Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 25

Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.

Nostril (n.) Perception; insight; acuteness.

Nostrums (pl. ) of Nostrum

Nostrum (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.

Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Not () Wot not; know not; knows not.

Not (a.) Shorn; shaven.

Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

Notabilia (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice.

Notabilities (pl. ) of Notability

Notability (n.) Quality of being notable.

Notability (n.) A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note.

Notability (n.) A notable saying.

Notable (a.) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

Notable (a.) Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

Notable (a.) Well-known; notorious.

Notable (n.) A person, or thing, of distinction.

Notable (n.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

Notableness (n.) The quality of being notable.

Notably (adv.) In a notable manner.

Notaeum (n.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.

Notal (a.) Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.

Notanda (pl. ) of Notandum

Notandum (n.) A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Notarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

Notarially (adv.) In a notarial manner.

Notaries (pl. ) of Notary

Notary (n.) One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

Notary (n.) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.

Notate (a.) Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.

Notation (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.

Notation (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

Notch (n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.

Notched (imp. & p. p.) of Notch

Notching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notch

Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

Notch (v. t.) To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

Notching (n.) The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

Notching (n.) The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.

Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

Notching (n.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.

Notchweed (n.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

Note (v. t.) To butt; to push with the horns.

Note () Know not; knows not.

Note (n.) Nut.

Note (n.) Need; needful business.

Note (n.) A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

Note (n.) A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

Note (n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

Note (n.) A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

Note (n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.

Note (n.) A short informal letter; a billet.

Note (n.) A diplomatic missive or written communication.

Note (n.) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

Note (n.) A list of items or of charges; an account.

Note (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:

Note (n.) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.

Note (n.) A key of the piano or organ.

Note (n.) Observation; notice; heed.

Note (n.) Notification; information; intelligence.

Note (n.) State of being under observation.

Note (n.) Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

Note (n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.

Noted (imp. & p. p.) of Note

Noting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Note

Note (n.) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.

Note (n.) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

Note (n.) To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.

Note (n.) To denote; to designate.

Note (n.) To annotate.

Note (n.) To set down in musical characters.

Notebook (n.) A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

Notebook (n.) A book in which notes of hand are registered.

Noted (a.) Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler.

Noteful (a.) Useful.

Noteless (a.) Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.

Notelessness (n.) A state of being noteless.

Notelet (n.) A little or short note; a billet.

Note paper () Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.

Noter (n.) One who takes notice.

Noter (n.) An annotator.

Noteworthy (a.) Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.

Nother (conj.) Neither; nor.

Nothing (n.) Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.

Nothing (n.) Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.

Nothing (n.) A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.

Nothing (n.) A cipher; naught.

Nothing (adv.) In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

Nothingarian (n.) One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.

Nothingism (n.) Nihility; nothingness.

Nothingness (n.) Nihility; nonexistence.

Nothingness (n.) The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.

Notice (n.) The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

Notice (n.) Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning.

Notice (n.) An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.

Notice (n.) A writing communicating information or warning.

Notice (n.) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.

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