~Mother-of-pearl~, _n._ Nacre.
~Mother-wit~, _n._ Native wit, common sense.
~Motion~, _n._ ~1.~ [Opposed to _Rest_.] Movement, action, passage,
change of place.
~2.~ Impulse, prompting, suggestion.
~3.~ Proposition (_especially one made in a deliberative body_),
proposal.
~Motionless~, _a._ Still, quiescent, stationary, at rest, at a stand,
stock still, standing still.
~Motive~, _n._ Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus,
prompting, influence, reason, ground, principle, consideration, cause,
occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore.
~Motley~, _a._ ~1.~ Variegated, dappled, MOTTLED.
~2.~ Heterogeneous, of various kinds.
~Mottled~, _a._ Variegated, spotted, motley, speckled, dappled,
piebald, of various colors.
~Mould~, _n._ [Sometimes written _Mold_.] ~1.~ Loam.
~2.~ Mustiness, mildew, mouldiness, rust, blight, smut.
~3.~ Matrix, matrice.
~4.~ Form, shape, cast, fashion.
~Mould~, _v. a._ [Sometimes written _Mold_.] Form, shape, fashion,
carve, model.
~Moulder~, _v. n._ Crumble, perish, decay, turn to dust, fall into
decay, fall to pieces, waste away.
~Mouldwarp~, _n._ Molewarp, mole.
~Mouldy~, _a._ Musty, rusty, mildewed.
~Moult~, _v. n,_ [Sometimes written _Molt_.] Shed feathers, hair, &c.
~Moult~, _v. a._ Shed (_feathers, hair, &c._), mew.
~Mound~, _n._ ~1.~ Hillock, heap.
~2.~ Rampart, bulwark, defence.
~Mount~, _n._ [_Used before a proper name and in poetry._] Mountain,
high hill.
~Mount~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rise, ascend, arise, uprise, tower, soar, go up,
rise on high.
~2.~ Get on horseback.
~Mount~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ascend, climb, scale, escalade, get upon.
~2.~ Put or raise (_upon something_).
~3.~ Embellish, cover with ornaments.
~4.~ (_Mil._) Carry, be furnished with.
~Mount guard~, Do duty as sentinel.
~Mountain~, _n._ MOUNT, high hill, vast eminence.
~Mountain-ash~, (_European_) _n._ Rowan-tree, quicken-tree, fowler's
service-tree, roan-tree (_Pyrus aucuparia_ or _Sorbus aucuparia_).
~Mountebank~, _n._ Pretender, charlatan, empiric, quack, quack doctor.
~Mourn~, _v. n._ Grieve, lament, be sorrowful.
~Mourn~, _v. a._ Deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow
over.
~Mournful~, _a._ Sad, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, grievous,
calamitous, lamentable, melancholy, deplorable, woful.
~Mournfulness~, _n._ Sorrow, mourning, grief.
~Mourning~, _n._ ~1.~ Lamentation, sorrow, grief.
~2.~ Weeds, symbol of sorrow.
~Mouse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Catch mice.
~2.~ Peer, search, pry about, look closely.
~Mouth~, _n._ ~1.~ Chaps, jaws, cavity between the jaws.
~2.~ Aperture (_in a vessel for receiving or discharging any thing_).
~3.~ Entrance (_as of a cave or a river_), inlet.
~Mouth~, _v. n._ Vociferate, rant.
~Mouth-piece~, _n._ ~1.~ Piece (_in a wind instrument_) for the mouth.
~2.~ Speaker (_in behalf of several persons_).
~Movables~, _n. pl._ Goods, wares, effects, furniture, chattels,
movable property.
~Move~, _v. a._. ~1.~ Impel, put in motion.
~2.~ Incite, instigate, rouse, actuate, influence, persuade, induce,
prevail upon, act upon.
~3.~ Affect, touch, impress.
~4.~ Propose (_in a deliberative body_), recommend, suggest, offer for
consideration.
~Move~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stir, budge, change place or posture.
~2.~ Go, proceed, walk, march.
