Name (n.) A person, an individual.
Named (imp. & p. p.) of Name
Naming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Name
Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Name (n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
Name (n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.
Name (n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Nameless (a.) Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.
Nameless (a.) Undistinguished; not noted or famous.
Nameless (a.) Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer.
Nameless (a.) Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.
Namelessly (adv.) In a nameless manner.
Namely (adv.) By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.
Namely (adv.) That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.
Namer (n.) One who names, or calls by name.
Namesake (n.) One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
Namo (adv.) No more.
Nan (inerj.) Anan.
Nandine (n.) An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.
Nandou (n.) Alt. of Nandu
Nandu (n.) Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea.
Nankeen (n.) A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
Nankeen (n.) An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
Nankeen (n.) Trousers made of nankeen.
Nanny (n.) A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.
Nannyberry (n.) See Sheepberry.
Nanpie (n.) The magpie.
Naos (n.) A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.
Napped (imp. & p. p.) of Nap
Napping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nap
Nap (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
Nap (v. i.) To be in a careless, secure state.
Nap (n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
Nap (n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
Nap (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
Nap (v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on.
Nape (n.) The back part of the neck.
Nape-crest (n.) An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.
Naperies (pl. ) of Napery
Napery (n.) Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.
Napha water () A perfume distilled from orange flowers.
Naphew (n.) See Navew.
Naphtha (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
Naphtha (n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
Naphthalate (n.) A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.
Naphthalene (n.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.
Naphthalenic (a.) Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.
Naphthalic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naphthalene, and called naphthalene acids.
Naphthalic (a.) Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid.
Naphthalidine (n.) Same as Naphthylamine.
Naphthalin (n.) Alt. of Naphthaline
Naphthaline (n.) See Naphthalene.
Naphthalize (v. t.) To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.
Naphthazarin (n.) A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin.
Naphthene (n.) A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.
Naphthide (n.) A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; as, mercuric naphthide.
Naphthoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids.
Naphthol (n.) Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor.
Naphthoquinone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.
Naphthyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.
Naphthylamine (n.) One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.
Napierian (a.) Alt. of Naperian
Naperian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.
Napier's bones () Alt. of Napier's rods
Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.
Napiform (a.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.
Napkin (n.) A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.
Napkin (n.) A handkerchief.
Napless (a.) Without nap; threadbare.
Naples yellow () See under Yellow.
Napoleon (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.
Napoleonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.
Napoleonist (n.) A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
Nappe (n.) Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.
Nappiness (n.) The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.
Napping (n.) The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
Napping (n.) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body.
Nappy (a.) Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
Nappy (a.) Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale.
Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.
Nappies (pl. ) of Nappy
Nappy (n.) A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.
Nap-taking (n.) A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.
Napu (n.) A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.
Napus (n.) A kind of turnip. See Navew.
Narceine (n.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
Narcissine (a.) Of or pertaining to Narcissus.
Narcissuses (pl. ) of Narcissus
Narcissus (n.) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
Narcissus (n.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.
Narcosis (n.) Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.
Narcotic (a.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
Narcotical (a.) Narcotic.
Narcotine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.
Narcotinic (a.) Pertaining to narcotine.
Narcotism (n.) Narcosis; the state of being narcotized.
Narcotized (imp. & p. p.) of Narcotize
Narcotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narcotize
Narcotize (v. t.) To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.