NEOLOGIC
NEOLOGIC, adjective Pertaining to neology; employing new words.
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NEOLOGICAL
NEOLOGICAL, adjective Pertaining to neology; employing new words.
NEOLOGISM
NEOLOGISM, noun A new word or expression.
NEOLOGIST
NEOLOGIST, noun One who introduces new words into a language. Lavoisier has been a successful neologist
NEOLOGY
NEOLOGY, noun The introduction of a new word or of new words into a language. The present nomenclature of chimistry is a remarkable instance of neology
NEONOMIAN
NEONOMIAN, noun One who advocates new laws, or desires Gods law to be altered.
NEOPHYTE
NEOPHYTE, noun1. A new convert or proselyte; a name given by the early Christians to such heathens as had recently embraced the Christian faith, and were considered as regenerat...
NEOTERIC
NEOTERIC, adjective [Gr. Young, from new] New; recent in origin; modern.
NEOTERICAL
NEOTERICAL, adjective [Gr. Young, from new] New; recent in origin; modern.NEOTERIC, noun One of modern times.
NEP
NEP, noun A plant of the genus Nepeta; catmint.
NEPENTHE
NEPENTHE, noun [Gr. not, and grief.] A drug or medicine that drives away pain and grief. [Little used.]
NEPHELIN
NEPHELIN, noun [Gr. A cloud] A mineral found mixed with other substances, primitive or volcanic, in small masses or veins, granolamellar and in hexahedral crystals. It is white ...
NEPHELINE
NEPHELINE, noun [Gr. A cloud] A mineral found mixed with other substances, primitive or volcanic, in small masses or veins, granolamellar and in hexahedral crystals. It is white...
NEPHEW
NEPHEW, noun1. The son of a brother or sister.2. A grandson; also a descendant. [Not much used.]
NEPHRITE
NEPHRITE, noun A mineral, a subspecies of jade, of a leek green color, massive and in rolled pieces. It occurs in granite and gnesis, and is remarkable for its hardness and tena...
NEPHRITIC
NEPHRITIC, adjective [Gr. From the kidneys.]1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a nephritic disease.2. Affected with the stone or gravel; as a nephritic patient....
NEPHRITICAL
NEPHRITICAL, adjective [Gr. From the kidneys.]1. Pertaining to the kidneys or organs of urine; as a nephritic disease.2. Affected with the stone or gravel; as a nephritic patien...
NEPHRITIS
NEPHRITIS, noun In medicine, an inflammation of the kidneys.
NEPHROTOMY
NEPHROTOMY, noun [Gr. A kidney, to cut] In surgery, the operation of extracting a stone from the kidney.
NEPOTISM
NEPOTISM, noun [from nephew]1. Fondness for nephews.2. Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to nephews and other relations.
NEPTUNIAN
NEPTUNIAN, adjective [the fabled deity of the ocean.]1. Pertaining to the ocean or sea.2. Formed by water or aqueous solution; as neptunian rocks.NEPTUNIAN, noun One who adopts ...
NEPTUNIST
NEPTUNIST, noun One who adopts the theory that the whole earth was once covered with water, or rather that the substances of the globe were formed from aqueous solution; opposed...
NEREID
NEREID, noun In mythology, a sea nymph. In ancient monuments, the Nereids are represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the t...
NERFLING
NERFLING, noun A fresh water fish of Germany, of the lether-mouthed kind, and apparently a variety of rudd.
NERITE
NERITE, noun A genus of univalvular shells.
NERITITE
NERITITE, noun A petrified shell of the genus Nerita.
NERVE
NERVE, noun1. An organ of sensation and motion in animals. The nerves are prolongations of the medullary substance of the brain, which ramify and extend to every part of the bod...