~3.~ Act, live, have power of motion.
~4.~ Remove, change residence.
~Move~, _n._ Movement, motion, change of place.
~Movement~, _n._ ~1.~ Motion, move, change of place.
~2.~ (_Mus._) Strain.
~Moving~, _a._ Affecting, touching, pathetic, impressive.
~Much~, _a._ Abundant, plenteous, a great deal of, a great quantity or
amount of.
~Much~, _ad._ ~1.~ Greatly, abundantly, far, by far, to a great degree.
~2.~ Often, long, frequently, earnestly, a great deal.
~3.~ Nearly, almost, about the same.
~Mucilaginous~, _a._ Slimy, gummy, ropy, mucous, glutinous, viscid.
~Muckworm~, _n._ Miser, niggard, churl, curmudgeon, codger, skinflint,
scrimp, screw, lickpenny, hunks, sordid wretch.
~Mucous~, _a._ Slimy, ropy, mucilaginous, gummy, glutinous, viscid.
~Mud~, _n._ Mire.
~Muddle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make muddy, make turbid.
~2.~ Stupefy, fuddle, inebriate, make half drunk, make tipsy.
~Muddle away~, Waste, misuse, squander, fool away, fritter away, spend
foolishly.
~Muddled~, _a._ Fuddled, tipsy, disguised, mellow, in liquor, half
DRUNK, half seas over, the worse for liquor.
~Muddy~, _a._ ~1.~ Miry.
~2.~ Turbid, dirty, foul, soiled.
~3.~ Confused, dull, stupid, heavy, muddy-headed, muddy-brained.
~Muddy-brained~, _a._ Dull, muddy, stupid.
~Muddy-headed~, _a._ Dull, muddy, stupid.
~Muffle~, _v. a._ Wrap, cover, shroud.
~Muggy~, _a._ ~1.~ Wet, damp, moist.
~2.~ Close, warm, oppressive (_said of the weather_).
~Mulct~, _n._ Fine, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.
~Mulct~, _v. a._ Fine, amerce, impose a fine upon.
~Mule~, _n._ Hybrid, mongrel, hinny.
~Muliebrity~, _n._ Womanhood, feminality, femineity.
~Mulish~, _a._ STUBBORN, dogged, obstinate, headstrong, cross-grained,
intractable.
~Mulishness~, _n._ Stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy.
~Mullion~, _n._ [_Arch._] Munnion.
~Multangular~, _a._ Polygonal.
~Multifarious~, _a._ Multiform, manifold, various, divers,
diversified, different, of many sorts, of various kinds, of all sorts
and kinds; this, that, or the other.
~Multiform~, _a._ ~1.~ Many-shaped, of many shapes, of many forms.
~2.~ Manifold, MULTIFARIOUS.
~Multiplicity~, _n._ Great number.
~Multiplied~, _a._ Numerous, many.
~Multiply~, _v. a._ Increase (_in number_), make more, make many.
~Multiply~, _v. n._ Increase, grow in number.
~Multitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Host, legion, crowd, throng, concourse,
confluence, army, swarm, a great number, a great many.
~2.~ Rabble, MOB, the populace, the vulgar, dregs of the people, scum
of society.
~Mum~, _a._ Silent, mute, speechless, dumb.
~Mumble~, _v. n._ Mutter, speak inarticulately.
~Mumbler~, _n._ Mutterer.
~Mummer~, _n._ Masker, buffoon.
~Mummery~, _n._ ~1.~ Masking, masquerade, buffoonery, harlequinade,
foolery, tomfoolery.
~2.~ Empty show, solemn mockery, vain ceremony.
~Mumpish~, _a._ Sullen, SULKY, morose, moody, spleeny, spleenish.
~Munch~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Eat (_with the lips closed_),
masticate, mandicate, chew.
~Mundane~, _a._ Earthly, terrene, terrestrial, terraqueous, worldly,
sublunary, under the sun.
~Municipal~, _a._ Civic, civil, not military.
~Munificence~, _n._ Liberality, generosity, bountifulness, bounty.
