Name Report For First Name NORA:
NORA
First name NORA's origin is English. NORA means "abbreviation of eleanora light and honora honor". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with NORA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of nora.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with NORA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with NORA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming NORA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES NORA AS A WHOLE:
senora ragnorak annora annorah anora dinora dinorah eilinora eleanora eleonora elnora honora honoratas lenora leonora nicanora norabel sanora honorato raedanoran elenora norah onoraNAMES RHYMING WITH NORA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ora) - Names That Ends with ora:
aurora adora thora dora fedora isadora madora musidora pandora pheodora theodora theora zudora teodora teadora aghamora aldora alora amora avonmora cora delora devora eldora eleadora eleora elora feodora guanhumora isidora liora lora mora ora pastora salbatora salvadora salvatora tabora talora xalbadora xalvadora yoora zamora zemora zipora raedbora wendlesora bora zippora eliora derora debora phedora musadora medora hannelora orzora sipporaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:
asura azmera chinara efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adra aludra alzubra badra bahira bushra johara nasira noura samira thara' yusra gadara chamorra dendera kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira shukura subira zahra azura ceara abdera aethra aldaraNAMES RHYMING WITH NORA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (nor) - Names That Begins with nor:
norb norberaht norbert norberta norberte norberto norcross nordica nordika noreen noreena noreis norge nori norice noriko norm norman normand normando norris northclif northcliffe northclyf northrop northrup northtun northwode nortin norton norval norvel norville norvin norvyn norward norwel norwell norwin norwood norwynRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (no) - Names That Begins with no:
noa noach noah nochehuatl nocholaus nochtli noco nodens nodin nodons noe noel noelani noele noelene noell noella noelle noemi noemie noga nokomis nola nolan noland nolen nolene nolyn noni noor noori nootau nopaltzin nosh noshi notus nouel nouf nour nourbese nova novak novalee now nowa nox noxochicoztli noyNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NORA:
First Names which starts with 'n' and ends with 'a':
na'ima naava nabeeha nabeela nacumbea nada nadeeda nadetta nadezhda nadhima nadia nadifa nadina nadira nadiya nadja nafeesa nafisa nagesa nahimana naia naiara naiaria nairna najeeba najja najla najlaa najwa najya nakayla nakedra nakita nakoma nalda naliaka nana nanelia nanetta nangila nanna nantosuelta napona nara narcisa narcissa nareena nareesa narkissa nascha nashara nasheeta nashida nashita nashota nashwa nasiha nastassia nastia nasya nata natacha natae-tyanna natala natalia natalya natania natasha nathacha nathaira nathalia nathania nathara nathifa natosha nausicaa naysa ndila neala nearra nechama nechemya neda nedda nediva nedra neela neema nehama nehanda neila neiva neka nekana nelda nelia nelida nella nelwina nelwynaEnglish Words Rhyming NORA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES NORA AS A WHOLE:
| dishonorable | adjective (a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. |
| adjective (a.) Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. |
| dishonorary | adjective (a.) Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. |
| honorable | adjective (a.) Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. |
| adjective (a.) High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. | |
| adjective (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive. | |
| adjective (a.) Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds. | |
| adjective (a.) Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude. | |
| adjective (a.) Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial. | |
| adjective (a.) Of reputable association or use; respectable. | |
| adjective (a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman. |
| honorableness | noun (n.) The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. |
| noun (n.) Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. |
| honorarium | adjective (a.) Alt. of Honorary |
| honorary | adjective (a.) A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. |
| adjective (a.) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. | |
| adjective (a.) Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. | |
| adjective (a.) Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. | |
| adjective (a.) Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society. |
| ignoramus | noun (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. |
| noun (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. |
| ignorance | noun (n.) The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. |
| noun (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. |
| ignorant | noun (n.) A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous. |
| adjective (a.) Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. | |
| adjective (a.) Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of. | |
| adjective (a.) Unknown; undiscovered. | |
| adjective (a.) Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. |
| ignorantism | noun (n.) The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism. |
| ignorantist | noun (n.) One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist. |
| impignoration | noun (n.) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. |
| marinorama | noun (n.) A representation of a sea view. |
| minoration | noun (n.) A diminution. |
| minorat | adjective (a.) A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir. |
| panorama | noun (n.) A complete view in every direction. |
| noun (n.) A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point. | |
| noun (n.) A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator. |
| panoramic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Panoramical |
| panoramical | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama. |
| pignoration | noun (n.) The act of pledging or pawning. |
| noun (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. |
| pignorative | adjective (a.) Pledging, pawning. |
| signora | noun (n.) Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. |
| sonoran | adjective (a.) Pertaining to or designating the arid division of the Austral zone, including the warmer parts of the western United States and central Mexico. It is divided into the Upper Sonoran, which lies next to the Transition zone, and the Lower Sonoran, next to the Tropical. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NORA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ora) - English Words That Ends with ora:
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| amphora | noun (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc. |
| anaphora | noun (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses. |
| angora | noun (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. |
| aplacophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates. |
| aurora | noun (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. |
| noun (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning. | |
