NAPE
First name NAPE's origin is Greek. NAPE means "a myth name". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with NAPE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of nape.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with NAPE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming NAPE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES NAPE AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH NAPE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ape) - Names That Ends with ape:
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (pe) - Names That Ends with pe:
bupe anippe alcippe antiope dryope euterpe kalliope leucippe merope penelope maipe xochipepe calliope godalupe guadalupe lupe chepe felipe felippe kempe pepe philippe phillipe wilpe philipe thorpe stanhope kepe olympe hope guiseppeNAMES RHYMING WITH NAPE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (nap) - Names That Begins with nap:
napayshni napier napo napolean napoleon naponaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (na) - Names That Begins with na:
na'ima na'imah naal naalnish naamah naaman naamit naava naavah nab nabeeha nabeel nabeela nabhan nabih nabihah nabil nabilah nabirye nachman nachton nacumbea nada nadalee nadav nadeeda nadeem nadeen nader nadetta nadette nadezhda nadhima nadhir nadia nadidah nadie nadif nadifa nadim nadina nadine nadir nadira nadirah nadiv nadiya nadja nadra nadwah naeem naeemah nafeesa nafiens nafisa nafisah naftali naftalie nagesa nahar nahcomence nahele nahimana nahiossi nahlah nahuatl nahum naia naiara naiaria nailah naile nailynn naim nainsi nairi nairna nairne naiyah najah najat najee najeeb najeeba naji najib najibah najiyah najja najjar najla najlaa najwa najyaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NAPE:
First Names which starts with 'n' and ends with 'e':
nancie nanelle nanette nanine nannette nannie nareene narolie narve natalee natalie nate nathalee nathalie natuche navarre naylise neale nealie neelie neese nekane nellie nephele nerine neuveville neve neville niaire nichele nichole nicholette nickie nickolette nicolae nicole nicolette nicolle niece nielsine nieve nike nikkie nile nimiane nimue ninette nineve niobe nixie njemile noe noele noelene noelle noemie nolene norberte norge norice northcliffe northwode norville nourbese novalee nulte nyasore nycole nye nyke nyle nynette nyneve nyseEnglish Words Rhyming NAPE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES NAPE AS A WHOLE:
anapest | noun (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests. |
noun (n.) A verse composed of such feet. |
anapestic | noun (n.) Anapestic measure or verse. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. |
anapestical | adjective (a.) Anapestic. |
canape | noun (n.) A sofa or divan. |
noun (n.) A slice or piece of bread fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, etc., are served. |
hanaper | noun (n.) A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. |
jackanapes | noun (n.) A monkey; an ape. |
noun (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. |
kidnaper | noun (n.) Alt. of Kidnapper |
nape | noun (n.) The back part of the neck. |
napery | noun (n.) Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general. |
naperian | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NAPE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ape) - English Words That Ends with ape:
agape | noun (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion. |
adverb (adv. & a.) Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. |
ape | noun (n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes. |
noun (n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. | |
noun (n.) A dupe. | |
verb (v. t.) To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. |
cape | noun (n.) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland. |
noun (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak. | |
verb (v. i.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south. | |
verb (v. i.) To gape. |
chape | noun (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. |
noun (n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. | |
noun (n.) The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc. |
clape | noun (n.) A bird; the flicker. |
crape | noun (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. |
noun (n.) To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk. |
escape | noun (n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape. |
noun (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. | |
noun (n.) A sally. | |
noun (n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. | |
noun (n.) An apophyge. | |
noun (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. | |
noun (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. | |
noun (n.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation. | |
verb (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. | |
verb (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention. | |
verb (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of. | |
verb (v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. | |
verb (v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors. |
etape | noun (n.) A public storehouse. |
noun (n.) Supplies issued to troops on the march; | |
noun (n.) the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day. | |
noun (n.) In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit. |
frape | noun (n.) A crowd, a rabble. |
gape | noun (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn. |
noun (n.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. | |
verb (v. i.) To open the mouth wide | |
verb (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. | |
verb (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. | |
verb (v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. | |
verb (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. |
grape | noun (n.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins. |
noun (n.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. | |
noun (n.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse. | |
noun (n.) Grapeshot. |
landscape | noun (n.) A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. |
noun (n.) A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. | |
noun (n.) The pictorial aspect of a country. |
pape | noun (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope. |
rape | noun (n.) Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. |
noun (n.) The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. | |
noun (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. | |
noun (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. | |
noun (n.) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n. | |
noun (n.) That which is snatched away. | |
noun (n.) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. | |
noun (n.) One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. | |
noun (n.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. | |
verb (v. t.) To commit rape upon; to ravish. | |
verb (v. i.) To rob; to pillage. |
scape | noun (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. |
noun (n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect. | |
noun (n.) The shaft of a column. | |
noun (n.) The apophyge of a shaft. | |
noun (n.) An escape. | |
noun (n.) Means of escape; evasion. | |
noun (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. | |
noun (n.) Loose act of vice or lewdness. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To escape. |
scrape | noun (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen. |
noun (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. | |
noun (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty. | |
verb (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. | |
verb (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). | |
verb (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. | |
verb (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. | |
verb (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along. | |
verb (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. | |
verb (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. | |
