Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 6

Navel-string (n.) The umbilical cord.

Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

Navew (n.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica.

Navicular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.

Navicular (a.) Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.

Navicular (n.) The navicular bone.

Navigability (n.) The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.

Navigable (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

Navigated (imp. & p. p.) of Navigate

Navigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Navigate

Navigate (v. i.) To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.

Navigate (v. t.) To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.

Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.

Navigation (n.) The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

Navigation (n.) the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.

Navigation (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.

Navigation (n.) Ships in general.

Navigator (n.) One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.

Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.

Navies (pl. ) of Navvy

Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.

Navies (pl. ) of Navy

Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.

Navy (n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.

Navy (n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.

Nawab (n.) A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

Nawl (n.) An awl.

Nay (adv.) No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.

Nay (adv.) Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.

Nays (pl. ) of Nay

Nay (n.) Denial; refusal.

Nay (n.) a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.

Nay (v. t. & i.) To refuse.

Nayaur (n.) A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

Nayt (v. t.) To refuse; to deny.

Nayward (n.) The negative side.

Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword.

Nazarene (n.) A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

Nazarene (n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.

Nazarite (n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

Nazariteship (n.) The state of a Nazarite.

Nazaritic (a.) Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.

Nazaritism (n.) The vow and practice of a Nazarite.

Naze (n.) A promotory or headland.

Nazirite (n.) A Nazarite.

Ne (adv.) Not; never.

Ne (adv.) Nor.

Neaf (n.) See 2d Neif.

Neal (v. t.) To anneal.

Neal (v. i.) To be tempered by heat.

Neap (n.) The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

Neap (a.) Low.

Neap (n.) A neap tide.

Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.

Neapolitan (a.) Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.

Neapolitan (n.) A native or citizen of Naples.

Near (adv.) At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

Near (adv.) Nearly; almost; well-nigh.

Near (adv.) Closely; intimately.

Near (adv.) Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.

Near (adv.) Closely connected or related.

Near (adv.) Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.

Near (adv.) Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.

Near (adv.) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.

Near (adv.) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.

Near (a) Immediate; direct; close; short.

Near (a) Close-fisted; parsimonious.

Near (prep.) Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.

Neared (imp. & p. p.) of Near

Nearing (p. pr. & vb. n) of Near

Near (adv.) To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.

Near (v. i.) To draw near; to approach.

Nearctic (a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

Nearhand (a. & adv.) Near; near at hand; closely.

Near-legged (a.) Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.

Nearly (adv.) In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

Nearness (n.) The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

Nearsighted (a.) Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted.

Nearsightedness (n.) See Myopic, and Myopia.

Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

Neat (n.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.

Neat (a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.

Neat (a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.

Neat (a.) Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy.

Neat (a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.

Neat (a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]

'Neath (prep. & adv.) An abbreviation of Beneath.

Neatherd (n.) A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.

Neathouse (n.) A building for the shelter of neat cattle.

Neatify (v. t.) To make neat.

Neatly (adv.) In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.

neatness (n.) The state or quality of being neat.

Neatress (n.) A woman who takes care of cattle.

Neb (n.) The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.

Nebalia (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)

Neb-neb (n.) Same as Bablh.

Nebulae (pl. ) of Nebula

Nebula (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.

Nebula (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.

Nebula (n.) A cloudy appearance in the urine.

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