Novel (a.) That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
Novel (a.) News; fresh tidings.
Novel (a.) A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love.
Novel (a.) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.
Novelette (n.) A short novel.
Novelism (n.) Innovation.
Novelist (n.) An innovator; an asserter of novelty.
Novelist (n.) A writer of news.
Novelist (n.) A writer of a novel or novels.
Novelize (v. i.) To innovate.
Novelized (imp. & p. p.) of Novelize
Novelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Novelize
Novelize (v. t.) To innovate.
Novelize (v. t.) To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction.
Novelry (n.) Novelty; new things.
Novelties (pl. ) of Novelty
Novelty (n.) The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.
Novelty (n.) Something novel; a new or strange thing.
November (n.) The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.
Novenary (a.) Of or pertaining to the number nine.
Novenary (n.) The number of nine units; nine, collectively.
Novene (a.) Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.
Novennial (a.) Done or recurring every ninth year.
Novercal (a.) Done or recurring every ninth year.
Novercal (a.) Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.
Novice (n.) One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
Novice (n.) One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
Novice (n.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
Novice (a.) Like a novice; becoming a novice.
Noviceship (n.) The state of being a novice; novitiate.
Novilunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the new moon.
Novitiate (n.) The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
Novitiate (n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
Novitiate (n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
Novitiate (n.) The place where novices live or are trained.
Novitious (a.) Newly invented; recent; new.
Novity (n.) Newness; novelty.
Novum (n.) A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.
Now (adv.) At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
Now (adv.) Very lately; not long ago.
Now (adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
Now (adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
Now (a.) Existing at the present time; present.
Now (n.) The present time or moment; the present.
Nowadays (adv.) In these days; at the present time.
Noway (adv.) Alt. of Noways
Noways (adv.) In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.
Nowch (n.) See Nouch.
Nowd (n.) The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).
Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.
Nowel (n.) Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior.
Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol.
Nowel (n.) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object.
Nowel (n.) The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.
Nowes (n. pl.) The marriage knot.
Nowhere (adv.) Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
Nowhither (adv.) Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.
Nowise (n.) Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.
Nowt (n. pl.) Neat cattle.
Nowthe () See Nouthe.
Noxious (a.) Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.
Noxious (a.) Guilty; criminal.
Noy (v. t.) To annoy; to vex.
Noy (n.) That which annoys.
Noyance (n.) Annoyance.
Noyau (n.) A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.
Noyer (n.) An annoyer.
Noyful (a.) Full of annoyance.
Noyls (n. pl.) See Noils.
Noyous (a.) Annoying; disagreeable.
Nozle (n.) Nozzle.
Nozzle (n.) The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
Nozzle (n.) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
Nozzle (n.) A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Nub (v. t.) To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.
Nub (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.
Nubbin (n.) A small or imperfect ear of maize.
Nubble (v. t.) To beat or bruise with the fist.
Nubeculae (pl. ) of Nubecula
Nubecula (n.) A nebula.
Nubecula (n.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
Nubecula (n.) A slight spot on the cornea.
Nubecula (n.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
Nubia (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
Nubian (a.) Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.
Nubian (n.) A native of Nubia.
Nubiferous (a.) Bringing, or producing, clouds.
Nubigenous (a.) Born of, or produced from, clouds.
Nubilate (v. t.) To cloud.
Nubile (a.) Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.
Nubility (n.) The state of being marriageable.
Nubilose (a.) Alt. of Nubilous
Nubilous (a.) Cloudy.
Nucament (n.) A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.
Nucamentaceous (a.) Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.
Nucelli (pl. ) of Nucellus
Nucellus (n.) See Nucleus, 3 (a).
Nuch/ (pl. ) of Nucha
Nucha (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.