Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 26

Noticed (imp. & p. p.) of Notice

Noticing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notice

Notice (v. t.) To observe; to see to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.

Notice (v. t.) To show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.

Notice (v. t.) To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.

Noticeable (a.) Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.

Noticeably (adv.) In a noticeable manner.

Noticer (n.) One who notices.

Notidanian (n.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.

Notification (n.) The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

Notification (n.) Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.

Notification (n.) The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.

Notified (imp. & p. p.) of Notify

Notifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notify

Notify (v. t.) To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.

Notify (v. t.) To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.

Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.

Notion () A sentiment; an opinion.

Notion () Sense; mind.

Notion () An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.

Notion () Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.

Notional (a.) Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

Notional (a.) Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.

Notional (a.) Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.

Notionality (n.) A notional or groundless opinion.

Notionally (adv.) In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Notionate (a.) Notional.

Notionist (n.) One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.

Notist (n.) An annotator.

Notobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.

Notobranchiata (n. pl.) The Dorsibranchiata.

Notobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.

Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Notochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Notodontian (n.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.

Notopodia (pl. ) of Notopodium

E (pl. ) of Notopodium

Notopodiums (pl. ) of Notopodium

Notopodium (n.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Notoriety (n.) The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.

Notorious (a.) Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

Notornis (n.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

Nototherium (n.) An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.

Nototrema (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

Not-pated (a.) Alt. of Nott-pated

Nott-pated (a.) Same as Nott-headed.

Notself (n.) The negative of self.

Nott (a.) Shorn.

Nott (v. t.) To shear.

Nott-headed (a.) Having the hair cut close.

Notturno (n.) Same as Nocturne.

Nota (pl. ) of Notum

Notum (n.) The back.

Notus (n.) The south wind.

Notwheat (n.) Wheat not bearded.

Notwithstanding (prep.) Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.

Notwithstanding (adv. / conj.) Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

Nouch (n.) An ouch; a jewel.

Nougat (n.) A cake, sweetmeat, or confection made with almonds or other nuts.

Nought (n. & adv.) See Naught.

Nould () Would not.

Noule (n.) The top of the head; the head or noll.

Noumenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal.

Noumenon (n.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.

Noun (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Nounal (a.) Of or pertaining to a noun.

Nounize (v. t.) To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.

Nourice (n.) A nurse.

Nourished (imp. & p. p.) of Nourish

Nourishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nourish

Nourish (v. t.) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

Nourish (v. t.) To support; to maintain.

Nourish (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.

Nourish (v. t.) To cherish; to comfort.

Nourish (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

Nourish (v. i.) To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

Nourish (v. i.) To gain nourishment.

Nourish (n.) A nurse.

Nourishable (a.) Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body.

Nourishable (a.) Capable of giving nourishment.

Nourisher (n.) One who, or that which, nourishes.

Nourishing (a.) Promoting growth; nutritious,

Nourishingly (adv.) Nutritively; cherishingly.

Nourishment (n.) The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

Nourishment (n.) That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.

Nouriture (n.) Nurture.

Noursle (v. t.) To nurse; to rear; to bring up.

Nous (n.) Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

Nousel (v. t.) Alt. of Nousle

Nousle (v. t.) To insnare; to entrap.

Nouthe (adv.) Alt. of Nowthe

Nowthe (adv.) Just now; at present.

Novaculite (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

Novatianism (n.) The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.

Novation (n.) Innovation.

Novation (n.) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.

Novator (n.) An innovator.

Novel (a.) Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

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