NECTARIZE
NECTARIZE, verb transitive To sweeten.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NECTAROUS
NECTAROUS, adjective Sweet as nectar.
NECTARY
NECTARY, noun In botany, the melliferous part of a vegetable, peculiar to the flower. It usually makes a part of the corol, gut is sometimes distinct from it. Sometimes ti is in...
NEDDER
NEDDER, noun An adder.
NEED
NEED, noun [to be in want. The primary sense is to press.]1. Want; occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. It sometimes expresses urgent want;...
NEEDED
NEEDED, participle passive Wanted.
NEEDER
NEEDER, noun One that wants.
NEEDFUL
NEEDFUL, adjective Necessary, as supply or relief; requisite.All things needful for defense abound.
NEEDFULLY
NEEDFULLY, adverb Necessarily.
NEEDILY
NEEDILY, adverb [from needy] In want or poverty.
NEEDINESS
NEEDINESS, noun [from needy] Want; poverty; indigence.
NEEDING
NEEDING, participle present tense Wanting; requiring, as supply or relief.
NEEDLE
NEEDLE, noun [G. something sharp or pointed. It may be allied to nettle.]1. A small instrument of steel pointed at one end, with an eye at the other to receive a thread; used in...
NEEDLE-FISH
NEEDLE-FISH, noun A fish of the genus Syngnathus. The middle of the body is hexangular. Also, the sea-urchin.
NEEDLE-MAKER
NEEDLE-MAKER, noun One who manufactures needles.
NEEDLE-ORE
NEEDLE-ORE, noun Acicular bismuth glance.
NEEDLE-SHELL
NEEDLE-SHELL, noun The sea-urchin.
NEEDLE-STONE
NEEDLE-STONE, noun A mineral of the zeolite family.
NEEDLE-ZEOLITE
NEEDLE-ZEOLITE, noun A species of zeolite of a grayish white color.
NEEDLEFUL
NEEDLEFUL, noun As much thread as is put at once in a needle.
NEEDLER
NEEDLER, noun One who manufactures needles.
NEEDLESS
NEEDLESS, adjective1. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as needless labor; needless expenses.2. Not wanting.
NEEDLESSLY
NEEDLESSLY, adverb Without necessity.
NEEDLESSNESS
NEEDLESSNESS, noun Unnecessariness.
NEEDLEWORK
NEEDLEWORK, noun Work executed with a needle; or the business of a seamstress. It is used particularly for embroidery.
NEEDMENT
NEEDMENT, noun Something needed or wanted. [Not used.]
NEEDS
NEEDS, adverb Necessarily; indispensably; generally used with must.A trial at law must needs be innocent in itself.