| noun (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. | |
| noun (n.) A species of crowfoot. | |
| noun (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). |
| basommatophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. |
| caracora | noun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies. |
| carnivora | noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful. |
| cephalophora | noun (n. pl.) The cephalata. |
| cora | noun (n.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa. |
| ctenophora | noun (n. pl.) A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs. |
| discophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. |
| doryphora | noun (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle. |
| diaspora | noun (n.) Lit., "Dispersion." -- applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation. |
| epanaphora | noun (n.) Same as Anaphora. |
| epiphora | noun (n.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. |
| noun (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. |
| flora | noun (n.) The goddess of flowers and spring. |
| noun (n.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants. |
| frugivora | noun (n. pl.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit. |
| heliopora | noun (n.) An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral. |
| herbivora | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. |
| hydrophora | noun (n. pl.) The Hydroidea. |
| insectivora | noun (n. pl.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects. |
| noun (n. pl.) A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats. |
| madrepora | noun (n.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. |
| mandragora | noun (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. |
| masora | noun (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. |
| massora | noun (n.) Same as Masora. |
| millepora | noun (n.) A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores. |
| mora | noun (n.) A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes. |
| noun (n.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture. | |
| noun (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement. |
| nematophora | noun (n. pl.) Same as Coelenterata. |
| odontophora | noun (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora. |
| omnivora | noun (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds. |
| onychophora | noun (n. pl.) Malacopoda. |
| ora | noun (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling. |
| (pl. ) of Os |
| pandora | noun (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. |
| noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex. |
| passiflora | noun (n.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreae, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species. |
| pecora | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle. |
| placophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura. |
| plethora | noun (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia. |
| noun (n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. |
| pneumonophora | noun (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae. |
| pneumophora | noun (n. pl.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree. |
| polyplacophora | noun (n. pl.) See Placophora. |
| psora | noun (n.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch. |
| pupivora | noun (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects. |
| remora | noun (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance. |
| noun (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. | |
| noun (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. |
| retinophora | noun (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium. |
| rhabdophora | noun (n. pl.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities. |
| rhizophora | noun (n.) A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove. |
| rhynchophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils. |
| se–ora | noun (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NORA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (nor) - Words That Begins with nor:
| norbertine | noun (n.) See Premonstrant. |
| noria | noun (n.) 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. |
| norian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. |
| norice | noun (n.) Nurse. |
| norie | noun (n.) The cormorant. |
| norimon | noun (n.) A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. |
| norite | noun (n.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene. |
| norium | noun (n.) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon. |
| norm | adjective (a.) A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type. |
| adjective (a.) A typical, structural unit; a type. |
| norma | noun (n.) A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. |
| noun (n.) A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule. | |
| noun (n.) A templet or gauge. |
| normal | adjective (a.) 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. |
| adjective (a.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal. | |
| adjective (a.) Standard; original; exact; typical. | |
| adjective (a.) 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. | |
| adjective (a.) 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. | |
| adjective (a.) 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-. | |
| adjective (a.) Any perpendicular. | |
| adjective (a.) 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 | noun (n.) The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy. |
| normalization | noun (n.) Reduction to a standard or normal state. |
| norman | noun (n.) A wooden bar, or iron pin. |
| noun (n.) 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. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest. |
| normanism | noun (n.) A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans. |
| norn | noun (n.) Alt. of Norna |
| norna | noun (n.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld. |
| noun (n.) A tutelary deity; a genius. |
| noropianic | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid. |
| norroy | noun (n.) The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms, under King. |
| norse | noun (n.) The Norse language. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants. |
| norseman | noun (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman. |
| nortelry | noun (n.) Nurture; education; culture; bringing up. |
| north | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country. | |
| noun (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line. | |
| adjective (a.) 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. | |
| verb (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north. | |
| adverb (adv.) Northward. |
| northeast | noun (n.) The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. | |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the northeast. |
| northeaster | noun (n.) A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast. |
| northeasterly | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast. |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the northeast. |
| northeastern | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly. |
| norther | noun (n.) A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico. |
| northerliness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. |
