Numbering (p. pr & vb. n.) of Number
Number (n.) To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
Number (n.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
Number (n.) To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
Number (n.) To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
Numberer (n.) One who numbers.
Numberful (a.) Numerous.
Numberless (a.) Innumerable; countless.
Numberous (a.) Numerous.
Numbers (n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
Numbfish (n.) The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.
Numbless (n. pl.) See Nombles.
Numbness (n.) The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.
Numerable (v. t.) Capable of being numbered or counted.
Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
Numeral (n.) Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.
Numeral (n.) A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.
Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.
Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
Numerary (a.) Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.
Numerated (imp. & p. p.) of Numerate
Numerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Numerate
Numerate (v.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.
Numeration (n.) The act or art of numbering.
Numeration (n.) The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method.
Numerative (a.) Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system.
Numerator (n.) One who numbers.
Numerator (n.) The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.
Numeric (n.) Alt. of Numerical
Numerical (n.) Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
Numerical (n.) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body.
Numeric (n.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nĂ-1, where m and n are real numerics.
Numerically (adv.) In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.
Numerist (n.) One who deals in numbers.
Numero (n.) Number; -- often abbrev. No.
Numerosity (n.) The state of being numerous; numerousness.
Numerosity (n.) Rhythm; harmony; flow.
Numerous (a.) Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army.
Numerous (a.) Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.
Numidian (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.
Numismatic (a.) Alt. of Numismatical
Numismatical (a.) Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.
Numismatics (n.) The science of coins and medals.
Numismatist (n.) One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.
Numismatography (n.) A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.
Numismatologist (n.) One versed in numismatology.
Numismatology (n.) The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.
Nummary (a.) Of or relating to coins or money.
Nummular (a.) Alt. of Nummulary
Nummulary (a.) Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.
Nummulary (a.) Having the appearance or form of a coin.
Nummulation (n.) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.
Nummulite (n.) A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.
Nummulites (n.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.
Nummulitic (a.) Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.
Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead.
Numskull (n.) A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.
Numskulled (a.) Stupid; doltish.
Nun (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Nun (n.) The smew.
Nun (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Nunchion (v. i.) A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon.
Nunciate (n.) One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio.
Nunciature (n.) The office of a nuncio.
Nuncios (pl. ) of Nuncio
Nuncio (n.) A messenger.
Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.
Nuncii (pl. ) of Nuncius
Nuncius (n.) A messenger.
Nuncius (n.) The information communicated.
Nuncupate (v. t.) To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally.
Nuncupate (v. t.) To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book.
Nuncupation (n.) The act of nuncupating.
Nuncupative (a.) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Nuncupative (a.) Nominal; existing only in name.
Nuncupative (a.) Oral; not written.
Nuncupatory (a.) Nuncupative; oral.
Nundinal (n.) A nundinal letter.
Nundinal (a.) Alt. of Nundinary
Nundinary (a.) Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.
Nundinate (a.) To buy and sell at fairs or markets.
Nundination (n.) Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.
Nunnation (n.) The pronunciation of n at the end of words.
Nunneries (pl. ) of Nunnery
Nunnery (n.) A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
Nunnish (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a nun.
Nup (n.) Same as Nupson.
Nuphar (n.) A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.
Nupson (n.) A simpleton; a fool.
Nuptial (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.
Nuptials (pl. ) of Nuptial
Nuptial (n.) Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.
Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey.
Nurled (imp. & p. p.) of Nurl
Nurling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nurl
Nurl (v. t.) To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.
Nurse (n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.