NECESSITOUSNESS
NECESSITOUSNESS, noun Extreme poverty or destitution of the means of living; pressing want.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NECESSITUDE
NECESSITUDE, noun Necessitousness; want. [Not used.]
NECESSITY
NECESSITY, noun1. That which must be and cannot be otherwise, or the cause of that which cannot be otherwise. It is of necessity that a thing cannot be and not be at the same ti...
NECK
NECK, noun [G. This word is properly the nape or vertebrae of the neck behind, and is so rendered in other languages, Latin that is a knob or mass.]1. The part of an animals bod...
NECKATEE
NECKATEE, n. A gorget; a kerchief for a womans neck. [Not in use.]
NECKBEEF
NECKBEEF, noun The coarse flesh of the neck of cattle, sold at a low price.As cheap as neckbeefCLOTH, noun A piece of cloth worn on the neck.
NECKED
NECKED, adjective Having a neck; as in stiff-necked.
NECKERCHIEF
NECKERCHIEF, noun A gorget; a kerchief for a womans neck. [Not in use.]
NECKLACE
NECKLACE, noun A string of beads or precious stones, worn by women on the neck.
NECKLACED
NECKLACED, adjective Marked as with a necklace.
NECKLAND
NECKLAND, noun A neck or long tract of land.
NECKVERSE
NECKVERSE, noun The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty first Psalm, Miserere mei, _ c.
NECKWEED
NECKWEED, noun Hemp; in ridicule.
NECROLOGICAL
NECROLOGICAL, adjective Pertaining to or giving an account of the dead or of deaths.
NECROLOGIST
NECROLOGIST, noun One who gives an account of deaths.
NECROLOGY
NECROLOGY, noun [dead, and discourse] An account of the dead or of deaths; a register of deaths.
NECROMANCER
NECROMANCER, noun [See Necromancy.] One who pretends to foretell future events by holding converse with departed spirits; a conjurer.
NECROMANCY
NECROMANCY, noun [Gr. Dead, and divination.]1. The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead. This imposture is prohibited. Deuteronomy ...
NECROMANTIC
NECROMANTIC, adjective Pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy.NECROMANTIC, noun Trick; conjuration.
NECROMANTICALLY
NECROMANTICALLY, adverb By necromancy or the black art; by conjuration.
NECRONITE
NECRONITE, noun [Gr., dead] Fetid feldspar, a mineral which when struck or pounded, exhales a fetid odor like that of putrid flesh.
NECTAR
NECTAR, noun1. In fabulous history and poetry, the drink of the gods; hence,2. A very sweet and pleasant drink.
NECTAREAN
NECTAREAN, adjective Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.The juice nectareous and the balmy dew.
NECTARED
NECTARED, adjective Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.
NECTARIAL
NECTARIAL, adjective Pertaining to the nectary of a plant.Stamens inserted into the margin of a glandulous nectarial ring.
NECTARIFEROUS
NECTARIFEROUS, adjective [Latin, to bear] Producing nectar or nomus; as a nectariferous glandule.
NECTARINE
NECTARINE, adjective Sweet as nectar.NECTARINE, noun A fruit, a variety of the peach with a smooth rind.