~Munificent~, _a._ Liberal, bountiful, generous, bounteous,
beneficent, princely, free, free-hearted.
~Muniment~, _n._ ~1.~ Fortification, stronghold, citadel, fortress,
fort.
~2.~ (_Law._) Record, title deeds and papers.
~Munition~, _n._ Ammunition, military stores.
~Munnion~, _n._ (_Arch._) Mullion.
~Murder~, _n._ Homicide (_with malice_), slaughter, massacre,
ASSASSINATION, butchery, MANSLAUGHTER.
~Murder~, _v. a._ Kill (_with malice_), slay, ASSASSINATE, despatch,
put to death.
~Murder the king's English~, Use bad grammar, commit a solecism, break
Priscian's head.
~Murderer~, _n._ Slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-
throat.
~Murderous~, _a._ Sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty.
~Muriate~, _n._ Hydrochlorate.
~Muriatic acid~, Hydrochloric acid, marine acid, spirit of sea-salt.
~Murky~, _a._ Dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky,
lurid, overcast, lowering.
~Murmur~, _n._ ~1.~ Whisper; low, continuous sound.
~2.~ Complaint, plaint, whimper.
~3.~ Mutter, indistinct utterance.
~Murmur~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make a low, continued sound.
~2.~ Complain, mutter, repine, croak, grumble.
~Murmurer~, _n._ Censurer, complainer, repiner, objector, fault-finder.
~Murrain~, _n._ Cattle-plague.
~Muscadel~, _n._ Muscat, muscatel.
~Muscadine~, _n._ Muscat, muscatel.
~Muscat~, _n._ Muscadel, muscadine.
~Muscatel~, _n._ Muscadel, muscadine.
~Muscovado~, _n._ Unclayed sugar.
~Muscovy-duck~, _n._ Musk-duck.
~Muscular~, _a._ Brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful,
sturdy, lusty, athletic, Herculean, able-bodied.
~Muse~, _n._ Revery, abstraction, MUSING.
~Muse~, _v._ _n._ ~1.~ Ponder, meditate, contemplate, reflect,
cogitate, deliberate, ruminate, think, brood.
~2.~ Be absent-minded, be in a revery, be in a brown study.
~Muse~, _v._ _a._ [_Poetical._] Consider, ponder, meditate on, think on.
~Muses~, _n._ _pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The tuneful Nine, the
tuneful quire (_Calliope_, _Clio_, _Erato_, _Euterpe_, _Melpomene_,
_Polyhymnia_, _Terpsichore_, _Thalia_, _Urania_).
~Mush~, _n._ [_U. S._] SUPAWN, hasty-pudding (_made of Indian meal_).
~Mushroom~, _n._ ~1.~ Cryptogamous plant.
~2.~ Upstart, PARVENU.
~Mushroom~, _a._ Ephemeral, short-lived.
~Music~, _n._ ~1.~ Melody, harmony, symphony, minstrelsy.
~2.~ Science of harmonical sounds.
~Musical~, _a._ Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, dulcet,
sweet-sounding.
~Musing~, _n._ Revery, abstraction, muse, meditation, reflection,
contemplation, brown study, deep thought.
~Musk-duck~, _n._ Muscovy-duck (_Anas moschata_).
~Musk-rat~, _n._ ~1.~ Musquash (_Ondatra zibethicus_).
~2.~ Desman, muscovy (_Mygale moschata_).
~Muss~, _n._ Scramble, confused struggle.
~Mussulman~, _n._ Mahometan, Mohammedan.
~Must~, _v._ _n._ Be obliged to, be required to, be bound to, be
necessitated to, be under the necessity of.
~Must~, _n._ ~1.~ Grape-juice (_unfermented_), new wine.
~2.~ Mould, fust, mustiness, mildew, blight, rust, smut.
~Muster~, _v._ _a._ Assemble, collect, gather, congregate, convene,
bring together, call together, get together, muster up.
~Muster~, _v._ _n._ Be assembled, meet together.
~Muster~, _n._ Gathering, assemblage.
~Muster up~, MUSTER, get together.
