muscles.'),('Myoma','n.','A tumor consisting of muscular tissue.'),('Myomancy','n.','Divination by the movements of mice.'),('Myomorph','n.','One of the Myomorpha.'),('Myomorpha','n. pl.','An extensive group of rodents which includes the\n   rats, mice, jerboas, and many allied forms.'),('Myopathia','n.','Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.'),('Myopathic','a.','Of or pertaining to myopathia.'),('Myopathy','n.','Same as Myopathia.'),('Myope','n.','A person having myopy; a myops.'),('Myophan','n.','A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems\n   of certain Infusoria.'),('Myopia','n.','Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye\n   in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before\n   they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the\n   rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a\n   distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.'),('Myopic','a.','Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by,\n   myopia; nearsighted.'),('Myips','n.','See Myope.'),('Myopsis','n.','The appearance of muscae volitantes. See Muscae\n   volitantes, under Musca.'),('Myopy','n.','Myopia.'),('Myosin','n.','An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in\n   the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot\n   formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under\n   Plasma.'),('Myosis','n.','Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.'),('Myositic','a.','Myotic.'),('Myositis','n.','Inflammation of the muscles.'),('Myosotis','n.','A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear.'),('Myotic','a.','Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye,\n   as opium, calabar bean, etc.'),('Myotic','n.','A myotic agent.'),('Myotome','n.','A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the\n   muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.'),('Myotome','n.','One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the\n   protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves.'),('Myotome','n.','The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.'),('Myotomic','a.','Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.'),('Myotomy','n.','The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of\n   the dissection, of muscles.'),('Myrcia','n.','A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly\n   related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having\n   very few seeds in each berry.'),('Myria-','','A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand,\n   ten thousand times; as, myriameter.'),('Myriacanthous','a.','Having numerous spines, as certain fishes.'),('Myriad','n.','The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.'),('Myriad','n.','An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large\n   number.'),('Myriad','a.','Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as,\n   myriad stars.'),('Myriagram','n.','Alt. of Myriagramme'),('Myriagramme','n.','A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or\n   ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.'),('Myrialiter','n.','Alt. of Myrialitre'),('Myrialitre','n.','A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand\n   liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.'),('Myriameter','n.','Alt. of Myriametre'),('Myriametre','n.','A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand\n   meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.'),('Myriapod','n.','One of the Myriapoda.'),('Myriapoda','n. pl.','A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the\n   hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of\n   numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs.\n   They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and\n   numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when\n   first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped,\n   Galleyworm, Milliped.'),('Myriarch','n.','A captain or commander of ten thousand men.'),('Myriare','n.','A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten\n   thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1\n   acres.'),('Myrica','n.','A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with\n   aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet\n   gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.'),('Myricin','n.','A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less\n   soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher\n   alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol.'),('Myricyl','n.','A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue\n   of myricin; -- called also melissyl.'),('Myriological','a.','Of or relating to a myriologue.'),('Myriologist','n.','One who composes or sings a myriologue.'),('Myriologue','n.','An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a\n   woman on the death of a friend.'),('Myriophyllous','a.','Having an indefinitely great or countless number of\n   leaves.'),('Myriopoda','n. pl.','See Myriapoda.'),('Myriorama','n.','A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn\n   upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in\n   many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or\n   landscapes.'),('Myrioscope','n.','A form of kaleidoscope.'),('Myristate','n.','A salt of myristic acid.'),('Myristic','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica).\n   Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat,\n   and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.'),('Myristin','n.','The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in\n   nutmeg butter, etc.'),('Myristone','n.','The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white\n   crystalline substance.'),('Myrmicine','a.','Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including\n   the small house ant (M. molesta), and many others.'),('Myrmidon','n.','One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles,\n   their king, to the Trojan war.'),('Myrmidon','n.','A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes\n   cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes\n   applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.'),('Myrmidonian','a.','Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.'),('Myrmotherine','a.','Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.'),('Myrobalan','n.','Alt. of Myrobolan'),('Myrobolan','n.','A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It\n   contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly\n   used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species\n   of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.'),('Myronic','a.','Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used\n   specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in\n   mustard seed.'),('Myropolist','n.','One who sells unguents or perfumery.'),('Myrosin','n.','A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds.'),('Myroxylon','n.','A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the\n   different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are\n   balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred\n   to Myrospermum.'),('Myrrh','n.','A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of\n   an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued\n   for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark\n   of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The\n   myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named,\n   and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.'),('Myrrhic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh.'),('Myrrhine','a.','Murrhine.'),('Myrtaceous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important\n   natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is\n   the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and\n   about seventy more.'),('Myrtiform','a.','Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of\n   a myrtle leaf.'),('Myrtle','n.','A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis.\n   The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high.\n   Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or\n   lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy\n   flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients\n   considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are\n   used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully\n   mottled wood is used in turning.'),('Ourselves','pl. ','of Myself'),('Myself','pron.','I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or\n   person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also\n   instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb,\n   without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.'),('Myselven','pron.','Myself.'),('Mysis','n.','A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and\n   salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes\n   of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine\n   species form part of the food of right whales.'),('Mystacal','a.','Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or mustache.'),('Mystagogic','a.','Alt. of Mystagogical'),('Mystagogical','a.','Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to\n   mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.'),('Mystagogue','n.','interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.'),('Mystagogue','n.','One who keeps and shows church relics.'),('Mystagogy','n.','The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue;\n   interpretation of mysteries.'),('Mysterial','a.','Mysterious.'),('Mysteriarch','n.','One presiding over mysteries.'),('Mysterious','a.','Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery;\n   difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or\n   explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.'),('Mysteriously','adv.','In a mysterious manner.'),('Mysteriousness','n.','The state or quality of being mysterious.'),('Mysteriousness','n.','Something mysterious; a mystery.'),('Mysterized','imp. & p. p.','of Mysterize'),('Mysterizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mysterize'),('Mysterize','v. t.','To make mysterious; to make a mystery of.'),('Mysteries','pl. ','of Mystery'),('Mystery','a.','A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something\n   kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder;\n   something which has not been or can not be explained; hence,\n   specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.'),('Mystery','a.','A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were\n   admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory\n   ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.'),('Mystery','a.','The consecrated elements in the eucharist.'),('Mystery','a.','Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.'),('Mysteries','pl. ','of Mystery'),('Mystery','n.','A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one\n   is usually occupied.'),('Mystery','n.','A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often\n   some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this\n   character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by\n   various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th\n   century.'),('Mystic','a.','Alt. of Mystical'),('Mystical','a.','Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human\n   understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.'),('Mystical','a.','Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret\n   meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.'),('Mystic','n.','One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views,\n   interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who\n   professed mysticism. See Mysticism.'),('Mysticete','n.','Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea.'),('Mysticism','n.','Obscurity of doctrine.'),('Mysticism','n.','The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure,\n   sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they\n   had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge\n   of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect,\n   and such as can not be analyzed or explained.'),('Mysticism','n.','The doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of\n   knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or\n   faith.'),('Mystification','n.','The act of mystifying, or the state of being\n   mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.'),('Mystificator','n.','One who mystifies.'),('Mystified','imp. & p. p.','of Mystify'),('Mystifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mystify'),('Mystify','v. t.','To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to\n   understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.'),('Mystify','v. t.','To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the\n   credulity of ; as, to mystify an opponent.'),('Mytacism','n.','Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound\n   represented by it.'),('Myth','n.','A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a\n   belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which\n   often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient\n   legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of\n   prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as\n   historical.'),('Myth','n.','A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose\n   actual existence is not verifiable.'),('Mythe','n.','See Myth.'),('Mythic','a.','Alt. of Mythical'),('Mythical','a.','Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the\n   nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful.'),('Mythographer','n.','A composer of fables.'),('Mythologer','n.','A mythologist.'),('Mythologian','n.','A mythologist.'),('Mythologic','a.','Alt. of Mythological'),('Mythological','a.','Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical;\n   fabulous.'),('Mythologist','n.','One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths.'),('Mythologize','v. i.','To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to\n   explain, myths; to write upon myths.'),('Mythologize','v. i.','To construct and propagate myths.'),('Mythologizer','n.','One who, or that which, mythologizes.'),('Mythologue','n.','A fabulous narrative; a myth.'),('Mythologies','pl. ','of Mythology'),('Mythology','n.','The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.'),('Mythology','n.','A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which\n   describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.'),('Mythoplasm','n.','A narration of mere fable.'),('Mythopoeic','a.','Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical\n   narratives.'),('Mythopoetic','a.','Making or producing myths or mythical tales.'),('Mytiloid','a.','Like, or pertaining to, the genus Mytilus, or family\n   Mytilidae.'),('Mytilotoxine','n.','A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common\n   mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to\n   convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the\n   blood.'),('Mytilus','n.','A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common\n   mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.'),('Myxa','n.','The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.'),('Myxine','n.','A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See Hag,\n   4.'),('Myxinoid','a.','Like, or pertaining to, the genus Myxine.'),('Myxinoid','n.','A hagfish.'),('Myxocystodea','n. pl.','A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca.\n   See Noctiluca.'),('Myxomata','pl. ','of Myxoma'),('Myxoma','n.','A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that\n   found in the umbilical cord.'),('Myxopod','n.','A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a\n   myxopod state.'),('Myzontes','n. pl.','The Marsipobranchiata.'),('Myzostomata','n. pl.','An order of curious parasitic worms found on\n   crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers\n   and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.\n   N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent,\n   and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or\n   linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done;\n   but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard\n   or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same\n   sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but\n   related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to\n   Pronunciation, // 243-246.'),('N','n.','A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.'),('Na','a. & adv.','No, not. See No.'),('Nab','n.','The summit of an eminence.'),('Nab','n.','The cock of a gunlock.'),('Nab','n.','The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.'),('Nabbed','imp. & p. p.','of Nab'),('Nabbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nab'),('Nab','v. t.','To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.'),('Nabit','n.','Pulverized sugar candy.'),('Nabk','n.','The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern\n   Africa, and Southwestern Europe.'),('Nabob','n.','A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of\n   the ancient Mogul empire.'),('Nabob','n.','One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches:\n   hence, any man of great wealth.'),('Nacarat','n.','A pale red color, with a cast of orange.'),('Nacarat','n.','Fine linen or crape dyed of this color.'),('Nacker','n.','See Nacre.'),('Nacre','n.','A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells,\n   and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and\n   naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.'),('Nacreous','a.','Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.'),('Nad','','Alt. of Nadde'),('Nadde','','Had not.'),('Nadder','n.','An adder.'),('Nadir','n.','That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly\n   opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the\n   celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.'),('Nadir','n.','The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.'),('Naenia','n.','See Nenia.'),('Naeve','n.','A naevus.'),('Naevoid','a.','Resembling a naevus or naevi; as, naevoid elephantiasis.'),('Naevose','a.','Spotted; frecled.'),('Naevi','pl. ','of Navus'),('Navus','n.','A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a\n   birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those\n   consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or\n   capillaries.'),('Nag','n.','A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.'),('Nag','n.','A paramour; -- in contempt.'),('Nagged','imp. & p. p.','of Nag'),('Nagging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nag'),('Nag','v. t. & i.','To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to\n   annoy; to fret pertinaciously.'),('Nagging','a.','Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a\n   nagging toothache.'),('Naggy','a.','Irritable; touchy.'),('Nagor','n.','A West African gazelle (Gazella redunca).'),('Nagyagite','n.','A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic\n   luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium.\n   It is a telluride of lead and gold.'),('Naiad','n.','A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to\n   preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or\n   fountain.'),('Naiad','n.','Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves,\n   including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.'),('Naiad','n.','One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.'),('Naiad','n.','Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass,\n   pondweed, etc.'),('Naiant','a.','See Natant.'),('Naid','n.','Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chaetopod\n   annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochaeta.'),('Naif','a.','Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by\n   jewelers to a precious stone.'),('Naif','a.','Naive; as, a naif remark.'),('Naik','n.','A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.'),('Nail','n.','the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the\n   fingers and toes of man and many apes.'),('Nail','n.','The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain\n   hemiptera.'),('Nail','n.','The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other\n   allied birds.'),('Nail','n.','A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used\n   for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being\n   driven into or through them.'),('Nail','a.','A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the\n   sixteenth of a yard.'),('Nailed','imp. & p. p.','of Nail'),('Nailing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nail'),('Nail','n.','To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by\n   means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.'),('Nail','n.','To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.'),('Nail','n.','To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain\n   or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to\n   trap.'),('Nail','n.','To spike, as a cannon.'),('Nailbrush','n.','A brush for cleaning the nails.'),('Nailer','n.','One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.'),('Nailer','n.','One who fastens with, or drives, nails.'),('Naileress','n.','A women who makes nailes.'),('Naileries','pl. ','of Nailery'),('Nailery','','A manufactory where nails are made.'),('Nail-headed','a.','Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to\n   resemble the head of a nail.'),('Nailless','a.','Without nails; having no nails.'),('Nainsook','n.','A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped,\n   formerly made in India.'),('Nais','n.','See Naiad.'),('Naissant','a.','Same as Jessant.'),('Naive','a.','Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless;\n   frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated\n   remarks.'),('Naively','adv.','In a naive manner.'),('Naivete','n.','Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness;\n   artlessness.'),('Naivety','n.','Naivete.'),('Nake','v.t.','To make naked.'),('Naked','a.','Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked\n   body; a naked limb; a naked sword.'),('Naked','a.','Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed;\n   defenseless.'),('Naked','a.','Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of\n   sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.'),('Naked','a.','Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or\n   disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.'),('Naked','a.','Mere; simple; plain.'),('Naked','a.','Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not\n   covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem\n   without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.'),('Naked','a.','Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord\n   of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them\n   to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or\n   fifth.'),('Nakedly','adv.','In a naked manner; without covering or disguise;\n   manifestly; simply; barely.'),('Nakedness','n.','The condition of being naked.'),('Nakedness','n.','The privy parts; the genitals.'),('Naker','n.','Same as Nacre.'),('Naker','n.','A kind of kettledrum.'),('Nakoo','n.','The gavial.'),('Nale','n.','Ale; also, an alehouse.'),('Nall','n.','An awl.'),('Nam','','Am not.'),('Nam','','imp. of Nim.'),('Namable','a.','Capable of being named.'),('Namation','n.','A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.'),('Namaycush','n.','A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus\n   namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over\n   forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon,\n   salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.'),('Namby-pamby','n.','Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or\n   affectedly pretty.'),('Namby-pamby','a.','Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical;\n   insipid.'),('Name','n.','The title by which any person or thing is known or\n   designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an\n   individual or a class.'),('Name','n.','A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or\n   thing, on account of a character or acts.'),('Name','n.','Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame;\n   especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation;\n   distinction.'),('Name','n.','Those of a certain name; a race; a family.'),('Name','n.','A person, an individual.'),('Named','imp. & p. p.','of Name'),('Naming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Name'),('Name','n.','To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to\n   denominate; to style; to call.'),('Name','n.','To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer\n   to by distinctive title; to mention.'),('Name','n.','To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to\n   nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.'),('Name','n.','To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way\n   of reprimand.'),('Nameless','a.','Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a\n   nameless star.'),('Nameless','a.','Undistinguished; not noted or famous.'),('Nameless','a.','Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless\n   writer.'),('Nameless','a.','Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.'),('Namelessly','adv.','In a nameless manner.'),('Namely','adv.','By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially;\n   expressly.'),('Namely','adv.','That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a\n   particular or specific designation.'),('Namer','n.','One who names, or calls by name.'),('Namesake','n.','One that has the same name as another; especially, one\n   called after, or named out of regard to, another.'),('Namo','adv.','No more.'),('Nan','inerj.','Anan.'),('Nandine','n.','An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the\n   civets. It is spotted with black.'),('Nandou','n.','Alt. of Nandu'),('Nandu','n.','Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the\n   genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea.'),('Nankeen','n.','A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought\n   from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is\n   naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and\n   permanent.'),('Nankeen','n.','An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.'),('Nankeen','n.','Trousers made of nankeen.'),('Nanny','n.','A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.'),('Nannyberry','n.','See Sheepberry.'),('Nanpie','n.','The magpie.'),('Naos','n.','A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See\n   Cella.'),('Napped','imp. & p. p.','of Nap'),('Napping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nap'),('Nap','v. i.','To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.'),('Nap','v. i.','To be in a careless, secure state.'),('Nap','n.','A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.'),('Nap','n.','Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an\n   external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part\n   of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the\n   pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.'),('Nap','n.','The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.'),('Nap','v. t.','To raise, or put, a nap on.'),('Nape','n.','The back part of the neck.'),('Nape-crest','n.','An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the\n   plantain eaters.'),('Naperies','pl. ','of Napery'),('Napery','n.','Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.'),('Napha water','','A perfume distilled from orange flowers.'),('Naphew','n.','See Navew.'),('Naphtha','n.','The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable\n   hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum,\n   mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate\n   obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between\n   the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific\n   gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a\n   carburetant, illuminant, etc.'),('Naphtha','n.','One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by\n   the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the\n   naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal\n   (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal\n   tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.'),('Naphthalate','n.','A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.'),('Naphthalene','n.','A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8,\n   analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain\n   bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type\n   and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds.\n   Formerly called also naphthaline.'),('Naphthalenic','a.','Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used\n   specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called\n   naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain\n   derivatives of naphthol.'),('Naphthalic','a.','Pertaining to, derived from, or related to,\n   naphthalene; -- used specifically to denote any one of a series of\n   acids derived from naphthalene, and called naphthalene acids.'),('Naphthalic','a.','Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with\n   phthalic acid.'),('Naphthalidine','n.','Same as Naphthylamine.'),('Naphthalin','n.','Alt. of Naphthaline'),('Naphthaline','n.','See Naphthalene.'),('Naphthalize','v. t.','To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.'),('Naphthazarin','n.','A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from\n   naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green,\n   metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin.'),('Naphthene','n.','A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of\n   Caucasian petroleum.'),('Naphthide','n.','A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic\n   element; as, mercuric naphthide.'),('Naphthoic','a.','Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene;\n   -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl\n   derivatives, called naphthoic acids.'),('Naphthol','n.','Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of\n   naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline\n   substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor.'),('Naphthoquinone','n.','A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous\n   to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.'),('Naphthyl','n.','A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue\n   of naphthalene.'),('Naphthylamine','n.','One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene,\n   C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.'),('Napierian','a.','Alt. of Naperian'),('Naperian','a.','Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.'),('Napier\'s bones','','Alt. of Napier\'s rods'),('Napier\'s rods','','A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each\n   divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the\n   multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of\n   logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and\n   division.'),('Napiform','a.','Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and\n   very slender below.'),('Napkin','n.','A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the\n   fingers and mouth at table.'),('Napkin','n.','A handkerchief.'),('Napless','a.','Without nap; threadbare.'),('Naples yellow','','See under Yellow.'),('Napoleon','n.','A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.'),('Napoleonic','a.','Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family;\n   resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.'),('Napoleonist','n.','A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.'),('Nappe','n.','Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is\n   continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point\n   of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the\n   surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.'),('Nappiness','n.','The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on\n   cloth.'),('Napping','n.','The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.'),('Napping','n.','A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the\n   hat body.'),('Nappy','a.','Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.'),('Nappy','a.','Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong;\n   heady; as, nappy ale.'),('Nappy','a.','Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.'),('Nappies','pl. ','of Nappy'),('Nappy','n.','A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.'),('Nap-taking','n.','A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.'),('Napu','n.','A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java.