Nonelectrical (a.) Not electric; conducting electricity.
Nonelectric (n.) A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.
Nonemphatic (a.) Alt. of Nonemphatical
Nonemphatical (a.) Having no emphasis; unemphatic.
Nonentities (pl. ) of Nonentity
Nonentity (n.) Nonexistence; the negation of being.
Nonentity (n.) A thing not existing.
Nonentity (n.) A person or thing of little or no account.
Non-Episcopal (a.) Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.
Nones (n. pl.) 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.
Nones (n. pl.) 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.
Nones (n. pl.) The hour of dinner; the noonday meal.
Nonessential (a.) Not essential.
Nonessential (n.) A thing not essential.
Non est factum () The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
Non est inventus () The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.
Nonesuch (n.) 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.
Nonet (n.) Alt. of Nonetto
Nonetto (n.) A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.
Nonett (n.) The titmouse.
Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Nonexistence (n.) Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.
Nonexistence (n.) A thing that has no existence.
Nonexistent (a.) Not having existence.
Nonexportation (n.) A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
Nonextensile (a.) Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.
Non-feasance (n.) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.
Nonfulfillment (n.) Neglect or failure to fulfill.
Nonillion (n.) 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.
Nonimportation (n.) Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
Nonimporting (a.) Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.
Noninflectional (a.) Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
Noninhabitant (n.) One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.
Nonintervention (n.) The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.
Nonius (n.) A vernier.
Nonjoinder (n.) 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.
Nonjurant (a.) Nonjuring.
Nonjuring (a.) Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.
Nonjuror (n.) 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 (n.) The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.
Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Non liquet () It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.
Nonmalignant (a.) Not malignant, as a disease.
Nonmanufacturing (a.) Not carrying on manufactures.
Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.
Nonmember (n.) One who is not a member.
Nonmembership (n.) State of not being a member.
Nonmetal (n.) 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 (a.) Not metallic.
Nonmetallic (a.) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.
Nonnatural (a.) Not natural; unnatural.
Nonne (n.) A nun.
Nonnecessity (n.) Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
Nonnitrognous (a.) Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1.
Nonnucleated (a.) Without a nucleus.
Nonny (n.) A silly fellow; a ninny.
Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Non obstante () Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
Non obstante () 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.
Nonoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic.
Nonone (n.) Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series.
Nonoxygenous (a.) Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.
Nonpareil (a.) Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.
Nonpareil (a.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
Nonpareil (a.) 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.
Nonpareil (a.) Any other similar bird of the same genus.
Nonpareil (a.) Having no equal; peerless.
Nonpayment (n.) Neglect or failure to pay.
Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.
Nonphotobiotic (a.) Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.
Nonplane (a.) Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.
Nonplus (n.) A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.
Nonplused (imp. & p. p.) of Nonplus
Nonplussed () of Nonplus
Nonplusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nonplus
Nonplussing () of Nonplus
Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Nonpreparation (n.) Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
Nonpresentation (n.) Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
Nonproduction (n.) A failure to produce or exhibit.
Nonprofessional (a.) Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.
Nonproficient (n.) One who has failed to become proficient.
Non pros. () An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.
Nonprossed (imp. & p. p.) of Non-pros
Non-prossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Non-pros
Non-pros (v. t.) 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.
Non prosequitur () A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.
Nonrecurrent (a.) Not recurring.
Nonrecurring (a.) Nonrecurrent.
Nonregardance (n.) Want of due regard; disregard; slight.
Nonregent (n.) A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.
Nonrendition (n.) Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.
Nonresemblance (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Nonresidence (n.) The state or condition of being nonresident,
Nonresident (a.) 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.
Nonresident (n.) A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the State or jurisdiction.
Nonresistance (n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.
Nonresistant (a.) Making no resistance.