| northerly | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern. |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the north. |
| northern | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. |
| adjective (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. |
| northerner | noun (n.) One born or living in the north. |
| noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Southerner. |
| northernmost | adjective (a.) Farthest north. |
| northing | noun (n.) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing. |
| noun (n.) The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination. |
| northman | noun (n.) One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman. |
| northmost | adjective (a.) Lying farthest north; northernmost. |
| northness | noun (n.) A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north. |
| northumbrian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Northumberland. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. |
| northward | adjective (a.) Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point. |
| adverb (adv.) Alt. of Northwards |
| northwardly | adjective (a.) Having a northern direction. |
| adverb (adv.) In a northern direction. |
| northwest | noun (n.) The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region. |
| adjective (a.) 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. | |
| adjective (a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. | |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the northwest. |
| northwester | noun (n.) A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind. |
| northwesterly | adjective (a.) Toward the northwest, or from the northwest. |
| northwestern | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. |
| norwegian | noun (n.) A native of Norway. |
| noun (n.) That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language. |
| norwegium | noun (n.) A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway. |
| norweyan | adjective (a.) Norwegian. |
| norfolk | noun (n.) Short for Norfolk Jacket. |
| norland | noun (n.) The land in the north; north country. |
| noun (n.) = Norlander. |
| norlander | noun (n.) A northener; a person from the north country. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NORA:
English Words which starts with 'n' and ends with 'a':
| naenia | noun (n.) See Nenia. |
| naphtha | noun (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. |
| noun (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. |
| narica | noun (n.) The brown coati. See Coati. |
| nassa | noun (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda. |
| natica | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells. |
| natka | adjective (a.) A species of shrike. |
| nausea | noun (n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing. |
| nebalia | noun (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.) |
| nebula | noun (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. |
| noun (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea. | |
| noun (n.) A cloudy appearance in the urine. |
| necrophobia | noun (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies. |
| negrita | noun (n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida. |
| nematelmia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes. |
| nematocera | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera. |
| nematoidea | noun (n. pl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda. |
| nemertida | noun (n. pl.) Nemertina. |
| nemertina | noun (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela. |
| nenia | noun (n.) A funeral song; an elegy. |
| neocarida | noun (n. pl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata. |
| neomenia | noun (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar. |
| neomenoidea | noun (n. pl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura. |
| neoplasia | noun (n.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty. |
| neorama | noun (n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within. |
| nepa | noun (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion. |
| nepeta | noun (n.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy. |
| nephralgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Nephralgy |
| nerita | noun (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates. |
| neritina | noun (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted. |
| neuralgia | noun (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. |
| neurasthenia | noun (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord. |
| neurilemma | noun (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath. |
| noun (n.) The perineurium. |
| neuroglia | noun (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord. |
| neuroma | noun (n.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers. |
| neuroptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera. |
| neurula | noun (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed. |
| ngina | noun (n.) The gorilla. |
| nicagua | noun (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing. |
| nicotiana | noun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco. |
| nigua | noun (n.) The chigoe. |
| nirvana | noun (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism. |
| noctiluca | noun (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus. |
| noun (n.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae. |
| noma | noun (n.) See Canker, n., 1. |
| nonda | noun (n.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda. |
| nostalgia | noun (n.) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness. |
| notabilia | noun (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice. |
| notobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back. |
| noun (n. pl.) The Dorsibranchiata. |
| nototrema | noun (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America. |
| nubecula | noun (n.) A nebula. |
| noun (n.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds. | |
| noun (n.) A slight spot on the cornea. | |
| noun (n.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine. |
| nubia | noun (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud. |
| nucha | noun (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape. |
| nucleobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) See Heteropoda. |
| nucleoidioplasma | noun (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells. |
| nucula | noun (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior. |
| nudibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia. |
| nutria | noun (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu. |
| nyctalopia | noun (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. |
| noun (n.) See Moonblink. |
| nympha | noun (n.) Same as Nymph, 3. |
| noun (n.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva. |
| nymphaea | noun (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. |
| nymphomania | noun (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. |
| nyula | noun (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings. |
| nagana | noun (n.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly. |
| nerka | noun (n.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui. |
| nosophobia | noun (n.) Morbid dread of disease. |
| nova | noun (n.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. |
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