~Musty~, _a._ Mouldy, fusty, soured, fetid, foul, spoiled, stale.
~Mutability~, _n._ ~1.~ Changeableness, mutableness, inconstancy,
variableness.
~2.~ Instability, fickleness, vacillation.
~Mutable~, _a._ ~1.~ Changeable, alterable, variable, ever-changing.
~2.~ Inconstant, unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unstable.
~Mutableness~, _n._ MUTABILITY.
~Mutation~, _n._ Change, alteration, variation.
~Mute~, _a._ ~1.~ Dumb, unable to speak, incapable of speech.
~2.~ Silent, speechless, taciturn, mum.
~Mutilate~, _v. a._ Disfigure, maim, cripple.
~Mutilation~, _n._ Disfigurement.
~Mutinous~, _a._ Turbulent, contumacious, seditious, insurrectionary,
refractory, unruly, insubordinate, riotous, insurgent, rebellious.
~Mutiny~, _v. n._ Rebel, rise, STRIKE, resist authority.
~Mutiny~, _n._ Sedition, revolt, rebellion, insurrection, riot,
rising, uprising.
~Mutter~, _v. n._ Grumble, murmur.
~Mutter~, _v. a._ Utter indistinctly.
~Mutter~, _n._ Murmur, indistinct utterance.
~Mutual~, _a._ Reciprocal, interchanged, correlative, reciprocally
given and received.
~Muzzle~, _n._ ~1.~ Snout.
~2.~ Mouth, nozzle.
~Muzzy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Stupefied, bewildered, confused,
bemused, half-drunk.
~Myopic~, _a._ Near-sighted, short-sighted, dim-sighted, purblind.
~Myopy~, _n._ Near-sightedness.
~Myriad~, _n._ Ten thousand.
~Mysterious~, _a._ Unknown, enigmatical, obscure, hidden, occult,
inscrutable, recondite, MYSTIC.
~Mystery~, _n._ Secret, enigma, riddle.
~Mystic~, _a._ Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult,
recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, cabalistic, transcendental.
~Mystical~, _a._ Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult,
recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, cabalistic, transcendental.
~Mystify~, _v. a._ Perplex, puzzle, bewilder, embarrass, pose.
~Myth~, _n._ Fable, invention, allegory, parable, fiction, fabulous
story.
~Mythic~, _a._ Fabulous, mythological, fictitious.
~Mythical~, _a._ Fabulous, mythological, fictitious.
~Mythologic~, _a._ Fabulous, mythical.
~Mythological~, _a._ Fabulous, mythical.
N
~Nab~, _v._ _a._ [_Colloquial._] Seize (_suddenly_), catch, clutch,
grasp, snatch, lay hands on, lay hold on, take possession of.
~Nabob~, _n._ Millionnaire, Crœsus, very rich man, man of great
wealth, man of fortune.
~Nacre~, _n._ Mother-of-pearl.
~Nacreous~, _a._ Pearly, iridescent, irisated, pavonine.
~Nag~, _n._ Horse (_especially a small horse_), pony.
~Naiad~, _n._ (_Myth._) Water-nymph.
~Nail~, _n._ Claw, talon.
~Naïve~, _a._ [Fr.] Artless, unaffected, ingenuous, natural, plain,
simple, unsophisticated, candid.
~Naïveté~, _n._ [Fr.] Artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness,
simplicity, native candor, unaffected plainness.
~Naked~, _a._ ~1.~ Nude, uncovered, bare, denuded, unclothed,
undressed, IN PURIS NATURALIBUS.
~2.~ Exposed, defenceless, unarmed, unprotected, unguarded.
~3.~ Manifest, unconcealed, evident, open, plain.
~4.~ Simple, mere, sheer.
~Nakedness~, _n._ Nudity.
~Namby-pamby~, _a._ Finical, affectedly fine.
~Name~, _n._ ~1.~ Appellation, title, epithet, denomination,
designation, descriptive term.
~2.~ Reputation, repute, credit, character.
