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One guilty of a misdemeanor. Sydney Smith.

Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. Shak.

Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Keats.

A substance which produces nausea.

Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is esti…

Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.

Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. "nectarean juice." Talfourd.

Nematoid.

Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

ace of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea. Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean. Petrels are the most aërial and oceanic of birds. Darwin.

A description of the ocean.

That branch of science which relates to the ocean.

The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.

A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.

Orchidaceous.