Dictionary
Found: 2,053 words.
A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.
No, not. See No.
Nab
4 defs
The cock of a gunlock.
of Nab
of Nab
Pulverized sugar candy.
The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe.
Nabob
2 defs
A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Nacarat
2 defs
A pale red color, with a cast of orange.
See Nacre.
A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.
Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.
Alt. of Nadde
Had not.
An adder.
Nadir
2 defs
That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we ...
See Nenia.
A naevus.
of Navus
Resembling a naevus or naevi; as, naevoid elephantiasis.
Spotted; frecled.
Nag
3 defs
A paramour; -- in contempt.
of Nag
Nagging
2 defs
Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.
Irritable; touchy.
A West African gazelle (Gazella redunca).
A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.
Naiad
4 defs
A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.
See Natant.
Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chaetopod annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochaeta.
Naif
2 defs
Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.
A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.
Nail
9 defs
A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
A brush for cleaning the nails.
of Nail
Nailer
2 defs
One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
A women who makes nailes.
of Nailery
A manufactory where nails are made.
of Nail
Without nails; having no nails.
A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.
See Naiad.
Same as Jessant.
Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.
In a naive manner.
Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.
Naivete.
To make naked.