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st one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.

of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.

Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. -- n. sing. & pl.

containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamædryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South.

Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced. Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. Sir J. Davies.

Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. [Obs.] Donne.

Fresh from anything; newly come. New from her sickness to that northern air. Dryden. New birth. See under Birth. -- New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian. -- New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to b…

An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.

A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, or Spiræa, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.

The northern butcher bird.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

ia) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians.

To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.

Not of; nor of. [Obs.]

To anoint. [Obs.] Sir T. North.

20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.

Not moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not in the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical.

Neither; nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.