Name Report For First Name NIA:

NIA

First name NIA's origin is English. NIA means "derived from abbreviation of names with -nia ending". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with NIA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of nia.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with NIA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with NIA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming NIA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES NƯA AS A WHOLE:

aminia beornia bernia dummonia donia calligenia harmonia iphegenia parthenia polyhymnia sophronia theophania titania urania xenia zenia albinia niabi eugenia sonia yessenia ylenia daniachew beniamino adonia allonia alonnia anniah antonia apollonia atonia aurnia cumania dania dannia davinia denia dulcinia edenia estefania etenia evania fannia faunia florinia galenia gardenia gavenia gordania grazinia ibernia janiah kyrenia lavernia lavinia llesenia lorenia luvenia melania natania niaire niamh petunia ronia saxonia shania sidonia stefania tania tawnia teaonia tonia tonia-javae virginia yesenia dnias finian finnian gouveniail goveniayle hananiah hania honiahaka macniall martiniano nathanial niallan zephaniah zioniah veniamin niall zelinia vania stephania neomenia ionia filomenia evgenia slania sodonia fawnia cinnia leanian grania nathania elvinia

NAMES RHYMING WITH NƯA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ia) - Names That Ends with ia:

afia ashia efia fowsia kamaria safia tawia odelia alaia badi'a amaia erensia kamia melodia saskia nubia tabia berengaria bethia cambria ingria abelia adalia aloysia agalaia agalia aglaia alesia ambrosia anthia anysia artemia aspasia athanasia basilia callia cassiopeia castalia celosia cosimia cynthia demetria dionysia egeria eileithyia elefteria erytheia eulallia eunomia euphemia eurycleia filia gelasia georgia hedia helia hesperia hestia hippodamia hygeia hypatia idalia lamia lampetia laodamia lelia lethia obelia oleisia orithyia ortygia pelagia pelicia pelopia pythia sinovia sophia stasia terentia thalia theophilia xylia zelia zenobia halia kaiolohia melia anasztaizia rozalia viktoria zsofia beatricia emilia flavia giulia grazia letizia lucrezia nicia octavia

NAMES RHYMING WITH NƯA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ni) - Names That Begins with ni:

ni'mah ni'mat nibal nic nicanor nicanora nicea nichele nichol nicholas nichole nicholette nick nicki nickie nickolai nickolas nickolaus nickolette nickson nicky nico nicol nicola nicolaas nicolae nicolai nicolas nicole nicoleta nicolette nicolle nicquel nicson nicu nicul nida nidawi nidra niece niel niels nielsine nien nieve niewheall nigan nigel nigesa nighean nighinn niguel nihal niharika niichaad nijah nijel nijlon nik nikalus nikayla nike nikhil nikita nikiti nikki nikkia nikkie nikko niklas niko nikolas nikolaus nikos nikson nilah nile niles nili nils nimiane nimue nin nina ninacska ninette nineve nini ninon niobe nipa nira nireta niria nirit niru nirveli nisa nisha nishan

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NƯA:

First Names which starts with 'n' and ends with 'a':

na'ima naava nabeeha nabeela nacumbea nada nadeeda nadetta nadezhda nadhima nadia nadifa nadina nadira nadiya nadja nadra nafeesa nafisa nagesa nahimana naia naiara naiaria nairna najeeba najja najla najlaa najwa najya nakayla nakedra nakita nakoma nalda naliaka nana nanelia nanetta nangila nanna nantosuelta napona nara narcisa narcissa nareena nareesa narkissa nascha nashara nasheeta nashida nashita nashota nashwa nasiha nasira nastassia nastia nasya nata natacha natae-tyanna natala natalia natalya natasha nathacha nathaira nathalia nathara nathifa natosha nausicaa naysa ndila neala nearra nechama nechemya neda nedda nediva nedra neela neema nehama nehanda neila neiva neka nekana nelda nelia nelida nella nelwina nelwyna

English Words Rhyming NIA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES NƯA AS A WHOLE:

abeloniannoun (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

abyssiniannoun (n.) A native of Abyssinia.
 noun (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

achenialadjective (a.) Pertaining to an achene.

acranianoun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
 noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

acranialadjective (a.) Wanting a skull.

acroceraunianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.

actinianoun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
 noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

adansonianoun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

aegicranianoun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

aeonianadjective (a.) Eternal; everlasting.