\n   It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in\n   leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.'),('Napus','n.','A kind of turnip. See Navew.'),('Narceine','n.','An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and\n   extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent\n   taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.'),('Narcissine','a.','Of or pertaining to Narcissus.'),('Narcissuses','pl. ','of Narcissus'),('Narcissus','n.','A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome\n   flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and\n   comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.'),('Narcissus','n.','A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his\n   own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the\n   flower called Narcissus.'),('Narcosis','n.','Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.'),('Narcotic','a.','Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a\n   narcotic.'),('Narcotic','n.','A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid\n   susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in\n   poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given\n   in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with\n   morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.'),('Narcotical','a.','Narcotic.'),('Narcotine','n.','An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white\n   crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; --\n   called also narcotia.'),('Narcotinic','a.','Pertaining to narcotine.'),('Narcotism','n.','Narcosis; the state of being narcotized.'),('Narcotized','imp. & p. p.','of Narcotize'),('Narcotizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Narcotize'),('Narcotize','v. t.','To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a\n   narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.'),('Nard','n.','An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian\n   family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.'),('Nard','n.','An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.'),('Nard','n.','A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in\n   Europe and Asia.'),('Nardine','a.','Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.'),('Nardoo','n.','An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved\n   cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.'),('Nare','n.','A nostril.'),('Nares','n. pl.','The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares\n   being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the\n   openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.'),('Nargile','n.','Alt. of Nargileh'),('Nargileh','n.','An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible\n   tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.'),('Narica','n.','The brown coati. See Coati.'),('Nariform','a.','Formed like the nose.'),('Narine','a.','Of or belonging to the nostrils.'),('Narrable','a.','Capable of being narrated or told.'),('Narragansetts','n. pl.','A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the\n   shores of Narragansett Bay.'),('Narrated','imp. & p. p.','of Narrate'),('Narrating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Narrate'),('Narrate','v. t.','To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the\n   particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or\n   transaction; to give an account of.'),('Narration','n.','The act of telling or relating the particulars of an\n   event; rehearsal; recital.'),('Narration','n.','That which is related; the relation in words or writing\n   of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of\n   transactions or events; story; history.'),('Narration','n.','That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner,\n   or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with\n   the subject.'),('Narrative','a.','Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the\n   particulars of an event or transaction.'),('Narrative','a.','Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell\n   particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.'),('Narrative','n.','That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a\n   continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a\n   story.'),('Narratively','adv.','In the style of narration.'),('Narrator','n.','One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or\n   transactions.'),('Narratory','a.','Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory\n   letters.'),('Narre','a.','Nearer.'),('Narrow','superl.','Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little\n   distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a\n   narrow hem.'),('Narrow','superl.','Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.'),('Narrow','superl.','Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient\n   space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to\n   some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow\n   majority.'),('Narrow','superl.','Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow\n   circumstances.'),('Narrow','superl.','Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as,\n   a narrow mind; narrow views.'),('Narrow','superl.','Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.'),('Narrow','superl.','Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.'),('Narrow','superl.','Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part\n   of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a\n   tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve)\n   and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to\n   Pronunciation, / 13.'),('Narrows','pl. ','of Narrow'),('Narrow','n.','A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream,\n   lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in\n   the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.'),('Narrowed','imp. & p. p.','of Narrow'),('Narrowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Narrow'),('Narrow','v. t.','To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a\n   smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.'),('Narrow','v. t.','To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal\n   or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one\'s\n   views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.'),('Narrow','v. t.','To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two\n   stitches into one.'),('Narrow','v. i.','To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower;\n   as, the sea narrows into a strait.'),('Narrow','v. i.','Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as,\n   a horse narrows.'),('Narrow','v. i.','To contract the size of a stocking or other knit\n   article, by taking two stitches into one.'),('Narrower','n.','One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.'),('Narrowing','n.','The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in\n   breadth or extent.'),('Narrowing','n.','The part of a stocking which is narrowed.'),('Narrowly','adv.','With little breadth; in a narrow manner.'),('Narrowly','adv.','Without much extent; contractedly.'),('Narrowly','adv.','With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch\n   narrowly; to search narrowly.'),('Narrowly','adv.','With a little margin or space; by a small distance;\n   hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to\n   an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped.'),('Narrowly','adv.','Sparingly; parsimoniously.'),('Narrow-minded','a.','Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.'),('Narrowness','n.','The condition or quality of being narrow.'),('Nart','','Art not.'),('Narthex','n.','A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant\n   fennel, under Fennel.'),('Narthex','n.','The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the\n   atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally,\n   for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a\n   church.'),('Narwal','n.','See Narwhal.'),('Narwe','a.','Narrow.'),('Narwhal','n.','An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet\n   long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or\n   tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is\n   called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two\n   horns are developed, side by side.'),('Nas','','Was not.'),('Nas','','Has not.'),('Nasal','a.','Of or pertaining to the nose.'),('Nasal','a.','Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and\n   specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with\n   closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or\n   partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide\n   to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal\n   passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.'),('Nasal','n.','An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or\n   through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.'),('Nasal','n.','A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.'),('Nasal','n.','Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose\n   guard.'),('Nasal','n.','One of the nasal bones.'),('Nasal','n.','A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.'),('Nasality','n.','The quality or state of being nasal.'),('Nasalization','n.','The act of nasalizing, or the state of being\n   nasalized.'),('Nasalized','imp. & p. p.','of Nasalize'),('Nasalizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nasalize'),('Nasalize','v. t.','To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound\n   in.'),('Nasalize','v. t.','To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak\n   through the nose.'),('Nasally','adv.','In a nasal manner; by the nose.'),('Nascal','n.','A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly\n   used.'),('Nascency','n.','State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.'),('Nascent','a.','Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to\n   exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.'),('Nascent','a.','Evolving; being evolved or produced.'),('Naseberry','n.','A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla.'),('Nash','a.','Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly.'),('Nasicornous','a.','Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the\n   rhinoceros.'),('Nasiform','a.','Having the shape of a nose.'),('Nasion','n.','The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.'),('Naso-','','A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with,\n   the nose; as, nasofrontal.'),('Nasobuccal','a.','Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the\n   nasobuccal groove in the skate.'),('Nasofrontal','a.','Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the\n   head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior\n   boundary of the mouth.'),('Nasolachrymal','a.','Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose;\n   as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.'),('Nasopalatal','a.','Alt. of Nasopalatine'),('Nasopalatine','a.','Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the\n   nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal\n   chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.'),('Nasopharyngeal','a.','Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a\n   nasopharyngeal polypus.'),('Nasoseptal','a.','Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.'),('Nasoturbinal','a.','Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the\n   nasal bones; as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost\n   lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal.'),('Nasoturbinal','n.','The nasoturbinal bone.'),('Nassas','pl. ','of Nassa'),('NassAe','pl. ','of Nassa'),('Nassa','n.','Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa,\n   Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk.\n   See Illust. under Gastropoda.'),('Nastily','adv.','In a nasty manner.'),('Nastiness','n.','The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness;\n   dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.'),('Nasturtion','n.','Same as Nasturtium.'),('Nasturtium','n.','A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or\n   yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found\n   chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.'),('Nasturtium','n.','Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs,\n   having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and\n   including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird\n   flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of\n   South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the\n   fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and\n   flowers are sometimes used in salads.'),('Nasty','superl.','Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled;\n   disgusting; nauseous.'),('Nasty','superl.','Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious;\n   wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.'),('Nasty','superl.','Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross;\n   filthy.'),('Nasute','a.','Having a nice sense of smell.'),('Nasute','a.','Critically nice; captious.'),('Nasutness','n.','Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness.'),('Nat','adv.','Not.'),('Nat','','Not at; nor at.'),('Natal','a.','Of or pertaining to one\'s birth; accompying or dating from\n   one\'s birth; native.'),('Natal','a.','Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.'),('Natalitial','a.','Alt. of Natalitious'),('Natalitious','a.','Of or pertaining to one\'s birth or birthday, or one\'s\n   nativity.'),('Nataloin','n.','A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential\n   principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.'),('Natal plum','','The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the\n   genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora).'),('Natals','n. pl.','One\'s birth, or the circumstances attending it.'),('Natant','a.','Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or\n   submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.'),('Natant','a.','Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward\n   the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish.'),('Natantly','adv.','In a floating manner; swimmingly.'),('Natation','n.','The act of floating on the water; swimming.'),('Natatores','n. pl.','The swimming birds.'),('Natatorial','a.','Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial\n   birds.'),('Natatorious','a.','Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain\n   insects.'),('Natatorium','n.','A swimming bath.'),('Natatory','a.','Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs.'),('Natch','n.','The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.'),('Natchez','n. pl.','A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of\n   the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the\n   French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.'),('Natchnee','n.','An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India\n   as a food plant.'),('Nates','n. pl.','The buttocks.'),('Nates','n. pl.','The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of\n   the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.'),('Nates','n. pl.','The umbones of a bivalve shell.'),('Nath','','hath not.'),('Nathless','conj.','Nevertheless.'),('Nathmore','adv.','Not the more; never the more.'),('Naticas','pl. ','of Natica'),('NaticAe','pl. ','of Natica'),('Natica','n.','Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging\n   to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family\n   Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other\n   shells.'),('Naticoid','a.','Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Naticidae.'),('Nation','n.','A part, or division, of the people of the earth,\n   distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or\n   institutions; a race; a stock.'),('Nation','n.','The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an\n   independent government of their own.'),('Nation','n.','Family; lineage.'),('Nation','n.','One of the divisions of university students in a\n   classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.'),('Nation','n.','One of the four divisions (named from the parts of\n   Scotland) in which students were classified according to their\n   nativity.'),('Nation','n.','A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a\n   nation of herbs.'),('National','a.','Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or\n   race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress,\n   custom, calamity, etc.'),('National','a.','Attached to one\'s own country or nation.'),('Nationalism','n.','The state of being national; national attachment;\n   nationality.'),('Nationalism','n.','An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.'),('Nationalism','n.','National independence; the principles of the\n   Nationalists.'),('Nationalist','n.','One who advocates national unity and independence; one\n   of a party favoring Irish independence.'),('Nationalities','pl. ','of Nationality'),('Nationality','n.','The quality of being national, or strongly attached to\n   one\'s own nation; patriotism.'),('Nationality','n.','The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation;\n   national character.'),('Nationality','n.','A race or people, as determined by common language and\n   character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.'),('Nationality','n.','Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national\n   unity and integrity.'),('Nationality','n.','The state or quality of belonging to or being\n   connected with a nation or government by nativity, character,\n   ownership, allegiance, etc.'),('Nationalization','n.','The act of nationalizing, or the state of being\n   nationalized.'),('Nationalized','imp. & p. p.','of Nationalize'),('Nationalizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nationalize'),('Nationalize','v. t.','To make national; to make a nation of; to endow\n   with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments\n   and attachment of citizens of a nation.'),('Nationally','adv.','In a national manner or way; as a nation.'),('Nationalness','n.','The quality or state of being national; nationality.'),('Native','a.','Arising by birth; having an origin; born.'),('Native','a.','Of or pertaining to one\'s birth; natal; belonging to the\n   place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign;\n   as, native land, language, color, etc.'),('Native','a.','Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native\n   inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or\n   sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.'),('Native','a.','Original; constituting the original substance of anything;\n   as, native dust.'),('Native','a.','Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;\n   inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness,\n   simplicity, rights, etc.'),('Native','a.','Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).'),('Native','a.','Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native\n   silver.'),('Native','a.','Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.'),('Native','n.','One who, or that which, is born in a place or country\n   referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable,\n   produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.'),('Native','n.','Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished\n   from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.'),('Natively','adv.','By natural or original condition; naturally;\n   originally.'),('Nativeness','n.','The quality or state of being native.'),('Nativism','n.','The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a\n   country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.'),('Nativism','n.','The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses\n   forms of thought independent of sensation.'),('Nativist','n.','An advocate of nativism.'),('Nativistic','a.','Relating to nativism.'),('Nativies','pl. ','of Nativity'),('Nativity','n.','The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the\n   circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.'),('Nativity','n.','A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy\n   of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the\n   heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.'),('Nativity','n.','A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies\n   as the moment of one\'s birth, supposed to indicate his future\n   destinies; a horoscope.'),('Natka','a.','A species of shrike.'),('Natrium','n.','The technical name for sodium.'),('Natrolite','n.','A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular\n   crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a\n   hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.'),('Natron','n.','Native sodium carbonate.'),('Natter','v. i.','To find fault; to be peevish.'),('Natterjack','n.','A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line\n   along its back.'),('Natty','a.','Neat; tidy; spruce.'),('Natural','a.','Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the\n   constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to\n   nature; essential; characteristic; not artifical, foreign, assumed, put\n   on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the\n   natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition;\n   the natural heat of the body; natural color.'),('Natural','a.','Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature;\n   consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of\n   things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings,\n   etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the\n   natural consequence of crime; a natural death.'),('Natural','a.','Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with,\n   or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as\n   known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not\n   supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.'),('Natural','a.','Conformed to truth or reality'),('Natural','a.','Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or\n   exaggerated; -- said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a natural gesture,\n   tone, etc.'),('Natural','a.','Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according\n   to the life; -- said of anything copied or imitated; as, a portrait is\n   natural.'),('Natural','a.','Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to\n   one\'s position; not unnatural in feelings.'),('Natural','a.','Connected by the ties of consanguinity.'),('Natural','a.','Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock;\n   illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.'),('Natural','a.','Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as\n   contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual;\n   being in a state of nature; unregenerate.'),('Natural','a.','Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system,\n   in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as,\n   natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc.,\n   those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.'),('Natural','a.','Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat,\n   in distinction from instrumental music.'),('Natural','a.','Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a\n   sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.'),('Natural','a.','Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by\n   easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original\n   key.'),('Natural','n.','A native; an aboriginal.'),('Natural','n.','Natural gifts, impulses, etc.'),('Natural','n.','One born without the usual powers of reason or\n   understanding; an idiot.'),('Natural','n.','A character [/] used to contradict, or to remove the\n   effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the\n   unaltered note.'),('Naturalism','n.','A state of nature; conformity to nature.'),('Naturalism','n.','The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in\n   the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual\n   influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena\n   of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to\n   fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.'),('Naturalist','n.','One versed in natural science; a student of natural\n   history, esp. of the natural history of animals.'),('Naturalist','n.','One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism\n   in religion.'),('Naturalistic','a.','Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.'),('Naturalistic','a.','Closely resembling nature; realistic.'),('Naturality','n.','Nature; naturalness.'),('Naturalization','n.','The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of\n   investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or\n   citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.'),('Naturalized','imp. & p. p.','of Naturalize'),('Naturalizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Naturalize'),('Naturalize','v. t.','To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or\n   study.'),('Naturalize','v. t.','To confer the rights and privileges of a native\n   subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner\n   into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject.'),('Naturalize','v. t.','To receive or adopt as native, natural, or\n   vernacular; to make one\'s own; as, to naturalize foreign words.'),('Naturalize','v. t.','To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate;\n   to cause to grow as under natural conditions.'),('Naturalize','v. i.','To become as if native.'),('Naturalize','v. i.','To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to\n   the exclusion of the supernatural.'),('Naturally','adv.','In a natural manner or way; according to the usual\n   course of things; spontaneously.'),('Naturalness','n.','The state or quality of being natural; conformity to\n   nature.'),('Nature','n.','The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of\n   matter and mind; the creation; the universe.'),('Nature','n.','The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the\n   powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in\n   detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of\n   being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying\n   the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a\n   creating or ordering intelligence.'),('Nature','n.','The established or regular course of things; usual order of\n   events; connection of cause and effect.'),('Nature','n.','Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from\n   that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience.'),('Nature','n.','The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or\n   thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent\n   or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality\n   of being.'),('Nature','n.','Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.'),('Nature','n.','Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the\n   natural life.'),('Nature','n.','Natural affection or reverence.'),('Nature','n.','Constitution or quality of mind or character.'),('Nature','v. t.','To endow with natural qualities.'),('Natured','a.','Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed;\n   -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.'),('Natureless','a.','Not in accordance with nature; unnatural.'),('Naturism','n.','The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to\n   nature as a sanative agent.'),('Naturist','n.','One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of\n   naturism.'),('Naturity','n.','The quality or state of being produced by nature.'),('Naturize','v. t.','To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to\n   nature.'),('Naufrage','n.','Shipwreck; ruin.'),('Naufragous','a.','causing shipwreck.'),('Naught','adv.','Nothing.'),('Naught','adv.','The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.'),('Naught','adv.','In no degree; not at all.'),('Naught','a.','Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.'),('Naught','a.','Hence, vile; base; naughty.'),('Naughtily','adv.','In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely.'),('Naughtiness','n.','The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness;\n   badness; wickedness.'),('Naughtly','adv.','Naughtily; wrongly.'),('Naughty','superl.','Having little or nothing.'),('Naughty','superl.','Worthless; bad; good for nothing.'),('Naughty','superl.','hence, corrupt; wicked.'),('Naughty','superl.','Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient\n   or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.'),('Naumachy','n.','A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.'),('Naumachy','n.','A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a\n   place for such exhibitions.'),('Nauplii','pl. ','of Nauplius'),('Nauplius','n.','A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive\n   organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a\n   median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.'),('Nauropometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship\n   heels at sea.'),('Nauscopy','n.','The power or act of discovering ships or land at\n   considerable distances.'),('Nausea','n.','Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach\n   accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the\n   stomach; loathing.'),('Nauseant','n.','A substance which produces nausea.'),('Nauseated','imp. & p. p.','of Nauseate'),('Nauseating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nauseate'),('Nauseate','v. i.','To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with\n   disgust.'),('Nauseate','v. t.','To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel\n   loathing or disgust.'),('Nauseate','v. t.','To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.'),('Nauseation','n.','The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.'),('Nauseative','a.','Causing nausea; nauseous.'),('Nauseous','a.','Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening;\n   loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or\n   medicine.'),('Nautch','n.','An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by\n   professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.'),('Nautic','a.','Nautical.'),('Nautical','a.','Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or\n   to ships; as, nautical skill.'),('Nautically','adv.','In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical\n   affairs.'),('Nautiform','a.','Shaped like the hull of a ship.'),('Nautilite','n.','A fossil nautilus.'),('Nautiloid','a.','Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a\n   nautilus shell.'),('Nautiloid','n.','A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family\n   Nautilidae.'),('Nautiluses','pl. ','of Nautilus'),('Nautili','pl. ','of Nautilus'),('Nautilus','n.','The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods.\n   About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many\n   other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and\n   chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved\n   partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous\n   and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.'),('Nautilus','n.','The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See\n   Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.'),('Nautilus','n.','A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical\n   motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.'),('Navajoes','n. pl.','A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona,\n   allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.'),('Naval','a.','Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a\n   navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.'),('Navals','n.pl.','Naval affairs.'),('Navarch','n.','The commander of a fleet.'),('Navarchy','n.','Nautical skill or experience.'),('Navarrese','a.','Of or pertaining to Navarre.'),('Navarrese','n. sing. & pl.','A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the\n   people of Navarre.'),('Nave','n.','The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes\n   radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.'),('Nave','n.','The navel.'),('Nave','n.','The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts\n   to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the\n   choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.'),('Navel','n.','A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the\n   umbilicus. See Umbilicus.'),('Navel','n.','The central part or point of anything; the middle.'),('Navel','n.','An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a\n   carriage.'),('Navel-string','n.','The umbilical cord.'),('Navelwort','n.','A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon\n   umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; --\n   also called pennywort, and kidneywort.'),('Navew','n.','A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris.\n   See Brassica.'),('Navicular','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.'),('Navicular','a.','Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the\n   navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.'),('Navicular','n.','The navicular bone.'),('Navigability','n.','The quality or condition of being navigable;\n   navigableness.'),('Navigable','a.','Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough\n   to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.'),('Navigated','imp. & p. p.','of Navigate'),('Navigating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Navigate'),('Navigate','v. i.','To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to\n   perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or\n   channel for commerce or communication; to sail.'),('Navigate','v. t.','To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to\n   navigate the Atlantic.'),('Navigate','v. t.','To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct\n   (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a\n   ship.'),('Navigation','n.','The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in\n   ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.'),('Navigation','n.','the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from\n   one place to another, including, more especially, the method of\n   determining a ship\'s position, course, distance passed over, etc., on\n   the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.'),('Navigation','n.','The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of\n   traveling by water; seamanship.'),('Navigation','n.','Ships in general.'),('Navigator','n.','One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the\n   course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation;\n   also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch\'s\n   Navigator.'),('Navigerous','a.','Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.'),('Navies','pl. ','of Navvy'),('Navvy','n.','Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;\n   hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads,\n   embankments, etc.'),('Navies','pl. ','of Navy'),('Navy','n.','A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as\n   sail in company.'),('Navy','n.','The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler,\n   considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.'),('Navy','n.','The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation;\n   as, he belongs to the navy.'),('Nawab','n.','A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by\n   courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.'),('Nawl','n.','An awl.'),('Nay','adv.','No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request\n   made, now superseded by no. See Yes.'),('Nay','adv.','Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark\n   the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic\n   phrase.'),('Nays','pl. ','of Nay'),('Nay','n.','Denial; refusal.'),('Nay','n.','a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.'),('Nay','v. t. & i.','To refuse.'),('Nayaur','n.','A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul\n   and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.'),('Nayt','v. t.','To refuse; to deny.'),('Nayward','n.','The negative side.'),('Nayword','n.','A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword.'),('Nazarene','n.','A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt\n   applied to Christ and the early Christians.'),('Nazarene','n.','One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and\n   second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain\n   heresies.'),('Nazarite','n.','A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain\n   from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of\n   life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain\n   time. The word is also used adjectively.'),('Nazariteship','n.','The state of a Nazarite.'),('Nazaritic','a.','Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.'),('Nazaritism','n.','The vow and practice of a Nazarite.'),('Naze','n.','A promotory or headland.'),('Nazirite','n.','A Nazarite.'),('Ne','adv.','Not; never.'),('Ne','adv.','Nor.'),('Neaf','n.','See 2d Neif.'),('Neal','v. t.','To anneal.'),('Neal','v. i.','To be tempered by heat.'),('Neap','n.','The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two\n   animals.'),('Neap','a.','Low.'),('Neap','n.','A neap tide.'),('Neaped','a.','Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it\n   will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.'),('Neapolitan','a.','Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.'),('Neapolitan','n.','A native or citizen of Naples.'),('Near','adv.','At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree;\n   not remote; nigh.'),('Near','adv.','Nearly; almost; well-nigh.'),('Near','adv.','Closely; intimately.'),('Near','adv.','Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote;\n   close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.'),('Near','adv.','Closely connected or related.'),('Near','adv.','Close to one\'s interests, affection, etc.; touching, or\n   affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.'),('Near','adv.','Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or\n   rambling; as, a version near to the original.'),('Near','adv.','So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close;\n   narrow; as, a near escape.'),('Near','adv.','Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted\n   States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near\n   leg. See Off side, under Off, a.'),('Near','a','Immediate; direct; close; short.'),('Near','a','Close-fisted; parsimonious.'),('Near','prep.','Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship\n   sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.'),('Neared','imp. & p. p.','of Near'),('Nearing','p. pr. & vb. n','of Near'),('Near','adv.','To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.'),('Near','v. i.','To draw near; to approach.'),('Nearctic','a.','Of or pertaining to a region of the earth\'s surface\n   including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In\n   the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as\n   the habitat certain species.'),('Nearhand','a. & adv.','Near; near at hand; closely.'),('Near-legged','a.','Having the feet so near together that they interfere\n   in traveling.'),('Nearly','adv.','In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately;\n   almost.'),('Nearness','n.','The state or quality of being near; -- used in the\n   various senses of the adjective.'),('Nearsighted','a.','Seeing distinctly at short distances only;\n   shortsighted.'),('Nearsightedness','n.','See Myopic, and Myopia.'),('Neat','n. sing. & pl.','Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from\n   horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat\'s\n   tongue; a neat\'s foot.'),('Neat','n.','Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that\n   genus; as, neat cattle.'),('Neat','a.','Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean;\n   cleanly; tidy.'),('Neat','a.','Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;\n   simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a\n   neat style; a neat dress.'),('Neat','a.','Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,\n   neat brandy.'),('Neat','a.','Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;\n   finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.'),('Neat','a.','With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense\n   usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]'),('\'Neath','prep. & adv.','An abbreviation of Beneath.'),('Neatherd','n.','A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.'),('Neathouse','n.','A building for the shelter of neat cattle.'),('Neatify','v. t.','To make neat.'),('Neatly','adv.','In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.'),('neatness','n.','The state or quality of being neat.'),('Neatress','n.','A woman who takes care of cattle.'),('Neb','n.','The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as\n   of a pen.'),('Nebalia','n.','A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of\n   a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)'),('Neb-neb','n.','Same as Bablh.'),('Nebulae','pl. ','of Nebula'),('Nebula','n.','A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated\n   beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but\n   very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.'),('Nebula','n.','A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.'),('Nebula','n.','A cloudy appearance in the urine.'),('Nebular','a.','Of or pertaining to nebulae; of the nature of, or\n   resembling, a nebula.'),('Nebulated','a.','Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal.'),('nebulation','n.','The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or\n   