NATURALIST
NATURALIST, noun One that studies natural history and philosophy or physics; one that is versed in natural history or philosophy. It is more generally applied to one that is ver...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NATURALIZATION
NATURALIZATION, noun [See Naturalize] The act of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen. naturalization in Great Britain is only by act...
NATURALIZE
NATURALIZE, verb transitive [from natural, nature.]1. To confer on an alien the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen; to adopt foreigners into a nation or state,...
NATURALIZED
NATURALIZED, participle passive Invested with the privileges of natives; rendered easy and familiar; adapted to a climate; acclimated; received as native.
NATURALIZING
NATURALIZING, participle present tense Vesting with the rights of native subjects; making easy; acclimating; adopting.
NATURALLY
NATURALLY, adverb1. According to nature; by the force or impulse of nature; not by art or habit. We are naturally prone to evil.2. According to nature; without affectation; with...
NATURALNESS
NATURALNESS, noun1. The state of being given or produced by nature; as the naturalness of desire.2. Conformity to nature, or to truth and reality; not affectation; as the natura...
NATURALS
NATURALS, nounplural Among physicians, whatever belongs naturally to an animal; opposed to non-naturals. [It may perhaps be sometimes used in the singular.]
NATURE
NATURE, noun [Latin from nature born, produced,]1. In a general sense, whatever is made or produced; a word that comprehends all the works of God; the universe. Of a phoenix we ...
NATURIST
NATURIST, noun One who ascribes every thing t nature.
NATURITY
NATURITY, noun The quality or state of being produced by nature. [A very bad word and not used.]
NAUFRAGE
NAUFRAGE, noun [Latin A ship, and to break See wreck, which is from the same root, break] Shipwreck. [Not in use]
NAUFRAGOUS
NAUFRAGOUS, adjective Causing shipwreck. [Little used]
NAUGHT
NAUGHT, noun Nothing.Doth Job serve God for naught? Job 1:9.Thou sellest thy people for naught Psalms 44:12.To set at naught to slight, to disregard or despise.Ye have set at na...
NAUGHTILY
NAUGHTILY, adverb nautily. Wickedly; corruptly.
NAUGHTINESS
NAUGHTINESS, noun Nautiness.1. Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose.I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart. 1 Samuel 17:28.2. Slight wickedness of children;...
NAULAGE
NAULAGE, noun The freight of passengers in a ship.
NAUMACHY
NAUMACHY, noun1. Among the ancient Romans, a show or spectacle representing a sea-fight.2. The place where these shows were exhibited.
NAUSEA
NAUSEA, noun Originally and properly, sea-sickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach, accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; loathing; squeamishness of the sto...
NAUSEATE
NAUSEATE, verb transitive1. To lothe; to reject with disgust.The patient nauseates and lothes wholesome foods.Old age, with silent pace, comes creeping on, Nauseates the praise ...
NAUSEOUS
NAUSEOUS, adjective Lothesome; disgustful; disgusting; regarded with abhorrence; as a nauseous drug or medicine.
NAUSEOUSLY
NAUSEOUSLY, adverb Lothesomely; disgustfully.
NAUSEOUSNESS
NAUSEOUSNESS, noun Lothesomeness; quality of exciting disgust; as the nauseousness of a drug or medicine.The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man.
NAUTIC
NAUTIC, adjective [Latin A seaman, a ship, See Navy] Pertaining to seamen or navigation; as nautical skill; a nautical almanack.
NAUTICAL
NAUTICAL, adjective [Latin A seaman, a ship, See Navy] Pertaining to seamen or navigation; as nautical skill; a nautical almanack.
NAUTILITE
NAUTILITE, noun A fossil nautilus.
NAUTILUS
NAUTILUS, noun [Latin, Gr. A ship] A genus of marine animals, whose shell consists of one spiral valve divided into several apartments by partitions. There are many species. Thi...