albaniannoun (n.) A native of Albania.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.

amazonianadjective (a.) Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.

ammonianoun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

ammoniacnoun (n.) Alt. of Gum ammoniac
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Ammoniacal

ammoniacaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

ammoniatedadjective (a.) Combined or impregnated with ammonia.

anglomanianoun (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.

anglomaniacnoun (n.) One affected with Anglomania.

anthomanianoun (n.) A extravagant fondness for flowers.

anthropophaginiannoun (n.) One who east human flesh.

antimonialnoun (n.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to antimony.

antimoniatedadjective (a.) Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.

aonianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Aonia, in B/otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.

aphonianoun (n.) Alt. of Aphony

apollonianadjective (a.) Alt. of Apollonic

aquitanianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.

archegonialadjective (a.) Relating to the archegonium.

armeniannoun (n.) A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.
 noun (n.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Armenia.

arminiannoun (n.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

arminianismnoun (n.) The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

armoniacadjective (a.) Ammoniac.

arseniatenoun (n.) See Arsenate.

arthrodynianoun (n.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

asthenianoun (n.) Alt. of Astheny

atheniannoun (n.) A native or citizen of Athens.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.

augustiniannoun (n.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
 noun (n.) One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.

augustinianismnoun (n.) Alt. of Augustinism

ausonianadjective (a.) Italian.

avernianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.

babyloniannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
 noun (n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.

baconiannoun (n.) One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
 noun (n.) One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.

baniannoun (n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
 noun (n.) A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
 noun (n.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.

baronialadjective (a.) Pertaining to a baron or a barony.

begonianoun (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

bezoniannoun (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.

bibliomanianoun (n.) A mania for acquiring books.

bibliomaniacnoun (n.) One who has a mania for books.
 adjective (a.) Relating to a bibliomaniac.

bibliomaniacaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

bicentennialnoun (n.) The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of two hundred years.
 adjective (a.) Occurring every two hundred years.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NƯA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ia) - English Words That Ends with ia:


abdominalianoun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

acacianoun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
 noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
 noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

acholianoun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile.

acinesianoun (n.) Same as Akinesia.

aconitianoun (n.) Same as Aconitine.

acontianoun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.

acrasianoun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy

acrisianoun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy

actinarianoun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

adelphianoun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

adenalgianoun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy

adularianoun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

adversarianoun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

adynamianoun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.

aerophobianoun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby

aesthesianoun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

agalactianoun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy

agraphianoun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

akinesianoun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

albuminurianoun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

alcyonarianoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

alfilarianoun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

alleluianoun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah

almadianoun (n.) Alt. of Almadie

alopecianoun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy

alpianoun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

amblyopianoun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy

ambrosianoun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
 noun (n.) An unguent of the gods.
 noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
 noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
 noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.

amentianoun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.

ametropianoun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

amianoun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

amnesianoun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.

amphibianoun (n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.
  (pl. ) of Amphibium

anaemiaadjective (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

anaesthesianoun (n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.

analgesianoun (n.) Absence of sensibility to pain.

anaphrodisianoun (n.) Absence of sexual appetite.

anesthesiaadjective (a.) Alt. of Anesthetic

anglophobianoun (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.

anomianoun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

anopsiaadjective (a.) Alt. of Anopsy

anorexianoun (n.) Alt. of Anorexy

anosmianoun (n.) Loss of the sense of smell.

anthobranchianoun (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

antlianoun (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

antonomasianoun (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

aphakianoun (n.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.

aphasianoun (n.) Alt. of Aphasy

aphemianoun (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

aplysianoun (n.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH NƯA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ni) - Words That Begins with ni:


nierenoun (n.) One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
 noun (n.) A receptacle for rags or shreds.
 noun (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.

niasnoun (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.

nibnoun (n.) A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
 noun (n.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
 noun (n.) The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.
 noun (n.) One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

nibbingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nib

nibbedadjective (a.) Having a nib or point.

nibblingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nibble

nibblenoun (n.) A small or cautious bite.
 verb (v. t.) To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.
 verb (v. t.) To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait.

nibblernoun (n.) One who, or that which, nibbles.

niblicknoun (n.) A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc.

nicaguanoun (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.

niccolitenoun (n.) A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.

niceneadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.

nicenessnoun (n.) Quality or state of being nice.

nicerynoun (n.) Nicety.

