Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Nonattendance

Non′at‐tend″ance (?), n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

1433

Nonattention

Non′at‐ten″tion (?), n. Inattention.

1434

Nonbituminous

Non′bi‐tu″mi‐nous (?), a. Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

1435

Nonce

Nonce (nŏns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in ðam, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E....

1436

Nonchalance

‖Non′cha′lance″ (?), n. [F. See Nonchalant.] Indifference; carelessness; coolness.

1437

Nonchalant

‖Non′cha′lant″ (?), a. [F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron...

1438

Nonchalantly

Non″cha‐lant′ly (?), adv. In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.

1439

Nonclaim

Non″claim′ (?), n. A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

1440

Noncohesion

Non′co‐he″sion (?), n. Want of cohesion.

1441

Noncoincidence

Non′co‐in″ci‐dence, n. Lack of coincidence.

1442

Noncoincident

Non′co‐in″ci‐dent (?), a. Not coincident.

1443

Noncombatant

Non‐com″bat‐ant (?), n.(Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers a...

1444

Noncommissioned

Non′com‐mis″sioned (?), a. Not having a commission.Noncommissioned officer(Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authori...

1445

Noncommittal

Non′com‐mit″tal (?), n. A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.

1446

Noncommunion

Non′com‐mun″ion (?), n. Neglect or failure of communion.

1447

Noncompletion

Non′com‐ple″tion (?), n. Lack of completion; failure to complete.

1448

Noncompliance

Non′com‐pli″ance (?), n. Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.

1449

Noncomplying

Non′com‐ply″ing (?), a. Neglecting or refusing to comply.

1450

Noncon.

Non″con. (�), n. See Noncontent.

1451

Nonconcluding

Non′con‐clud″ing (?), a. Not concluding.

1452

Nonconcur

Non′con‐cur″ (?), v. i. To dissent or refuse to concur.

1453

Nonconcurrence

Non′con‐cur″rence (?), n. Refusal to concur.

1454

Noncondensible

Non′con‐den″si‐ble (?), a. Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; — said of gases.

1455

Noncondensing

Non′con‐dens″ing, a.(Steam Engine) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

1456

Nonconducting

Non′con‐duct″ing (?), a. Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.

1457

Nonconduction

Non′con‐duc″tion (?), n. The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

1458

Nonconductor

Non′con‐duct″or (?), n.(Physics) A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with ...