Nems (?), n. (Zoöl.) The ichneumon.
||Ne"ni*a (?), n. [L. nenia, naenia.] A funeral song; an elegy.
Nen"u*phar (?), n. [F. nénufar: cf. Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufár; all fr.
Per. nl&?;far.] (Bot.) The great white water lily of Europe; the
Nymphæa alba.
Ne"o- (&?;). [Gr. &?; youthful, new. See New.] A prefix meaning new,
recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of
metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been
recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected
directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and
iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.
||Ne`o*car"i*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; new + &?;, &?;, a kind of
||crustacean.] (Zoöl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished
||from the Merostomata.
Ne"o*cene (?), a. [Neo- + Gr. &?; new.] (Geol.) More recent than the
Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of
the Tertiary.
Ne`o-Chris*tian"i*ty (? or ?), n. [Neo- + Christianity.] Rationalism.
Ne`o*co"mi*an (?), n. [From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in
Switzerland, where these rocks occur.] (Geol.) A term applied to the
lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being
the lower greensand.
Ne`o*co"mi*an, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.
Ne`o*cos"mic (?), a. [Neo- + cosmic.] Of or pertaining to the universe
in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men
known to history.
Ne*oc"ra*cy (?), n. [Neo-+ - cracy, as in aristocracy.] Government by
new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
Ne*od"a*mode (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; new + &?;, dh`mos, the people + &?;
shape.] In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the
state in reward for military service. Milford.
Ne`o*dym"i*um (?), n. [NL. Dee Neo- , and Didymium.] (Chem.) An
elementary substance which forms one of the constituents of didymium.
Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 140.8.
Ne`o*gæ"an (?), a. [Neo- + Gr. &?; earth.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to
the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
Ne*og"a*mist (?), n. [Gr. &?; newly married.] A person recently
married.
Ne"o*gen (?), n. [Neo- + - gen.] (Chem.) An alloy resembling silver,
and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small
proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth. Ure.
Ne*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Neo- + -graphy.] A new method or system of
writing.
Ne`o-Lat"in (?), a. [Neo- + Latin.] Applied to the Romance languages,
as being mostly of Latin origin.
Ne`o*lith"ic (?), a. [Neo- + -lith + -ic.] (Archæol. & Geol.) 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 stockaded islands, or "crannogs,"
of the British Isles, belong to this era.
Lubbock.
Ne`o*lo*gi*an (?), a. Neologic; neological.
Ne`o*lo"gi*an, n. A neologist.
Ne`o*lo"gi*an*ism (?), n. Neologism.
{ Ne`o*log"ic (?), Ne`o*log"ic*al (?) }, a. [Cf. F. néologique.] Of or
pertaining to neology; employing new words; of the nature of, or
containing, new words or new doctrines.
A genteel neological dictionary.
Chesterfield.
Ne`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. In a neological manner.
Ne*ol"o*gism (?), n. [Cf. F. néologisme.] 1. The introduction of new
words, or the use of old words in a new sense. Mrs. Browning.