nicetynoun (n.) The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).
 noun (n.) Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
 noun (n.) A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.

nichenoun (n.) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

nichedadjective (a.) Placed in a niche.

nicknoun (n.) An evil spirit of the waters.
 noun (n.) A notch cut into something
 noun (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
 noun (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
 noun (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
 noun (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
 verb (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in.
 verb (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
 verb (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
 verb (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).
 verb (v. t.) To nickname; to style.

nickingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nick
 verb (v. t.) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
 verb (v. t.) Small coal produced in making the nicking.

nickelnoun (n.) A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.
 noun (n.) A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.

nickelicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.

nickeliferousadjective (a.) Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.

nickelinenoun (n.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.
 noun (n.) Niccolite.

nickelousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.

nicklenoun (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker.

nicknacknoun (n.) See Knickknack.

nicknackerynoun (n.) See Knickknackery.

nicknamenoun (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
 verb (v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

nicknamingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nickname

nicolaitannoun (n.) One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15.

nicotiannoun (n.) Tobacco.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.

nicotiananoun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.

nicotianinenoun (n.) A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.

nicoticadjective (a.) Nicotinic.

nicotidinenoun (n.) A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.

nicotinenoun (n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous.

nicotinicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.

nictationnoun (n.) the act of winking; nictitation.

nictitationnoun (n.) The act of winking.

nidamentaladjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.

nidarynoun (n.) A collection of nests.

nidenoun (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.

nideringadjective (a.) Infamous; dastardly.

nidgerynoun (n.) A trifle; a piece of foolery.

nidgetnoun (n.) A fool; an idiot, a coward.

nidificatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nidificate

nidificationnoun (n.) The act or process of building a nest.

nidingnoun (n.) A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.

nidornoun (n.) Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.

nidoroseadjective (a.) Nidorous.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH NƯA:

English Words which starts with 'n' and ends with 'a':

naenianoun (n.) See Nenia.

naphthanoun (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
 noun (n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.

naricanoun (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.

nassanoun (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.

naticanoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.

natkaadjective (a.) A species of shrike.

nauseanoun (n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

nebalianoun (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)

nebulanoun (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.
 noun (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.
 noun (n.) A cloudy appearance in the urine.

necrophobianoun (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.

negritanoun (n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.

nematelmianoun (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.

nematoceranoun (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.

nematoideanoun (n. pl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda.

nematophoranoun (n. pl.) Same as Coelenterata.

nemertidanoun (n. pl.) Nemertina.

nemertinanoun (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.

nenianoun (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.

neocaridanoun (n. pl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.

neomenianoun (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.

neomenoideanoun (n. pl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.

neoplasianoun (n.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.

neoramanoun (n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.

nepanoun (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.

nepetanoun (n.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.

nephralgianoun (n.) Alt. of Nephralgy

neritanoun (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.

neritinanoun (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

neuralgianoun (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.

neurasthenianoun (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.

neurilemmanoun (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
 noun (n.) The perineurium.

neuroglianoun (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

neuromanoun (n.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

neuropteranoun (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.

neurulanoun (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

nginanoun (n.) The gorilla.

niguanoun (n.) The chigoe.

nirvananoun (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.

noctilucanoun (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
 noun (n.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.

nomanoun (n.) See Canker, n., 1.

nondanoun (n.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.

norianoun (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

normanoun (n.) A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
 noun (n.) A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
 noun (n.) A templet or gauge.

nornanoun (n.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.
 noun (n.) A tutelary deity; a genius.

nostalgianoun (n.) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

notabilianoun (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice.

notobranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.
 noun (n. pl.) The Dorsibranchiata.

nototremanoun (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

nubeculanoun (n.) A nebula.
 noun (n.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
 noun (n.) A slight spot on the cornea.
 noun (n.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.

nubianoun (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.

nuchanoun (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.

nucleobranchiatanoun (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.

nucleoidioplasmanoun (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.

nuculanoun (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.

nudibranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.

nutrianoun (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.

nyctalopianoun (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.
 noun (n.) See Moonblink.

nymphanoun (n.) Same as Nymph, 3.
 noun (n.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.

nymphaeanoun (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

nymphomanianoun (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

nyulanoun (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

nagananoun (n.) The disease caused by the tsetse fly.

nerkanoun (n.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.

nosophobianoun (n.) Morbid dread of disease.

novanoun (n.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities.