NOCTIDIAL
NOCTID'IAL, adjective [Latin night, and dies, day.] Comprising a night and a day. [Little used.]
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NOCTIFEROUS
NOCTIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin night, and to bring.] Bringing night. [Not used.]
NOCTILUCA
NOCTIL'UCA, noun [Latin night, and to shine.] A species of phosphorus which shines in darkness without the previous aid of solar rays.
NOCTILUCOUS
NOCTIL'UCOUS, adjective Shining in the night.
NOCTIVAGANT
NOCTIV'AGANT, adjective [Latin night, and to wander.] Wandering in the night.
NOCTIVAGATION
NOCTIVAGA'TION, noun A roving in the night.
NOCTUARY
NOC'TUARY, noun [from Latin night.] An account of what passes in the night.
NOCTULE
NOC'TULE, noun [from Latin night.] A large species of bat.
NOCTURN
NOC'TURN, noun [Latin by night.] An office of devotion, or religious service by night.
NOCTURNAL
NOCTURN'AL, adjective [Latin night.]1. Pertaining to night; as nocturnal darkness.2. Done or happening at night; as a nocturnal expedition or assault; a nocturnal visit.3. Night...
NOCUMENT
NOCUMENT, noun [Latin To hurt.] Harm.
NOD
NOD, verb intransitive [Gr. contracted; a nod; to nod to beckon, a leap a spring; to leap, to throb or beat, as the pulse]1. To incline the head with a quick motion, either forw...
NODATED
NODATED, adjective Knotted. A nodated hyperbola is one that by turning round crosses itself.
NODATION
NODATION, noun [Latin To tie.] The act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [Little used.]
NODDEN
NODDEN, adjective Bent; inclined. [Not in use.]
NODDER
NODDER, noun One who nods; a drowsy person.
NODDING
NODDING, participle present tense Inclining the head with a short quick motion.
NODDLE
NODDLE, noun [Latin A lump; or from nod.] The head; in contempt.Come, master, I have a project in my noddle
NODDY
NODDY, noun1. A simpleton; a fool.2. A fowl of the genus Sterna, very simple and easily taken.3. A game at cards.
NODE
NODE, noun1. Properly, a knot; a knob; hence,2. In surgery, a swelling of the periosteum, tendons or bones.3. In astronomy, the point where the orbit of a planet intersects the ...
NODOSE
NODOSE, adjective [Latin Knot.] Knotted; having knots or swelling joints.
NODOSITY
NODOSITY, noun Knottiness.
NODOUS
NODOUS, adjective Knotty; full of knots.
NODULAR
NODULAR, adjective Pertaining to or in the form of a nodule or knot.
NODULE
NODULE, noun A little knot or lump.
NODULED
NODULED, adjective Having little knots or lumps.
NOG
NOG, noun A little pot; also, ale.