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Napping
() A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body.
Nappy
() Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
Nappy
() Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale.
Nappy
() Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.
Nappies
() of Nappy
Nappy
() A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.
Nap-taking
() A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.
Napu
() A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.
Napus
() A kind of turnip. See Navew.
Narceine
() An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
Narcissine
() Of or pertaining to Narcissus.
Narcissuses
() of Narcissus
Narcissus
() A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
Narcissus
() A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.
Narcosis
() Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.
Narcotic
() Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
Narcotic
() A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
Narcotical
() Narcotic.
Narcotine
() An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.
Narcotinic
() Pertaining to narcotine.
Narcotism
() Narcosis; the state of being narcotized.
Narcotized
() of Narcotize
Narcotizing
() of Narcotize
Narcotize
() To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.
Nard
() An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
Nard
() An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.
Nard
() A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.
Nardine
() Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
Nardoo
() An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
Nare
() A nostril.
Nares
() The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
Nargile
() Alt. of Nargileh
Nargileh
() An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.
Narica
() The brown coati. See Coati.
Nariform
() Formed like the nose.
Narine
() Of or belonging to the nostrils.
Narrable
() Capable of being narrated or told.
Narragansetts
() A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
Narrated
() of Narrate
Narrating
() of Narrate
Narrate
() To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
Narration
() The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.
Narration
() That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.
Narration
() That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.
Narrative
() Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.
Narrative
() Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
Narrative
() That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
Narratively
() In the style of narration.
Narrator
() One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.
Narratory
() Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters.