ill-defined, color mark.'),('Nebule','n.','A little cloud; a cloud.'),('Nebule','a.','Alt. of Nebuly'),('Nebuly','a.','Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a\n   cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary\n   may be bounded.'),('Nebulization','n.','The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.'),('Nebulize','v. t.','To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to\n   atomize.'),('Nebulizer','n.','An atomizer.'),('Nebulose','a.','Nebulous; cloudy.'),('Nebulosity','n.','The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness;\n   hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness.'),('Nebulosity','n.','The stuff of which a nebula is formed.'),('Nebulosity','n.','A nebula.'),('Nebulous','a.','Cloudy; hazy; misty.'),('Nebulous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula;\n   nebular; cloudlike.'),('Nebuly','n.','A line or a direction composed of successive short curves\n   or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NEbulE'),('Necessarian','n.','An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical\n   necessity; a nacessitarian.'),('Necessarian','a.','Of or pertaining to necessarianism.'),('Necessarianism','n.','The doctrine of philosophical necessity;\n   necessitarianism.'),('Necessarily','adv.','In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably;\n   indispensably.'),('Necessariness','n.','The quality of being necessary.'),('Necessary','a.','Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be\n   avoided; inevitable.'),('Necessary','a.','Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with,\n   without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable;\n   requiste; essential.'),('Necessary','a.','Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; --\n   opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a\n   question much discussed.'),('Necessaries','pl. ','of Necessary'),('Necessary','n.','A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some\n   purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an\n   essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.'),('Necessary','n.','A privy; a water-closet.'),('Necessary','n.','Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and\n   married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.'),('Necessitarian','a.','Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical\n   necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially\n   as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to\n   libertarian.'),('Necessitarian','n.','One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.'),('Necessitarianism','n.','The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the\n   doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and\n   esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices\n   result inevitably from motives; deteminism.'),('Necessitated','imp. & p. p.','of Necessitate'),('Necessitating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Necessitate'),('Necessitate','v. t.','To make necessary or indispensable; to render\n   unaviolable.'),('Necessitate','v. t.','To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.'),('Necessitattion','n.','The act of making necessary, or the state of being\n   made necessary; compulsion.'),('Necessitied','a.','In a state of want; necessitous.'),('Necessitous','a.','Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.'),('Necessitous','a.','Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous\n   circumstances.'),('Necessitude','n.','Necessitousness; want.'),('Necessitude','n.','Necessary connection or relation.'),('Necessities','pl. ','of Necessity'),('Necessity','n.','The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or\n   absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.'),('Necessity','n.','The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing\n   need; indigence; want.'),('Necessity','n.','That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite;\n   something indispensable; -- often in the plural.'),('Necessity','n.','That which makes an act or an event unavoidable;\n   irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral;\n   fate; fatality.'),('Necessity','n.','The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the\n   subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to\n   inevitable causation; necessitarianism.'),('Neck','n.','The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk,\n   and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the\n   trunk.'),('Neck','n.','Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or\n   resembling the neck of an animal'),('Neck','n.','The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a\n   fruit, as a gourd.'),('Neck','n.','A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or\n   a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.'),('Neck','n.','That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which\n   extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or\n   fret board.'),('Neck','n.','A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a\n   groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.'),('Neck','n.','the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from\n   the root.'),('Necked','imp. & p. p.','of Neck'),('Necking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Neck'),('Neck','v. t.','To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by\n   making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.'),('Neck','v. t. & i.','To kiss and caress amorously.'),('Neckar nut','','See Nicker nut.'),('Neckband','n.','A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the\n   top of a garment.'),('Neckcloth','n.','A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.'),('Necked','a.','Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as,\n   stiff-necked.'),('Necked','a.','Cracked; -- said of a treenail.'),('Neckerchief','n.','A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck\n   handkerchief.'),('Necking','n.','Same as Neckmold.'),('Necklace','n.','A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain,\n   worn around the neck as an ornament.'),('Necklace','n.','A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold\n   hanging blocks for jibs and stays.'),('necklaced','a.','Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.'),('neckland','n.','A neck of land.'),('necklet','n.','A necklace.'),('Neckmold','n.','Alt. of Neckmould'),('Neckmould','n.','A small convex molding surrounding a column at the\n   jinction of the shaft and capital.'),('Neckplate','n.','See Gorget, 1 and 2.'),('Necktie','n.','A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around\n   the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in\n   front of the neck.'),('Neckwear','n.','A collective term for cravats, collars, etc.'),('Neckweed','n.','An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small\n   white flowers and a roundish pod.'),('Neckweed','n.','The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging\n   criminals.'),('Necrobiosis','n.','The death of a part by molecular disintegration and\n   without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and\n   atrophy.'),('Necrobiotic','a.','Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a necrobiotic\n   metamorphosis.'),('Necrolatry','n.','The worship of the dead; manes worship.'),('Necrolite','n.','Same as Necronite.'),('Necrologic','a.','Alt. of Necrological'),('Necrological','a.','Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of\n   necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of\n   deaths.'),('Necrologist','n.','One who gives an account of deaths.'),('Necrologies','pl. ','of Necrology'),('Necrology','n.','An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of\n   deaths; a collection of obituary notices.'),('Necromancer','n.','One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.'),('Necromancy','n.','The art of revealing future events by means of a\n   pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in\n   general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.'),('Necromantic','n.','Conjuration.'),('Necromantic','a.','Alt. of Necromantical'),('Necromantical','a.','Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by\n   necromancy.'),('Necronite','n.','Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a\n   fetid odor.'),('Necrophagan','a.','Eating carrion.'),('Necrophagan','n.','Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which,\n   in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.'),('Necrophagous','a.','Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion.\n   See Necrophagan.'),('Necrophobia','n.','An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.'),('Necrophore','n.','Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus\n   Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion\n   beetle, sexton beetle.'),('Necropolises','pl. ','of Necropolis'),('Necropolis','n.','A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to\n   their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a\n   graveyard.'),('Necropsy','n.','A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See\n   Autopsy.'),('Necroscopic','a.','Alt. of Necroscopical'),('Necroscopical','a.','Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.'),('Necrose','v. t. & i.','To affect with necrosis; to unergo necrosis.'),('Necrosed','a.','Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone.'),('Necrosis','n.','Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone\n   or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular\n   disintegration. See Caries.'),('Necrosis','n.','A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry\n   up from the bark to the center.'),('Necrotic','a.','Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue;\n   characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process.'),('Nectar','n.','The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence,\n   any delicious or inspiring beverage.'),('Nectar','n.','A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make\n   honey.'),('Nectareal','a.','Nectareous.'),('Nectareal','a.','Of or pertaining to a nectary.'),('Nectarean','a.','Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.'),('Nectared','a.','Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with\n   nectar.'),('Nectareous','a.','Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar;\n   delicious; nectarean.'),('Nectarial','a.','Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.'),('Nectaried','a.','Having a nectary.'),('Nectariferous','a.','Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their\n   parts.'),('Nectarine','a.','Nectareous.'),('Nectarine','n.','A smooth-skinned variety of peach.'),('Nectarized','imp. & p. p.','of Nectarize'),('Nectarizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nectarize'),('Nectarize','v. t.','To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.'),('Nectarous','a.','Nectareous.'),('Nectaries','pl. ','of Nectary'),('Nectary','n.','That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the\n   base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the\n   larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the\n   Illustration of Nasturtium.'),('Nectocalyces','pl. ','of Nectocalyx'),('Nectocalyx','n.','The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.'),('Nectocalyx','n.','One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having\n   somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a\n   jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.'),('Nectosac','n.','Alt. of Nectosack'),('Nectosack','n.','The cavity of a nectocalyx.'),('Nectostem','n.','That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in\n   the Siphonophora.'),('Nedder','n.','An adder.'),('Neddies','pl. ','of Neddy'),('Neddy','n.','A pet name for a donkey.'),('Nee','p. p., fem.','Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the\n   name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as,\n   Madame de Stael, nee Necker.'),('Need','n.','A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for\n   something; necessity; urgent want.'),('Need','n.','Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence;\n   destitution.'),('Need','n.','That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.)\n   necessary things; business.'),('Need','n.','Situation of need; peril; danger.'),('Needed','imp. & p. p.','of Need'),('Needing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Need'),('Need','n.','To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to\n   require, as supply or relief.'),('Need','v. i.','To be wanted; to be necessary.'),('Need','adv.','Of necessity. See Needs.'),('Needer','n.','One who needs anything.'),('Needful','a.','Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.'),('Needful','a.','Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.'),('Needily','adv.','In a needy condition or manner; necessarily.'),('Neediness','n.','The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty;\n   indigence.'),('Needle','n.','A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end,\n   with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.'),('Needle','n.','See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.'),('Needle','n.','A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle;\n   also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by\n   means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting,\n   knitting, or crocheting.'),('Needle','n.','One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees.\n   See Pinus.'),('Needle','n.','Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed\n   crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.'),('Needle','v. t.','To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle\n   crystals.'),('Needle','v. i.','To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.'),('Needlebook','n.','A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into\n   which the needles are stuck.'),('Needlecase','n.','A case to keep needles.'),('Needlefish','n.','The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus,\n   acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.'),('Needlefish','n.','The garfish.'),('needlefuls','pl. ','of needleful'),('needleful','n.','As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.'),('Needle-pointed','a.','Pointed as needles.'),('Needler','n.','One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles.'),('Needless','a.','Having no need.'),('Needless','a.','Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless\n   labor; needless expenses.'),('Needless','a.','Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.'),('Needlestone','n.','Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite.'),('Needlewomen','pl. ','of Needlewoman'),('Needlewoman','n.','A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.'),('Needlework','n.','Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing;\n   embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.'),('Needlework','n.','The combination of timber and plaster making the\n   outside framework of some houses.'),('Needly','a.','Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly\n   beard.'),('Needly','adv.','Necessarily; of necessity.'),('Needment','n.','Something needed or wanted.'),('Needment','n.','Outfit; necessary luggage.'),('Needs','adv.','Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with\n   must, and equivalent to of need.'),('Needscost','adv.','Of necessity.'),('Needsly','adv.','Of necessity.'),('Needy','superl.','Distressed by want of the means of living; very por;\n   indigent; necessitous.'),('Needy','superl.','Necessary; requiste.'),('Neeld','n.','Alt. of Neele'),('Neele','n.','A needle.'),('Neelghau','n.','See Nylghau.'),('Neem tree','','An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach.\n   See Margosa.'),('Neer','adv. & a.','Nearer.'),('Ne\'er','adv.','a contraction of Never.'),('Neesed','imp. & p. p.','of Neese'),('Neesing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Neese'),('Neese','v. i.','To sneeze.'),('Neesing','n.','Sneezing.'),('Ne exeat','','A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or\n   the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to\n   purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity,\n   resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a\n   decree.'),('Nef','n.','The nave of a church.'),('Nefand','a.','Alt. of Nefandous'),('Nefandous','a.','Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.'),('Nefarious','adv.','Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous;\n   atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.'),('Nefasch','n.','Any fish of the genus Distichodus. Several large species\n   inhabit the Nile.'),('Nefast','a.','Wicked.'),('Negation','adv.','The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or\n   untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has\n   not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation.'),('Negation','adv.','Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or\n   exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may\n   be inferred what it is or has.'),('Negative','a.','Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial,\n   negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request;\n   refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed\n   to affirmative.'),('Negative','a.','Not positive; without affirmative statement or\n   demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something;\n   privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative\n   criticism.'),('Negative','a.','Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a\n   predicate; as, a negative proposition.'),('Negative','a.','Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other\n   material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the\n   relations of right and left, are reversed.'),('Negative','a.','Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or\n   basic; as, the nitro group is negative.'),('Negative','n.','A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden;\n   a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one\n   which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.'),('Negative','n.','A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.'),('Negative','n.','The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.'),('Negative','n.','That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which\n   is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of\n   denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.'),('Negative','n.','A picture upon glass or other material, in which the\n   light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material\n   (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and\n   transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.'),('Negative','n.','The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.'),('Negatived','imp. & p. p.','of Negative'),('Negativing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Negative'),('Negative','v. t.','To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.'),('Negative','v. t.','To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as,\n   the Senate negatived the bill.'),('Negative','v. t.','To neutralize the force of; to counteract.'),('Negatively','adv.','In a negative manner; with or by denial.'),('Negatively','adv.','In the form of speech implying the absence of\n   something; -- opposed to positively.'),('Negativeness','n.','Alt. of Negativity'),('Negativity','n.','The quality or state of being negative.'),('Negatory','a.','Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.'),('Neginoth','n. pl.','Stringed instruments.'),('Neglected','imp. & p. p.','of Neglect'),('Neglecting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Neglect'),('Neglect','adv.','Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear\n   one\'s duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded,\n   undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or\n   business; to neglect to pay debts.'),('Neglect','adv.','To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or\n   respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.'),('Neglect','v.','Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of\n   duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do,\n   use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of\n   health, of economy.'),('Neglect','v.','Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect\n   of strangers.'),('Neglect','v.','Habitual carelessness; negligence.'),('Neglect','v.','The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.'),('Neglectedness','n.','The state of being neglected.'),('Neglecter','n.','One who neglects.'),('Neglectful','a.','Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent;\n   inattentive; indifferent.'),('Neglectingly','adv.','Carelessly; heedlessly.'),('Neglection','n.','The state of being negligent; negligence.'),('Neglective','a.','Neglectful.'),('Negligee','n.','An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of\n   easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.'),('Negligence','n.','The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due\n   diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.'),('Negligence','n.','An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.'),('Negligence','n.','The omission of the care usual under the circumstances,\n   being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher\n   skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist,\n   and liability for negligence varies acordingly.'),('Negligent','a.','Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by\n   negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of\n   attention; as, disposed in negligent order.'),('Negligently','adv.','In a negligent manner.'),('Negligible','a.','That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of\n   consideration.'),('Negoce','n.','Business; occupation.'),('Negotiability','n.','The quality of being negotiable or transferable by\n   indorsement.'),('Negotiable','a.','Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment\n   or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of\n   exchange.'),('Negotiant','n.','A negotiator.'),('Negotiate','v. i.','To transact business; to carry on trade.'),('Negotiate','v. i.','To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or\n   some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man\n   for the purchase of goods or a farm.'),('Negotiate','v. i.','To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or\n   convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct\n   communications or conferences.'),('Negotiate','v. i.','To intrigue; to scheme.'),('Negotiated','imp. & p. p.','of Negotiate'),('Negotiating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Negotiate'),('Negotiate','v. t.','To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or\n   arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.'),('Negotiate','v. t.','To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules\n   of commercial law; to sell; to pass.'),('Negotiation','n.','The act or process of negotiating; a treating with\n   another respecting sale or purchase. etc.'),('Negotiation','n.','Hence, mercantile business; trading.'),('Negotiation','n.','The transaction of business between nations; the\n   mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making\n   treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent.'),('Negotiator','n.','One who negotiates; a person who treats with others,\n   either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or\n   public compacts.'),('Negotiatory','a.','Of or pertaining to negotiation.'),('Negotiatrix','n.','A woman who negotiates.'),('Negotiosity','n.','The state of being busy; multitude of business.'),('Negotious','a.','Very busy; attentive to business; active.'),('Negotiousness','n.','The state of being busily occupied; activity.'),('Negresses','pl. ','of Negress'),('Negress','n.','A black woman; a female negro.'),('Negrita','n.','A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass\n   family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.'),('Negritic','a.','Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.'),('Negritos','n. pl.','A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of\n   the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller\n   in size. They are mostly nomads.'),('Negroes','pl. ','of Negro'),('Negro','n.','A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark\n   persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are\n   distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick\n   protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood,\n   wherever found.'),('Negro','a.','Of or pertaining to negroes; black.'),('Negroid','a.','Characteristic of the negro.'),('Negroid','a.','Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those\n   who resemble the negro.'),('Negroloid','a.','See Negroid.'),('Negus','n.','A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon\n   juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.'),('Nehiloth','n. pl.','A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments\n   of music, as pipes or flutes.'),('Nehushtan','n.','A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites\n   worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.'),('Neif','n.','Alt. of Neife'),('Neife','n.','A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.'),('Neif','n.','Alt. of Neaf'),('Neaf','n.','The fist.'),('Neighed','imp. & p. p.','of Neigh'),('Neighing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Neigh'),('Neigh','v. i.','To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.'),('Neigh','v. i.','To scoff or sneer; to jeer.'),('Neigh','n.','The cry of a horse; a whinny.'),('Neighbor','n.','A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not\n   far off.'),('Neighbor','n.','One who is near in sympathy or confidence.'),('Neighbor','n.','One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness;\n   hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.'),('Neighbor','a.','Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.'),('Neighbored','imp. & p. p.','of neighbor'),('Neighboring','p. pr. & vb. n','of neighbor'),('neighbor','v. t.','To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.'),('neighbor','v. t.','To associate intimately with.'),('Neighbor','v. i.','To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the\n   neighborhood; to be near.'),('Neighborhood','n.','The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the\n   state of being or dwelling near; proximity.'),('Neighborhood','n.','A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region\n   the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in\n   my neighborhood.'),('Neighborhood','n.','The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each\n   other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.'),('Neighborhood','n.','The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly\n   kindness or good will.'),('Neighboring','a.','Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring\n   nations or countries.'),('Neighborliness','n.','The quality or state of being neighborly.'),('Neighborly','a.','Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having\n   frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.'),('Neighborly','adv.','In a neigborly manner.'),('Neighborship','n.','The state of being neighbors.'),('Neishout','n.','The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree\n   Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence\n   the name). Also called sneezewood.'),('Neither','a.','Not either; not the one or the other.'),('Neither','conj.','not either; generally used to introduce the first of\n   two or more coordinate clauses of which those that follow begin with\n   nor.'),('Nelumbo','n.','A genus of great water lilies. The North American species\n   is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa.'),('Nemaline','a.','Having the form of threads; fibrous.'),('Nemalite','n.','A fibrous variety of brucite.'),('Nematelmia','n. pl.','Same as Nemathelminthes.'),('Nemathecia','pl. ','of Nemathecium'),('Nemathecium','n.','A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red\n   algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating\n   into tetraspores.'),('Nemthelminthes','n. pl.','Alt. of Nematelminthes'),('Nematelminthes','n. pl.','An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea\n   and Gordiacea; the roundworms.'),('Nemato-','','A combining form from Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread.'),('Nematoblast','n.','A spermatocyte or spermoblast.'),('Nematocalyces','pl. ','of Nematocalyx'),('Calyxes','pl. ','of Nematocalyx'),('Nematocalyx','n.','One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found\n   upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See\n   Plumularia.'),('Nematocera','n. pl.','A suborder of dipterous insects, having long\n   antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also\n   Nemocera.'),('Nematocyst','n.','A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under\n   Lasso.'),('Nematode','a. & n.','Same as Nematoid.'),('Nematogene','n.','One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata,\n   which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene.'),('Nematognath','n.','one of the Nematognathi.'),('Nematognathi','n. pl.','An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It\n   includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.'),('Nematoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the Nematoidea.'),('Nematoid','n.','One of the Nematoidea. see Illustration in Appendix.'),('Nematoidea','n. pl.','An order of worms, having a long, round, and\n   generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites.\n   Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda.'),('Nematoidean','a. & n.','Nematoid.'),('Nematophora','n. pl.','Same as Coelenterata.'),('Nemean','a.','Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient\n   Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.'),('Nemetean','a.','Of or pertaining to the Nemertina.'),('Nemetean','n.','One of the Nemertina.'),('Nemertes','n.','A genus of nemertina.'),('Nemertian','a. & n.','Nemertean.'),('Nemertid','a. & n.','Nemertean.'),('Nemertida','n. pl.','Nemertina.'),('Nemertina','n. pl.','An order of helminths usually having a long,\n   slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute\n   vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.'),('Nemesis','n.','The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence,\n   retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.'),('Nemophilist','n.','One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter\n   of the woods.'),('Nemophily','n.','Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods.'),('Nemoral','a.','Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.'),('Nemorous','a.','Woody.'),('Nempne','v.','To name or call.'),('Nempt','p. p.','Called; named.'),('Nems','n.','The ichneumon.'),('Nenia','n.','A funeral song; an elegy.'),('Nenuphar','n.','The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.'),('Neo-','','A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry\n   designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which,\n   when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which\n   at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon\n   atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the\n   neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.'),('Neocarida','n. pl.','The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished\n   from the Merostomata.'),('Neocene','a.','More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the\n   Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.'),('Neo-Christianity','n.','Rationalism.'),('Neocomian','n.','A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous\n   or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.'),('Neocomian','a.','Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.'),('Neocosmic','a.','Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state;\n   specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.'),('Neocracy','n.','Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule;\n   raw or untried officials.'),('Neodamode','n.','In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by\n   the state in reward for military service.'),('Neodymium','n.','An elementary substance which forms one of the\n   constituents of didymium. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 140.8.'),('Neogaean','a.','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\n   copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and\n   bismuth.'),('Neography','n.','A new method or system of writing.'),('Neo-Latin','a.','Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of\n   Latin origin.'),('Neolithic','a.','Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era\n   characterized by late remains in stone.'),('Neologian','a.','Neologic; neological.'),('Neologian','n.','A neologist.'),('Neologianism','n.','Neologism.'),('Neologic','a.','Alt. of Neological'),('Neological','a.','Of or pertaining to neology; employing new words; of\n   the nature of, or containing, new words or new doctrines.'),('Neologically','adv.','In a neological manner.'),('Neologism','n.','The introduction of new words, or the use of old words\n   in a new sense.'),('Neologism','n.','A new word, phrase, or expression.'),('Neologism','n.','A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.'),('Neologist','n.','One who introduces new words or new senses of old words\n   into a language.'),('Neologist','n.','An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief,\n   especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines\n   subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist,\n   so-called.'),('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\n   old words.'),('Neologize','v. i.','To introduce innovations in doctrine, esp. in\n   theological doctrine.'),('Neology','n.','The introduction of a new word, or of words or\n   significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of\n   chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.'),('Neology','n.','A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with\n   the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of\n   theological interpretation; rationalism.'),('Neomenia','n.','The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in\n   the lunar calendar.'),('Neomenoidea','n. pl.','A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks,\n   without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.'),('Neomorph','n.','A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that\n   is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a pre\n   existing form.'),('Neonism','n.','Neologism.'),('Neonomian','n.','One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who\n   holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.'),('Neonomian','a.','Of or pertaining to the Neonomians, or in accordance\n   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\n   Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have\n   recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism,\n   esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.'),('Neophyte','n.','A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.'),('Neoplasia','n.','Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.'),('Neoplasm','n.','A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.'),('Neoplastic','a.','Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.'),('Neoplasty','n.','Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive\n   inflammation, or autoplasty.'),('Neoplatonic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the\n   Neoplatonists.'),('Neoplatonician','n.','A neoplatonist.'),('Neoplatonism','n.','A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which\n   Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile\n   the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It\n   tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek\n   philosophy.'),('Neoplatonist','n.','One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the\n   Neoplatonic school.'),('Neorama','n.','A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from\n   within.'),('Neossine','n.','The substance constituting the edible bird\'s nest.'),('Neossology','n.','The study of young birds.'),('Neoteric','a.','Alt. of Neoterical'),('Neoterical','a.','Recent in origin; modern; new.'),('Neoteric','n.','One of modern times; a modern.'),('Neoterically','adv.','Recently; newly.'),('Neoterism','n.','An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.'),('Neoterist','n.','One ho introduces new word/ or phrases.'),('Neoterized','imp. & p. p.','of Neoterize'),('Neoterized','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Neoterize'),('Neoterize','v. i.','To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.'),('Neotropical','a.','Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth\'s\n   surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and\n   tropical North America.'),('Neozoic','a.','More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the\n   Mesozoic and Cenozoic.'),('Nep','n.','Catnip.'),('Nepa','n.','A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon\n   other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion\n   bug and water scorpion.'),('Nepaulese','a.','Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern\n   Hindostan.'),('Nepaulese','n. sing. & pl.','A native or natives of Nepaul.'),('Nepenthe','n.','A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and\n   sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence,\n   anything soothing and comforting.'),('Nepenthes','n.','Same as Nepenthe.'),('Nepenthes','n.','A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc.,\n   which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril\n   terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often\n   called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species,\n   of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.'),('Nepeta','n.','A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground\n   ivy.'),('Nephalism','n.','Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.'),('Nephalist','n.','One who advocates or practices nephalism.'),('Nepheline','n.','Alt. of Nephelite'),('Nephelite','n.','A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal\n   crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy\n   luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda,\n   and potash.'),('Nephelodometer','n.','An instrument for reckoning the distances or\n   velocities of clouds.'),('Nephelometer','n.','An instrument for measuring or registering the amount\n   of cloudiness.'),('Nephew','n.','A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.'),('Nephew','n.','A cousin.'),('Nephew','n.','The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or\n   sister-in-law.'),('Nephilim','n. pl.','Giants.'),('Nephoscope','n.','An instrument for observing the clouds and their\n   velocity.'),('Nephralgia','n.','Alt. of Nephralgy'),('Nephralgy','n.','Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by\n   pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the\n   latter.'),('Nephridial','a.','Of or pertaining to a nephridium.'),('Nephridia','pl. ','of Nephridium'),('Nephridium','n.','A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive\n   urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven\'s\n   larva.'),('Nephrite','n.','A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly\n   worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney\n   stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.'),('Nephritic','a.','Alt. of Nephritical'),('Nephritical','a.','Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs;\n   renal; as, a nephritic disease.'),('Nephritical','a.','Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a\n   nephritic patient.'),('Nephritical','a.','Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the\n   kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine.'),('Nephritic','n.','A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the\n   kidneys.'),('Nephritis','n.','An inflammation of the kidneys.'),('nephrolithic','a.','Of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi.'),('Nephrology','n.','A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the\n   kidneys, and their structure and functions.'),('Nephrostome','n.','The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body\n   cavity.'),('Nephrotomy','n.','Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.'),('Nepotal','a.','Of or relating to a nephew.'),('Nepotic','a.','Of or pertaining to npotism.'),('Nepotism','n.','Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to\n   members of one\'s family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of\n   relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.'),('Nepotist','n.','One who practices nepotism.'),('Neptune','n.','The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters,\n   especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a\n   scepter.'),('Neptune','n.','The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as\n   a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of\n   Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about\n   2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78\n   years.'),('Neptunian','a.','Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.'),('Neptunian','a.','Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian\n   rocks.'),('Neptunian','n.','Alt. of Neptunist'),('Neptunist','n.','One who adopts the neptunian theory.'),('Neptunicentric','a.','As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a\n   center; as, Neptunicentric longitude or force.'),('Neptunium','n.','A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and\n   uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as\n   columbite.'),('Ner','adv. & a.','nearer.'),('Nere','','Were not.'),('Nereids','pl. ','of Nereid'),('Nereides','pl. ','of Nereid'),('Nereid','n.','A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were\n   attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses,\n   sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a\n   fish.'),('Nereid','n.','Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for\n   similar annelids of other families.'),('Nereidian','n.','Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family\n   Lycoridae or allied families.'),('Nereides','pl. ','of Nereis'),('Nereis','n.','A Nereid. See Nereid.'),('Nereis','n.','A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod\n   annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae,\n   four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of\n   hooked jaws.'),('Nereites','n. pl.','Fossil tracks of annelids.'),('Nereocystis','n.','A genus of gigantic seaweeds.'),('Nerfling','n.','The id.'),('Nerita','n.','A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm\n   climates.'),('Nerite','n.','Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.'),('Neritina','n.','A genus including numerous species of shells resembling\n   Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often\n   delicately tinted.'),('Nero','n.','A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous\n   cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.'),('Neroli','n.','An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers\n   of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.'),('Nerre','adv. & a.','Nearer.'),('Nervate','a.','Nerved.'),('Nervation','n.','The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of\n   leaves; neuration.'),('Nerve','n.','One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the\n   accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve\n   centers and various parts of the animal body.'),('Nerve','n.','A sinew or a tendon.'),('Nerve','n.','Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control;\n   constitutional vigor.'),('Nerve','n.','Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal\n   danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness;\n   pluck; resolution.'),('Nerve','n.','Audacity; assurance.'),('Nerve','n.','One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a\n   leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib\n   of the leaf.'),('Nerve','n.','One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.'),('Nerved','imp. & p. p.','of Nerve'),('Nerving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nerve'),('Nerve','v. t.','To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as,\n   fear nerved his arm.'),('Nerved','a.','Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.'),('Nerved','a.','Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.'),('Nerveless','a.','Destitute of nerves.'),('Nerveless','a.','Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor;\n   weak; powerless.'),('Nervelessness','n.','The state of being nerveless.'),('Nerve-shaken','a.','Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease;\n   weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked.'),('Nervimotion','n.','The movement caused in the sensory organs by external\n   agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.'),('Nervimotor','n.','Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.'),('Nervine','a.','Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves;\n   quieting nervous excitement.'),('Nervine','n.','A nervine agent.'),('Nervomuscular','a.','Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the\n   nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.'),('Nervose','a.','Same as Nerved.'),('Nervosity','n.','Nervousness.'),('Nervous','a.','possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.'),('Nervous','a.','Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by\n   strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous\n   writer.'),('Nervous','a.','Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as,\n   nervous excitement; a nervous fever.'),('Nervous','a.','Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited;\n   subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily\n   agitated or annoyed.'),('Nervous','a.','Sensitive; excitable; timid.'),('Nervously','adv.','In a nervous manner.'),('Nervousness','n.','State or quality of being nervous.'),('Nervure','n.','One of the nerves of leaves.'),('Nervure','n.','One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of\n   incests.'),('Nervy','superl. -','Strong; sinewy.'),('Nescience','n.','Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.'),('Nese','n.','Nose.'),('Nesh','a.','Soft; tender; delicate.'),('Ness','n.','A promontory; a cape; a headland.'),('-ness','','A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or\n   state; as, goodness, greatness.'),('Nesslerize','v. t.','To treat or test, as a liquid, with a solution of\n   mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is\n   called Nessler\'s solution or Nessler\'s test, and is used to detect the\n   presence of ammonia.'),('Nest','n.','The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs\n   and for hatching and rearing her young.'),('Nest','n.','Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as\n   insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which\n   young animals are reared.'),('Nest','n.','A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a\n   retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest,\n   frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of\n   traitors; a nest of bugs.'),('Nest','n.','An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated\n   state, within a rock.'),('Nest','n.','A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size,\n   each put within the one next larger.'),('Nest','n.','A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working\n   together or collectively.'),('Nest','v. i.','To build and occupy a nest.'),('Nest','v. t.','To put into a nest; to form a nest for.'),('Nestfuls','pl. ','of Nestful'),('Nestful','n.','As much or many as will fill a nest.'),('Nestled','imp. & p. p.','of Nestle'),('Nestling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nestle'),('Nestle','v. i.','To make and occupy a nest; to nest.'),('Nestle','v. i.','To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle\n   up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.'),('Nestle','v. i.','To move about in one\'s place, like a bird when shaping\n   the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent;\n   as, a child nestles.'),('Nestle','v. t.','To house, as in a nest.'),('Nestle','v. t.','To cherish, as a bird her young.'),('Nestling','n.','A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.'),('Nestling','n.','A nest; a receptacle.'),('Nestling','a.','Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.'),('Nestor','n.','A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and\n   papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.'),('Nestorian','n.','An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to\n   the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that\n   the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in\n   Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call\n   Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the\n   followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries,\n   and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian.'),('Nestorian','a.','Of or relating to the Nestorians.'),('Nestorian','a.','relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and\n   counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as,\n   Nestorian caution.'),('Nestorianism','n.','The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of\n   Nestorius.'),('Ney','n.','A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into\n   meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.'),('Ney','n.','Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any\n   device for catching and holding.'),('Ney','n.','Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a\n   mosquito net; a tennis net.'),('Ney','n.','A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or\n   curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other\n   by some specified law.'),('Netted','imp. & p. p.','of Net'),('Netting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Net'),('Net','v. t.','To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to\n   net silk.'),('Net','v. t.','To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.'),('Net','v. t.','To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.'),('Net','v. i.','To form network or netting; to knit.'),('Net','a.','Without spot; pure; shining.'),('Net','a.','Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat;\n   as, net wine, etc.'),('Net','a.','Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as\n   boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as,\n   net profit; net income; net weight, etc.'),('Netted','imp. & p. p.','of Net'),('Netting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Net'),('Net','v. t.','To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a\n   thousand dollars by the operation.'),('Netfish','n.','An astrophyton.'),('Nether','a.','Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower\n   part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower;\n   under; -- opposed to upper.'),('Neithermore','a.','Lower, nether.'),('Nethermost','a.','Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss.'),('Nethinim','n. pl.','Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial\n   services about the tabernacle and temple.'),('Netify','v. t.','To render neat; to clean; to put in order.'),('Netting','n.','The act or process of making nets or network, or of\n   forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.'),('Netting','n.','A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads,\n   wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.'),('Netting','n.','A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for\n   holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for\n   hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from\n   boarding.'),('Netting','n.','Urine.'),('Nettle','n.','A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp\n   hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica\n   gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the\n   Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U.\n   dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is\n   the Roman nettle of England.'),('Nettled','imp. & p. p.','of Nettle'),('Nettling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nettle'),('Nettle','v. t.','To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to\n   experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to\n   violent anger.'),('Nettlebird','n.','the European whitethroat.'),('Nettler','n.','One who nettles.'),('Nettles','n. pl.','The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope\n   twisted for pointing or grafting.'),('Nettles','n. pl.','Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck\n   beams.'),('Nettles','n. pl.','Reef points.'),('Nettling','n.','A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are\n   jointed end so as to form one rope.'),('Nettling','n.','The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs,\n   to prevent tangling.'),('Nettling','p. pr. & a.','Stinging; irritating.'),('Netty','a.','Like a net, or network; netted.'),('Net-veined','a.','Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a\n   net-veined wing or leaf.'),('Network','n.','A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other\n   at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus\n   leaving spaces or meshes between them.'),('Network','n.','Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing\n   like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of\n   railroads.'),('Neurad','adv.','Toward the neural side; -- opposed to haemad.'),('Neural','a.','relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to,\n   situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or\n   cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates,\n   neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually\n   the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal.'),('Neuralgia','n.','A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute\n   pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a\n   nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be\n   seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural\n   lesion.'),('Neuralgic','a.','Of or pertaining to, or having the character of,\n   neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.'),('Neuralgy','n.','Neuralgia.'),('Neurapophysial','a.','Of or pertaining to a neurapophysis.'),('Neurapophyses','pl. ','of Neurapophysis'),('Neurapophysis','n.','One of the two lateral processes or elements which\n   form the neural arch.'),('Neurapophysis','n.','The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine;\n   spinous process.'),('Neurasthenia','n.','A condition of nervous debility supposed to be\n   dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.'),('Neuration','n.','The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the\n   leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation.'),('Neuraxis','n.','See Axis cylinder, under Axis.'),('Neurenteric','a.','Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron;\n   as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates,\n   connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of\n   Ectoderm.'),('Neuridin','n.','a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters\n   of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.'),('Neurilemma','n.','The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the\n   primitive sheath.'),('Neurilemma','n.','The perineurium.'),('Neurility','n.','The special properties and functions of the nerves; that\n   capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves.'),('Neurine','n.','A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the\n   decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the\n   putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered\n   identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from\n   bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium\n   hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.'),('Neurism','n.','Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital.'),('Neuritis','n.','Inflammation of a nerve.'),('Neuro-','','A combining denoting a nerve, of / pertaining to a nerve /\n   the nervous system.'),('Neuro-central','a.','Between the neural arch and the centrum of a\n   vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture.'),('Neurochord','a.','Alt. of Neurochordal'),('Neurochordal','a.','See Neurocord.'),('Neurocity','n.','Nerve force.'),('Neurocoele','n.','The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and\n   brain; the myelencephalic cavity.'),('Neurocord','n.','A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated\n   above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.'),('Neuro-epidermal','a.','Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central\n   nervous system and epiderms; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic,\n   layer of the blastoderm.'),('Neuroglia','n.','The delicate connective tissue framework which supports\n   the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.'),('Neurography','n.','A description of the nerves.'),('Neurokeratin','n.','A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve\n   tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve\n   fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and\n   by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.'),('Neurological','a.','Of or pertaining to neurolgy.'),('Neurologist','n.','One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in\n   the treatment of nervous diseases.'),('Neurology','n.','The branch of science which treats of the nervous\n   system.'),('Neuroma','n.','A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one\n   consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.'),('Neuromere','n.','A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous\n   system.'),('Neuromuscular','a.','Nervomuscular.'),('Neura','pl. ','of Neuron'),('Neuron','n.','The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis;\n   myelencephalon.'),('Neuropathic','a.','Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or\n   suffering from, nervous disease.'),('Neuropathy','n.','An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.'),('Neuropod','n.','A neuropodous animal.'),('Neuropodium','n.','The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.'),('Neuropodous','a.','Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural\n   side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous.'),('Neuropore','n.','An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.'),('Neuropter','n.','One of the Neuroptera.'),('Neuroptera','n. pl.','An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of\n   large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for\n   chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete\n   metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples.\n   Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including\n   the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.'),('Neropteral','a.','Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.'),('Neuropteran','n.','A neuropter.'),('Neuropteris','n.','An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species\n   have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.'),('Neuropterous','a.','Neuropteral.'),('Neurosensiferous','a.','Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense\n   organs.'),('Neurosis','n.','A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a\n   disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve\n   structure.'),('Neuroskeletal','a.','Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton.'),('Neuroskeleton','n.','The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton\n   which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation.'),('Neurospast','n.','A puppet.'),('Neurotic','a.','Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves;\n   nervous; as, a neurotic disease.'),('Neurotic','a.','Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.'),('Neurotic','n.','A disease seated in the nerves.'),('Neurotic','n.','Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the\n   great nerve centers.'),('Neurotome','n.','An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.'),('Neurotome','n.','A neuromere.'),('Neurotomical','a.','Of or pertaining to neurotomy.'),('Neurotomist','n.','One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.'),('Neurotomy','n.','The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.'),('Neurotomy','n.','The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or\n   for other purposes.'),('Neurula','n.','An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the\n   primitive band is first developed.'),('Neuter','a.','Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side;\n   impartial; neutral.'),('Neuter','a.','Having a form belonging more especially to words which are\n   not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that\n   which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the\n   neuter gender.'),('Neuter','a.','Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.'),('Neuter','a.','Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones;\n   sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.'),('Neuter','n.','A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either\n   indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.'),('Neuter','n.','A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which\n   have the terminations usually found in neuter words.'),('Neuter','n.','An intransitive verb.'),('Neuter','n.','An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its\n   maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones,\n   as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp.,\n   one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as\n   of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the\n   community, and are called workers.'),('Neutral','a.','Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or\n   assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter;\n   indifferent.'),('Neutral','a.','Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not\n   decided or pronounced.'),('Neutral','a.','Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.'),('Neutral','a.','Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn\n   red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other\n   compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline.'),('Neutral','n.','A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest\n   between others; one who is neutral.'),('Neutralist','n.','A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.'),('Neutrality','n.','The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of\n   being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on\n   either side; indifference.'),('Neutrality','n.','Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor\n   bad.'),('Neutrality','n.','The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a.,\n   4.'),('Neutrality','a.','The condition of a nation or government which refrains\n   from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other\n   powers.'),('Neutrality','a.','Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers\n   or states.'),('Neutralization','n.','The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of\n   being neutralized.'),('Neutralization','n.','The act or process by which an acid and a base are\n   combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral.\n   See Neutral, a., 4.'),('Neutralized','imp. & p. p.','of Neutralize'),('Neutralizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Neutralize'),('Neutralize','v. t.','To render neutral; to reduce to a state of\n   neutrality.'),('Neutralize','v. t.','To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar\n   affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as,\n   to neutralize an acid with a base.'),('Neutralize','v. t.','To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of;\n   to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as,\n   to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition,\n   etc.'),('Neutralizer','n.','One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which\n   destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a\n   body.'),('Neutrally','adv.','In a neutral manner; without taking part with either\n   side; indifferently.'),('Neuvaines','n. pl.','Prayers offered up for nine successive days.'),('Nevadite','n.','A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.'),('Neve','n.','The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual\n   snow. See Galcier.'),('Neven','v. t.','To name; to mention; to utter.'),('Never','adv.','Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,\n   present, or future.'),('Never','adv.','In no degree; not in the least; not.'),('Nevermore','adv.','Never again; at no time hereafter.'),('Neverthelater','adv. / conj.','Nevertheless.'),('Nevertheless','adv. / conj.','Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of\n   that; yet.'),('Nevew','n.','Nephew.'),('New','superl.','Having existed, or having been made, but a short time;\n   having originated or occured lately; having recently come into\n   existence, or into one\'s possession; not early or long in being; of\n   late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat;\n   a new house; a new book; a new fashion.'),('New','superl.','Not before seen or known, although existing before;\n   lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet;\n   new scenes.'),('New','superl.','Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now\n   commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or\n   direction.'),('New','superl.','As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality\n   of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn;\n   untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.'),('New','superl.','Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient\n   descent; not previously kniwn or famous.'),('New','superl.','Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.'),('New','superl.','Fresh from anything; newly come.'),('New','adv.','Newly; recently.'),('New','v. t. & i.','To make new; to renew.'),('Newborn','a.','Recently born.'),('Newcome','a.','Recently come.'),('Newcomer','n.','One who has lately come.'),('Newel','n.','A novelty; a new thing.'),('Newel','n.','The upright post about which the steps of a circular\n   staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal\n   post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings.\n   See Hollow newel, under Hollow.'),('Newfangle','a.','Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.'),('Newfangle','v. t.','To change by introducing novelties.'),('Newfangled','a.','Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty.'),('Newfangled','a.','Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new\n   theories or fashions.'),('Newfangledness','n.','Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or\n   affected fashion or form.'),('Newfangleness','n.','Newfangledness.'),('Newfanglist','n.','One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change.'),('Newfangly','adv.','In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty.'),('Newfashioned','a.','Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.'),('Newfoundland','n.','An island on the coast of British North America,\n   famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.'),('Newfoundland','n.','A Newfoundland dog.'),('Newing','v. t.','Yeast; barm.'),('Newish','a.','Somewhat new; nearly new.'),('Newly','adv.','Lately; recently.'),('Newly','adv.','Anew; afresh; freshly.'),('Newmarket','n.','A long, closely fitting cloak.'),('New-model','v. t.','To remodel.'),('Newness','n.','The quality or state of being new; as, the newness of a\n   system; the newness of a scene; newness of life.'),('News','n','A report of recent occurences; information of something that\n   has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings;\n   recent intelligence.'),('News','n','Something strange or newly happened.'),('News','n','A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.'),('News-book','n.','A newspaper.'),('newsboy','n.','A boy who distributes or sells newspaper.'),('News-letter','n.','A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose\n   of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English\n   newspapers.'),('Newsmen','pl. ','of Newsman'),('Newsman','n.','One who brings news.'),('Newsman','n.','A man who distributes or sells newspapers.'),('Newsmonger','n.','One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and\n   telling news.'),('Newspaper','n.','A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated\n   intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating\n   opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements,\n   proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.'),('Newsroom','n.','A room where news is collected and disseminated, or\n   periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines,\n   etc.'),('News-vnder','n.','A seller of newspapers.'),('News-writer','n.','One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters.'),('Newsy','a.','Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.'),('Newt','n.','Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The\n   common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the\n   smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens\n   is one of the most abundant species.'),('Newtonian','a.','Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his\n   discoveries.'),('Newtonian','n.','A follower of Newton.'),('New-year','a.','Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of\n   the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.'),('New Year\'s Day','','the first day of a calendar year; the first day of\n   January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year\'s or new year.'),('New Zealand','','A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.'),('Nexible','a.','That may be knit together.'),('Next','superl.','Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.'),('Next','superl.','Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.'),('Next','superl.','Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or\n   following in order.'),('Next','superl.','Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation;\n   as, the next heir was an infant.'),('Next','adv.','In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately\n   suceeding; as, this man follows next.'),('Nexus','n.','Connection; tie.'),('Nez Perces','','A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho.'),('Ngina','n.','The gorilla.'),('Niagara period','','A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system,\n   embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the\n   Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at\n   Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a\n   greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the\n   removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.'),('Nias','n.','A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.'),('Nib','n.','A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.'),('Nib','n.','The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.'),('Nib','n.','The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short\n   pen adapted for insertion in a holder.'),('Nib','n.','One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also,\n   [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.'),('Nebbed','imp. & p. p.','of Nib'),('Nibbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nib'),('Nib','v. t.','To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as,\n   to nib a pen.'),('Nibbed','a.','Having a nib or point.'),('Nibbled','imp. & p. p.','of Nibble'),('Nibbling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nibble'),('Nibble','v. t.','To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the\n   mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.'),('Nibble','v. t.','To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a\n   little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes\n   nibble at the bait.'),('Nibble','n.','A small or cautious bite.'),('Nibbler','n.','One who, or that which, nibbles.'),('Nibblingly','adv.','In a nibbling manner; cautiously.'),('Niblick','n.','A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes,\n   ruts, etc.'),('Nicagua','n.','The laughing falcon. See under laughing.'),('Nicaragua wood','','Brazil wood.'),('Niccolite','n.','A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an\n   arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.'),('Nice','superl.','Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak;\n   effeminate.'),('Nice','superl.','Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.'),('Nice','superl.','Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy;\n   fastidious in small matters.'),('Nice','superl.','Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.'),('Nice','superl.','Apprehending slight differences or delicate\n   distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully\n   discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.'),('Nice','superl.','Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite\n   admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact;\n   fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice\n   application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close\n   discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in\n   philosophy.'),('Nice','superl.','Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a\n   nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce,\n   etc.'),('Nicely','adv.','In a nice manner.'),('Nicene','a.','Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the\n   ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.'),('Niceness','n.','Quality or state of being nice.'),('Nicery','n.','Nicety.'),('Niceties','pl. ','of Nicety'),('Nicety','n.','The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of\n   that word.).'),('Nicety','n.','Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of\n   observation or of discrimination; precision.'),('Nicety','n.','A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction,\n   or the like; a minute distinction.'),('Niche','n.','A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness\n   of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any\n   similar position, literal or figurative.'),('Niched','a.','Placed in a niche.'),('Nick','n.','An evil spirit of the waters.'),('Nick','n.','A notch cut into something'),('Nick','n.','A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.'),('Nick','n.','A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a\n   compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.'),('Nick','n.','A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in\n   china.'),('Nick','n.','A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick;\n   the exact point or critical moment.'),('Nicked','imp. & p. p.','of Nick'),('Nicking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nick'),('Nick','v. t.','To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or\n   upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.'),('Nick','v. t.','To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or\n   notches in.'),('Nick','v. t.','To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to\n   tally with.'),('Nick','v. t.','To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at\n   the precise point or time.'),('Nick','v. t.','To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail\n   of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).'),('Nick','v. t.','To nickname; to style.'),('Nickar nut','','Alt. of Nickar tree'),('Nickar tree','','Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.'),('Nickel','n.','A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron\n   group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with\n   sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with\n   arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.'),('Nickel','n.','A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a\n   five-cent piece.'),('Nickelic','a.','Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically,\n   designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous\n   compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.'),('Nickeliferous','a.','Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.'),('Nickeline','n.','An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.'),('Nickeline','n.','Niccolite.'),('Nickelous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of\n   nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal\n   has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.'),('Nicker','v. t.','One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for\n   breaking windows with half-pence.'),('Nicker','v. t.','The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a\n   boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of\n   the hole that is bored.'),('Nicker nut','','A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a\n   hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in\n   the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia.\n   C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray.'),('Nicker tree','','The plant producing nicker nuts.'),('Nicking','v. t.','The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.'),('Nicking','v. t.','Small coal produced in making the nicking.'),('Nickle','n.','The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker\n   pecker.'),('Nicknack','n.','See Knickknack.'),('Nicknackery','n.','See Knickknackery.'),('Nickname','n.','A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive\n   familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.'),('Nicknamed','imp. & p. p.','of Nickname'),('Nicknaming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nickname'),('Nickname','v. t.','To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.'),('Nicolaitan','n.','One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at\n   Ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15.'),('Nicotian','n.','Tobacco.'),('Nicotian','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.'),('Nicotiana','n.','A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with\n   viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield\n   tobacco. See Tobacco.'),('Nicotianine','n.','A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste,\n   extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.'),('Nicotic','a.','Nicotinic.'),('Nicotidine','n.','A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with\n   nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the\n   pyridine group.'),('Nicotine','n.','An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It\n   is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an\n   acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous.'),('Nicotinic','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; --\n   used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by\n   the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.'),('Nictate','v. i.','To wink; to nictitate.'),('Nictation','n.','the act of winking; nictitation.'),('Nictitate','v. i.','To wink; to nictate.'),('Nictitation','n.','The act of winking.'),('Nidamental','a.','Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as,\n   the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See\n   Illust. of Dibranchiata.'),('Nidary','n.','A collection of nests.'),('Nide','n.','A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.'),('Nidering','a.','Infamous; dastardly.'),('Nidgery','n.','A trifle; a piece of foolery.'),('Nidget','n.','A fool; an idiot, a coward.'),('Nidificated','imp. & p. p.','of Nidificate'),('Nidificating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nidificate'),('Nidificate','v. i.','To make a nest.'),('Nidification','n.','The act or process of building a nest.'),('Niding','n.','A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.'),('Nidor','n.','Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.'),('Nidorose','a.','Nidorous.'),('Nidorous','a.','Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of\n   corrupt animal matter.'),('Nidulant','a.','Nestling, as a bird in itss nest.'),('Nidulant','a.','Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp,\n   as in a nest.'),('Nidulated','imp. & p. p.','of Nidulate'),('Nidulating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nidulate'),('Nidulate','v. i.','To make a nest, as a bird.'),('Nidulation','n.','The time of remaining in the nest.'),('Nidulite','n.','A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.'),('nidi','pl. ','of Nidus'),('Nidus','n.','A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a\n   breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the\n   germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.'),('Niece','n.','A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether\n   male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.'),('Niece','n.','A daughter of one\'s brother or sister, or of one\'s\n   brother-in-law or sister-in-law.'),('Nief','n.','See Neif, the fist.'),('Niellist','n.','One who practices the style of ornamentation called\n   niello.'),('Niello','n.','A metallic alloy of a deep black color.'),('Niello','n.','The art, process, or method of decorating metal with\n   incised designs filled with the black alloy.'),('Niello','n.','A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated.'),('Niello','n.','An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised\n   decoration or metal plate.'),('Nifle','n.','A trifle.'),('Niggard','n.','A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends\n   grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.'),('Niggard','a.','Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious;\n   niggardly; miserly; stingy.'),('Niggard','v. t. & i.','To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.'),('Niggardise','n.','Niggardliness.'),('Niggardish','a.','Somewhat niggard.'),('Niggardliness','n.','The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in\n   giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.'),('Niggardly','a.','Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others;\n   stingy; niggard.'),('Niggardly','adv.','In a niggard manner.'),('Niggardness','n.','Niggardliness.'),('Niggardous','a.','Niggardly.'),('Niggardship','n.','Niggardliness.'),('Niggardy','n.','Niggardliness.'),('nigged','n.','Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.'),('Nigger','n.','A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.'),('Niggish','a.','Niggardly.'),('Niggled','imp. & p. p.','of Niggle'),('Niggling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Niggle'),('Niggle','v. t.','To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.'),('Niggle','v. t.','To trifle or play.'),('Niggle','v. t.','To act or walk mincingly.'),('Niggle','v. t.','To fret and snarl about trifles.'),('Niggler','n.','One who niggles.'),('Nigh','superl.','Not distant or remote in place or time; near.'),('Nigh','superl.','Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;\n   closely allied; intimate.'),('Nigh','a.','In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of\n   events; near.'),('Nigh','a.','Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.'),('Nigh','v. t. & i.','To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.'),('Nigh','prep.','Near to; not remote or distant from.'),('Nighly','adv.','In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a\n   little; almost.'),('Nighness','n.','The quality or state of being nigh.'),('Night','n.','That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the\n   horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between\n   dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight,\n   starlight, or artificial light.'),('Night','n.','Darkness; obscurity; concealment.'),('Night','n.','Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.'),('Night','n.','A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of\n   sorrow.'),('Night','n.','The period after the close of life; death.'),('Night','n.','A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to\n   sleep.'),('Night-blooming','a.','Blooming in the night.'),('Nightcap','n.','A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.'),('Nightcap','n.','A potion of spirit drank at bedtime.'),('Nightdress','n.','A nightgown.'),('Nighted','a.','Darkness; clouded.'),('Nighted','a.','Overtaken by night; belated.'),('Nightertale','n.','period of night; nighttime.'),('Night-eyed','a.','Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.'),('Nightfall','n.','The close of the day.'),('Night-faring','a.','Going or traveling in the night.'),('Nightgown','n.','A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a\n   sleeping garnment.'),('Nightingale','n.','A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird\n   (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the\n   sweetness of its song.'),('Nightingale','n.','A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern\n   Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also\n   applied to other allied species.'),('Nightish','a.','Of or pertaining to night.'),('Nightjar','n.','A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of\n   Goatsucker.'),('Nightless','a.','Having no night.'),('Nightlong','a.','Lasting all night.'),('Nightly','a.','Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night;\n   happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept\n   nightly vigils.'),('Nightly','adv.','At night; every night.'),('Nightmen','pl. ','of Nightman'),('Nightman','n.','One whose business is emptying privies by night.'),('Nightmare','n.','A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in\n   sleep.'),('Nightmare','n.','A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating\n   or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of\n   extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach,\n   impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive\n   dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state\n   of mind; incubus.'),('Nightmare','n.','Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying\n   influence.'),('Nightshade','n.','A common name of many species of the genus Solanum,\n   given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching\n   weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be\n   poisonous.'),('Nightshirt','n.','A kind of nightgown for men.'),('Nighttime','n.','The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.'),('Nightward','a.','Approaching toward night.'),('Nigraniline','n.','The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff\n   called also aniline black.'),('Nigrescent','a.','Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching\n   to blackness.'),('Nigrification','n.','The act or process of making black.'),('Nigrine','n.','A ferruginous variety of rutile.'),('Nigritude','n.','Blackness; the state of being black.'),('Nigromancie','n.','Necromancy.'),('Nigromancien','n.','A necromancer.'),('Nigrosine','n.','A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called\n   also azodiphenyl blue.'),('Nigua','n.','The chigoe.'),('Nihil','n.','Nothing.'),('Nihilism','n.','Nothingness; nihility.'),('Nihilism','n.','The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to\n   all knowledge and all reality.'),('Nihilism','n.','The theories and practices of the Nihilists.'),('Nihilist','n.','One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who\n   believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.'),('Nihilist','n.','A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which\n   is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and\n   social institutions.'),('Nihilistic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.'),('Nihility','n.','Nothingness; a state of being nothing.'),('Nil','v. t.','Will not.'),('Nil','n. & a.','Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used\n   for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.'),('Nile','n.','The great river of Egypt.'),('Nilgau','n.','see Nylghau.'),('Nilled','imp. & p. p.','of Nill'),('Nilling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nill'),('Nill','v. t.','Not to will; to refuse; to reject.'),('Nill','v. i.','To be unwilling; to refuse to act.'),('Nill','n.','Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.'),('Nill','n.','Scales of hot iron from the forge.'),('Nilometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the\n   Nile during its periodical flood.'),('Niloscope','n.','A Nilometer.'),('Nilotic','a.','Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic\n   crocodile.'),('Nilt','','Wilt not.'),('Nam','imp.','of Nim'),('Nimmed','','of Nim'),('Nomen','p. p.','of Nim'),('Nome','','of Nim'),('Nim','v. t.','To take; to steal; to filch.'),('Nimbiferous','a.','Serving to bring clouds or stormy weather.'),('Nimble','superl.','Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and\n   celerity; lively; swift.'),('Nimbleness','n.','The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in\n   motion; agility; swiftness.'),('Nimbless','n.','Nimbleness.'),('Nimbly','adv.','In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick\n   motion.'),('Nimbose','a.','Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.'),('Nimbi','pl. ','of Nimbus'),('Nimbuses','pl. ','of Nimbus'),('Nimbus','n.','A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light\n   around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals,\n   pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.'),('Nimbus','n.','A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of\n   clouds. See Cloud.'),('Nimiety','n.','State of being in excess.'),('Nimious','a.','Excessive; extravagant; inordinate.'),('Nimmer','n.','A thief.'),('Nin','','Not in.'),('Nincompoop','n.','A fool; a silly or stupid person.'),('Nine','a.','Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.'),('Nine','n.','The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or\n   objects.'),('Nine','n.','A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.'),('Nine-bark','n.','A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea,\n   opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates\n   into many thin layers, whence the name.'),('Nine-eyes','n.','The lamprey.'),('Ninefold','a.','Nine times repeated.'),('Nineholes','n. pl.','A game in which nine holes are made in the ground,\n   into which a ball is bowled.'),('Nine-killer','n.','The northern butcher bird.'),('Ninepences','pl. ','of Ninepence'),('Ninepence','n.','An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.'),('Ninepence','n.','A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly\n   current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.'),('Ninepins','n. pl.','A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set\n   on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.'),('Ninescore','a.','Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty.'),('Ninescore','n.','The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or\n   objects.'),('Nineteen','a.','Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than\n   twenty; as, nineteen months.'),('Nineteen','n.','The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of\n   ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.'),('Nineteen','n.','A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.'),('Nineteenth','a.','Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth;\n   coming after eighteen others.'),('Nineteenth','a.','Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into\n   which anything is divided.'),('Nineteenth','n.','The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of\n   nineteen equal parts of anything.'),('Nineteenth','n.','The next in order after the eighteenth.'),('Nineteenth','n.','An interval of two octaves and a fifth.'),('Ninetieth','a.','Next in order after the eighty-ninth.'),('Ninetieth','a.','Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts.'),('Ninetieth','n.','The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety\n   equal parts of anything.'),('Ninetieth','n.','The next in order after the eighty-ninth.'),('Ninety','a.','Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.'),('Nineties','pl. ','of Ninety'),('Ninety','n.','The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit\n   than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.'),('Ninety','n.','A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.'),('Ninnies','pl. ','of Ninny'),('Ninny','n.','A fool; a simpleton.'),('Ninnyhammer','n.','A simpleton; a silly person.'),('Ninth','a.','Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after\n   eight others.'),('Ninth','a.','Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which\n   anything is divided.'),('Ninth','n.','The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts\n   of a thing; the next after the eighth.'),('Ninth','n.','An interval containing an octave and a second.'),('Ninth','n.','A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.'),('Ninthly','adv.','In the ninth place.'),('Ninut','n.','The magpie.'),('Niobate','n.','Same as Columbate.'),('Niobe','n.','The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of\n   Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew\n   them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.'),('Niobic','a.','Same as Columbic.'),('Niobite','n.','Same as Columbite.'),('Niobium','n.','A later name of columbium. See Columbium.'),('Niopo','n.','A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from\n   the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence\n   called niopo tree.'),('Nip','n.','A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating\n   liquor; a dram.'),('Nipped','imp. & p. p.','of Nip'),('Nipt','','of Nip'),('Nipping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nip'),('Nip','v. t.','To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two\n   surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to\n   close in upon.'),('Nip','v. t.','To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting\n   edges of anything; to clip.'),('Nip','v. t.','Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor\n   of; to destroy.'),('Nip','v. t.','To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.'),('Nip','n.','A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern\n   seas, the nip of masses of ice.'),('Nip','n.','A pinch with the nails or teeth.'),('Nip','n.','A small cut, or a cutting off the end.'),('Nip','n.','A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.'),('Nip','n.','A biting sarcasm; a taunt.'),('Nip','n.','A short turn in a rope.'),('Nipper','n.','One who, or that which, nips.'),('Nipper','n.','A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.'),('Nipper','n.','A satirist.'),('Nipper','n.','A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.'),('Nipper','n.','The cunner.'),('Nipper','n.','A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).'),('Nipperkin','n.','A small cup.'),('Nippers','n. pl.','Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.'),('Nippers','n. pl.','A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object\n   and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for\n   catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.'),('Nippers','n. pl.','A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure\n   a cable to the messenger.'),('Nipping','a.','Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping\n   frost; a nipping wind.'),('Nippingly','adv.','In a nipping manner.'),('Nippitate','a.','Peculiary strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor.'),('Nippitato','n.','Strong liquor.'),('Nipple','n.','The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the\n   breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.'),('Nipple','n.','The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an\n   oil bag, is discharged.'),('Nipple','n.','Any small projection or article in which there is an\n   orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple\n   of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on\n   which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge.'),('Nipple','n.','A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe,\n   usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two\n   other fittings.'),('Nipplewort','n.','A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis),\n   formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; --\n   called also dock-cress.'),('Nirvana','n.','In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation\n   of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific\n   enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation\n   or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.'),('Nis','','Is not.'),('Nisan','n.','The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly\n   answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian\n   calendar. See Abib.'),('Nyseys','pl. ','of Nisey'),('Nisey','n.','A simpleton.'),('Nisi','conj.','Unless; if not.'),('Niste','','Wist not; knew not.'),('Nisus','n.','A striving; an effort; a conatus.'),('Nit','n.','The egg of a louse or other small insect.'),('Nitency','n.','Brightness; luster.'),('Nitency','n.','Endeavor; rffort; tendency.'),('Niter','n.','Alt. of Nitre'),('Nitre','n.','A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate;\n   saltpeter. See Saltpeter.'),('Nitre','n.','Native sodium carbonate; natron.'),('Nithing','n.','See Niding.'),('Nitid','a.','Bright; lustrous; shining.'),('Nitid','a.','Gay; spruce; fine; -- said of persons.'),('Nitranilic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic\n   acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous\n   acid on hydroquinone.'),('Nitraniline','n.','Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline.\n   In general they are yellow crystalline substances.'),('Nitrate','n.','A salt of nitric acid.'),('Nitrated','a.','Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of\n   its compounds.'),('Nitrated','a.','Prepared with nitrate of silver.'),('Nitratine','n.','A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of\n   a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native\n   sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called\n   also soda niter.'),('Nitre','n.','See Niter.'),('Nitriary','n.','An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of\n   niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.'),('Nitric','a.','Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically,\n   designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with\n   nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide;\n   nitric acid.'),('Nitride','n.','A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element\n   or radical; as, boric nitride.'),('Nitriferous','a.','Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.'),('Nitrification','n.','The act, process, or result of combining with\n   nitrogen or some of its compounds.'),('Nitrification','n.','The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its\n   compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.'),('Nitrification','n.','A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous\n   vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some\n   basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into\n   nitrates.'),('Nitrifier','n.','An agent employed in nitrification.'),('Nitrified','imp. & p. p.','of Nitrify'),('Nitrifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nitrify'),('Nitrify','v. t.','To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by\n   oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by,\n   nitrification.'),('Nitrile','n.','Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly,\n   one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids\n   or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the\n   nitrogen as ammonia.'),('Nitrite','n.','A salt of nitrous acid.'),('Nitro-','','A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of\n   niter.'),('Nitro-','','A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain\n   compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric,\n   nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its\n   compounds, as nitrobenzene.'),('Nitrobenzene','n.','A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the\n   action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation\n   oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery,\n   and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline.\n   Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.'),('Nitrobenzol','n.','Alt. of Nitrobenzole'),('Nitrobenzole','n.','See Nitrobenzene.'),('Nitrocalcite','n.','Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish\n   white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone\n   caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.'),('Nitrocarbol','n.','See Nitromethane.'),('Nitrocellulose','n.','See Gun cotton, under Gun.'),('Nitro-chloroform','n.','Same as Chlorpicrin.'),('Nitroform','n.','A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform,\n   obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite\n   explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.'),('Nitrogelatin','n.','An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor\n   dissolved in nitroglycerin.'),('Nitrogen','n.','A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless,\n   comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically\n   very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting\n   life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms\n   many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc,\n   and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or\n   vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a\n   permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of\n   Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.'),('Nitrogenized','imp. & p. p.','of Nitrogenize'),('Nitrogenizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nitrogenize'),('Nitrogenize','v. t.','To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its\n   compounds.'),('Nitrogenous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a\n   nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.'),('Nitroglycerin','n.','A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or\n   yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of\n   nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is\n   made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of\n   sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very\n   dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of\n   glonion.'),('Nitrohydrochloric','a.','Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and\n   hydrochloric acids.'),('Nitrol','n.','Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro\n   and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.'),('Nitroleum','n.','Nitroglycerin.'),('Nitrolic','a.','Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a\n   nitrolic acid.'),('Nitromagnesite','n.','Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence\n   closely resembling nitrate of calcium.'),('Nitrometer','n.','An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or\n   some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an\n   azotometer.'),('Nitromethane','n.','A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile\n   liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.'),('Nitromuriatic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and\n   muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.'),('Nitrophnol','n.','Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol.\n   They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined\n   acid properties, as picric acid.'),('Nitroprussic','a.','Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a\n   complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the\n   action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as\n   a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called\n   nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides.'),('Nitroprusside','n.','See Nitroprussic.'),('Nitroquinol','n.','A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or\n   hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined\n   series of derivatives.'),('Niteosaccharin','n.','An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars,\n   analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc.'),('Nitrosalicylic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro\n   derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.'),('Nitrose','a.','See Nitrous.'),('Nitroso-','','(/ / /). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively)\n   designating the group or radical NO, called the nitroso group, or its\n   compounds.'),('Nitrosyl','n.','the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term\n   is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as,\n   nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.'),('Nitrosylic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as,\n   nitrosylic acid.'),('Nitrous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of\n   niter, or resembling it.'),('Nitrous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those\n   compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as\n   contrasted with nitric compounds.'),('Nitroxyl','n.','The group NO2, usually called the nitro group.'),('Nitrum','n.','Niter.'),('Nitry','a.','Nitrous.'),('Nitryl','n.','A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.'),('Nitter','n.','The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.'),('Nittily','adv.','Lousily.'),('Nittings','n. pl.','The refuse of good ore.'),('Nitty','a.','Full of nits.'),('Nitty','a.','Shining; elegant; spruce.'),('Nival','a.','Abounding with snow; snowy.'),('Niveous','a.','Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of\n   snow.'),('Nivose','n.','The fourth month of the French republican calendar\n   [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See\n   VendEmiaire.'),('Nix','fem.','One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a\n   mischievous disposition.'),('Nixie','n.','See Nix.'),('Nizam','n.','The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India,\n   since 1719.'),('No','a.','Not any; not one; none.'),('No','adv.','Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word\n   expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another\n   negative, no is emphatic.'),('Noes','pl. ','of No'),('No','n.','A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.'),('No','n.','A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for\n   the ayes and noes; the noes have it.'),('Noachian','a.','Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.'),('Noah','n.','A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.'),('Nob','n.','The head.'),('Nob','n.','A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.'),('Nobbily','adv.','In a nobby manner.'),('Nobbler','n.','A dram of spirits.'),('Nobby','a.','Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.'),('Nobiliary','a.','Of or pertaining to the nobility.'),('Nobiliary','n.','A history of noble families.'),('Nobilify','v. t.','To make noble; to nobiliate.'),('Nobilitate','v. t.','To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.'),('Nobilitation','n.','The act of making noble.'),('Nobility','n.','The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind\n   or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.'),('Nobility','n.','The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician\n   dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title,\n   whether inherited or conferred.'),('Nobility','n.','Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or\n   titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the\n   peerage; as, the English nobility.'),('Noble','superl.','Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above\n   whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a\n   noble nature or action; a noble heart.'),('Noble','superl.','Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble\n   edifice.'),('Noble','superl.','Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility;\n   distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn;\n   as, noble blood; a noble personage.'),('Noble','n.','A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.'),('Noble','n.','An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of\n   the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.'),('Noble','n.','A European fish; the lyrie.'),('Noble','v. t.','To make noble; to ennoble.'),('Noblemen','pl. ','of Nobleman'),('Nobleman','n.','One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank\n   above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.'),('Noble-minded','a.','Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.'),('Nobleness','n.','The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity;\n   magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility;\n   grandeur; stateliness.'),('Nobless','n.','Alt. of Noblesse'),('Noblesse','n.','Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition.'),('Noblesse','n.','The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively,\n   including males and females.'),('Noblewomen','pl. ','of Noblewoman'),('Noblewoman','n.','A female of noble rank; a peeress.'),('Nobley','n.','The body of nobles; the nobility.'),('Nobley','n.','Noble birth; nobility; dignity.'),('Nobly','adv.','Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.'),('Nobly','adv.','In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically;\n   with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.'),('Nobly','adv.','Splendidly; magnificently.'),('Nobodies','pl. ','of Nobody'),('Nobody','n.','No person; no one; not anybody.'),('Nobody','n.','A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or\n   contemptible person.'),('Nocake','n.','Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food\n   by the Northern American Indians.'),('Nocent','a.','Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful;\n   mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities.'),('Nocent','a.','Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent.'),('Nocent','n.','A criminal.'),('Nocently','adv.','Hurtfully; injuriosly.'),('Nocive','a.','Hurtful; injurious.'),('Nock','n.','A notch.'),('Nock','n.','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\n   a bow.'),('Noctambulation','n.','Somnambulism; walking in sleep.'),('Noctambulism','n.','Somnambulism.'),('Noctambulist','n.','A somnambulist.'),('Noctambulo','n.','A noctambulist.'),('Noctidial','a.','Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day.'),('Noctiferous','a.','Bringing night.'),('Noctilionid','n.','A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having\n   cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.'),('NoctilucAe','pl. ','of Noctiluca'),('Noctiluca','n.','That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for\n   phosphorus.'),('Noctiluca','n.','A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for\n   their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their\n   phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is\n   often due to myriads of Noctilucae.'),('Noctilucin','n.','A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which\n   they owe their phosphorescent properties.'),('Noctilucine','a.','Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.'),('Noctilucous','a.','Shining in the night.'),('Noctivagant','a.','Going about in the night; night-wandering.'),('Noctivagation','n.','A roving or going about in the night.'),('Noctivagous','a.','Noctivagant.'),('Noctograph','n.','A kind of writing frame for the blind.'),('Noctograph','n.','An