N
N is the fourteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and an articulation formed by placing the end of the tongue against the root of the upper teeth. It is an imperfect mute or s...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NAB
NAB, noun The summit of a mountain or rock.NAB, verb transitive To catch suddenly; to seize by a sudden grasp or thrust; a word little used and only in low language.
NABOB
NABOB, noun1. A deputy or prince in India, subordinate to the Subahs; hence,2. A man of great wealth.NACKER. [See Naker]
NACREOUS
NACREOUS, adjective [see Naker.] Having a pearly luster.
NACRITE
NACRITE, noun [See Naker.] A rare mineral, called also talckite, consisting of scaly parts; glimmering, pearly, friable, with a greasy feel; the color, a greenish white.
NACTAREOUS
NACTAREOUS, adjective Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.The juice nectareous and the balmy dew.
NADIR
NADIR, noun1. Natara, to be like, proportional, corresponding to, opposite.2. That point of the heavens or lower hemisphere directly opposite to the zenith; the point directly u...
NADLE-STEIN
NADLE-STEIN, noun Needle-stone; rutile.
NAEVE
NAEVE, noun A spot.
NAFE
NAFE, noun A kind of tufted sea-fowl.
NAFF
NAFF, noun A kind of tufted sea-fowl.
NAG
NAG, noun1. A small horse; a horse in general, or rather a sprightly horse.2. A paramour; in contempt.
NAIAD
NAIAD, noun To flow.1. In mythology, a water nymph; a deity that presides over rivers and springs.
NAID
NAID, noun To flow
NAIL
NAIL, noun If the word was originally applied to a claw or talon, the primary sense may be to catch, or it may be a shoot.1. The claw or talon of a fowl or other animal.2. The h...
NAILED
NAILED, participle passive Fastened with nails; studded.
NAILER
NAILER, noun One whose occupation is to make nails.
NAILERY
NAILERY, noun A manufactory where nails are made.
NAILING
NAILING, ppr. Fastening with nails; studding.
NAIVELY
NAIVELY, adverb With native or unaffected simplicity.
NAIVETE
NAIVETE, noun Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness.
NAIVTY
NAIVTY, noun Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness.
NAKED
NAKED, adjective Open, discovered, to strip.1. Not covered; bare; having no clothes on; as a naked body or a naked limb.2. Unarmed; defenseless; open; exposed; having no means o...
NAKEDLY
NAKEDLY, adverb1. Without covering.2. Simply; barely; merely; in the abstract.3. Evidently.
NAKEDNESS
NAKEDNESS, noun1. Want of covering or clothing; nudity; bareness.2. Want of means of defense.Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land are ye come. Genesis 42:9.3. Plainnes...
NAKER
NAKER, noun Mother of pearl; the white substance which constitutes the interior surface of a shell producing a pearl.
NALL
NALL, noun An awl, such as collar-makers or shoe-makers use.