Webster's Dictionary 1913

1351

Nom

‖Nom (?), n. [F. See Noun.] Name.‖Nom de guerre (�), literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. — ‖Nom de plume (�), literally, pen name; hence, a...

1352

Noma

‖No″ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, lit., a feeding. See Name.] (Med.) See Canker, n., 1.

1353

Nomad

Nom″ad (?), n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. �, �, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. � a pasture, allotted abode, fr. � to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS...

1354

Nomad (2)

Nom″ad, a. Roving; nomadic.

1355

Nomade

Nom″ade (?), n. See Nomad, n.

1356

Nomadian

No‐ma″di‐an (?), n. A nomad.

1357

Nomadic

No‐mad″ic (?), a. [Gr. �. See Nomad.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. — No‐mad″ic‐a...

1358

Nomadism

Nom″ad‐ism (?), n. The state of being a nomad.

1359

Nomadize

Nom″ad‐ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Nomadized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nomadizing (?).] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage....

1360

Nomancy

No″man‐cy (?), n. [Cf. F. nomancie, nomance, abbrev. fr. onomancie. See Onomancy.] The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.

1361

Nomarch

Nom″arch (?), n. [Gr. � a district + -arch.] The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.

1362

Nomarchy

Nom″arch‐y (?), n.; pl.Nomarchies (�). A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.

1363

Nombles

Nom″bles (?), n. pl. [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. Numbles, Umbles, Humbles.] The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.] Johnson.

1364

Nombril

Nom″bril (?), n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i.e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See Navel.] (Her.) A point halfway between the fess point and t...

1365

Nome

Nome (?), n. 1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules.

1366

Nome (2)

Nome, n. [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) See Term.

1367

Nome (3)

{ Nome, No″men (?) }, obs.p. p. of Nim. Chaucer.

1368

Nomenclator

No″men‐cla′tor (?), n. [L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See Name, and Calendar.] 1. One who calls persons or things by their names.☞ In Rome, candidates for office were att...

1369

Nomenclatress

No″men‐cla′tress (?), n. A female nomenclator.

1370

Nomenclatural

No′men‐cla″tur‐al (?), a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.

1371

Nomenclature

No″men‐cla′ture (?), n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.] 1. A name. Bacon.2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.3. The technical names used in any par...

1372

Nomial

No″mi‐al (?), n. [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) A name or term.

1373

Nomic

Nom″ic (?), a. Customary; ordinary; — applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet. — n. Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis.

1374

Nominal

Nom″i‐nal (?), a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See Name.] 1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nomi...

1375

Nominal (2)

Nom″i‐nal, n. 1. A nominalist. Camden.2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.3. A name; an appellation.A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Enc...

1376

Nominalism

Nom″i‐nal‐ism (?), n. The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.

1377

Nominalist

Nom″i‐nal‐ist, n.(Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. Reid.