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  • English Word Nonstriated Definition Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.
  • English Word Nonsubmission Definition Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.
  • English Word Nonsubmissive Definition Not submissive.
  • English Word Nonsuch Definition See Nonesuch.
  • English Word Nonsuit Definition A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
  • English Word Nonsuit Definition To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.
  • English Word Nonsuit Definition Nonsuited.
  • English Word Nonsuited Definition of Nonsuit
  • English Word Nonsuiting Definition of Nonsuit
  • English Word Nonsurety Definition Insecurity.
  • English Word Nontenure Definition A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.
  • English Word Nonterm Definition A vacation between two terms of a court.
  • English Word Nontoxic Definition Not toxic.
  • English Word Nontronite Definition A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.
  • English Word Nonuniformist Definition One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.
  • English Word Nonunionist Definition One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.
  • English Word Nonusance Definition Neglect of using; failure to use.
  • English Word Nonuser Definition A not using; failure to use.
  • English Word Nonuser Definition Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
  • English Word Nonvascular Definition Destitute of vessels; extravascular.
  • English Word Nonvernacular Definition Not vernacular.
  • English Word Nonvocal Definition Not vocal; destitute of tone.
  • English Word Nonvocal Definition A nonvocal consonant.
  • English Word Nonyl Definition The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.
  • English Word Nonylene Definition Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.
  • English Word Nonylenic Definition Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.
  • English Word Nonylic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.
  • English Word Noodle Definition A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
  • English Word Noodle Definition A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
  • English Word Nook Definition A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.