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221 words match “NIL”

NIL v. 2 definitions
Will not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NILE n.
The great river of Egypt. Nile bird. (Zoöl.) (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird. -- Nile goose (Zoöl.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.
NILGAU n.
see Nylghau.
NILL v. 4 definitions
Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.] Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. Spenser.
NILOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
NILOSCOPE n.
A Nilometer.
NILOTIC a.
Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.
NILT n.
Wilt not. [Obs.]
ACETANILIDE n.
A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.
ANIL n.
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
ANILE a.
Old-womanish; imbecile. "Anile ideas." Walpole.
ANILENESS n.
Anility. [R.]
ANILIC a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]
ANILIDE n.
One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
ANILINE a. 2 definitions
Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
ANILINISM n.
A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.
ANILITY n.
The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.
ARENILITIC a.
Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. Kirwan.
BONNILASS n.
A "bonny lass"; a beautiful girl. [Obs.] Spenser.
BONNILY adv.
Gayly; handsomely.
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