~3.~ Note, distinction, fame, renown, celebrity, eminence, honor.
~Name~, _v._ _a._ ~1.~ Denominate, entitle, style, term, call, dub,
phrase, christen, give an appellation to.
~2.~ Mention, speak of, call by name.
~3.~ Nominate, designate, specify.
~Namely~, _ad._ Particularly, VIDELICET, that is, that is to say, to
wit, to particularize.
~Nap~, _n._ _v._ Doze, slumber, drowse, take a short sleep.
~Nap~, _n._ Doze, slumber, short sleep.
~Naphtha~, _n._ Rock oil, mineral oil.
~Nappy~, _a._ [_Scottish._] Drunk, fuddled, intoxicated, tipsy,
corned, muddled, GROGGY.
~Narcissus~, _n._ Daffodil.
~Narcotic~, _a._ Stupefying, stupefactive.
~Narrate~, _v. a._ Relate, recite, recount, rehearse, tell, detail,
describe, give an account of.
~Narration~, _n._ ~1.~ Recital, description, rehearsal, relation,
account, statement.
~2.~ Story, history, narrative, tale, chronicle.
~Narrative~, _n._ Narration, relation, tale, account, recital,
rehearsal, description, story, history, chronicle.
~Narrator~, _n._ Relater, historian.
~Narrow~, _a._ ~1.~ Of little breadth.
~2.~ Contracted, circumscribed, limited, confined, straitened,
cramped, pinched, scanty, incapacious, of small extent.
~3.~ Bigoted, selfish, niggardly, mean, ungenerous, parsimonious,
covetous, mercenary, illiberal.
~4.~ Close, near, within a little, with little to spare, within narrow
limits.
~Narrow~, _v._ _a._ Contract, restrict, limit, cramp.
~Narrow house~, Grave, tomb, sepulchre, house of death.
~Narrows~, _n._ _pl._ Strait, sound.
~Narrow-minded~, _a._ Illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced, warped, biassed,
partial, of narrow or contracted views.
~Narwhal~, _n._ Sea-unicorn, unicorn-fish, unicorn-whale (_Monodon
monoceros_).
~Nascent~, _a._ Incipient, opening, initial, dawning, inchoative,
initiatory, rudimental, beginning, commencing, at the start, in the
act of evolution.
~Nastiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Filth, filthiness, dirtiness, foulness,
impurity, uncleanness, pollution, defilement, squalor.
~2.~ Obscenity, smuttiness, indecency, ribaldry.
~Nasty~, _a._ ~1.~ Filthy, foul, unclean, impure, dirty, polluted,
denied, nauseous, disgusting, sickening, loathsome, offensive,
repulsive, squalid.
~2.~ Obscene, smutty, gross, indelicate, lewd, indecent, ribald, loose.
~Natal~, _a._ Native, of birth.
~Natal day~, Birthday.
~Natch-bone~, _n._ Aitch-bone, edge-bone.
~Nation~, _n._ ~1.~ State, commonwealth, realm, nationality.
~2.~ People, community, population, race.
~National~, _a._ Public, general.
~Nationality~, _n._ ~1.~ National character.
~2.~ State, realm, nation, commonwealth.
~Native~, _a._ ~1.~ Natal, of birth.
~2.~ Vernacular, VULGAR, mother.
~3.~ Indigenous, natural, congenital, original, genuine, intrinsic,
real, unartificial, home-bred, not acquired, bred in the bone, that
runs in the blood.
~Native~, _n._ Original inhabitant.
~Nativity~, _n._ Birth.
~Natty~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Neat, spruce, fine, jaunty, trig, trim,
finical, foppish, dandyish.
~Natural~, _a._ ~1.~ Of nature.
~2.~ Original, indigenous, essential, characteristic, native, not
acquired, not assumed.
~3.~ Regular, normal, not exceptional, not violent, in the course of
nature, adapted to nature, consistent with nature, conformable to
nature.
~4.~ Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.
~Natural~, _n._ Fool, simpleton, DUNCE.
~Natural child~, Bastard, love-child, illegitimate child.
