AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
non obstante: notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.-a clause in old english statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. this dispensing power was abolished by the bill of rights.
non prosequitur: a judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. see nolle prosequi.
non-: a prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.
non-ego: the union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. see ego.
non-feasance: an omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done.  cf. malfeasance.
non-pros: to decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.
nonability: want of ability.-an exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
nonacid: destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
nonacquaintance: want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
nonage: the ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.-time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
nonagesimal: of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.-the middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. it is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
nonagrian: any moth of the genus nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.
nonane: one of a group of metameric hydrocarbons c9h20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
nonappearance: default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
nonce: the one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.
nonchalantly: in a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
nonclaim: a failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
noncombatant: any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.
noncommittal: a state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. also used adjectively.
noncondensible: not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.
noncondensing: not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
nonconducting: not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
nonconductor: a substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.
nonconforming: not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.
nonconformist: one who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of england; a dissenter.
nonconformity: neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in england, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
nonconstat: it does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.
noncontent: one who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.
nonda: the edible plumlike fruit of the australian tree, parinarium nonda.
nondecane: a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, c19h40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
nondeciduate: characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.
nondescript: not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.-a thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.
nondo: a coarse umbelliferous plant (ligusticum actaeifolium) with a large aromatic root. it is found chiefly in the alleghany region. also called angelico.
nonelectric: alt. of nonelectrical-a substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.
nonentity: nonexistence; the negation of being.-a thing not existing.-a person or thing of little or no account.
nones: the fifth day of the months january, february, april, june, august, september, november, and december, and the seventh day of march, may, july, and october.  the nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the roman method.-the canonical office, being a part of the breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 p. m.) in the roman catholic church.-the hour of dinner; the noonday meal.
nonesuch: a person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. it is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.
nonexistence: absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.-a thing that has no existence.
nonillion: according to the french and american notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the english notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. see the note under numeration.
noninhabitant: one who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.
nonintervention: the state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.
nonjoinder: the omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.
nonjuring: not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in great britain that would not swear allegiance to william and mary, or their successors.
nonjuror: one of those adherents of james ii. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to william and mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a jacobite.
nonjurorism: the doctrines, or action, of the nonjurors.
nonmedullated: not medullated; (anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.
nonmetal: any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
nonmetallic: not metallic.-resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.
nonnitrognous: devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food.  see the note under food, n., 1.
nonoic: pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid.  cf. pelargonic.
nonone: any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (c9h14) of the valylene series.
nonoxygenous: without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.
nonpareil: something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.-a size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).-a beautifully colored finch (passerina ciris), native of the southern united states. the male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. called also painted finch.-any other similar bird of the same genus.-having no equal; peerless.
nonphotobiotic: capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.
nonplus: a state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.-to puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
nonprofessional: not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
nonresident: not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.-a nonresident person; one who does not reside in the state or jurisdiction.
nonresistance: the principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.
nonresistant: making no resistance.-one who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.
nonsense: that which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.-trifles; things of no importance.
nonsensical: without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.
nonslaveholding: not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding state.
nonstriated: without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.
nonsuit: a neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. a compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.-to determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.-nonsuited.
nontenure: a plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.
nontronite: a greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.
nonuniformist: one who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.
nonuser: a not using; failure to use.-neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
nonvocal: not vocal; destitute of tone.-a nonvocal consonant.
nonyl: the hydrocarbon radical, c9h19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.
nonylene: any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons c9h18 of the ethylene series.
nonylenic: of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.
nonylic: of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.
noodle: a simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.-a thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
nook: a narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
noon: no. see the note under no.-the middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.-hence, the highest point; culmination.-belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.-to take rest and refreshment at noon.
noonday: midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.-of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat.
noose: a running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.-to tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
nopal: a cactaceous plant (nopalea cochinellifera), originally mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. the name is sometimes given to other species of cactaceae.
nor: a negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
noria: a large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in arabia, china, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a persian wheel.
norite: a granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.
norm: a rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.-a typical, structural unit; a type.
norma: a norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.-a mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.-a templet or gauge.
normal: according to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.-according to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. specifically: of or pertaining to a normal.-standard; original; exact; typical.-denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.-denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively s(oh)6, and n(oh)5.-denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. cf. iso-.-any perpendicular.-a straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
normalcy: the quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.
norman: a wooden bar, or iron pin.-of or pertaining to normandy or to the normans; as, the norman language; the norman conquest.-a native or inhabitant of normandy; originally, one of the northmen or scandinavians who conquered normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (norman-french) race which conquered england, under william the conqueror.
norna: one of the three fates, past, present, and future. their names were urd, verdandi, and skuld.-a tutelary deity; a genius.
noropianic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.
norroy: the most northern of the english kings-at-arms. see king-at-arms, under king.
norse: of or pertaining to ancient scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.-the norse language.
north: that one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.-any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.-specifically: that part of the united states lying north of mason and dixon's line. see under line.-lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.-to turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.-northward.
northeast: the point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.-of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind.-toward the northeast.
northeasterly: pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.-toward the northeast.
norther: a wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in texas and the vicinity of the gulf of mexico.
northerly: of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.-toward the north.
northern: of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.-in a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
northerner: one born or living in the north.-a native or inhabitant of the northern states; -- contradistinguished from southerner.
northing: distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.-the distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.
northman: one of the inhabitants of the north of europe; esp., one of the ancient scandinavians; a norseman.
northumbrian: of or pertaining to northumberland in england.-a native or inhabitant of northumberland.
northward: toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.-alt. of northwards
northwards: toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
northwest: the point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.-pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.-coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.-toward the northwest.
northwestern: of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.
norwegian: of or pertaining to norway, its inhabitants, or its language.-a native of norway.-that branch of the scandinavian language spoken in norway.
norwegium: a rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of norway.
nose: the prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. see nostril, and olfactory organ under olfactory.-the power of smelling; hence, scent.-a projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.-to smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.-to touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.-to utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.-to smell; to sniff; to scent.-to pry officiously into what does not concern one.
nosebag: a bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.
noseband: that part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
nosed: of nose-having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed.
nosegay: a bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.
nosesmart: a kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus nasturtium.
nosing: of nose-that part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.
nosology: a systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.-that branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
nostalgia: homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
nostoc: a genus of algae. the plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.
nostril: 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.-perception; insight; acuteness.
nostrum: 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.-any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
not: wot not; know not; knows not.-shorn; shaven.-a word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.
notability: quality of being notable.-a notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note.-a notable saying.
notable: capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.-worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.-well-known; notorious.-a person, or thing, of distinction.-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.
notandum: a thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.
notarial: of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.
notary: one who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.-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.
notation: the act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.-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.-literal or etymological signification.
notch: a hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.-a narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.-to cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.-to fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
notching: of notch-the act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.-the small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.-a method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.-a method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. see also gulleting.
notchweed: a foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (chenopodium vulvaria).
note: to butt; to push with the horns.-know not; knows not.-nut.-need; needful business.-a mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.-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.-a brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.-a brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.-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.-a short informal letter; a billet.-a diplomatic missive or written communication.-a written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.-a list of items or of charges; an account.-a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. hence:-a musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.-a key of the piano or organ.-observation; notice; heed.-notification; information; intelligence.-state of being under observation.-reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.-stigma; brand; reproach.-to notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.-to record in writing; to make a memorandum of.-to charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.-to denote; to designate.-to annotate.-to set down in musical characters.