Niehirren
"Niehirren Halfhand" Legendary Lord of the Sakarpi Pale, famed for surviving five years on the open Istyuli after being exiled.

Niehirren Halfhand
Legendary Lord of the Sakarpi Pale, famed for surviving five years on the open Istyuli after being exiled.

Nihrimsul
Nihrimsul was an ancient Nonman Mansion that once was subdued by Cû’jara-Cinmoi . Its King, Sin’niroiha (“First Among Peoples” in Ihrimsû), was forced to wash the sword of the High King of Siöl . After the Battle of Pir Pahal , emboldened by Siöl’s distraction, Nihrimsul and Cil-Aujas had revolted. After years of hard campaigning, Cû’jara-Cinmoi finally brought the Ishroi of Cil-Aujas to heel, but King Sin’niroiha and the Ishroi of Nihrimsul continued to resist him. The Isûphiryas chronicles dozens of bloody yet indecisive confrontations between the two Kings: the Battle of Ciphara, the Battle of Hilcyri, the Siege of Asargoi. Proud beyond reason, Cû’jara-Cinmoi refused to relent, and put to death every embassy Sin’niroiha sent to him. Only when Sin’niroiha became King of Ishoriöl through marriage did the High King of Siöl concede. “A King of Three Mansions,” he is said to have declared, “may be Brother to a King of Two.” Nihrimsul was founded by the first generation of Nonmen in recorded history, separately and independently of Siöl. For this reason, Nihrimsul disputed Siöl's claim to be the "House Primordial", leading to their later strife and the Thousand Year Siege . Nihrimsul was located under a southern spur of the Yimaleti Mountains , in the eastern part of the range, east of Viri and west of Siöl.

Nikkyûmenes
Recipient of Ajencis' Letter to Nikkyûmenes.

Nikussis
"Gamag Nikussis" Imperial Scrollmaster of the Andiamine Heights.

Nil'giccas
Nil’giccas is the Nonman King of Ishterebinth and Nihrimsûl , eldest son of Sin’niroiha and Tsinirû . Known as King-upon-the-Summit, Lightbearer, Mantutor and many other names in the legends and histories of Men and Nonmen. In his final years, while with the Skin Eaters , he went by the names Incariol and Cleric .

Appearance

Like all Nonmen, Nil’giccas has white skin and lacks body hair.

Personality

Nil’giccas is an amnesiac, as a result of his unnaturally long life. This made him an Erratic , a Nonman driven insane by the slow loss of his memory. He is prone to give long, rambling, sermon-like speeches each night, which led to him receiving the nickname “Cleric.”

Skills

Nil’giccas is a powerful Qûya , perhaps the mightiest one alive.

What Came Before

Nil’giccas was born a long time before the beginning of the ancient Cûno-Inchoroi Wars , making him over four thousand years old. He had a wife who died as a result of the Womb-Plague created by the Inchoroi . He became the High King of the Nonmen after the death of Cû’jara-Cinmoi and continued fighting the age-long struggle that would be known as the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars. After hundreds of years, Nil’giccas and his Nonmen prevailed in the war of annihilation and finally penetrated into the Incû-Holoinas itself. Nil’giccas led the final victory over the Inchoroi, driving them to extinction. When his forces were unable to destroy the Incû-Holoinas, he had the remaining Qûya sorcerers hide it from sight with a powerful glamour. Thousands of years later, an aged Nil’giccas participated in the Great Ordeal organized against Golgotterath in the early years of the Apocalypse , during which time he was apparently close friends with Seswatha . However his last sons died in the Consult counterattack which ended the Great Investiture, and a deeply embittered Nil’giccas abandoned the war. Another millennium later, when the last surviving Nonmen of the Mansion of Ishterebinth decided to join forces with the Consult, a disillusioned Nil’giccas abandoned them due to his pride. He became an Erratic and took on the name Incariol. He eventually joined the Skin Eaters in hunting Sranc for the Holy Bounty on their pelts, with their leader Kosoter becoming his elju .

