Webster's Dictionary 1913

1459

Nonconforming

Non′con‐form″ing (?), a. Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

1460

Nonconformist

Non′con‐form″ist, n. One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

1461

Nonconformity

Non‐con‐form″i‐ty (?), n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.

1462

Nonconstat

‖Non′con″stat (?), n. It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.

1463

Noncontagious

Non′con‐ta″gious (?), a. Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. — Non′con‐ta″gious‐ness, n.

1464

Noncontent

Non′con‐tent″ (?), n.(British House of Lords) One who gives a negative vote; — sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.

1465

Noncontributing

{ Non′con‐trib″u‐ting (?), Non′con‐trib″u‐to‐ry (?) }, a. Not contributing.

1466

Nonda

Non″da (?), n.(Bot.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.

1467

Nondecane

Non‐dec″ane (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; — so called from the number of carbon atoms in th...

1468

Nondeciduate

Non′de‐cid″u‐ate (?), a.(Anat.) Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.

1469

Nondelivery

Non′de‐liv″er‐y (?), n. A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

1470

Nondeposition

Non‐dep′o‐si″tion (?), n. A failure to deposit or throw down.

1471

Nondescript

Non″de‐script (?), a. [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.] Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

1472

Nondescript (2)

Non″de‐script, n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.

1473

Nondevelopment

Non′de‐vel″op‐ment (?), n. Failure or lack of development.

1474

Nondiscovery

Non′dis‐cov″er‐y (?), n. Want or failure of discovery.

1475

Nondo

Non″do (?), n.(Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actæifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.

1476

None

None (nŭn), a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. nān, fr. ne not + ān one. √193. See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]1. No one; not one; not anything; — freque...

1477

None (2)

None, n. Same as Nones, 2.

1478

Noneffective

Non′ef‐fect″ive (?), a. 1. Not effective.2. (Mil.) Not fit or available for duty.

1479

Nonelastic

Non′e‐las″tic (?), a. Not having elasticity.

1480

Nonelect

Non′e‐lect″ (?), n. sing. & pl.(Theol.) A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.

1481

Nonelection

Non′e‐lec″tion (?), n. Failure of election.

1482

Nonelectric

{ Non′e‐lec″tric (?), Non′e‐lec″tric‐al (?) }, a. Not electric; conducting electricity.

1483

Nonelectric (2)

Non′e‐lec″tric, n.(Physics) A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.

1484

Nonemphatic

{ Non′em‐phat″ic (?), Non′em‐phat″ic‐al (?) }, a. Having no emphasis; unemphatic.

1485

Nonentity

Non‐en″ti‐ty (?), n.; pl.Nonentities (�).1. Nonexistence; the negation of being.2. A thing not existing. South.3. A person or thing of little or no account.