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Word List 28 (nitrogen cycle - non-U)

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- nitrogen cycle n. 1. Ecology The circulation of nitrogen in nature, consisting

  of a cycle of chemical reactions in which atmospheric nitrogen is compounded,

  dissolved in rain, and deposited in the soil, where it is assimilated and

  metabolized by bacteria and plants, eventually returning to the atmosphere by

  bacterial decomposition of organic matter.

 

- nitwit n. A stupid or silly person.

 

- nix2 Slang n. Nothing. adv. Not so; no. tr.v. To forbid, refuse, or veto:

  Congress nixed the tax hike.

 

- nixie or nixy n. Slang A misaddressed or illegibly addressed piece of mail,

  therefore undeliverable.

 

- no-account adj. Informal Worthless; good-for-nothing: my no-account

  brother-in-law.

 

- nob1 n. 1. Slang The human head.

 

- nob2 n. Ciefly British Slang A person of wealth or social standing: "The nobs

  were forever snubbing the snobs."

 

- nobble tr.v. Chiefly British 1. To disable (a racehorse), especially by

  drugging. 2. To win (a person) over. 3. To outdo or get the better of by

  devious means. 4. To filch or steal. 5. To kidnap. -nobbler n.

 

- nobby adj. Fashionable; stylish.

 

- nobiliary adj. Of or relating to the nobility.

 

- nobiliary particle n. A preposition used as a mark of noble rank before a

  title or surname, as German von in Christian von Wolf and French de in Simone

  de Beauvoir.

 

- noble gas n. Any of the elements in Group O of the periodic table, including

  helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, whcih are monatomic and with

  limited exceptions chemically inert. Also called inert gas.

 

- noble metal n. A metal or alloy, such as gold, that is highly resistant to

  oxidation and corrosion.

 

- noble rot n. A parasitic fungus that attacks ripe grapes and causes an

  increase in their sugar content. Certain wines, such as the French Sauternes

  and the Hungarian Tokay, are produced from such grapes.

 

- noblesse oblige n. Benevolent, honorable behavior considered to be the

  responsibility of persons of high birth or rank.

 

- noctilucent adj. Luminous at night. Used especially of certain high clouds.

 

- nocturnal emission n. An involuntary ejaculation of semen during sleep.

 

- nocuous adj. Harmful; noxious.

 

- nod v. -intr. 3. To be careless or momentarily inattentive as if sleepy;

  lapse: Even Homer nodes.

 

- noddle n. The head.

 

- noddy n. 1. A dunce or fool; a simpleton. 2. Any of several terns found in

  tropical waters.

 

- nodose adj. Charcterized by or having many nodes or protuberances, jointed or

  knobby at intervals.

 

- nodus n. A difficult situation or problem; a complication.

 

- Noel n. 1. Christmas. 2. A Christmas carol.

 

- no-fault adj. 1. Of, indicating, or being a system of motor vehicle insurance

  in which accident victims are compensated by their insurance companies without

  assignment of blame. 2. Law Of, indicating, or being a type of divorce in

  which blame is assigned to neither party.

 

- no-frills adj. Informal Marked by the absence of extra or special features;

  basic: no-frills housing; no-frills airline service.

 

- nog n. 1. A wooden block built into a masonry wall to hold nails that support

  joinery structures. 2. A wooden peg or pin.

 

- noggin n. 1. A small mug or cup. 2. A unit of liquid measure equal to one

  quarter of a pint. 3. Slang The human head.

 

- nogging n. 1. Brickwork used to fill in the open spaces in a wall between

  studs or or [sic] other framing members. 2. A short horizontal wooden beam

  used to strengthen upright posts in the framework of a wall.

 

- noisome adj. 1. Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul: a noisome

  odor. 2. Harmful or dangerous: noisome fumes.

 

- nolens volens adv. Whether willing or unwilling.

 

- nolle prosequi n. Abbr. nol. pros. A declaration that the plaintiff in a civil

  case or the prosecutor in a criminal case will drop prosecution of all or part

  of a suit or indictment.

 

- nolo contendere n. A plea made by the defendant in a criminal action that is

  substantially but not technically an admission of guilt and subjects the

  defendant to punishment but permits denial of the alleged facts in other

  proceedings.

- no-load adj. Business Sold directly to customers at net asset value without a

  sales commission: a no-load mutual fund.

 

- no-lose adj. Slang Certain to end happily or successfully.

 

- nominal quote n. The approximate price of a security when there is no firm bid

  or asking price. Also called subject quote.

 

- nonage n. 1. The period during which one is legally underage. 2. A period of

  immaturity: "The Bravest achievements were always accomplished in the nonage

  of a nation."

 

- nonagenarian n. A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100.

 

- nonbank adj. Of, relating to, or done by a business or an institution that is

  not a bank but performs similar services.

 

- nonbook n. A book having little or no literary merit or substance, often

  published to exploit a fad. adj. Of, relating to, or being something other

  than a book, such as microfilm in a library.

 

- nonce n. The present or particular occasion: "Her tendency to discover a touch

  of sadness had for the nonce disappeared."

 

- nonce word n. A word occurring, invented, or used just for a particular

  occasion; for example, the word mileconsuming in "the wagon beginning to

  fall into its slow and mileconsuming clatter."

 

- non compos mentis adj. Not of sound mind and hence not legally responsible;

  mentally incompetent.

 

- nondescript adj. Lacking distinctive qualities; having no individual character

  or form.

 

- nonesuch also nonsuch n. 1. A person or thing without equal.

 

- nonevent Informal An anticipated or highly publicized event that does not

  occur or proves anticlimactic or boring.

 

- nonself n. That which the immune system identifies as foreign to the body.

 

- nonstarter n. 1. One that fails to start. 2. An idea, proposal, or candidate

  with no chance of being accepted or successful: "Many lawmakers are

  pronouncing the budget a nonstarter.

 

- non-U adj. Chiefly British Not characteristic of the upper class, especially

  in language usage.

 

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