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   naan
         n 1: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually
               shaped like a teardrop [syn: {nan}, {naan}]

English Dictionary: neon	by the DICT Development Group
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Nahum n a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh Synonym(s): Nahum, Book of Nahum
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name n a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name" family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" Synonym(s): name, gens a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" Synonym(s): name, figure, public figure by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law" a defamatory or abusive word or phrase Synonym(s): name, epithet v assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" Synonym(s): name, call give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" Synonym(s): name, identify charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" Synonym(s): name, nominate, make create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee" Synonym(s): appoint, name, nominate, constitute mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" Synonym(s): mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer identify as in botany or biology, for example Synonym(s): identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi" Synonym(s): list, name determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis Synonym(s): diagnose, name
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Nammu n goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth
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Namoi n a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River Synonym(s): Namoi, Namoi River
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nan n your grandmother the mother of your father or mother Synonym(s): grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya Synonym(s): Nan, Nan River leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop Synonym(s): nan, naan
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nanna n the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna] (Norse mythology) wife of Balder god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
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nanny n a woman who is the custodian of children [syn: nanny, nursemaid, nurse] female goat Synonym(s): nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat
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Naomi n the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Synonym(s): Naomi, Noemi
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neem n large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia Synonym(s): neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta
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Nehemiah n an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity Synonym(s): Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah
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Nemea n a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held
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neon n a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts Synonym(s): neon, Ne, atomic number 10
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Niamey n the capital and largest city of Niger [syn: Niamey, capital of Niger]
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Nihon n a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building Synonym(s): Japan, Nippon, Nihon
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nim n game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
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Nina n the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
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nine adj denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten Synonym(s): nine, 9, ix n the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one [syn: nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead] a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" Synonym(s): baseball club, ball club, club, nine one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face Synonym(s): nine-spot, nine
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ninny n a stupid foolish person [syn: nincompoop, poop, ninny]
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no-win adj certain to end in failure and disappointment; "a no-win situation"
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Noemi n the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Synonym(s): Naomi, Noemi
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noma n acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children
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Nome n a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
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nomia n a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes Synonym(s): nomia, genus Nomia
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non adv negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" Synonym(s): not, non
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non-U adj not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use
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none adv not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear" adj not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" n a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
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noon n the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, {high noon}, midday, noonday, noontide]
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noun n a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition
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now now adv interjection of rebuke
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nun n a woman religious a buoy resembling a cone Synonym(s): conical buoy, nun, nun buoy the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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Nam \Nam\ [Contr. fr. ne am.] Am not. [Obs.]
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Nam \Nam\, obs. imp. of {Nim}. --Chaucer.
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Nim \Nim\, v. t. [imp. {Nam}or {Nimmed}; p. p. {Nomen}or {Nome}.] [AS. niman. [root] 7. Cf. {Nimble}.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] This canon it in his hand nam. --Chaucer.
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Name \Name\, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[omac], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[be]man. [root]267. Cf. {Anonymous}, {Ignominy}, {Misnomer}, {Nominal}, {Noun}.] 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. --Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. --Shak. 2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. --Is. ix. 6. 3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. What men of name resort to him? --Shak. Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. --Eph. i. 21. I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1 Macc. iii. 14. He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. --Deut. xxii. 19. The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. --Clarendon. 4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. --Motley. 5. A person, an individual. [Poetic] They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden. {Christian name}. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from {surname}; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. {Given name}. See under {Given}. {In name}, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. {In the name of}. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. [bd] I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.[b8] --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. [bd]I'll to him again in name of Brook.[b8] --Shak. {Name plate}, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. {Pen name}, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor. {Proper name} (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. {To call names}, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. {To take a name in vain}, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7. Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. Usage: {Name}, {Appellation}, {Title}, {Denomination}. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.
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Name \Name\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Named}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Naming}.] [AS. namian. See {Name}, n.] 1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. She named the child Ichabod. --1 Sam. iv. 21. Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. --Milton. 2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. None named thee but to praise. --Halleck. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead. --Tennyson. 3. To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding. Whom late you have named for consul. --Shak. 4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand. Syn: To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate.
