Webster's Dictionary 1828

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NOMBLES

NOMBLES, noun The entrails of a deer.

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NOMBRIL

NOMBRIL, noun The center of an escutcheon.

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NOME

NOME, noun1. A province or tract of country; an Egyptian government or division.2. In the ancient Greek music, any melody determined by inviolable rules.3. In algebra, a quantit...

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NOMENCLATOR

NOMENCLATOR1. A person who calls things or persons by their names. In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator who informed the candidate of the names of ...

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NOMENCLATRESS

NOMENCLATRESS, noun A female nomenclator.

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NOMENCLATURAL

NOMENCLATURAL, adjective Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.

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NOMENCLATURE

NOMENCLATURE, noun [See Nomenclator.]1. A list or catalogue of the more usual and important words in a language, with their significations; a vocabulary or dictionary.2. The nam...

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NOMIAL

NOMIAL, noun A single name or term in mathematics.

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NOMINAL

NOMINAL, adjective1. Titular; existing in name only; as, a nominal distinction or difference is a difference in name and not in reality.2. Pertaining to a name or names; consist...

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NOMINALIST

NOMINALIST, noun The Nominalists were a sect of school philosophers, the disciples of Ocham or Ocdcam, in the 14th century, who maintained that words and not things are the obje...

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NOMINALIZE

NOMINALIZE, verb transitive To convert into a noun. [Not in use and ill formed.]

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NOMINALLY

NOMINALLY, adverb By name or in name only.

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NOMINATE

NOMINATE, verb transitive [Latin Name. See Name.]1. To name; to mention by name.2. To call; to entitle; to denominate.3. To name or designate by name for an office or place; to ...

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NOMINATED

NOMINATED, participle passive Named; mentioned by name; designated or proposed for an office or for election.

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NOMINATELY

NOMINATELY, adverb By name; particularly.

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NOMINATING

NOMINATING, participle present tense Naming; proposing for an office or for choice by name.

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NOMINATION

NOMINATION, noun1. The act of naming or of nominating; the act of proposing by name for an office.2. The power of nominating or appointing to office.The nomination of persons to...

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NOMINATIVE

NOMINATIVE, adjective Pertaining to the name which precedes a verb, or to the first case of nouns; as the nominative case or nominative word.

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NOMINATOR

NOMINATOR, noun One that nominates.

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NOMINEE

NOMINEE, noun1. In law, the person who is named to receive a copy-hold estate on surrender of it to the lord; the cestuy que use, sometimes called the surrenderee.2. A person na...

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NOMOTHETIC

NOMOTHETIC, adjective Legislative; enacting laws.

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NOMOTHETICAL

NOMOTHETICAL, adjective Legislative; enacting laws.

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NON

NON, adverb [Latin] Not. This word is used in the English language as a prefix only, for giving a negative sense to words; as in non-residence, non-performance, non-existence, n...

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NON-ABILITY

NON-ABILITY, noun A want of ability; in law, an exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.

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NON-APPEARANCE

NON-APPEARANCE, noun Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend.

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NON-APPOINTMENT

NON-APPOINTMENT, noun Neglect of appointment.

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NON-ATTENDANCE

NON-ATTENDANCE, noun A failure to attend; omission of attendance.