~Naturalize~, _v. a._ Adopt as a citizen, adopt as native.
~Nature~, _n._ ~1.~ World, creation, universe, system of created
things, aggregate of phenomena, world of matter and of mind, sum of
causes and effects.
~2.~ Sum total of sensible objects, world of matter.
~3.~ Character, essence, constitution, quality.
~4.~ Kind, sort, species.
~5.~ Temper, disposition, humor, mood, grain.
~6.~ Mind, intelligence, intelligent being.
~7.~ Active principle of the universe, soul of the universe, GOD.
~8.~ Regular course of things, usual or established order of events.
~9.~ What is natural, conformity with nature, accordance with truth or
reality.
~Naught~, _n._ Nothing, nought.
~Naught~, _a._ Worthless, bad, of no value.
~Naughtiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Wickedness, vice, badness, iniquity.
~2.~ Perverseness, frowardness.
~Naughty~, _a._ ~1.~ Wicked, bad, corrupt, sinful.
~2.~ Perverse, froward, mischievous.
~Nausea~, _n._ ~1.~ Seasickness.
~2.~ Qualm, sickness of the stomach, inclination to vomit.
~3.~ Disgust, loathing, repugnance, aversion, strong dislike.
~Nauseate~, _v. n._ Feel nausea, feel disgust, grow qualmish.
~Nauseate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sicken, disgust, revolt, make sick, turn
one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.
~2.~ Loathe, abhor, detest, abominate, feel nausea or disgust at,
shrink from, recoil from.
~Nauseous~, _a._ Disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, sickening,
revolting, repulsive, distasteful, offensive, abominable, foul.
~Naval~, _a._ Nautical, marine, maritime.
~Navel-string~, _n._ Umbilical cord.
~Navew~, _n._ French turnip (_Brassica napus_).
~Navicular~, _a._ (_Anat. & Bot._) Boat-shaped, cymbiform.
~Navigate~, _v. n._ Sail, cruise, course, go in a vessel, plough the
waves, plough the deep.
~Navigate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sail over, sail on, pass in a vessel.
~2.~ Steer, direct (_in sailing_), guide the course of.
~Navigator~, _n._ Sailor, seaman.
~Navy~, _n._ Fleet, ships of war.
~Nay~, _ad._ ~1.~ No.
~2.~ Not only so, but more; not this only, but also.
~Near~, _a._ ~1.~ Nigh, close, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous,
proximate, adjoining, not far, not distant, bordering upon,
approximate to, close upon, close by, hard upon, close at hand.
~2.~ Imminent, impending, forthcoming, approaching, threatening, at
hand, about to happen, going to happen.
~3.~ Intimate, dear, familiar, closely allied, closely attached.
~4.~ Direct, short, straight.
~Near~, _ad._ Nearly.
~Near~, _prep._ Nigh, close to, close by, not far from.
~Nearly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Approximately, not remotely.
~2.~ Almost, well-nigh, within a little.
~3.~ Closely, intimately.
~Near-sighted~, _a._ Short-sighted, myopic, purblind.
~Neat~, _a._ ~1.~ Clean, cleanly, unsoiled, tidy, spotless, unsullied,
immaculate, unstained, pure.
~2.~ Nice, spruce, trim.
~3.~ Chaste, simple, in good taste.
~Neat-cattle~, _n._ Bovine animals (_bulls, oxen, cows, calves,
heifers, steers_), beeves.
~Neatly~, _ad._ Cleanly, in a neat manner.
~Neatness~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleanness, cleanliness, tidiness.
~2.~ Nicety, spruceness, trimness.
~3.~ Chasteness, simplicity.
~Neb~, _n._ Beak, bill, nib.
~Nebulosity~, _n._ Cloudiness, haziness, mistiness.
~Nebulous~, _a._ Cloudy, hazy, misty.
~Necessary~, _a._ ~1.~ Inevitable, unavoidable, that must be, not to
be avoided.
~2.~ Requisite, essential, indispensable, needful, that cannot be
spared.
~3.~ Involuntary, not free.
