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One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.

A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior.

e other. Which of them shall I take Both one or neither Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak.

Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above). -- Ne`o-La*marck"i*an, a. & n.

ologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions. --Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al (#), a.

Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone. The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the "Stone age;" the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the st…

ius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followe…

A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hyd…

Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.

ther of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent. The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other. Shaftesbury.

The time of remaining in the nest. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

point. Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.

To support; to maintain. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. Shak.

Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud.

One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.

f processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.

Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [R.] The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson.

Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.