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Namo \Na*mo"\, adv. No more. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Nan \Nan\, inerj. [For anan.] Anan. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sodamide \Sod*am"ide\, n. (Chem.) A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, {NaNH2}, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.
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Nanny \Nan"ny\, n. A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name. {Nanny goat}, a female goat. [Colloq.]
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Saltpeter \Salt`pe"ter\, Saltpetre \Salt`pe"tre\,, n. [F. salp[88]tre, NL. sal petrae, literally, rock salt, or stone salt; so called because it exudes from rocks or walls. See {Salt}, and {Petrify}.] (Chem.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, {KNO3}, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see {Nitrification}, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. {Chili salpeter} (Chem.), sodium nitrate (distinguished from potassium nitrate, or true salpeter), a white crystalline substance, {NaNO3}, having a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste. It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. It is deliquescent and cannot be used in gunpowder, but is employed in the production of nitric acid. Called also {cubic niter}. {Saltpeter acid} (Chem.), nitric acid; -- sometimes so called because made from saltpeter.
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Ne \Ne\, conj. [See {Ne}, adv.] Nor. [Obs.] --Shak. No niggard ne no fool. --Chaucer. {Ne . . . ne}, neither . . . nor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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d8Aceton91mia \[d8]Ac`eton[91]"mia\, -nemia \-ne"mia\, n. [NL. See {Acetone}; {H[ae]ma-}.] (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.
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Neyne \Neyn"e\, n. [Obs.] Same as {Meine}.
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Nim \Nim\, v. t. [imp. {Nam}or {Nimmed}; p. p. {Nomen}or {Nome}.] [AS. niman. [root] 7. Cf. {Nimble}.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] This canon it in his hand nam. --Chaucer.
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Nin \Nin\ [Fr. ne in.] Not in. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Nine \Nine\, a. [OE. nine, nihen, AS. nigon, nigan; akin to D. & LG. negen, OS. & OFries. nigun, OHG. niun, G. neun, Icel. n[c6]u, sw. nio, Dan. ni, Goth. niun, Ir. & Gael. naoi, W. naw, L. novem, gr. [?], Skr. navan; of unknown origin. [root]307. Cf. {Novembeer}.] Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles. {Nine men's morris}. See {Morris}. {Nine points circle} (Geom.), a circle so related to any given triangle as to pass through the three points in which the perpendiculars from the angles of the triangle upon the opposite sides (or the sides produced) meet the sides. It also passes through the three middle points of the sides of the triangle and through the three middle points of those parts of the perpendiculars that are between their common point of meeting and the angles of the triangle. The circle is hence called the {nine points [or] six points circle}.
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Nine \Nine\, n. 1. The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects. 2. A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix. {The Nine}, the nine Muses.
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Ninny \Nin"ny\, n.; pl. {Ninnies}. [Cf. It. ninno, ninna, a baby, Sp. ni[a4]o, ni[a4]a, child, infant, It. ninna, ninna nanna, lullably, prob. fr. ni, na, as used in singing a child to sleep.] A fool; a simpleton. --Shak.
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Canker \Can"ker\ (k[acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. [?] excrescence on tree, [?] gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See {cancer}, and cf. {Chancre}.] 1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also {water canker}, {canker of the mouth}, and {noma}. 2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple. 3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. 4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush. 5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. --Shak. {Black canker}. See under {Black}.
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Nim \Nim\, v. t. [imp. {Nam}or {Nimmed}; p. p. {Nomen}or {Nome}.] [AS. niman. [root] 7. Cf. {Nimble}.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.] This canon it in his hand nam. --Chaucer.
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Nome \Nome\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to deal out, distribute.] 1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy. 2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
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Nome \Nome\, n. [Cf. {Binomial}.] (Alg.) [Obs.] See {Term}.
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Nome \Nome\, Nomen \No"men\, obs. p. p. of {Nim}. --Chaucer.
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Non \Non\, a. No; not. See {No}, a. --Chaucer.
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Non- \Non-\ [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See {None}.] A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit. Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.
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Non \Non\, a. No; not. See {No}, a. --Chaucer.