verb (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow. |
seascape | noun (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea. |
serape | noun (n.) A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico. |
shape | noun (n.) To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. |
noun (n.) To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel. | |
noun (n.) To image; to conceive; to body forth. | |
noun (n.) To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange. | |
noun (n.) Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape. | |
noun (n.) That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being. | |
noun (n.) A model; a pattern; a mold. | |
noun (n.) Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality. | |
noun (n.) Dress for disguise; guise. | |
noun (n.) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. | |
noun (n.) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. | |
verb (v. i.) To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. |
shipshape | adjective (a.) Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. |
adverb (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. |
shrape | noun (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds. |
slape | adjective (a.) Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. |
swape | noun (n.) See Sweep, n., 12. |
tape | noun (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape. |
noun (n.) A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. | |
verb (v. t.) To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape; | |
verb (v. t.) to cover (a wire) with insulating tape. | |
verb (v. t.) to record on audio tape or video tape; -- either directly, at the scene of the action tape, or indirectly, as from a broadcast of the action. |
waterscape | noun (n.) A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NAPE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (nap) - Words That Begins with nap:
napping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nap |
noun (n.) The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth. | |
noun (n.) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body. |
nap | noun (n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. |
noun (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. | |
noun (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet. | |
noun (n.) Same as Napoleon, 1, below. | |
verb (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. | |
verb (v. i.) To be in a careless, secure state. | |
verb (v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on. |
naphew | noun (n.) See Navew. |
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. |
naphthalate | noun (n.) A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate. |
naphthalene | noun (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 | adjective (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 | adjective (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. |
adjective (a.) Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid. |
naphthalidine | noun (n.) Same as Naphthylamine. |
naphthalin | noun (n.) Alt. of Naphthaline |
naphthaline | noun (n.) See Naphthalene. |
naphthazarin | noun (n.) A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin. |
naphthene | noun (n.) A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum. |
naphthide | noun (n.) A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; as, mercuric naphthide. |
naphthoic | adjective (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 | noun (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 | noun (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid. |
naphthyl | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene. |
naphthylamine | noun (n.) One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids. |
napierian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Naperian |
napiform | adjective (a.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below. |
napkin | noun (n.) A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table. |
noun (n.) A handkerchief. |
napless | adjective (a.) Without nap; threadbare. |
napoleon | noun (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86. |
noun (n.) A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them. | |
noun (n.) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful. | |
noun (n.) A Napoleon gun. | |
noun (n.) A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century. | |
noun (n.) A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long. |
napoleonic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. |
napoleonist | noun (n.) A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons. |
nappe | noun (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 | noun (n.) The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth. |
nappy | noun (n.) A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides. |
adjective (a.) Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy. | |
adjective (a.) Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale. | |
adjective (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. |
napu | noun (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 | noun (n.) A kind of turnip. See Navew. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NAPE:
English Words which starts with 'n' and ends with 'e':
niere | noun (n.) One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. |
noun (n.) A receptacle for rags or shreds. | |
noun (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. |
neyne | noun (n.) Same as Meine. |
nacre | noun (n.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl. |
adjective (a.) Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacre ware. |
naeve | noun (n.) A naevus. |
naevose | adjective (a.) Spotted; frecled. |
nagyagite | noun (n.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold. |
naive | adjective (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks. |
naivete | noun (n.) Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness. |
nale | noun (n.) Ale; also, an alehouse. |
namable | adjective (a.) Capable of being named. |
name | noun (n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. |
noun (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. | |
noun (n.) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. | |
noun (n.) Those of a certain name; a race; a family. | |
noun (n.) A person, an individual. | |
noun (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. | |
noun (n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. | |
noun (n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding. | |
noun (n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand. |
namesake | noun (n.) One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another. |
nandine | noun (n.) An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black. |
nanpie | noun (n.) The magpie. |
narceine | noun (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 | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Narcissus. |
narcotine | noun (n.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia. |
nardine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard. |
nare | noun (n.) A nostril. |
nargile | noun (n.) Alt. of Nargileh |
narine | adjective (a.) Of or belonging to the nostrils. |
narrable | adjective (a.) Capable of being narrated or told. |
narrative | noun (n.) That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction. | |
adjective (a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous. |
narre | adjective (a.) Nearer. |
narwe | adjective (a.) Narrow. |
nasopalatine | adjective (a.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. |
nasute | adjective (a.) Having a nice sense of smell. |
adjective (a.) Critically nice; captious. |
natchnee | noun (n.) An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as a food plant. |
native | noun (n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France. |
noun (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. | |
adjective (a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. | |
adjective (a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. | |
adjective (a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. | |
