Nard (n.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
Nard (n.) An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.
Nard (n.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.
Nardine (a.) Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
Nardoo (n.) An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
Nare (n.) A nostril.
Nares (n. pl.) The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
Nargile (n.) Alt. of Nargileh
Nargileh (n.) An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.
Narica (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.
Nariform (a.) Formed like the nose.
Narine (a.) Of or belonging to the nostrils.
Narrable (a.) Capable of being narrated or told.
Narragansetts (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
Narrated (imp. & p. p.) of Narrate
Narrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narrate
Narrate (v. t.) To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
Narration (n.) The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.
Narration (n.) That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.
Narration (n.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.
Narrative (a.) Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.
Narrative (a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
Narrative (n.) That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
Narratively (adv.) In the style of narration.
Narrator (n.) One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.
Narratory (a.) Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters.
Narre (a.) Nearer.
Narrow (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
Narrow (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
Narrow (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Narrow (superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
Narrow (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.
Narrows (pl. ) of Narrow
Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
Narrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Narrow
Narrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narrow
Narrow (v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
Narrow (v. t.) To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
Narrow (v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrower (n.) One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.
Narrowing (n.) The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.
Narrowing (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
Narrowly (adv.) With little breadth; in a narrow manner.
Narrowly (adv.) Without much extent; contractedly.
Narrowly (adv.) With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly.
Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped.
Narrowly (adv.) Sparingly; parsimoniously.
Narrow-minded (a.) Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.
Narrowness (n.) The condition or quality of being narrow.
Nart () Art not.
Narthex (n.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.
Narthex (n.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.
Narwal (n.) See Narwhal.
Narwe (a.) Narrow.
Narwhal (n.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.
Nas () Was not.
Nas () Has not.
Nasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose.
Nasal (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
Nasal (n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
Nasal (n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
Nasal (n.) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
Nasal (n.) One of the nasal bones.
Nasal (n.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
Nasality (n.) The quality or state of being nasal.
Nasalization (n.) The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.
Nasalized (imp. & p. p.) of Nasalize
Nasalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nasalize
Nasalize (v. t.) To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
Nasalize (v. t.) To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
Nasally (adv.) In a nasal manner; by the nose.
Nascal (n.) A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.
Nascency (n.) State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.
Nascent (a.) Evolving; being evolved or produced.
Naseberry (n.) A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla.
Nash (a.) Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly.
Nasicornous (a.) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.
Nasiform (a.) Having the shape of a nose.
Nasion (n.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.
Naso- () A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with, the nose; as, nasofrontal.
Nasobuccal (a.) Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate.
Nasofrontal (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.
Nasolachrymal (a.) Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.
Nasopalatal (a.) Alt. of Nasopalatine
Nasopalatine (a.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.
Nasopharyngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus.
Nasoseptal (a.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.
Nasoturbinal (a.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal.
Nasoturbinal (n.) The nasoturbinal bone.
Nassas (pl. ) of Nassa
NassAe (pl. ) of Nassa
Nassa (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.
Nastily (adv.) In a nasty manner.