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Non- \Non-\ [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See {None}.] A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit. Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.
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None \None\, n. [F.] Same as {Nones}, 2.
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None \None\, a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. n[be]n, fr. ne not + [be]n one. [?]. See {No}, a. & adv., {One}, and cf. {Non-}, {Null}, a.] 1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. --Ps. xiv. 3. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. --Ex. xvi. 26. Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought. --Milton. None of their productions are extant. --Blair. 2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life. {None of}, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. [bd]They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.[b8] --Fuller. {None-so-pretty} (Bot.), the {Saxifraga umbrosa}. See {London pride} (a), under {London}.
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Nonne \Nonne\, n. A nun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Nonny \Non"ny\, n. A silly fellow; a ninny.
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Noon \Noon\, a. No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]
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Noon \Noon\, n. [AS. n[?]n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See {Nine}, and cf. {Nones}, {Nunchion}.] 1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime. 2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. --Motley. {High noon}, the exact meridian; midday. {Noon of night}, midnight. [Poetic] --Dryden.
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Noon \Noon\, a. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. --Young.
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Noon \Noon\, v. i. To take rest and refreshment at noon.
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Noun \Noun\, n. [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See {Name}.] (Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.
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Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[d4], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[d4], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. nu, n[d4]. [fb]193. Cf. {New}.] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. --Arbuthnot. 2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller. 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt. xiv. 24. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? --L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. --South. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {Now and now}, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Now and then}, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. [bd]A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.[b8] --Drayton. {Now now}, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] [bd]Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {Now . . . now}, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. [bd]Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.[b8] --Pope.
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Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[d4], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[d4], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. nu, n[d4]. [fb]193. Cf. {New}.] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. --Arbuthnot. 2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller. 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt. xiv. 24. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? --L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. --South. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {Now and now}, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Now and then}, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. [bd]A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.[b8] --Drayton. {Now now}, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] [bd]Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {Now . . . now}, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. [bd]Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.[b8] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nun \Nun\, n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. [?], [?]; of unknown origin. Cf. {Nunnery}.] 1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse. {Gray nuns} (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as {Sisters of Charity of Montreal}. {Nun buoy}. See under {Buoy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bontebok \[d8]Bon"te*bok\, n. [D. bont a sort of skin or fur, prop. variegated + bok buck.] (Zo[94]l.) The pied antelope of South Africa ({Alcelaphus pygarga}). Its face and rump are white. Called also {nunni}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Naoma, WV Zip code(s): 25140
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Neenah, WI (city, FIPS 55750) Location: 44.16953 N, 88.47219 W Population (1990): 23219 (9261 housing units) Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54956
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nemaha, IA (city, FIPS 55515) Location: 42.51503 N, 95.08772 W Population (1990): 112 (47 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50567 Nemaha, NE (village, FIPS 33950) Location: 40.33782 N, 95.67585 W Population (1990): 188 (95 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68414
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nemo, SD Zip code(s): 57759 Nemo, TX Zip code(s): 76070
