Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Nōn-ăc'id, a. p. 890Not acid.Nŏn'-ac-quāint'ance, n. p. 890Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.Nōn-ăc'qui-ēs'cence, n. p. 890Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.Nōn'-ad-mīs'sion, n. p. 890Failure to be admitted.Nōn'-a-dūlt', a. p. 890Not adult; immature.Nŏn'age, n. p. 890The time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind, in many respects, was still in its non-age. Coleridge.Nōn'a'ged, a. p. 890Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. “Nonaged youth.” Browne.Nōn'a-gē-nā'ri-an, n. p. 890One ninety years old.Nōn'a-gĕs'i-mal, a. p. 890Pertaining to a nonagesimal.Nōn'a-gĕs'i-mal, n. p. 890(Astron.) The middle or highest point of that part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is…Nōn'a-gōn, n. p. 890(Math.) A plane figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.Nōn-ā'tien-ā'tion, n. p. 890Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.Nōn'-ap-pēar'ançe, n. p. 890Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend.Nōn'-ap-point'ment, n. p. 890Neglect of appointment.Nŏn'-ar-rīv'al, n. p. 890Failure to arrive.Nōn'-as-sūmp'sit p. 890(Law.) The general issue in an action of assumpsit.Nŏn'-at-tĕnd'/ance, n. p. 890A failure to attend; omission of attendance.Nōn'-at-tĕn'/tion, n. p. 890Inattention.Nōn'-bi-tū'mi-noŭs, a. p. 890Containing no bitumen.Nōnçe, n. p. 890The present call or occasion; purpose; — chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce. And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. Shak.Non'cha-lance, n. p. 890Indifference; carelessness; coolness.Nōn'cha-lant', a. p. 890Indifferent; careless; cool.Nōn'-e-clāim, n. p. 890A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.Nōn'-co-hē'sion, n. p. 890Want of cohesion.Nŏn'-co-in'ci-dence, n. p. 890Lack of coincidence.Nōn'-co-in'ci-dent, a. p. 890Not coincident.Nŏn-cŏm'bat-ant, n. p. 890(Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, the chaplains, the…Nŏn'-com-mĭs'sioned, a. p. 890Not having a commission. Non-commissioned officer (Mil.), a warrant officer, receiving his certificate of rank from a subordinate authority, usually from the commander of a regiment; a sergeant; a…Nŏn'-com-mĭt'tal, n. p. 890A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance to commit one's self.Nŏn'-com-mūn'ion, n. p. 890Neglect or failure of communion.Nŏn'-com-plē'tion, n. p. 890Lack of completion; failure to complete.Nŏn'-com-plī'ance, n. p. 890Neglect or failure of compliance.Nŏn'-com-plȳ'ing, a. p. 890Neglecting or refusing to comply.Nŏn cŏm'pos or Nŏn cŏm'pos mĕn'tis p. 890Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or by accident.Nŏn'-cŏn, n. p. 890See NON-CONTENT.Nŏn'-con-clu'ding, a. p. 890Not ending or closing.Nŏn'-con-cŭr', v. i. p. 890To dissent or refuse to concur.Nŏn'-con-cŭr'rence, n. p. 890A refusal to concur.Nŏn'-con-dŭct'ing, a. p. 890Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid; thus, in electricity, wax is a non-conducting substance.Nŏn'-con-dūc'tion, n. p. 890The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit.Nŏn'-con-dūct'or, n. p. 890A substance which does not conduct, that is, transmit another substance or fluid, or which transmits it with difficulty; as, wool is a non-conductor of heat; glass and dry wood are non-conductors of…Nŏn'-con-fôrm'ing, a. p. 890Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church. [Eng.]Nŏn'-con-fōrm'ist, n. p. 890One who does not conform to an established church; especially, in England, one who refused to conform to the established church at the restoration of Charles II.Nŏn'-con-fōrm'i-ty, n. p. 890Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.Nŏn cŏn'stāt p. 890It does not appear; it is not plain or clear.Nŏn'-con-tā'gĭous, a. p. 890Not contagious.Nŏn'-con-tā'gious-ness, n. p. 890The quality or state of being not communicable from a diseased to a healthy body.Nŏn'-con-tĕm'po-rā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 890Not being contemporaneous, or not of contemporary origin.Nŏn'-con-tĕnt', n. p. 890(British House of Lords.) One who gives a negative vote, as not being satisfied with the measure. The word is sometimes abridged into non-con, and applied to any one who dissents, or expresses…Nŏn'-con-trĭb'ū-ting or Nŏn'-con-trĭb'ū-to-ry, a. p. 890Not contributing.Nŏn'-de-līv'er-y, n. p. 890A neglect or failure of delivery.Nŏn-dēp'o-sĭ'tion, n. p. 890A failure to deposit or throw down.Nŏn'de-scrīpt, a. p. 890Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.Nŏn'de-scrĭpt, n. p. 890A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.Nŏn'-de-vĕl'op-ment, n. p. 890A failure of development.Nŏn'-dis-cŏv'er-y, n. p. 890Want of discovery.Nōne, a. & pron. p. 890No one; not any thing; — frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv. 3. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which…Nŏn'-e-lēct', n. p. 890One not elected or chosen to salvation.Nŏn'-e-lēc'tion, n. p. 890Failure of election.Nŏn'-e-lēc'tric or Nŏn'-e-lēc'tric-al, a. p. 890Not electric; conducting the electric fluid.