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  • English Word Nonacceptance Definition A neglect or refusal to accept.
  • English Word Nonacid Definition Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
  • English Word Nonacquaintance Definition Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
  • English Word Nonacquiescence Definition Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
  • English Word Nonadmission Definition Failure to be admitted.
  • English Word Nonadult Definition Not adult; immature.
  • English Word Nonaerobiotic Definition Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaerobiotic.
  • English Word Nonage Definition The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
  • English Word Nonage Definition Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
  • English Word Nonaged Definition Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature.
  • English Word Nonagenarian Definition A person ninety years old.
  • English Word Nonagesimal Definition Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
  • English Word Nonagesimal Definition The middle or highest point of the 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 intersected by the horizon.
  • English Word Nonagon Definition A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.
  • English Word Nonagrian Definition Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.
  • English Word Nonalienation Definition Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.
  • English Word Nonane Definition One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
  • English Word Nonappearance Definition Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
  • English Word Nonappointment Definition Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.
  • English Word Nonarrival Definition Failure to arrive.
  • English Word Nonattendance Definition A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
  • English Word Nonattention Definition Inattention.
  • English Word Nonbituminous Definition Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.
  • English Word Nonce Definition The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.
  • English Word Nonchalance Definition Indifference; carelessness; coolness.
  • English Word Nonchalant Definition Indifferent; careless; cool.
  • English Word Nonchalantly Definition In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
  • English Word Nonclaim Definition A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
  • English Word Noncohesion Definition Want of cohesion.
  • English Word Noncoincidence Definition Lack of coincidence.