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Home, TX (city, FIPS 51012) Location: 33.32731 N, 101.91076 W Population (1990): 175 (71 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Noma, FL (town, FIPS 48900) Location: 30.98127 N, 85.61745 W Population (1990): 207 (87 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nome, AK (city, FIPS 54920) Location: 64.50923 N, 165.41519 W Population (1990): 3500 (1334 housing units) Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 23.5 sq km (water) Nome, ND (city, FIPS 57180) Location: 46.67557 N, 97.81556 W Population (1990): 67 (33 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58062 Nome, TX (city, FIPS 51720) Location: 30.03443 N, 94.41812 W Population (1990): 448 (187 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Numa, IA (city, FIPS 57945) Location: 40.68543 N, 92.98055 W Population (1990): 151 (63 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52575
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Nunn, CO (town, FIPS 55045) Location: 40.70394 N, 104.78038 W Population (1990): 324 (136 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80648
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
NANA // [Usenet] The newsgroups news.admin.net-abuse.*, devoted to fighting {spam} and network abuse. Each individual newsgroup is often referred to by adding a letter to NANA. For example, NANAU would refer to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet. When spam began to be a serious problem around 1995, and a loose network of anti-spammers formed to combat it, spammers immediately accused them of being the {backbone cabal}, or the Cabal reborn. Though this was not true, spam-fighters ironically accepted the label and the tag line "There is No Cabal" reappeared (later, and now commonly, abbreviated to "TINC"). Nowadays "the Cabal" is generally understood to refer to the NANA regulars.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nano /nan'oh/ n. [CMU: from `nanosecond'] A brief period of time. "Be with you in a nano" means you really will be free shortly, i.e., implies what mainstream people mean by "in a jiffy" (whereas the hackish use of `jiffy' is quite different -- see {jiffy}).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nano- pref. [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way. Thus, one has {{nanotechnology}} (coined by hacker K. Eric Drexler) by analogy with `microtechnology'; and a few machine architectures have a `nanocode' level below `microcode'. Tom Duff at Bell Labs has also pointed out that "Pi seconds is a nanocentury". See also {{quantifiers}}, {pico-}, {nanoacre}, {nanobot}, {nanocomputer}, {nanofortnight}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nano /nan'oh/ n. [CMU: from `nanosecond'] A brief period of time. "Be with you in a nano" means you really will be free shortly, i.e., implies what mainstream people mean by "in a jiffy" (whereas the hackish use of `jiffy' is quite different -- see {jiffy}).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nano- pref. [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way. Thus, one has {{nanotechnology}} (coined by hacker K. Eric Drexler) by analogy with `microtechnology'; and a few machine architectures have a `nanocode' level below `microcode'. Tom Duff at Bell Labs has also pointed out that "Pi seconds is a nanocentury". See also {{quantifiers}}, {pico-}, {nanoacre}, {nanobot}, {nanocomputer}, {nanofortnight}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NaN {Not-a-Number}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nano- /nan'oh/ 1. A {prefix} meaning 10^-9 or one billionth. Used loosely to mean "small", e.g. {nanotechnology}, or (rarely), following "nanosecond", to mean a short time, e.g. "I'll be with you in a nano". [{Jargon File}] (2002-03-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Neon Charles Duff. An object-oriented extension of FORTH, for the Mac. Inheritance, SANE {floating-point}, system classes and objects for Mac interfacing, overlays. Sold by Kriya Systems, 1985-1988. Modified, made PD and renamed Yerk.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NIAM {Natural Language Information Analysis Method} (or Nijssen IAM).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NUMA {Non-Uniform Memory Access}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nym 1. /nim/ (From the third syllable of "anonymous"; or "nym server") A {server} that functions as an {anonymous remailer}. 2. A popular {hostname} for nym servers. 3. A mail-forwarding {account} on a {nym server}. (1999-02-26)
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
neon Symbol: Ne Atomic number: 10 Atomic weight: 20.183 Colourless gaseous element of group 18 on the periodic table (noble gases). Neon occurs in the atmosphere, and comprises 0.0018% of the volume of the atmosphere. It has a distinct reddish glow when used in discharge tubes and neon based lamps. It forms almost no chemical compounds. Neon was discovered in 1898 by Sir William Ramsey and M.W. Travers.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Naam pleasantness, one of the three sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh (1 Chr. 4:15).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Naamah the beautiful. (1.) The daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Gen. 4: 22). (2.) The daughter of the king of Ammon, one of the wives of Solomon, the only one who appears to have borne him a son, viz., Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21, 31). (3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na'aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nahum consolation, the seventh of the so-called minor prophets, an Elkoshite. All we know of him is recorded in the book of his prophecies. He was probably a native of Galilee, and after the deportation of the ten tribes took up his residence in Jerusalem. Others think that Elkosh was the name of a place on the east bank of the Tigris, and that Nahum dwelt there.