adjective (a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc. | |
adjective (a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). | |
adjective (a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver. | |
adjective (a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. |
natrolite | noun (n.) A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda. |
nature | noun (n.) The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. |
noun (n.) The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence. | |
noun (n.) The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect. | |
noun (n.) Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience. | |
noun (n.) The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being. | |
noun (n.) Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality. | |
noun (n.) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. | |
noun (n.) Natural affection or reverence. | |
noun (n.) Constitution or quality of mind or character. | |
verb (v. t.) To endow with natural qualities. |
naufrage | noun (n.) Shipwreck; ruin. |
nauseative | adjective (a.) Causing nausea; nauseous. |
nautilite | noun (n.) A fossil nautilus. |
navarrese | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Navarre. |
nave | noun (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob. |
noun (n.) The navel. | |
noun (n.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles. |
navigable | adjective (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river. |
nazarene | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians. |
noun (n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies. |
nazarite | noun (n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively. |
naze | noun (n.) A promotory or headland. |
nazirite | noun (n.) A Nazarite. |
neathouse | noun (n.) A building for the shelter of neat cattle. |
nebule | noun (n.) A little cloud; a cloud. |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Nebuly |
nebulose | adjective (a.) Nebulous; cloudy. |
necessitude | noun (n.) Necessitousness; want. |
noun (n.) Necessary connection or relation. |
necklace | noun (n.) A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament. |
noun (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays. |
neckplate | noun (n.) See Gorget, 1 and 2. |
necktie | noun (n.) A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck. |
necrolite | noun (n.) Same as Necronite. |
necronite | noun (n.) Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor. |
necrophore | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle. |
nectarine | noun (n.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach. |
adjective (a.) Nectareous. |
needle | noun (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. |
noun (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. | |
noun (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting. | |
noun (n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. | |
noun (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. | |
verb (v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals. | |
verb (v. i.) To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. |
needlecase | noun (n.) A case to keep needles. |
needlestone | noun (n.) Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite. |
neele | noun (n.) A needle. |
negative | noun (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception. |
noun (n.) A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no. | |
noun (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto. | |
noun (n.) That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative. | |
noun (n.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture. | |
noun (n.) The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. | |
adjective (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative. | |
adjective (a.) Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism. | |
adjective (a.) Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed. | |
adjective (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative. | |
verb (v. t.) To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove. | |
verb (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill. | |
verb (v. t.) To neutralize the force of; to counteract. |
neglective | adjective (a.) Neglectful. |
negligee | noun (n.) An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women. |
negligence | noun (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. |
noun (n.) An act or instance of negligence or carelessness. | |
noun (n.) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly. |
negligible | adjective (a.) That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration. |
negoce | noun (n.) Business; occupation. |
negotiable | adjective (a.) Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange. |
neife | noun (n.) A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. |
nemaline | adjective (a.) Having the form of threads; fibrous. |
nemalite | noun (n.) A fibrous variety of brucite. |
nematode | noun (a. & n.) Same as Nematoid. |
nematogene | noun (n.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene. |
neocene | adjective (a.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary. |
neodamode | noun (n.) In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service. |
neophyte | noun (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism. |
noun (n.) A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything. |
neossine | noun (n.) The substance constituting the edible bird's nest. |
nepaulese | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Nepaul. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. |
nepenthe | noun (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. |
nepheline | noun (n.) Alt. of Nephelite |
nephelite | noun (n.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash. |
nephoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity. |
nephrite | noun (n.) A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade. |
nephrostome | noun (n.) The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity. |
neptune | noun (n.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. |
noun (n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years. |
nerite | noun (n.) Any mollusk of the genus Nerita. |
nervate | adjective (a.) Nerved. |
nerve | noun (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body. |
noun (n.) A sinew or a tendon. | |
noun (n.) Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor. | |
noun (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution. | |
noun (n.) Audacity; assurance. | |
noun (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf. | |
noun (n.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects. | |
verb (v. t.) To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm. |
nervine | noun (n.) A nervine agent. |
adjective (a.) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement. |
nervose | adjective (a.) Same as Nerved. |
nervure | noun (n.) One of the nerves of leaves. |
noun (n.) One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of incests. |
nescience | noun (n.) Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism. |
nese | noun (n.) Nose. |
neithermore | adjective (a.) Lower, nether. |
nettle | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England. |
verb (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. |
neurine | noun (n.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide. |
neurocoele | noun (n.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity. |
neuromere | noun (n.) A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system. |
neuropore | noun (n.) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal. |
neurotome | noun (n.) An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves. |
noun (n.) A neuromere. |
nevadite | noun (n.) A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada. |
neve | noun (n.) The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual snow. See Galcier. |
newcome | adjective (a.) Recently come. |
newfangle | adjective (a.) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. |
verb (v. t.) To change by introducing novelties. |
nexible | adjective (a.) That may be knit together. |