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  • English Word Noctograph Definition A kind of writing frame for the blind.
  • English Word Noctograph Definition An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats.
  • English Word Noctuary Definition A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.
  • English Word Noctuid Definition Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night.
  • English Word Noctuid Definition Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.
  • English Word Noctule Definition A large European bat (Vespertilio, / Noctulina, altivolans).
  • English Word Nocturn Definition An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
  • English Word Nocturn Definition One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.
  • English Word Nocturnal Definition Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
  • English Word Nocturnal Definition Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
  • English Word Nocturnal Definition An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.
  • English Word Nocturnally Definition By night; nightly.
  • English Word Nocturne Definition A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
  • English Word Nocument Definition Harm; injury; detriment.
  • English Word Nocuous Definition Hurtful; noxious.
  • English Word Nod Definition To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
  • English Word Nod Definition To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
  • English Word Nod Definition To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
  • English Word Nod Definition To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.
  • English Word Nod Definition To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
  • English Word Nod Definition To cause to bend.
  • English Word Nod Definition A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
  • English Word Nod Definition A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.
  • English Word Nodal Definition Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.
  • English Word Nodated Definition Knotted.
  • English Word Nodation Definition Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.
  • English Word Nodded Definition of Nod
  • English Word Nodder Definition One who nods; a drowsy person.
  • English Word Noddies Definition of Noddy
  • English Word Nodding Definition of Nod