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nain (from Heb. nain, "green pastures," "lovely"), the name of a town near the gate of which Jesus raised to life a widow's son (Luke 7:11-17). It is identified with the village called Nein, standing on the north-western slope of Jebel ed-Duhy (=the "hill Moreh" = "Little hermon"), about 4 miles from Tabor and 25 southwest of Capernaum. At the foot of the slope on which it stands is the great plain of Esdraelon. This was the first miracle of raising the dead our Lord had wrought, and it excited great awe and astonishment among the people.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Naomi the lovable; my delight, the wife of Elimelech, and mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth (1:2, 20, 21; 2:1). Elimelech and his wife left the district of Bethlehem-Judah, and found a new home in the uplands of Moab. In course of time he died, as also his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, who had married women of Moab, and three widows were left mourning the loss of their husbands. Naomi longs to return now to her own land, to Bethlehem. One of her widowed daughters-in-law, Ruth, accompanies her, and is at length married to Boaz (q.v.).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nehemiah comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was one of the "Jews of the dispersion," and in his youth was appointed to the important office of royal cup-bearer at the palace of Shushan. The king, Artaxerxes Longimanus, seems to have been on terms of friendly familiarity with his attendant. Through his brother Hanani, and perhaps from other sources (Neh. 1:2; 2:3), he heard of the mournful and desolate condition of the Holy City, and was filled with sadness of heart. For many days he fasted and mourned and prayed for the place of his fathers' sepulchres. At length the king observed his sadness of countenance and asked the reason of it. Nehemiah explained it all to the king, and obtained his permission to go up to Jerusalem and there to act as _tirshatha_, or governor of Judea. He went up in the spring of B.C. 446 (eleven years after Ezra), with a strong escort supplied by the king, and with letters to all the pashas of the provinces through which he had to pass, as also to Asaph, keeper of the royal forests, directing him to assist Nehemiah. On his arrival he set himself to survey the city, and to form a plan for its restoration; a plan which he carried out with great skill and energy, so that the whole was completed in about six months. He remained in Judea for thirteen years as governor, carrying out many reforms, notwithstanding much opposition that he encountered (Neh. 13:11). He built up the state on the old lines, "supplementing and completing the work of Ezra," and making all arrangements for the safety and good government of the city. At the close of this important period of his public life, he returned to Persia to the service of his royal master at Shushan or Ecbatana. Very soon after this the old corrupt state of things returned, showing the worthlessness to a large extent of the professions that had been made at the feast of the dedication of the walls of the city (Neh. 12. See {EZRA}). Malachi now appeared among the people with words of stern reproof and solemn warning; and Nehemiah again returned from Persia (after an absence of some two years), and was grieved to see the widespread moral degeneracy that had taken place during his absence. He set himself with vigour to rectify the flagrant abuses that had sprung up, and restored the orderly administration of public worship and the outward observance of the law of Moses. Of his subsequent history we know nothing. Probably he remained at his post as governor till his death (about B.C. 413) in a good old age. The place of his death and burial is, however, unknown. "He resembled Ezra in his fiery zeal, in his active spirit of enterprise, and in the piety of his life: but he was of a bluffer and a fiercer mood; he had less patience with transgressors; he was a man of action rather than a man of thought, and more inclined to use force than persuasion. His practical sagacity and high courage were very markedly shown in the arrangement with which he carried through the rebuilding of the wall and balked the cunning plans of the 'adversaries.' The piety of his heart, his deeply religious spirit and constant sense of communion with and absolute dependence upon God, are strikingly exhibited, first in the long prayer recorded in ch. 1:5-11, and secondly and most remarkably in what have been called his 'interjectional prayers', those short but moving addresses to Almighty God which occur so frequently in his writings, the instinctive outpouring of a heart deeply moved, but ever resting itself upon God, and looking to God alone for aid in trouble, for the frustration of evil designs, and for final reward and acceptance" (Rawlinson). Nehemiah was the last of the governors sent from the Persian court. Judea after this was annexed to the satrapy of Coele-Syria, and was governed by the high priest under the jurisdiction of the governor of Syria, and the internal government of the country became more and more a hierarchy.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nun Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naam, fair; pleasant
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naamah, Naaman, beautiful; agreeable
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naham, Nahamani, comforter; leader
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nahum, comforter; penitent
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nain, beauty; pleasantness
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naomi, beautiful; agreeable
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Naum, same as Nahum
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nehemiah, consolation; repentance of the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nehum, comforter; penitent
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Non, posterity; a fish; eternal
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nun, same as Non