||Ne`o*pla"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; new + &?; to form, mold.]
||(Physiol. & Med.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.
Ne"o*plasm (?), n. [See Neoplasia.] (Physiol. & Med.) A new formation
or tissue, the product of morbid action.
Ne`o*plas"tic (?), a. (Physiol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to neoplasty,
or neoplasia.
Ne"o*plas`ty (?), n. [See Neoplasia.] (Physiol. & Med.) Restoration of
a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.
Ne`o*pla"ton"ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism
or the Neoplatonists.
Ne`o*pla`to*ni"cian (?), n. A Neoplatonist.
Ne`o*pla"to*nism (?), n. [Neo- + Platonism.] A pantheistic eclectic
school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270),
and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems
with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was
the last product of Greek philosophy.
Ne`o*pla"to*nist (?), n. One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the
Neoplatonic school.
Ne`o*ra"ma (? or ?), n. [Gr. &?; temple + &?; a view.] A panorama of
the interior of a building, seen from within.
Ne*os"sine (?), n. [Gr. neossia` a bird's nest.] The substance
constituting the edible bird's nest.
Ne`os*sol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a young bird + -logy.] (Zoöl.) The
study of young birds.
{ Ne`o*ter"ic (?), Ne`o*ter"ic*al (?) }, a. [L. neotericus, Gr. &?;,
fr. &?;, compar. of &?; young, new.] Recent in origin; modern; new.
"Our neoteric verbs." Fitzed. Hall.
Some being ancient, others neoterical.
Bacon.
Ne`o*ter"ic, n. One of modern times; a modern.
Neo`ter"ic*al*ly (?), adv. Recently; newly.
Ne*ot"er*ism (?), n. [Gr. &?; innovation] An innovation or novelty; a
neoteric word or phrase.
Ne*ot"er*ist, n. One ho introduces new word&?; or phrases. Fitzed Hall.
Ne*ot"er*ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Neoterized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Neoterized.] [Gr. &?; to innovate.] To innovate; to coin or introduce
new words.
Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize.
fized. Hall.
Ne`o*trop"ic*al (?), a. [Neo- + tropical.] (Geog. & Zoöl.) Belonging
to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises
most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.
Ne`o*zo"ic (?), a. [Neo- + Gr. &?; life.] (Geol.) More recent than the
Paleozoic, -- that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
Nep (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. Nepeta.] (Bot.) Catnip.
||Ne"pa (?), n. [L. nepa scorpion.] (Zoöl.) A genus of aquatic
||hemipterous insects. The species feed upon other insects and are
||noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water
||scorpion.
Nep`au*lese" (? or ?), a. Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in
Northern Hindostan. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Nepaul.
Ne*pen"the (?), n. [Fr. Gr. &?; removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet
of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; &?; not + &?;
sorrow, grief.] A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain
and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence,
anything soothing and comforting.
Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court.
Pope.
Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe.
Poe.
Ne*pen"thes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;. See Nepenthe.] 1. Same as
Nepenthe. Milton.
2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc.,
which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril
terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often
called pitcher plants and monkey- cups. There are about thirty species,
of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.
||Nep"e*ta (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants, including the
||catnip and ground ivy.
Neph"a*lism (?), n. [Gr. &?; soberness, fr. &?; sober, &?; to drink no
wine: cf. F. néphalisme.] Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.
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Neph"a*list (?), n. [Cf. F. néphaliste.] One who advocates or practices
nephalism.
{ Neph"e*line (?), Neph"e*lite (?) }, n. [gr. &?; cloud: cf. F.
néphéline. Cf. Nebula.] (Min.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in
glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish
masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elæolite. It is a
silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.
Neph`e*lo*dom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; a cloud + &?; way + -meter.]
(Meteorol.) An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of
clouds.
Neph`e*lom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; a cloud + -meter.] An instrument for
measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.
Neph"ew (nf"; in England nv"; 277), n. [OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F.
neveu, OF. also, nevou, L. nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe,
OHG. nevo, Icel. nefi a kinsman, Gr. ne`podes, pl., brood, young, Skr.
nept grandson, descendant. √262. Cf. Niece, Nepotism.] 1. A
grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. [Obs.]
But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver.
grandchildren].