English Dictionary: neocon | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nagana \Na*ga"na\, n. [Prob. native name.] (Med.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly. [South Africa] | |
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Neocene \Ne"o*cene\, a. [Neo- + Gr. [?] new.] (Geol.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary. | |
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Neog91an \Ne`o*g[91]"an\, a. [Neo- + Gr. [?] earth.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere. | |
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Neogen \Ne"o*gen\, n. [Neo- + -gen.] (Chem.) An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth. --Ure. | |
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Neossine \Ne*os"sine\, n. [Gr. neossia` a bird's nest.] The substance constituting the edible bird's nest. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Newcome \New"come`\, a. Recently come. | |
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Cyanate \Cy"a*nate\ (s?"?-n?t), n. [Cf. F. cuanate. See {Cyanic}.] (Chem.) A salt of cyanic acid. {Ammonium cyanate} (Chem.), a remarkable white crystalline substance, {NH4.O.CN}, which passes, on standing, to the organic compound, urea, {CO.(NH2)2}. | |
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Nicene \Ni"cene\, a. [L. Nicaenus, fr. Nicaea Nice, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325. {Nicene Creed}, a summary of Christian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D. 325, altered and confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils. | |
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d8Abib \[d8]A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[c6]b, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.] The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called {Nisan}. --Kitto. | |
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d8Nizam \[d8]Ni*zam"\, n.; pl. {Nizam}. [Turk. niz[be]m.] A regular soldier of the Turkish army. See {Army organization}, above. | |
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Canny \Can"ny\, Cannei \Can"nei\, a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. {Kenn}.] [North of Eng. & Scot.] 1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary. 2. Skillful; knowing; capable. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. --Ramsay. 4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. --Burns. 5. Reputed to have magical powers. --Sir W. Scott. {No canny}, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.] | |
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Noachian \No*a"chi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time. | |
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Noggen \Nog"gen\, a. [Prop., made of hemp, fr. Prov. E. nogs hemp.] Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Noggin \Nog"gin\, n. [Ir. noigin, or Gael. noigean. Cf. lst {Nog}.] 1. A small mug or cup. 2. A measure equivalent to a gill. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Noisome \Noi"some\, a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See {Annoy}.] 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. [bd]Noisome pestilence.[b8] --Ps. xci. 3. 2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. [bd]Foul breath is noisome.[b8] --Shak. -- {Noi"some*ly}, adv. -- {Noi"some*ness}, n. Syn: Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive. Usage: {Noisome}, {Noxious}. These words have to a great extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell. | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Juglone \Ju"glone\, n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut ({Juglans regia}); -- called also {nucin}. | |
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Nucin \Nu"cin\, n. [L. nux, nucis, a nut.] (Chem.) See {Juglone}. | |
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Juglone \Ju"glone\, n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut ({Juglans regia}); -- called also {nucin}. | |
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Nucin \Nu"cin\, n. [L. nux, nucis, a nut.] (Chem.) See {Juglone}. | |
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Nakina, NC Zip code(s): 28455 | |
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Nason, IL (city, FIPS 51726) Location: 38.17629 N, 88.96595 W Population (1990): 235 (102 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62866 | |
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Negaunee, MI (city, FIPS 56860) Location: 46.49974 N, 87.59687 W Population (1990): 4741 (2067 housing units) Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49866 | |
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Nekoma, KS Zip code(s): 67559 Nekoma, ND (city, FIPS 55740) Location: 48.57605 N, 98.37612 W Population (1990): 63 (51 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Niskayuna, NY (CDP, FIPS 51275) Location: 42.81715 N, 73.89801 W Population (1990): 4942 (2051 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12309 | |
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Nixon, NV Zip code(s): 89424 Nixon, PA (CDP, FIPS 54552) Location: 40.78323 N, 79.92973 W Population (1990): 1342 (463 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Nixon, TX (city, FIPS 51588) Location: 29.26926 N, 97.76186 W Population (1990): 1995 (720 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78140 | |
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Nocona, TX (city, FIPS 51648) Location: 33.78352 N, 97.72998 W Population (1990): 2870 (1457 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76255 | |
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Noxen, PA Zip code(s): 18636 | |
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Nachon prepared, the owner of a thrashing-floor near which Uzzah was slain (2 Sam. 6:6); called also Chidon (1 Chr. 13:9). | |
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Nahshon sorcerer, the son of Aminadab, and prince of the children of Judah at the time of the first numbering of the tribes in the wilderness (Ex. 6:23). His sister Elisheba was the wife of Aaron. He died in the wilderness (Num. 26:64, 65). His name occurs in the Greek form Naasson in the genealogy of Christ (Matt, 1:4; Luke 3:32). | |
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Neginah in the title of Ps. 61, denotes the music of stringed instruments (1 Sam. 16:16; Isa. 38:20). It is the singular form of Neginoth. | |
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Nisan month of flowers, (Neh. 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See {ABIB}.) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning." | |
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Naashon, that foretells; that conjectures | |
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Nachon, ready; sure | |
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Nahshon, same as Naashon | |
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Nason, helper; entry-way | |
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Nisan, standard; miracle |