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NIMBLESS n.
Nimbleness. [Obs.] Spenser.
NINEHOLES n.
A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.
NOBLESS; NOBLESSE n. 2 definitions
The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.
NOISELESS a.
Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time. So noiseless would I live. Dryden. -- Noise"less*ly, adv. -- Noise"less*ness, n.
NOMBLES n.
The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.] Johnson.
NOSELESS a.
Destitute of a nose.
NOTELESS a.
Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. Noteless as the race from which he sprung. Sir W. Scott.
NOTELESSNESS n.
A state of being noteless.
NUMBERLESS a.
Innumerable; countless.
NUMBLESS n.
See Nombles.
NYMPHALES n.
An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.
OARLESS a.
Without oars. Sylvester.
OBJECTLESS a.
Having no object; purposeless.
OBSOLESCE v.
To become obsolescent. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.
OBSOLESCENCE n.
The state of becoming obsolete.
OBSOLESCENT a.
Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.
OCHLESIS n.
A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof. G. Gregory.
ODORLESS a.
Free from odor.
OFFENSELESS a.
Unoffending; inoffensive.
OPALESCE v.
To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
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