~Necessary~, _n._ ~1.~ Requisite, requirement, necessity, essential,
indispensable thing, SINE QUA NON.
~2.~ Privy, jakes, water-closet, back-house.
~Necessitate~, _v. a._ Compel, force, oblige, make necessary, render
unavoidable.
~Necessitous~, _a._ Needy, indigent, poor, penniless, moneyless,
destitute, distressed, pinched, reduced, in need, in want, short of
money, out of money, out of pocket, out of cash.
~Necessity~, _n._ ~1.~ Compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny,
irresistible force.
~2.~ Indispensableness, indispensability, inevitableness.
~3.~ Need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing want.
~4.~ Requirement, requisite, essential, necessary, indispensable
thing, SINE QUA NON.
~Neck-cloth~, _n._ Cravat, neckerchief, necktie.
~Neckerchief~, _n._ Cravat, neck-cloth.
~Neckhandkerchief~, _n._ Cravat, neck-cloth.
~Necktie~, _n._ Cravat, neckcloth.
~Necrology~, _n._ Obituary, register of deaths.
~Necromancer~, _n._ Sorcerer, conjurer, enchanter, juggler, charmer,
diviner, wizard, magician, exorcist, seer, soothsayer.
~Necromancy~, _n._ Sorcery, magic, divination, enchantment,
conjuration, black art, magical art.
~Necropolis~, _n._ Cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, mortuary, burial-
ground, burial-place, city of the dead.
~Need~, _n._ ~1.~ Necessity, want, exigency, urgency, emergency.
~2.~ Indigence, poverty, penury, destitution, distress.
~Need~, _v. a._ Want, require, lack, be in want of, stand in want of.
~Needful~, _a._ Necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable.
~Needle-shaped~, _a._ Aciform, acicular, aciculate.
~Needless~, _a._ Unnecessary, useless, not requisite, not needed.
~Needs~, _ad._ Necessarily.
~Needy~, _a._ Indigent, destitute, poor, NECESSITOUS.
~Nefarious~, _a._ Abominable, atrocious, detestable, execrable,
iniquitous, scandalous, wicked, infamous, villanous, heinous,
flagitious, very wicked.
~Negation~, _n._ Denial, disavowal, disclaimer.
~Neglect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Omit, leave out, pass over.
~2.~ Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no
regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for.
~Neglect~, _n._ ~1.~ Omission (_of a particular act of duty_),
failure, default, NEGLIGENCE, remissness.
~2.~ Slight, disregard, disrespect.
~Neglectful~, _a._ Heedless, careless, negligent, thoughtless.
~Negligence~, _n._ NEGLECT (_as a habit_), carelessness,
thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention,
LACHES.
~Negligent~, _a._ Careless (_habitually_), thoughtless, heedless,
remiss, regardless, inattentive, neglectful.
~Negotiate~, _v. n._ Treat, bargain.
~Negotiate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Treat for, arrange for.
~2.~ Pass, put into circulation.
~Negotiation~, _n._ Transaction.
~Negro-corn~, _n._ Doura, Indian millet, Guinea corn (_Sorghum
vulgare_).
~Neigh~, _v. n._ Whinny.
~Neighborhood~, _n._ Vicinity, vicinage, environs.
~Neighborly~, _a._ Friendly, kind, civil, social, obliging, attentive,
on friendly terms.
~Neither~, _pron. & a._ Not either, nor one nor the other.
~Neither head nor tail~, Neither one thing nor the other, nothing
distinct or definite.
~Neither here nor there~, ~1.~ Nowhere, neither in one place nor
another.
~2.~ Irrelevant, not to the purpose.
~Nem. con.~ [L. Contracted from _nemine contradicente_, no one
speaking against.] Unanimously, with one accord, with one consent, to
a man, as one man, one and all, on all hands, in chorus, without a
dissenting voice.
~Neologism~, _n._ ~1.~ New word or phrase.
~2.~ Neology, use of new words or phrases.
~Neology~, _n._ ~1.~ Neologism, use of new words or phrases.