instrument or register which records the presence of\n   watchmen on their beats.'),('Noctuary','n.','A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal;\n   -- distinguished from diary.'),('Noctuid','n.','Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or\n   Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called\n   because they fly at night.'),('Noctuid','a.','Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.'),('Noctule','n.','A large European bat (Vespertilio, / Noctulina,\n   altivolans).'),('Nocturn','n.','An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by\n   night.'),('Nocturn','n.','One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided,\n   each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.'),('Nocturnal','a.','Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as,\n   nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.'),('Nocturnal','a.','Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night;\n   as, nocturnal birds and insects.'),('Nocturnal','n.','An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of\n   the stars, etc., at sea.'),('Nocturnally','adv.','By night; nightly.'),('Nocturne','n.','A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a\n   certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as\n   the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn\'s \"Midsummer-Night\'s Dream\"\n   music.'),('Nocument','n.','Harm; injury; detriment.'),('Nocuous','a.','Hurtful; noxious.'),('Nod','v. i.','To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as,\n   nodding plumes.'),('Nod','v. i.','To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight\n   bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with\n   the head; as, to nod at one.'),('Nod','v. i.','To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.'),('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\n   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.'),('Nod','n.','A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of\n   anything.'),('Nod','n.','A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in\n   assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal,\n   or a command.'),('Nodal','a.','Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.'),('Nodated','a.','Knotted.'),('Nodation','n.','Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.'),('Nodder','n.','One who nods; a drowsy person.'),('Nodding','a.','Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent\n   downward.'),('Noddle','n.','The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.'),('Noddle','n.','The back part of the head or neck.'),('Noddies','pl. ','of Noddy'),('Noddy','n.','A simpleton; a fool.'),('Noddy','n.','Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus.'),('Noddy','n.','The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also\n   applied to other sea birds.'),('Noddy','n.','An old game at cards.'),('Noddy','n.','A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.'),('Noddy','n.','An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat\n   spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for\n   detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which\n   it is attached.'),('Node','n.','A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.'),('Node','n.','One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet,\n   intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the\n   plane of the orbit of its primary.'),('Node','n.','The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several\n   leaves are inserted.'),('Node','n.','A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray\n   of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun\'s\n   declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.'),('Node','n.','The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double\n   point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.'),('Node','n.','The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from\n   different angular directions; -- called also knot.'),('Node','n.','The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.'),('Node','n.','A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones\n   attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling\n   in the neighborhood of a joint.'),('Node','n.','One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it\n   vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line\n   or point.'),('Node','n.','A swelling.'),('Nodical','a.','Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same\n   node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.'),('Nodosarine','a.','Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell\n   of the genus Nodosaria.'),('Nodosarine','n.','A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied\n   genus.'),('Nodose','a.','Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.'),('Nodose','a.','Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints\n   enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects.'),('Nodosity','n.','The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a\n   node or swelling; knottiness.'),('Nodosity','n.','A knot; a node.'),('Nodosous','a.','Alt. of Nodous'),('Nodous','a.','Nodose; knotty; knotted.'),('Nodular','a.','Of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot.'),('Nodule','n.','A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.'),('Noduled','a.','Having little knots or lumps.'),('Nodulose','a.','Alt. of Nodulous'),('Nodulous','a.','Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.'),('Noel','n.','Same as Nowel.'),('Noematachograph','n.','An instrument for determining and registering the\n   duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.'),('Noematic','a.','Alt. of Noematical'),('Noematical','a.','Of or pertaining to the understanding.'),('Noemics','n.','The science of the understanding; intellectual science.'),('Noetian','n.','One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third\n   century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and\n   Holy Ghost.'),('Noetic','a.','Alt. of Noetical'),('Noetical','a.','Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.'),('Nof','','Not of; nor of.'),('Nog','n.','A noggin.'),('Nog','n.','A kind of strong ale.'),('Nog','n.','A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as\n   a hold for the nails of woodwork.'),('Nog','n.','One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the\n   roof of a mine.'),('Nog','n.','A treenail to fasten the shores.'),('Nog','v. t.','To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.'),('Nog','v. t.','To fasten, as shores, with treenails.'),('Noggen','a.','Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh.'),('Noggin','n.','A small mug or cup.'),('Noggin','n.','A measure equivalent to a gill.'),('Nogging','v. t.','Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of\n   a wooden frame, in building.'),('Noght','adv.','Not.'),('Noiance','n.','Annoyance.'),('Noie','v. t.','To annoy. See Noy.'),('Noier','n.','An annoyer.'),('Noils','n. pl.','Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.'),('Noint','v. t.','To anoint.'),('Noious','a.','Annoying; troublesome.'),('Noise','n.','Sound of any kind.'),('Noise','n.','Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.'),('Noise','n.','Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor;\n   report.'),('Noise','n.','Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians;\n   a band.'),('Noise','v. i.','To sound; to make a noise.'),('Noised','imp. & p. p.','of Noise'),('Noising','p pr. & vb. n.','of Noise'),('Noise','v. t.','To spread by rumor or report.'),('Noise','v. t.','To disturb with noise.'),('Noiseful','a.','Loud; clamorous.'),('Noiseless','a.','Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise;\n   silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.'),('Noisette','n.','A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener,\n   Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the\n   musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque,\n   the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of\n   this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.'),('Noisily','adv.','In a noisy manner.'),('Noisiness','n.','The state or quality of being noisy.'),('Noisome','a.','Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome;\n   insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.'),('Noisome','a.','Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.'),('Noisy','superl.','Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous;\n   vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.'),('Noisy','superl.','Full of noise.'),('Nolde','','Would not.'),('Nole','n.','The head.'),('Noli-me-tangere','n.','Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having\n   capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See\n   Impatiens.'),('Noli-me-tangere','n.','The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.'),('Noli-me-tangere','n.','A name formerly applied to several varieties of\n   ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an\n   ulcerative affection of the nose.'),('Nolition','n.','Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to\n   volition.'),('Noll','n.','The head; the noddle.'),('Nolleity','n.','The state of being unwilling; nolition.'),('Nolle prosequi','','Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record,\n   denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for\n   the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to\n   some of several defendants.'),('Nolo contendere','','A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution,\n   which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of\n   a plea of quilty.'),('Nol. pros.','','An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.'),('-prossed','imp. & p. p.','of Nol-pros'),('-prossing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nol-pros'),('Nol-pros','v. t.','To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to\n   decline to prosecute.'),('Nolt','n. sing. & pl.','Neat cattle.'),('Nom','n.','Name.'),('Noma','n.','See Canker, n., 1.'),('Nomad','n.','One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but\n   wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.'),('Nomad','a.','Roving; nomadic.'),('Nomade','n.','See Nomad, n.'),('Nomadian','n.','A nomad.'),('Nomadic','a.','Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life;\n   wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic\n   tribe.'),('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\n   herds for the sake of finding pasturage.'),('Nomancy','n.','The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by\n   the letters which form their names.'),('No-man\'s land','','A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a\n   space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.'),('No-man\'s land','','Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.'),('Nomarch','n.','The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.'),('Nomarchies','pl. ','of Nomarchy'),('Nomarchy','n.','A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under\n   the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.'),('Nombles','n. pl.','The entrails of a deer; the umbles.'),('Nombril','n.','A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base\n   point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.'),('Nome','n.','A province or political division, as of modern Greece or\n   ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.'),('Nome','n.','Any melody determined by inviolable rules.'),('Nome','n.','See Term.'),('Nome','','Alt. of Nomen'),('Nomen','','p. p. of Nim.'),('Nomenclator','n.','One who calls persons or things by their names.'),('Nomenclator','n.','One who gives names to things, or who settles and\n   adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or\n   vocabulary of technical names.'),('Nomenclatress','n.','A female nomenclator.'),('Nomenclatural','a.','Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.'),('Nomenclature','n.','A name.'),('Nomenclature','n.','A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.'),('Nomenclature','n.','The technical names used in any particular branch of\n   science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of\n   botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his\n   associates.'),('Nomial','n.','A name or term.'),('Nomic','a.','Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English\n   spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.'),('Nomic','n.','Nomic spelling.'),('Nominal','a.','Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the\n   literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.'),('Nominal','a.','Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.'),('Nominal','n.','A nominalist.'),('Nominal','n.','A verb formed from a noun.'),('Nominal','n.','A name; an appellation.'),('Nominalism','n.','The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.'),('Nominalist','n.','One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who\n   adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or\n   universals, exist in name only.'),('Nominalistic','a.','Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.'),('Nominalize','v. t.','To convert into a noun.'),('Nominally','adv.','In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in\n   reality.'),('Nominated','imp. & p. p.','of Nominate'),('Nominating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nominate'),('Nominate','v. t.','To mention by name; to name.'),('Nominate','v. t.','To call; to entitle; to denominate.'),('Nominate','v. t.','To set down in express terms; to state.'),('Nominate','v. t.','To name, or designate by name, for an office or place;\n   to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or\n   appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate\n   for an office or place.'),('Nominately','adv.','By name; particularly; namely.'),('Nomination','n.','The act of naming or nominating; designation of a\n   person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of\n   being nominated.'),('Nomination','n.','The denomination, or name.'),('Nominatival','a.','Of or pertaining to the nominative case.'),('Nominative','a.','Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that\n   case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.'),('Nominative','n.','The nominative case.'),('Nominatively','adv.','In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.'),('Nominator','n.','One who nominates.'),('Nominee','n.','A person named, or designated, by another, to any office,\n   duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or\n   for election to office.'),('Nominor','n.','A nominator.'),('Nomocracy','n.','Government in accordance with a system of law.'),('Nomography','n.','A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper\n   for laws.'),('Nomology','n.','The science of law; legislation.'),('Nomology','n.','The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.'),('Nomopelmous','a.','Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first\n   toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.'),('Nomothete','n.','A lawgiver.'),('Nomothetic','a.','Alt. of Nomothetical'),('Nomothetical','a.','Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power.'),('Non','a.','No; not. See No, a.'),('Non-','','A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in\n   nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.'),('Nonability','n.','Want of ability.'),('Nonability','n.','An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when\n   he is unable legally to commence a suit.'),('Nonacceptance','n.','A neglect or refusal to accept.'),('Nonacid','a.','Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic;\n   positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.'),('Nonacquaintance','n.','Want of acquaintance; the state of being\n   unacquainted.'),('Nonacquiescence','n.','Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or\n   comply.'),('Nonadmission','n.','Failure to be admitted.'),('Nonadult','a.','Not adult; immature.'),('Nonaerobiotic','a.','Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen;\n   anaerobiotic.'),('Nonage','n.','The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the\n   clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.'),('Nonage','n.','Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal\n   immaturity; minority.'),('Nonaged','a.','Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature.'),('Nonagenarian','n.','A person ninety years old.'),('Nonagesimal','a.','Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a\n   nonagesimal.'),('Nonagesimal','n.','The middle or highest point of the part of the\n   ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the\n   ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it\n   is intersected by the horizon.'),('Nonagon','n.','A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.'),('Nonagrian','n.','Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the\n   spindleworm and stalk borer.'),('Nonalienation','n.','Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being\n   alienated.'),('Nonane','n.','One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the\n   paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the\n   molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient\n   of ordinary kerosene.'),('Nonappearance','n.','Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or\n   defend; failure to appear.'),('Nonappointment','n.','Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive\n   an appointment.'),('Nonarrival','n.','Failure to arrive.'),('Non assumpsit','','The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.'),('Nonattendance','n.','A failure to attend; omission of attendance;\n   nonappearance.'),('Nonattention','n.','Inattention.'),('Nonbituminous','a.','Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.'),('Nonce','n.','The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; --\n   chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.'),('Nonchalance','n.','Indifference; carelessness; coolness.'),('Nonchalant','a.','Indifferent; careless; cool.'),('Nonchalantly','adv.','In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner;\n   coolly.'),('Nonclaim','n.','A failure to make claim within the time limited by law;\n   omission of claim.'),('Noncohesion','n.','Want of cohesion.'),('Noncoincidence','n.','Lack of coincidence.'),('Noncoincident','a.','Not coincident.'),('Noncombatant','n.','Any person connected with an army, or within the\n   lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any\n   one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and\n   others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also,\n   any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.'),('Noncommissioned','a.','Not having a commission.'),('Noncommittal','n.','A state of not being committed or pledged;\n   forbearance or refusal to commit one\'s self. Also used adjectively.'),('Noncommunion','n.','Neglect or failure of communion.'),('Noncompletion','n.','Lack of completion; failure to complete.'),('Noncompliance','n.','Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.'),('Noncomplying','a.','Neglecting or refusing to comply.'),('Non compos','','Alt. of Non compos mentis'),('Non compos mentis','','Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of\n   reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of\n   reason, either by nature or from accident.'),('Noncon.','n.','See Noncontent.'),('Nonconcluding','a.','Not concluding.'),('Nonconcur','v. i.','To dissent or refuse to concur.'),('Nonconcurrence','n.','Refusal to concur.'),('Noncondensible','a.','Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; --\n   said of gases.'),('Noncondensing','a.','Not condensing; discharging the steam from the\n   cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere\n   and not into a condenser.'),('Nonconducting','a.','Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force;\n   thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.'),('Nonconduction','n.','The quality of not being able to conduct or\n   transmit; failure to conduct.'),('Nonconductor','n.','A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey\n   or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which\n   transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a\n   nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of\n   electricity.'),('Nonconforming','a.','Not conforming; declining conformity; especially,\n   not conforming to the established church of a country.'),('Nonconformist','n.','One who does not conform to an established church;\n   especially, one who does not conform to the established church of\n   England; a dissenter.'),('Nonconformity','n.','Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in\n   England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in\n   its rites and modes of worship.'),('Nonconstat','n.','It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does\n   not follow.'),('Noncontagious','a.','Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by\n   contact.'),('Noncontent','n.','One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged\n   into noncon. or non con.'),('Noncontributing','a.','Alt. of Noncontributory'),('Noncontributory','a.','Not contributing.'),('Nonda','n.','The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium\n   Nonda.'),('Nondecane','n.','A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy\n   substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the\n   molecule.'),('Nondeciduate','a.','Characterized by the absence of a decidua;\n   indeciduate.'),('Nondelivery','n.','A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of\n   delivery.'),('Nondeposition','n.','A failure to deposit or throw down.'),('Nondescript','a.','Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal;\n   unclassifiable.'),('Nondescript','n.','A thing not yet described; that of which no account or\n   explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.'),('Nondevelopment','n.','Failure or lack of development.'),('Nondiscovery','n.','Want or failure of discovery.'),('Nondo','n.','A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actaeifolium) with\n   a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region.\n   Also called Angelico.'),('None','a.','No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also\n   partitively, or as a plural, not any.'),('None','a.','No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old\n   style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.'),('None','n.','Same as Nones, 2.'),('Noneffective','a.','Not effective.'),('Noneffective','a.','Not fit or available for duty.'),('Non-ego','n.','The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and\n   contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.'),('Nonelastic','a.','Not having elasticity.'),('Nonelect','n. sing. & pl.','A person or persons not elected, or chosen,\n   to salvation.'),('Nonelection','n.','Failure of election.'),('Nonelectric','a.','Alt. of Nonelectrical'),('Nonelectrical','a.','Not electric; conducting electricity.'),('Nonelectric','n.','A substance that is not an electric; that which\n   transmits electricity, as a metal.'),('Nonemphatic','a.','Alt. of Nonemphatical'),('Nonemphatical','a.','Having no emphasis; unemphatic.'),('Nonentities','pl. ','of Nonentity'),('Nonentity','n.','Nonexistence; the negation of being.'),('Nonentity','n.','A thing not existing.'),('Nonentity','n.','A person or thing of little or no account.'),('Non-Episcopal','a.','Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal\n   church or system.'),('Nones','n. pl.','The fifth day of the months January, February, April,\n   June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of\n   March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the\n   ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.'),('Nones','n. pl.','The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary,\n   recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman\n   Catholic Church.'),('Nones','n. pl.','The hour of dinner; the noonday meal.'),('Nonessential','a.','Not essential.'),('Nonessential','n.','A thing not essential.'),('Non est factum','','The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on\n   bond.'),('Non est inventus','','The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the\n   defendant is not found in his county.'),('Nonesuch','n.','A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such;\n   something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as\n   a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species\n   of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.'),('Nonet','n.','Alt. of Nonetto'),('Nonetto','n.','A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine\n   voices.'),('Nonett','n.','The titmouse.'),('Nonexecution','n.','Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.'),('Nonexistence','n.','Absence of existence; the negation of being;\n   nonentity.'),('Nonexistence','n.','A thing that has no existence.'),('Nonexistent','a.','Not having existence.'),('Nonexportation','n.','A failure of exportation; a not exporting of\n   commodities.'),('Nonextensile','a.','Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.'),('Non-feasance','n.','An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that\n   which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.'),('Nonfulfillment','n.','Neglect or failure to fulfill.'),('Nonillion','n.','According to the French and American notation, a\n   thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according\n   to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with\n   fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.'),('Nonimportation','n.','Want or failure of importation; a not importing of\n   commodities.'),('Nonimporting','a.','Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.'),('Noninflectional','a.','Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.'),('Noninhabitant','n.','One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a\n   foreigner; a nonresident.'),('Nonintervention','n.','The state or habit of not intervening or\n   interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of\n   another.'),('Nonius','n.','A vernier.'),('Nonjoinder','n.','The omission of some person who ought to have been made\n   a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which\n   ought to be joined.'),('Nonjurant','a.','Nonjuring.'),('Nonjuring','a.','Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in\n   Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or\n   their successors.'),('Nonjuror','n.','One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take\n   the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors,\n   after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.'),('Nonjurorism','n.','The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.'),('Nonlimitation','n.','Want of limitation; failure to limit.'),('Non liquet','','It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a\n   matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.'),('Nonmalignant','a.','Not malignant, as a disease.'),('Nonmanufacturing','a.','Not carrying on manufactures.'),('Nonmedullated','a.','Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow,\n   or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.'),('Nonmember','n.','One who is not a member.'),('Nonmembership','n.','State of not being a member.'),('Nonmetal','n.','Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with\n   the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic\n   properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are\n   nonmetals.'),('Nonmetallic','a.','Not metallic.'),('Nonmetallic','a.','Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a\n   nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.'),('Nonnatural','a.','Not natural; unnatural.'),('Nonne','n.','A nun.'),('Nonnecessity','n.','Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being\n   unnecessary.'),('Nonnitrognous','a.','Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle;\n   a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1.'),('Nonnucleated','a.','Without a nucleus.'),('Nonny','n.','A silly fellow; a ninny.'),('Nonobedience','n.','Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.'),('Nonobservance','n.','Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.'),('Non obstante','','Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what\n   has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.'),('Non obstante','','A clause in old English statutes and letters patent,\n   importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any\n   statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the\n   Bill of Rights.'),('Nonoic','a.','Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as,\n   nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic.'),('Nonone','n.','Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons\n   (C9H14) of the valylene series.'),('Nonoxygenous','a.','Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of\n   oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.'),('Nonpareil','a.','Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or\n   person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.'),('Nonpareil','a.','A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger\n   than agate (or ruby).'),('Nonpareil','a.','A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of\n   the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue,\n   rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the\n   tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch.'),('Nonpareil','a.','Any other similar bird of the same genus.'),('Nonpareil','a.','Having no equal; peerless.'),('Nonpayment','n.','Neglect or failure to pay.'),('Nonperformance','n.','Neglect or failure to perform.'),('Nonphotobiotic','a.','Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic\n   plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.'),('Nonplane','a.','Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.'),('Nonplus','n.','A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds\n   judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide;\n   puzzle; quandary.'),('Nonplused','imp. & p. p.','of Nonplus'),('Nonplussed','','of Nonplus'),('Nonplusing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nonplus'),('Nonplussing','','of Nonplus'),('Nonplus','v. t.','To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by\n   embarrassment.'),('Nonpreparation','n.','Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.'),('Nonpresentation','n.','Neglect or failure to present; state of not being\n   presented.'),('Nonproduction','n.','A failure to produce or exhibit.'),('Nonprofessional','a.','Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or\n   proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.'),('Nonproficiency','n.','Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.'),('Nonproficient','n.','One who has failed to become proficient.'),('Non pros.','','An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.'),('Nonprossed','imp. & p. p.','of Non-pros'),('Non-prossing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Non-pros'),('Non-pros','v. t.','To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be\n   dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who\n   fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.'),('Non prosequitur','','A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit\n   where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.'),('Nonrecurrent','a.','Not recurring.'),('Nonrecurring','a.','Nonrecurrent.'),('Nonregardance','n.','Want of due regard; disregard; slight.'),('Nonregent','n.','A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.'),('Nonrendition','n.','Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.'),('Nonresemblance','n.','Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.'),('Nonresidence','n.','The state or condition of being nonresident,'),('Nonresident','a.','Not residing in a particular place, on one\'s own\n   estate, or in one\'s proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or\n   proprietor of lands.'),('Nonresident','n.','A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the\n   State or jurisdiction.'),('Nonresistance','n.','The principles or practice of a nonresistant;\n   passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or\n   violence without opposition.'),('Nonresistant','a.','Making no resistance.'),('Nonresistant','n.','One who maintains that no resistance should be made\n   to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised;\n   one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds\n   that violence should never be resisted by force.'),('Nonresisting','a.','Not making resistance.'),('Nonruminant','a.','Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.'),('Nonsane','a.','Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory.'),('Nonsense','n.','That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or\n   language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas;\n   absurdity.'),('Nonsense','n.','Trifles; things of no importance.'),('Nonsensical','a.','Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational;\n   preposterous.'),('Nonsensitive','a.','Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not\n   easily affected.'),('Non sequitur','','An inference which does not follow from the premises.'),('Nonsexual','a.','Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.'),('Nonslaveholding','a.','Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a\n   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.'),('Nonstriated','a.','Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle\n   fibers.'),('Nonsubmission','n.','Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.'),('Nonsubmissive','a.','Not submissive.'),('Nonsuch','n.','See Nonesuch.'),('Nonsuit','n.','A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his\n   suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause\n   by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not\n   support it, or upon the judge\'s expressing his opinion. A compulsory\n   nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the\n   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.','To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as\n   having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it\n   up.'),('Nonsuit','a.','Nonsuited.'),('Nonsurety','n.','Insecurity.'),('Nontenure','n.','A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as\n   affirmed.'),('Nonterm','n.','A vacation between two terms of a court.'),('Nontoxic','a.','Not toxic.'),('Nontronite','n.','A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly\n   of the hydrous silicate of iron.'),('Nonuniformist','n.','One who believes that past changes in the structure\n   of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than\n   are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.'),('Nonunionist','n.','One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a\n   trades union.'),('Nonusance','n.','Neglect of using; failure to use.'),('Nonuser','','A not using; failure to use.'),('Nonuser','','Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to\n   assert a right.'),('Nonvascular','a.','Destitute of vessels; extravascular.'),('Nonvernacular','a.','Not vernacular.'),('Nonvocal','a.','Not vocal; destitute of tone.'),('Nonvocal','n.','A nonvocal consonant.'),('Nonyl','n.','The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and\n   forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.'),('Nonylene','n.','Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated\n   hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.'),('Nonylenic','a.','Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene\n   or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.'),('Nonylic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds;\n   as, nonylic acid.'),('Noodle','n.','A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.'),('Noodle','n.','A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into\n   small pieces, and used in soup.'),('Nook','n.','A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between\n   bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.'),('Nook-shotten','a.','Full of nooks, angles, or corners.'),('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.'),('Noon','n.','The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in\n   the meridian; twelve o\'clock in the daytime.'),('Noon','n.','Hence, the highest point; culmination.'),('Noon','a.','Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.'),('Noon','v. i.','To take rest and refreshment at noon.'),('Noonday','n.','Midday; twelve o\'clock in the day; noon.'),('Noonday','a.','Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday\n   heat.'),('Noon-flower','n.','The goat\'s beard, whose flowers close at midday.'),('Nooning','n.','A rest at noon; a repast at noon.'),('Noonshun','n.','See Nunchion.'),('Noonstead','n.','The position of the sun at noon.'),('Noontide','n.','The time of noon; midday.'),('Noose','n.','A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it\n   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\n   insnare.'),('Noot','','See lst Not.'),('Nopal','n.','A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally\n   Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is\n   collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.'),('Nopalries','pl. ','of Nopalry'),('Nopalry','n.','A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal\n   insect.'),('Nope','n.','A bullfinch.'),('Nor','conj.','A negative connective or particle, introducing the second\n   member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not,\n   in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions\n   follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for\n   neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of\n   nor.'),('Norbertine','n.','See Premonstrant.'),('Noria','n.','A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream\n   against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which\n   water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China,\n   and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.'),('Norian','a.','Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.'),('Norice','n.','Nurse.'),('Norie','n.','The cormorant.'),('Norimons','pl. ','of Norimon'),('Norimon','n.','A Japanese covered litter, carried by men.'),('Norite','n.','A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a\n   triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.'),('Norium','n.','A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.'),('Norm','a.','A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.'),('Norm','a.','A typical, structural unit; a type.'),('Norma','n.','A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.'),('Norma','n.','A mason\'s or a carpenter\'s square or rule.'),('Norma','n.','A templet or gauge.'),('Normal','a.','According to an established norm, rule, or principle;\n   conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper\n   functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.'),('Normal','a.','According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a\n   right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.'),('Normal','a.','Standard; original; exact; typical.'),('Normal','a.','Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic\n   centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in\n   question as the number of its molecular weight.'),('Normal','a.','Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from\n   which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal\n   sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and\n   N(OH)5.'),('Normal','a.','Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon\n   atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal\n   pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-.'),('Normal','a.','Any perpendicular.'),('Normal','a.','A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or\n   surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that\n   point.'),('Normalcy','n.','The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the\n   point of normalcy.'),('Normalization','n.','Reduction to a standard or normal state.'),('Normally','adv.','In a normal manner.'),('Norman','n.','A wooden bar, or iron pin.'),('Norman','a.','Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the\n   Norman language; the Norman conquest.'),('Norman','n.','A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the\n   Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century;\n   afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered\n   England, under William the Conqueror.'),('Normanism','n.','A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the\n   Normans.'),('Norn','n.','Alt. of Norna'),('Norna','n.','One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their\n   names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.'),('Norna','n.','A tutelary deity; a genius.'),('Noropianic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the\n   aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.'),('Norroy','n.','The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See\n   King-at-arms, under King.'),('Norse','a.','Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language\n   spoken by its inhabitants.'),('Norse','n.','The Norse language.'),('Norsemen','pl. ','of Norseman'),('Norseman','n.','One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.'),('Nortelry','n.','Nurture; education; culture; bringing up.'),('North','n.','That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any\n   place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the\n   left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the\n   south.'),('North','n.','Any country or region situated farther to the north than\n   another; the northern section of a country.'),('North','n.','Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of\n   Mason and Dixon\'s line. See under Line.'),('North','a.','Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a\n   northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning;\n   proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.'),('North','v. i.','To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east\n   or west toward the north.'),('North','adv.','Northward.'),('Northeast','n.','The point between the north and east, at an equal\n   distance from each; the northeast part or region.'),('Northeast','a.','Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the\n   northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a\n   northeast wind.'),('Northeast','adv.','Toward the northeast.'),('Northeaster','n.','A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the\n   northeast.'),('Northeasterly','a.','Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast,\n   or coming from the northeast.'),('Northeasterly','adv.','Toward the northeast.'),('Northeastern','a.','Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.'),('Northeastward','adv.','Alt. of Northeastwardly'),('Northeastwardly','adv.','Toward the northeast.'),('Norther','n.','A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind\n   in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.'),('Northerliness','n.','The quality or state of being northerly; direction\n   toward the north.'),('Northerly','a.','Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from\n   the north; northern.'),('Northerly','adv.','Toward the north.'),('Northern','a.','Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or\n   nearer to that point than to the east or west.'),('Northern','a.','In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern\n   course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.'),('Northerner','n.','One born or living in the north.'),('Northerner','n.','A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; --\n   contradistinguished from Southerner.'),('Northernly','adv.','Northerly.'),('Northernmost','a.','Farthest north.'),('Northing','n.','Distance northward from any point of departure or of\n   reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.'),('Northing','n.','The distance of any heavenly body from the equator\n   northward; north declination.'),('Northmen','pl. ','of Northman'),('Northman','n.','One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one\n   of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.'),('Northmost','a.','Lying farthest north; northernmost.'),('Northness','n.','A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to\n   the north.'),('Northumbrian','a.','Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.'),('Northumbrian','n.','A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.'),('Northward','a.','Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east\n   or west point.'),('Northward','adv.','Alt. of Northwards'),('Northwards','adv.','Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the\n   north than to the east or west point.'),('Northwardly','a.','Having a northern direction.'),('Northwardly','adv.','In a northern direction.'),('Northwest','n.','The point in the horizon between the north and west, and\n   equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.'),('Northwest','a.','Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between\n   the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or\n   coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.'),('Northwest','a.','Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.'),('Northwest','adv.','Toward the northwest.'),('Northwester','n.','A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest\n   wind.'),('Northwesterly','a.','Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.'),('Northwestern','a.','Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a\n   direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest;\n   northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.'),('Northwestward','adv.','Alt. of Northwestwardly'),('Northwestwardly','adv.','Toward the northwest.'),('Norwegian','a.','Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its\n   language.'),('Norwegian','n.','A native of Norway.'),('Norwegian','n.','That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in\n   Norway.'),('Norwegium','n.','A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification,\n   said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.'),('Norweyan','a.','Norwegian.'),('Nose','n.','The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the\n   head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory\n   organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.'),('Nose','n.','The power of smelling; hence, scent.'),('Nose','n.','A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout;\n   a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.'),('Nosed','imp. & p. p.','of Nose'),('Nosing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nose'),('Nose','v. t.','To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.'),('Nose','v. t.','To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against;\n   hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.'),('Nose','v. t.','To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal\n   twang; as, to nose a prayer.'),('Nose','v. i.','To smell; to sniff; to scent.'),('Nose','v. i.','To pry officiously into what does not concern one.'),('Nosebag','n.','A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be\n   fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.'),('Noseband','n.','That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over\n   a horse\'s nose.'),('Nosebleed','n.','A bleeding at the nose.'),('Nosebleed','n.','The yarrow. See Yarrow.'),('Nosed','a.','Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in\n   composition; as, pug-nosed.'),('Nosegay','n.','A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.'),('Nosel','v. t.','To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.'),('Noseless','a.','Destitute of a nose.'),('Nosesmart','n.','A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including\n   several species of the genus Nasturtium.'),('Nosethirl','n.','Alt. of Nosethril'),('Nosethril','n.','Nostril.'),('Nosing','n.','That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over\n   the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a\n   molding.'),('Nosle','n.','Nozzle.'),('Nosocomial','a.','Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial\n   atmosphere.'),('Nosography','n.','A description or classification of diseases.'),('Nosological','a.','Of or pertaining to nosology.'),('Nosologist','n.','One versed in nosology.'),('Nosology','n.','A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.'),('Nosology','n.','That branch of medical science which treats of diseases,\n   or of the classification of diseases.'),('Nosopoetic','a.','Producing diseases.'),('Nost','','Wottest not; knowest not.'),('Nostalgia','n.','Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of\n   melancholia, due to homesickness.'),('Nostalgic','a.','Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.'),('Nostalgy','n.','Same as Nostalgia.'),('Nostoc','n.','A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform\n   cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.'),('Nostril','n.','One of the external openings of the nose, which give\n   passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes;\n   one of the anterior nares.'),('Nostril','n.','Perception; insight; acuteness.'),('Nostrums','pl. ','of Nostrum'),('Nostrum','n.','A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for\n   the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or\n   proprietor; a quack medicine.'),('Nostrum','n.','Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.'),('Not','','Wot not; know not; knows not.'),('Not','a.','Shorn; shaven.'),('Not','adv.','A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or\n   refusal.'),('Notabilia','n. pl.','Things worthy of notice.'),('Notabilities','pl. ','of Notability'),('Notability','n.','Quality of being notable.'),('Notability','n.','A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of\n   note.'),('Notability','n.','A notable saying.'),('Notable','a.','Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.'),('Notable','a.','Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or\n   distinguished; as, a notable event, person.'),('Notable','a.','Well-known; notorious.'),('Notable','n.','A person, or thing, of distinction.'),('Notable','n.','One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789,\n   chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a\n   representative body.'),('Notableness','n.','The quality of being notable.'),('Notably','adv.','In a notable manner.'),('Notaeum','n.','The back or upper surface, as of a bird.'),('Notal','a.','Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.'),('Notanda','pl. ','of Notandum'),('Notandum','n.','A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; --\n   chiefly used in the plural.'),('Notarial','a.','Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary;\n   as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.'),('Notarially','adv.','In a notarial manner.'),('Notaries','pl. ','of Notary'),('Notary','n.','One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the\n   notary of an ecclesiastical body.'),('Notary','n.','A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other\n   writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make\n   them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly\n   relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests\n   of negotiable paper, ship\'s papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is\n   generally called a notary public.'),('Notate','a.','Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.'),('Notation','n.','The act or practice of recording anything by marks,\n   figures, or characters.'),('Notation','n.','Any particular system of characters, symbols, or\n   abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly\n   technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters,\n   and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity,\n   or operations.'),('Notation','n.','Literal or etymological signification.'),('Notch','n.','A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.'),('Notch','n.','A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass;\n   a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.'),('Notched','imp. & p. p.','of Notch'),('Notching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Notch'),('Notch','v. t.','To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by\n   notches; as, to notch a stick.'),('Notch','v. t.','To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.'),('Notchboard','n.','The board which receives the ends of the steps in a\n   staircase.'),('Notching','n.','The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small\n   hollows.'),('Notching','n.','The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.'),('Notching','n.','A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching\n   them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched\n   portions.'),('Notching','n.','A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of\n   cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.'),('Notchweed','n.','A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot\n   (Chenopodium Vulvaria).'),('Note','v. t.','To butt; to push with the horns.'),('Note','','Know not; knows not.'),('Note','n.','Nut.'),('Note','n.','Need; needful business.'),('Note','n.','A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible\n   sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic\n   quality.'),('Note','n.','A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out\n   something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving\n   evidence.'),('Note','n.','A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an\n   annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or\n   illustrative observation.'),('Note','n.','A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum;\n   a minute.'),('Note','n.','Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda\n   to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what\n   is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter\'s memoranda;\n   the original report of a speech or of proceedings.'),('Note','n.','A short informal letter; a billet.'),('Note','n.','A diplomatic missive or written communication.'),('Note','n.','A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and\n   promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable\n   note.'),('Note','n.','A list of items or of charges; an account.'),('Note','n.','A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a\n   tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:'),('Note','n.','A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.'),('Note','n.','A key of the piano or organ.'),('Note','n.','Observation; notice; heed.'),('Note','n.','Notification; information; intelligence.'),('Note','n.','State of being under observation.'),('Note','n.','Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.'),('Note','n.','Stigma; brand; reproach.'),('Noted','imp. & p. p.','of Note'),('Noting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Note'),('Note','n.','To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to\n   attend to.'),('Note','n.','To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.'),('Note','n.','To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing\n   charged); to brand.'),('Note','n.','To denote; to designate.'),('Note','n.','To annotate.'),('Note','n.','To set down in musical characters.'),('Notebook','n.','A book in which notes or memorandums are written.'),('Notebook','n.','A book in which notes of hand are registered.'),('Noted','a.','Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as,\n   a noted author, or traveler.'),('Noteful','a.','Useful.'),('Noteless','a.','Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.'),('Notelessness','n.','A state of being noteless.'),('Notelet','n.','A little or short note; a billet.'),('Note paper','','Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once,\n   five by eight inches.'),('Noter','n.','One who takes notice.'),('Noter','n.','An annotator.'),('Noteworthy','a.','Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.'),('Nother','conj.','Neither; nor.'),('Nothing','n.','Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word\n   thing); -- opposed to anything and something.'),('Nothing','n.','Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility;\n   nothingness.'),('Nothing','n.','A thing of no account, value, or note; something\n   irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance;\n   utter insignificance; a trifle.'),('Nothing','n.','A cipher; naught.'),('Nothing','adv.','In no degree; not at all; in no wise.'),('Nothingarian','n.','One of no certain belief; one belonging to no\n   particular sect.'),('Nothingism','n.','Nihility; nothingness.'),('Nothingness','n.','Nihility; nonexistence.'),('Nothingness','n.','The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.'),('Notice','n.','The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by\n   the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.'),('Notice','n.','Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge\n   given or received; means of knowledge; express notification;\n   announcement; warning.'),('Notice','n.','An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks;\n   as, book notices; theatrical notices.'),('Notice','n.','A writing communicating information or warning.'),('Notice','n.','Attention; respectful treatment; civility.'),('Noticed','imp. & p. p.','of Notice'),('Noticing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Notice'),('Notice','v. t.','To observe; to see to mark; to take note of; to heed; to\n   pay attention to.'),('Notice','v. t.','To show that one has observed; to take public note of;\n   remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.'),('Notice','v. t.','To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice\n   strangers.'),('Noticeable','a.','Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to\n   attract observation; conspicous.'),('Noticeably','adv.','In a noticeable manner.'),('Noticer','n.','One who notices.'),('Notidanian','n.','Any one of several species of sharks of the family\n   Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.'),('Notification','n.','The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of\n   making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or\n   information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies,\n   or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.'),('Notification','n.','Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.'),('Notification','n.','The writing which communicates information; an\n   advertisement, or citation, etc.'),('Notified','imp. & p. p.','of Notify'),('Notifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Notify'),('Notify','v. t.','To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a\n   fact to a person.'),('Notify','v. t.','To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as,\n   the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the\n   bell notifies us of the time of meeting.'),('Notion','','Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an\n   idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception,\n   as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.'),('Notion','','A sentiment; an opinion.'),('Notion','','Sense; mind.'),('Notion','','An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee\n   notions.'),('Notion','','Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to\n   do it.'),('Notional','a.','Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing\n   abstract conceptions.'),('Notional','a.','Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.'),('Notional','a.','Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical;\n   fanciful; as, a notional man.'),('Notionality','n.','A notional or groundless opinion.'),('Notionally','adv.','In mental apprehension; in conception; not in\n   reality.'),('Notionate','a.','Notional.'),('Notionist','n.','One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.'),('Notist','n.','An annotator.'),('Notobranchiata','n. pl.','A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having\n   gills upon the back.'),('Notobranchiata','n. pl.','The Dorsibranchiata.'),('Notobranchiate','a.','Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.'),('Notochord','n.','An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath\n   the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the\n   primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and\n   the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda\n   dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.'),('Notochordal','a.','Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.'),('Notodontian','n.','Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging\n   to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths\n   has a hump, or spine, on its back.'),('Notopodia','pl. ','of Notopodium'),('E','pl. ','of Notopodium'),('Notopodiums','pl. ','of Notopodium'),('Notopodium','n.','The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See\n   Parapodium.'),('Notorhizal','a.','Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back\n   of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.'),('Notoriety','n.','The quality or condition of being notorious; the state\n   of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an\n   unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.'),('Notorious','a.','Generally known and talked of by the public; universally\n   believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an\n   unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.'),('Notornis','n.','A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having\n   rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first\n   known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few\n   individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to\n   be now nearly or quite extinct.'),('Nototherium','n.','An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials,\n   found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.'),('Nototrema','n.','The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.'),('Not-pated','a.','Alt. of Nott-pated'),('Nott-pated','a.','Same as Nott-headed.'),('Notself','n.','The negative of self.'),('Nott','a.','Shorn.'),('Nott','v. t.','To shear.'),('Nott-headed','a.','Having the hair cut close.'),('Notturno','n.','Same as Nocturne.'),('Nota','pl. ','of Notum'),('Notum','n.','The back.'),('Notus','n.','The south wind.'),('Notwheat','n.','Wheat not bearded.'),('Notwithstanding','prep.','Without prevention, or obstruction from or by;\n   in spite of.'),('Notwithstanding','adv. / conj.','Nevertheless; however; although; as, I\n   shall go, notwithstanding it rains.'),('Nouch','n.','An ouch; a jewel.'),('Nougat','n.','A cake, sweetmeat, or confection made with almonds or other\n   nuts.'),('Nought','n. & adv.','See Naught.'),('Nould','','Would not.'),('Noule','n.','The top of the head; the head or noll.'),('Noumenal','a.','Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to\n   phenomenal.'),('Noumenon','n.','The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or\n   thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through\n   which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted\n   and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.'),('Noun','n.','A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature\n   or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.'),('Nounal','a.','Of or pertaining to a noun.'),('Nounize','v. t.','To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.'),('Nourice','n.','A nurse.'),('Nourished','imp. & p. p.','of Nourish'),('Nourishing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nourish'),('Nourish','v. t.','To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which\n   increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with\n   nutriment.'),('Nourish','v. t.','To support; to maintain.'),('Nourish','v. t.','To supply the means of support and increase to; to\n   encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.'),('Nourish','v. t.','To cherish; to comfort.'),('Nourish','v. t.','To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to\n   promote the growth of in attainments.'),('Nourish','v. i.','To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.'),('Nourish','v. i.','To gain nourishment.'),('Nourish','n.','A nurse.'),('Nourishable','a.','Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts\n   of the body.'),('Nourishable','a.','Capable of giving nourishment.'),('Nourisher','n.','One who, or that which, nourishes.'),('Nourishing','a.','Promoting growth; nutritious,'),('Nourishingly','adv.','Nutritively; cherishingly.'),('Nourishment','n.','The act of nourishing, or the state of being\n   nourished; nutrition.'),('Nourishment','n.','That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.'),('Nouriture','n.','Nurture.'),('Noursle','v. t.','To nurse; to rear; to bring up.'),('Nous','n.','Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.'),('Nousel','v. t.','Alt. of Nousle'),('Nousle','v. t.','To insnare; to entrap.'),('Nouthe','adv.','Alt. of Nowthe'),('Nowthe','adv.','Just now; at present.'),('Novaculite','n.','A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made;\n   razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.'),('Novatian','n.','One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that\n   the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church,\n   and that second marriages are unlawful.'),('Novatianism','n.','The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.'),('Novation','n.','Innovation.'),('Novation','n.','A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the\n   remodeling of an old obligation.'),('Novator','n.','An innovator.'),('Novel','a.','Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence,\n   out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.'),('Novel','a.','That which is new or unusual; a novelty.'),('Novel','a.','News; fresh tidings.'),('Novel','a.','A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed\n   to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the\n   passions, and particularly of love.'),('Novel','a.','A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under\n   Novel, a.'),('Novelette','n.','A short novel.'),('Novelism','n.','Innovation.'),('Novelist','n.','An innovator; an asserter of novelty.'),('Novelist','n.','A writer of news.'),('Novelist','n.','A writer of a novel or novels.'),('Novelize','v. i.','To innovate.'),('Novelized','imp. & p. p.','of Novelize'),('Novelizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Novelize'),('Novelize','v. t.','To innovate.'),('Novelize','v. t.','To put into the form of novels; to represent by\n   fiction.'),('Novelry','n.','Novelty; new things.'),('Novelties','pl. ','of Novelty'),('Novelty','n.','The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness;\n   recentness of origin or introduction.'),('Novelty','n.','Something novel; a new or strange thing.'),('November','n.','The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.'),('Novenary','a.','Of or pertaining to the number nine.'),('Novenary','n.','The number of nine units; nine, collectively.'),('Novene','a.','Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.'),('Novennial','a.','Done or recurring every ninth year.'),('Novercal','a.','Done or recurring every ninth year.'),('Novercal','a.','Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the\n   manner of, a stepmother.'),('Novice','n.','One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one\n   unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a\n   tyro.'),('Novice','n.','One newly received into the church, or one newly converted\n   to the Christian faith.'),('Novice','n.','One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns,\n   as a probationist.'),('Novice','a.','Like a novice; becoming a novice.'),('Noviceship','n.','The state of being a novice; novitiate.'),('Novilunar','a.','Of or pertaining to the new moon.'),('Novitiate','n.','The state of being a novice; time of initiation or\n   instruction in rudiments.'),('Novitiate','n.','Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before\n   taking the vows.'),('Novitiate','n.','One who is going through a novitiate, or period of\n   probation; a novice.'),('Novitiate','n.','The place where novices live or are trained.'),('Novitious','a.','Newly invented; recent; new.'),('Novity','n.','Newness; novelty.'),('Novum','n.','A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine\n   five), the two principal throws being nine and five.'),('Now','adv.','At the present time; at this moment; at the time of\n   speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.'),('Now','adv.','Very lately; not long ago.'),('Now','adv.','At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or\n   contemplated; at a particular time referred to.'),('Now','adv.','In present circumstances; things being as they are; --\n   hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an\n   explanation.'),('Now','a.','Existing at the present time; present.'),('Now','n.','The present time or moment; the present.'),('Nowadays','adv.','In these days; at the present time.'),('Noway','adv.','Alt. of Noways'),('Noways','adv.','In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.'),('Nowch','n.','See Nouch.'),('Nowd','n.','The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).'),('Nowed','a.','Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.'),('Nowel','n.','Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth\n   of the Savior.'),('Nowel','n.','A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in\n   honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol.'),('Nowel','n.','The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large\n   hollow object.'),('Nowel','n.','The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from\n   the cope; the drag.'),('Nowes','n. pl.','The marriage knot.'),('Nowhere','adv.','Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is\n   nowhere to be found.'),('Nowhither','adv.','Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.'),('Nowise','n.','Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.'),('Nowt','n. pl.','Neat cattle.'),('Nowthe','','See Nouthe.'),('Noxious','a.','Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious;\n   destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or\n   climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or\n   examples.'),('Noxious','a.','Guilty; criminal.'),('Noy','v. t.','To annoy; to vex.'),('Noy','n.','That which annoys.'),('Noyance','n.','Annoyance.'),('Noyau','n.','A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the\n   bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.'),('Noyer','n.','An annoyer.'),('Noyful','a.','Full of annoyance.'),('Noyls','n. pl.','See Noils.'),('Noyous','a.','Annoying; disagreeable.'),('Nozle','n.','Nozzle.'),('Nozzle','n.','The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of\n   anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.'),('Nozzle','n.','A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose\n   or pipe.'),('Nozzle','n.','A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or\n   side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.'),('Nuance','n.','A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.'),('Nub','v. t.','To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.'),('Nub','n.','A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or\n   gist, as of a story.'),('Nubbin','n.','A small or imperfect ear of maize.'),('Nubble','v. t.','To beat or bruise with the fist.'),('Nubeculae','pl. ','of Nubecula'),('Nubecula','n.','A nebula.'),('Nubecula','n.','Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.'),('Nubecula','n.','A slight spot on the cornea.'),('Nubecula','n.','A cloudy object or appearance in urine.'),('Nubia','n.','A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.'),('Nubian','a.','Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.'),('Nubian','n.','A native of Nubia.'),('Nubiferous','a.','Bringing, or producing, clouds.'),('Nubigenous','a.','Born of, or produced from, clouds.'),('Nubilate','v. t.','To cloud.'),('Nubile','a.','Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.'),('Nubility','n.','The state of being marriageable.'),('Nubilose','a.','Alt. of Nubilous'),('Nubilous','a.','Cloudy.'),('Nucament','n.','A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine,\n   willow, and the like.'),('Nucamentaceous','a.','Like a nut either in structure or in being\n   indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.'),('Nucelli','pl. ','of Nucellus'),('Nucellus','n.','See Nucleus, 3 (a).'),('Nuch/','pl. ','of Nucha'),('Nucha','n.','The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.'),('Nuchal','a.','Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape,\n   of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the\n   carapace of turtles.'),('Nuciferous','a.','Bearing, or producing, nuts.'),('Nuciform','a.','Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.'),('Nucin','n.','See Juglone.'),('Nucleal','a.','Alt. of Nuclear'),('Nuclear','a.','Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle\n   (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the\n   nuclear part of a comet, etc.'),('Nucleate','a.','Having a nucleus; nucleated.'),('Nucleate','v. t.','To gather, as about a nucleus or center.'),('Nucleated','a.','Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.'),('Nucleiform','a.','Formed like a nucleus or kernel.'),('Nuclein','n.','A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a\n   colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and\n   especially characterized by its comparatively large content of\n   phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.'),('Nucleobranch','a.','Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.'),('Nucleobranch','n.','One of the Nucleobranchiata.'),('Nucleobranchiata','n. pl.','See Heteropoda.'),('Nucleoidioplasma','n.','Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of\n   vegetable cells.'),('Nucleolar','a.','Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.'),('Nucleolated','a.','Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.'),('Nucleole','n.','The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.'),('Nucleoli','pl. ','of Nucleolus'),('Nucleolus','n.','A little nucleus.'),('Nucleolus','n.','A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell\n   or a protozoan.'),('Nucleoplasm','n.','The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the\n   protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.'),('Nucleoplasmic','a.','Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to\n   a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of\n   the germinal vesicle.'),('Nucleuses','pl. ','of Nucleus'),('Nuclei','pl. ','of Nucleus'),('Nucleus','n.','A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which\n   matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or\n   material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.'),('Nucleus','n.','The body or the head of a comet.'),('Nucleus','n.','An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.'),('Nucleus','n.','A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.'),('Nucleus','n.','A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan,\n   distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in\n   refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or\n   less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through\n   which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended\n   a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell\n   division, under Division.'),('Nucleus','n.','The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.'),('Nucleus','n.','The central part around which additional growths are\n   added, as of an operculum.'),('Nucleus','n.','A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs,\n   in Tunicata and some mollusks.'),('Nucula','n.','A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly\n   interior.'),('Nucle','n.','Same as Nutlet.'),('Nucumentaceous','a.','See Nucamentaceous.'),('Nudation','n.','The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.'),('Nuddle','v. i.','To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often\n   with along.'),('Nude','a.','Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.'),('Nude','a.','Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See\n   Nudum pactum.'),('Nudge/','imp. & p. p.','of Nudge'),('Nudging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nudge'),('Nudge','v. t.','To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call\n   attention or convey intimation.'),('Nudge','n.','A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.'),('Nudibrachiate','a.','Having tentacles without vibratile cilia.'),('Nudibranch','a.','Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.'),('Nudibranch','n.','One of the Nudibranchiata.'),('Nudibranchiata','n. pl.','A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks,\n   having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and\n   situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.'),('Nudibranchiate','a. & n.','Same as Nudibranch.'),('Nudicaul','a.','Having the stems leafless.'),('Nudification','n.','The act of making nude.'),('Nudities','pl. ','of Nudity'),('Nudity','n.','The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.'),('Nudity','n.','That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or\n   unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented\n   unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the\n   plural and in a bad sense.'),('Nudum pactum','','A bare, naked contract, without any consideration.'),('Nugacity','n.','Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.'),('Nugae','n. pl.','Trifles; jests.'),('Nugation','n.','The act or practice of trifling.'),('Nugatory','a.','Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.'),('Nugatory','a.','Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.'),('Nugget','n.','A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as,\n   a nugget of gold.'),('Nugify','v. t.','To render trifling or futile; to make silly.'),('Nuisance','n.','That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that\n   which is offensive or noxious.'),('Nuisancer','n.','One who makes or causes a nuisance.'),('Nul','a.','No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.'),('Null','a.','Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy;\n   invalid; void; nugatory; useless.'),('Null','n.','Something that has no force or meaning.'),('Null','n.','That which has no value; a cipher; zero.'),('Null','v. t.','To annul.'),('Null','n.','One of the beads in nulled work.'),('Nulled','a.','Turned so as to resemble nulls.'),('Nullibiety','n.','The state or condition of being nowhere.'),('Nullification','n.','The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no\n   effect, or of no legal effect.'),('Nullifidian','a.','Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for\n   salvation; -- opposed to solifidian.'),('Nullifidian','n.','An unbeliever.'),('Nullifier','n.','One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the\n   right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.'),('Nullified','imp. & p. p.','of Nullify'),('Nullifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nullify'),('Nullify','a.','To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force\n   or efficacy.'),('Nullipore','n.','A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which\n   secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought\n   to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the\n   genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.'),('Nullities','pl. ','of Nullity'),('Nullity','n.','The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of\n   efficacy or force.'),('Nullity','n.','Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a\n   decree that no legal marriage exists.'),('Nullity','n.','That which is null.'),('Numb','a.','Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and\n   motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs\n   are numb with cold.'),('Numb','a.','Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.'),('Numbed','imp. & p. p.','of Numb'),('Numbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Numb'),('Numb','v. t.','To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or\n   motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.'),('Numbedness','n.','Numbness.'),('Number','n.','That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or\n   an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of\n   individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by\n   figures.'),('Number','n.','A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a\n   multitude; many.'),('Number','n.','A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to\n   put a number on a door.'),('Number','n.','Numerousness; multitude.'),('Number','n.','The state or quality of being numerable or countable.'),('Number','n.','Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate\n   things.'),('Number','n.','That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as\n   divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; --\n   chiefly used in the plural.'),('Number','n.','The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in\n   some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually)\n   by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and\n   the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the\n   objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.'),('Number','n.','The measure of the relation between quantities or things of\n   the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of\n   being expressed by figures; numerical value.'),('Numbered','imp. & p. p.','of Number'),('Numbering','p. pr & vb. n.','of Number'),('Number','n.','To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to\n   enumerate.'),('Number','n.','To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.'),('Number','n.','To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the\n   place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a\n   number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the\n   apartments in a building.'),('Number','n.','To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of;\n   as, the army numbers fifty thousand.'),('Numberer','n.','One who numbers.'),('Numberful','a.','Numerous.'),('Numberless','a.','Innumerable; countless.'),('Numberous','a.','Numerous.'),('Numbers','n.','pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch,\n   containing the census of the Hebrews.'),('Numbfish','n.','The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it\n   gives.'),('Numbless','n. pl.','See Nombles.'),('Numbness','n.','The condition of being numb; that state of a living body\n   in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.'),('Numerable','v. t.','Capable of being numbered or counted.'),('Numeral','n.','Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or\n   numerals.'),('Numeral','n.','Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral\n   letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.'),('Numeral','n.','A figure or character used to express a number; as, the\n   Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.'),('Numeral','n.','A word expressing a number.'),('Numerally','adv.','According to number; in number; numerically.'),('Numerary','a.','Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a\n   collection or body.'),('Numerated','imp. & p. p.','of Numerate'),('Numerating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Numerate'),('Numerate','v.','To divide off and read according to the rules of\n   numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.'),('Numeration','n.','The act or art of numbering.'),('Numeration','n.','The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by\n   means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of\n   reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method.'),('Numerative','a.','Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative\n   system.'),('Numerator','n.','One who numbers.'),('Numerator','n.','The term in a fraction which indicates the number of\n   fractional units that are taken.'),('Numeric','n.','Alt. of Numerical'),('Numerical','n.','Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in\n   numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical\n   characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.'),('Numerical','n.','The same in number; hence, identically the same;\n   identical; as, the same numerical body.'),('Numeric','n.','Any number, proper or improper fraction, or\n   incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression\n   like m + nÃ-1, where m and n are real numerics.'),('Numerically','adv.','In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to\n   number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or\n   numerically different.'),('Numerist','n.','One who deals in numbers.'),('Numero','n.','Number; -- often abbrev. No.'),('Numerosity','n.','The state of being numerous; numerousness.'),('Numerosity','n.','Rhythm; harmony; flow.'),('Numerous','a.','Consisting of a great number of units or individual\n   objects; being many; as, a numerous army.'),('Numerous','a.','Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and\n   counted; melodious; musical.'),('Numidian','a.','Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.'),('Numismatic','a.','Alt. of Numismatical'),('Numismatical','a.','Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of\n   coins or medals.'),('Numismatics','n.','The science of coins and medals.'),('Numismatist','n.','One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.'),('Numismatography','n.','A treatise on, or description of, coins and\n   medals.'),('Numismatologist','n.','One versed in numismatology.'),('Numismatology','n.','The science which treats of coins and medals, in\n   their relation to history; numismatics.'),('Nummary','a.','Of or relating to coins or money.'),('Nummular','a.','Alt. of Nummulary'),('Nummulary','a.','Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the\n   nummulary talent.'),('Nummulary','a.','Having the appearance or form of a coin.'),('Nummulation','n.','The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in\n   rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is\n   examined under the microscope.'),('Nummulite','n.','A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.'),('Nummulites','n.','A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a\n   thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers\n   arranged spirally.'),('Nummulitic','a.','Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as,\n   nummulitic beds.'),('Numps','n.','A dolt; a blockhead.'),('Numskull','n.','A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.'),('Numskulled','a.','Stupid; doltish.'),('Nun','n.','A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent,\n   under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.'),('Nun','n.','A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers\n   covering the head.'),('Nun','n.','The smew.'),('Nun','n.','The European blue titmouse.'),('Nunchion','v. i.','A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually\n   between full meals; a luncheon.'),('Nunciate','n.','One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio.'),('Nunciature','n.','The office of a nuncio.'),('Nuncios','pl. ','of Nuncio'),('Nuncio','n.','A messenger.'),('Nuncio','n.','The permanent official representative of the pope at a\n   foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a\n   latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special\n   purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.'),('Nuncii','pl. ','of Nuncius'),('Nuncius','n.','A messenger.'),('Nuncius','n.','The information communicated.'),('Nuncupate','v. t.','To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim\n   formally.'),('Nuncupate','v. t.','To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to\n   nuncupate a book.'),('Nuncupation','n.','The act of nuncupating.'),('Nuncupative','a.','Publicly or solemnly declaratory.'),('Nuncupative','a.','Nominal; existing only in name.'),('Nuncupative','a.','Oral; not written.'),('Nuncupatory','a.','Nuncupative; oral.'),('Nundinal','n.','A nundinal letter.'),('Nundinal','a.','Alt. of Nundinary'),('Nundinary','a.','Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.'),('Nundinate','a.','To buy and sell at fairs or markets.'),('Nundination','n.','Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.'),('Nunnation','n.','The pronunciation of n at the end of words.'),('Nunneries','pl. ','of Nunnery'),('Nunnery','n.','A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in\n   which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and\n   Convent.'),('Nunnish','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of\n   a nun.'),('Nup','n.','Same as Nupson.'),('Nuphar','n.','A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes\n   of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf.\n   Nymphaea.'),('Nupson','n.','A simpleton; a fool.'),('Nuptial','a.','Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding;\n   as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.'),('Nuptials','pl. ','of Nuptial'),('Nuptial','n.','Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the\n   plural.'),('Nur','n.','A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in\n   playing hockey.'),('Nurled','imp. & p. p.','of Nurl'),('Nurling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nurl'),('Nurl','v. t.','To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins,\n   the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.'),('Nurse','n.','One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or\n   brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children;\n   especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person,\n   especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.'),('Nurse','n.','One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow,\n   trains, fosters, or the like.'),('Nurse','n.','A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander\n   when the captain is unfit for his place.'),('Nurse','n.','A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces\n   cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.'),('Nurse','n.','Either one of the nurse sharks.'),('Nursed','imp. & p. p.','of Nurse'),('Nursing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nurse'),('Nurse','v. t.','To nourish; to cherish; to foster'),('Nurse','v. t.','To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as\n   an infant.'),('Nurse','v. t.','To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid;\n   to attend upon.'),('Nurse','v. t.','To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid\n   condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to\n   any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.'),('Nurse','v. t.','To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase;\n   as, to nurse our national resources.'),('Nurse','v. t.','To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.'),('Nursehound','n.','See Houndfish.'),('Nursemaid','n.','A girl employed to attend children.'),('Nursepond','n.','A pond where fish are fed.'),('Nurser','n.','One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages\n   growth.'),('Nurseries','pl. ','of Nursery'),('Nursery','n.','The act of nursing.'),('Nursery','n.','The place where nursing is carried on'),('Nursery','n.','The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the\n   care of children.'),('Nursery','n.','A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are\n   propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young\n   trees.'),('Nursery','n.','The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.'),('Nursery','n.','That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery\n   of seamen.'),('Nursery','n.','That which is nursed.'),('Nurserymen','pl. ','of Nurseryman'),('Nurseryman','n.','One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for\n   rearing trees, etc.'),('Nursing','a.','Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the\n   breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.'),('Nursling','n.','One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.'),('Nurstle','v. t.','To nurse. See Noursle.'),('Nurture','n.','The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education;\n   training.'),('Nurture','n.','That which nourishes; food; diet.'),('Nurtured','imp. & p. p.','of Nurture'),('Nurturing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nurture'),('Nurture','v. t.','To feed; to nourish.'),('Nurture','v. t.','To educate; to bring or train up.'),('Nustle','v. t.','To fondle; to cherish.'),('Nut','n.','The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond,\n   walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and\n   indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.'),('Nut','n.','A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided\n   with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for\n   tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See\n   Illust. of lst Bolt.'),('Nut','n.','The tumbler of a gunlock.'),('Nut','n.','A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure\n   the stock in place.'),('Nutted','imp. & p. p.','of Nut'),('Nutting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nut'),('Nut','v. i.','To gather nuts.'),('Nutant','a.','Nodding; having the top bent downward.'),('Nutation','n.','The act of nodding.'),('Nutation','n.','A very small libratory motion of the earth\'s axis, by\n   which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly\n   varying by a small amount.'),('Nutation','n.','The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement\n   of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening.'),('Nutation','n.','Circumnutation.'),('Nutbreaker','n.','The European nuthatch.'),('Nutbreaker','n.','The nutcracker.'),('Nut-brown','a.','Brown as a nut long kept and dried.'),('Nutcracker','n.','An instrument for cracking nuts.'),('Nutcracker','n.','A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to\n   the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It\n   feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.'),('Nutcracker','n.','The American, or Clarke\'s, nutcracker (Picicorvus\n   Columbianus) of Western North America.'),('Nutgall','n.','A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of\n   those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut.'),('Nuthatch','n.','Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta,\n   as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch\n   (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy\n   nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American.'),('Nuthook','n.','A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for\n   gathering the nuts.'),('Nuthook','n.','A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who\n   hooks or seizes malefactors.'),('Nutjobber','n.','The nuthatch.'),('Nutlet','n.','A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.'),('Nutmeg','n.','The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica\n   fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in\n   the tropics.'),('Nutmegged','a.','Seasoned with nutmeg.'),('Nutpecker','n.','The nuthatch.'),('Nutria','n.','The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.'),('Nutrication','n.','The act or manner of feeding.'),('Nutrient','a.','Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.'),('Nutrient','n.','Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e.,\n   which nourishes or promotes growth.'),('Nutriment','n.','That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and\n   repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.'),('Nutriment','n.','That which promotes development or growth.'),('Nutrimental','a.','Nutritious.'),('Nutritial','a.','Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious.'),('Nutrition','n.','In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes\n   by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or\n   organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.'),('Nutrition','n.','In a more limited sense, the process by which the living\n   tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their\n   repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.'),('Nutrition','n.','That which nourishes; nutriment.'),('Nutritional','a.','Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional\n   changes.'),('Nutritious','a.','Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay;\n   alimental.'),('Nutritive','a.','Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive\n   functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental;\n   alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.'),('Nutriture','n.','Nutrition; nourishment.'),('Nutshell','n.','The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel\n   of a nut is inclosed.'),('Nutshell','n.','Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.'),('Nutshell','n.','A shell of the genus Nucula.'),('Nutter','n.','A gatherer of nuts.'),('Nutting','n.','The act of gathering nuts.'),('Nutty','a.','Abounding in nuts.'),('Nutty','a.','Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.'),('Nux vomica','','The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on\n   the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed\n   the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The\n   seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.'),('Nuzzied','imp. & p. p.','of Nuzzle'),('Nuzzling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Nuzzle'),('Nuzzle','v. t.','To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.'),('Nuzzle','v. t.','To nestle; to house, as in a nest.'),('Nuzzle','v. i.','To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.'),('Nuzzle','v. i.','To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.'),('Nuzzle','v. t.','To hide the head, as a child in the mother\'s bosom; to\n   nestle.'),('Nuzzle','v. t.','To loiter; to idle.'),('Ny','','Not I; nor I.'),('Ny','a. & adv.','Alt. of Nye'),('Nye','a. & adv.','Nigh.'),('Nyas','n.','See Nias.'),('Nyctalopia','n.','A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the\n   patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to\n   see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.'),('Nyctalopia','n.','See Moonblink.'),('Nyctalops','n.','One afflicted with nyctalopia.'),('Nyctalopy','n.','Same as Nyctalopia.'),('Nycthemeron','n.','The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four\n   hours.'),('Nyctibune','n.','A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to\n   the goatsuckers.'),('Nyctitropic','a.','Turning or bending at night into special positions.'),('Nyctophile','n.','Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a\n   very simple nasal appendage.'),('Nye','n.','A brood or flock of pheasants.'),('Nyentek','n.','A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H.\n   orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal\n   white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong\n   musky odor.'),('Nylghau','n.','Alt. of Nylgau'),('Nylgau','n.','A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, / Portax,\n   tragocamelus), found in Northern India. It has short horns, a black\n   mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is\n   grayish brown.'),('Nymph','n.','A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.'),('Nymph','n.','A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.'),('Nymph','n.','The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.'),('Nymph','n.','Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including\n   the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called\n   also naiad.'),('Nymph/','pl. ','of Nympha'),('Nympha','n.','Same as Nymph, 3.'),('Nympha','n.','Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the\n   opening of the vulva.'),('Nymphaea','n.','A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white,\n   blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily\n   and the Egyptia lotus.'),('Nymphal','a.','Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.'),('Nymphales','n. pl.','An extensive family of butterflies including the\n   nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called\n   also brush-footed butterflies.'),('Nymphean','a.','Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited\n   by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.'),('Nymphet','n.','A little or young nymph.'),('Nymphic','a.','Alt. of Nymphical'),('Nymphical','a.','Of or pertaining to nymphs.'),('Nymphiparous','a.','Producing pupas or nymphs.'),('Nymphish','a.','Relating to nymphs; ladylike.'),('Nymphlike','a.','Alt. of Nymphly'),('Nymphly','a.','Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.'),('Nympholepsy','n.','A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming\n   upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.'),('Nympholeptic','a.','Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic;\n   frenzied.'),('Nymphomania','n.','Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women,\n   constituting a true disease.'),('Nymphomany','n.','Same as Nymphomania.'),('Nymphotomy','n.','Excision of the nymphae.'),('Nys','','Is not. See Nis.'),('Nystagmus','n.','A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.'),('Nyula','n.','A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is\n   beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.\n   O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form,\n   value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came\n   into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately\n   from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related\n   to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke,\n   AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E.\n   toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre.'),('O','','Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion\n   that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and\n   properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.'),('O\'s','pl. ','of O'),('Oes','pl. ','of O'),('O','n.','The letter O, or its sound.'),('O','n.','Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.'),('O','n.','A cipher; zero.'),('O\'','','A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or\n   descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O\'Neil, O\'Carrol.'),('O\'','prep.','A shortened form of of or on.'),('O','a.','One.'),('O','interj.','An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a\n   person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned\n   exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.'),('Oad','n.','See Woad.'),('Oaf','n.','Originally, an elf\'s child; a changeling left by fairies or\n   goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.'),('Oafish','a.','Like an oaf; simple.'),('Oak','n.','Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have\n   alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in\n   catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or\n   less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are\n   now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur\n   in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of\n   North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South\n   America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand\n   proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and\n   tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver\n   grain.'),('Oak','n.','The strong wood or timber of the oak.'),('Oaken','a.','Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.'),('Oaker','n.','See Ocher.'),('Oakling','n.','A young oak.'),('Oakum','n.','The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose\n   fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping\n   leaks, etc.'),('Oakum','n.','The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.'),('Oaky','n.','Resembling oak; strong.'),('Oar','n','An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of\n   timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a\n   broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called\n   the loom.'),('Oar','n','An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.'),('Oar','n','An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.'),('Oared','imp. & p. p.','of Oar'),('Oaring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Oar'),('Oar','v. t. & i.','To row.'),('Oared','a.','Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a\n   four-oared boat.'),('Oared','a.','Having feet adapted for swimming.'),('Oared','a.','Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See\n   Illust. of Aves.'),('Oarfish','n.','The ribbon fish.'),('Oarfoot','n.','Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.'),('Oar-footed','a.','Having feet adapted for swimming.'),('Oarless','a.','Without oars.'),('Oarlock','n.','The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat,\n   in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.'),('Oarsmen','pl. ','of Oarsman'),('Oarsman','n.','One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a\n   rower.'),('Oarsweed','n.','Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp.\n   See Kelp.'),('Oary','a.','Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan\'s oary\n   feet.'),('Oases','pl. ','of Oasis'),('Oasis','n.','A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a\n   sandy desert.'),('Oast','n.','A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.'),('Oats','pl. ','of Oat'),('Oat','n.','A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible\n   grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.'),('Oat','n.','A musical pipe made of oat straw.'),('Oatcake','n.','A cake made of oatmeal.'),('Oaten','a.','Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe.'),('Oaten','a.','Made of oatmeal; as, oaten cakes.'),('Oaths','pl. ','of Oath'),('Oath','n.','A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent\n   appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.'),('Oath','n.','A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one\n   regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the\n   Bible, the Koran, etc.'),('Oath','n.','An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior\n   sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an\n   indictment for perjury if the statement be false.'),('Oath','n.','A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine\n   Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane\n   exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.'),('Oathable','a.','Capable of having an oath administered to.'),('Oathbreaking','n.','The violation of an oath; perjury.'),('Oatmeal','n.','Meal made of oats.'),('Oatmeal','n.','A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.'),('Ob-','','A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely,\n   etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle,\n   something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate,\n   reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to\n   oc-, of-, og-, and op-.'),('Obcompressed','a.','Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a\n   way opposite to the usual one.'),('Obconic','a.','Alt. of Obconical'),('Obconical','a.','Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely\n   conical.'),('Obcordate','a.','Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end;\n   inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.'),('Obdiplostemonous','a.','Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of\n   the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers.'),('Obdiplostemony','n.','The condition of being obdiplostemonous.'),('Obdormition','n.','Sleep.'),('Obduce','v. t.','To draw over, as a covering.'),('Obduct','v. t.','To draw over; to cover.'),('Obduction','n.','The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.'),('Obduracy','n.','The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible\n   hardness of heart; obstinacy.'),('Obdurate','a.','Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying\n   influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.'),('Obdurate','a.','Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.'),('Obdurate','v. t.','To harden.'),('Obduration','n.','A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.'),('Obdure','v. t.','To harden.'),('Obdure','a.','Alt. of Obdured'),('Obdured','a.','Obdurate; hard.'),('Obdureness','n.','Alt. of Obduredness'),('Obduredness','n.','Hardness.'),('Obbe','n.','See Obi.'),('Obeah','n.','Same as Obi.'),('Obeah','a.','Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man.'),('Obedible','a.','Obedient.'),('Obedience','n.','The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;\n   compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to\n   rightful restraint or control.'),('Obedience','n.','Words or actions denoting submission to authority;\n   dutifulness.'),('Obedience','n.','A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic\n   obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of\n   the pope.'),('Obedience','n.','A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a\n   prior.'),('Obedience','n.','One of the three monastic vows.'),('Obedience','n.','The written precept of a superior in a religious order\n   or congregation to a subject.'),('Obedienciary','n.','One yielding obedience.'),('Obedient','a.','Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey;\n   submissive to restraint, control, or command.'),('Obediential','a.','According to the rule of obedience.'),('Obediently','adv.','In an obedient manner; with obedience.'),('Obeisance','n.','Obedience.'),('Obeisance','n.','A manifestation of obedience; an expression of\n   difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.'),('Obeisancy','n.','See Obeisance.'),('Obeisant','a.','Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely\n   submissive.'),('Obelion','n.','The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina\n   where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.'),('Obeliscal','a.','Formed like an obelisk.'),('Obelisk','n.','An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it\n   rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily\n   monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic\n   writing from top to bottom.'),('Obelisk','n.','A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See\n   Dagger, n., 2.'),('Obelisked','imp. & p. p.','of Obelisk'),('Obelisking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Obelisk'),('Obelisk','v. t.','To mark or designate with an obelisk.'),('Obelized','imp. & p. p.','of Obelize'),('Obelizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Obelize'),('Obelize','v. t.','To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or\n   spirituous.'),('Obeli','pl. ','of Obelus'),('Obelus','n.','A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a\n   needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected\n   passages or readings.'),('Obequitate','v. i.','To ride about.'),('Oberon','n.','The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen\n   Mab.'),('Oberration','n.','A wandering about.'),('Obese','a.','Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.'),('Obeseness','n.','Quality of being obese; obesity.'),('Obesity','n.','The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.'),('Obeyed','imp. & p. p.','of Obey'),('Obeying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Obey'),('Obey','v. t.','To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield\n   submission to; to comply with the orders of.'),('Obey','v. t.','To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.'),('Obey','v. t.','To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a\n   ship obeys her helm.');
