NITRO-MURIATIC
NITRO-MURIAT'IC, adjective Partaking of niter and muria or sea-salt. The nitro-muriatic acid is a combination or mixture of nitric and muriatic acid.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NITROGEN
NI'TROGEN, noun [Gr. to produce.] The element of niter; that which produces niter; that element or component part of air which is called azote. [See Azote.]
NITROGENOUS
NITROG'ENOUS, adjective Pertaining to nitrogen; producing niter.
NITROLEUCIC
NITROLEU'CIC, adjective Designating an acid obtained from leucine acted on by niter.
NITROMETER
NITROM'ETER, noun [Gr. to measure.] An instrument for ascertaining the quality or value of niter.
NITROUS
NI'TROUS, adjective Pertaining to niter; partaking of the qualities of niter, or resembling it. nitrous acid is one of the compounds formed of nitrogen and oxygen, in which the ...
NITRY
NI'TRY, adjective Nitrous; pertaining to niter; producing niter.
NITTER
NIT'TER, noun [from nit.] The horse bee that deposits nits on horses.
NITTILY
NIT'TILY, adverb [from nitty.] Lousily. [Not used.]
NITTY
NIT'TY, adjective [from nit.] Full of nits; abounding with nits.
NIVAL
NI'VAL, adjective [Latin snow.] Abounding with snow; snowy.
NIVEOUS
NI'VEOUS, adjective Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.
NO
NO. an abbreviation of number.NO, adverb1. A word of denial or refusal, expressing a negative, and equivalent to nay and not. When it expresses a negative answer, it is opposed ...
NOBILITATE
NOBIL'ITATE, verb transitive [See Noble.] To make noble; to ennoble.
NOBILITATION
NOBILITA'TION, noun The act of making noble.
NOBILITY
NOBIL'ITY, noun1. Dignity of mind; greatness; grandeur; that elevation of soul which comprehends bravery, generosity, magnamimity, intrepidity, and contempt of every thing that ...
NOBLE
NO'BLE, adjective1. Great; elevated; dignified; being above every thing that can dishonor reputation; as a nobel mind; a noble courage; noble deeds of valor.2. Exalted; elevated...
NOBLENESS
NO'BLENESS, noun1. Greatness; dignity; ingenuousness; magnanimity; elevation of mind or of condition, particularly of the mind.His purposes are full of honesty, nobleness and in...
NOBLESS
NOBLESS', noun1. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females.2. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [In these senses, not now used.]
NOBLEWOMAN
NO'BLEWOMAN, noun A female of noble rank.
NOBLY
NO'BLY, adverb1. Of noble extraction; descended from a family of rank; as nobly born or descended.2. With greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as a deed nobly done. ...
NOBODY
NO'BODY, noun [no and body.] No person; no one.
NOCENT
NO'CENT, adjective [Latin to hurt, from striking.] Hurtful; mischievous; injurious; doing hurt; as nocent qualities.
NOCIVE
NO'CIVE, adjective Hurtful; injurious.
NOCK
NOCK, noun A notch. [See Notch.]NOCK, verb transitive To place in the notch.
NOCTAMBULATION
NOCTAMBULA'TION, noun [Latin night, to walk.] A rising from bed and walking in sleep.
NOCTAMBULIST
NOCTAM'BULIST, noun One who rises from bed and walks in his sleep. Arbuthnot uses noctambulo in the same sense; but it is a less analogical word.