The Judging Eye

The Skin Eaters are hired by Drusas Achamian to find the Coffers of the long-fallen Library of Sauglish . The long and perilous journey requires them to travel through the fallen Mansion of Cil-Aujas . Inside the Mansion, Nil’giccas gives his travelling companions their first taste of the drug qirri . In the black depths of Cil-Aujas, Nil’giccas becomes possessed by the spirit of the long-dead Nonman King Gin’yursis . Mimara manages to exorcise the ancient wight, and Nil’giccas rejoins his companions.

The White-Luck Warrior

The Skin Eaters continue their journey towards the Library of Sauglish, becoming increasingly addicted to Nil’giccas’s supply of qirri along the way. Nil’giccas assists Achamian in defeating the ancient dragon Wutteät . However, because he has fallen in love with Mimara and sees Achamian as a good friend, he then attempts to kill them, as his grief over their deaths would be the only way he would be able to remember them. He and Achamian fight a sorcerous duel over the ruins of Sauglish, where Achamian reluctantly kills the ancient Nonman. Afterwards Achamian burns Nil’giccas’s body and makes qirri from the ashes.

Nil’giccas

Title(s): King
Aliases: Inner Luminal Incariol Cleric
Lived: ? - 4132
Race: Nonmen
Nationality: Ishterebinth
Gender: Male
Occupation: King of Ishterebinth Qûya Scalpoi ( Skin Eater )
Relatives: Sin'niroiha (father) Tsinirû (mother) Unnamed wife Several unnamed sons Several unnamed daughters
Books: The Warrior-Prophet (mentioned) The Thousandfold Thought (mentioned) The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior The Great Ordeal (mentioned) The Unholy Consult (mentioned) The False Sun (mentioned)

Nil’giccas

Nilitar
"Nilitar Compact" The Nilitar Compact was a minor Anagogic School in ancient ( Cengemic ) Ce Tydonn . In 3804, during the Scholastic Wars , it combined with the Mikka Council and the Oaranat to become the Mysunsai .

Nilitar Compact
The Nilitar Compact was a minor Anagogic School in ancient ( Cengemic ) Ce Tydonn . In 3804, during the Scholastic Wars , it combined with the Mikka Council and the Oaranat to become the Mysunsai .

Nilnamesh
Nilnamesh is a populous Ketyai nation on the extreme southwest edge of the Three Seas , famed for its ceramics, spices, and stubborn refusals to relinquish its exotic forms of Kiünnat either to Inrithism or to Fanimry . Primarily for geographical reasons, the fertile plains to the south of the Hinayati Mountains have long enjoyed cultural and political independence from the Three Seas. Casidas was the first to remark that the Nilnameshi were an "inward people", both in the sense of their obsession with the plight of their souls and in their utter disdain for outland Princes. Only two periods in their history cut against this tendency. The first is the Old Invishi period (1023-1572), when Nilnamesh was united under a series of aggressively expansionist Kings based in Invishi , which is now the traditional spiritual capital of Nilnamesh. In 1322 and then again in 1326, Anzumarapata II inflicted crushing defeats on the Shigeki , and for some thirty years compelled tribute from the proud river kingdom. Then, in 2483, Sarnagiri V , leading a coalition of Princes, was routed by Triamis the Great , and Nilnamesh found itself a province (albeit an unruly one) for more than a thousand years. The era following the collapse of the Ceneian Empire is commonly called the New Invishi period, though none of the ancient city's Kings has been able to hold more than a fraction of Nilnamesh for more than a generation . Nilnamesh is currently the home of the world's largest Anagogic School, the Vokalati .

Cities and Districts

- Dakyas
- Invishi
- Kanshaïva
- Manghaput
- Mohaïva
- Sappathurai

Natural Features

- River Naures

Nil’giccas
Nil’giccas is the Nonman King of Ishterebinth and Nihrimsûl , eldest son of Sin’niroiha and Tsinirû . Known as King-upon-the-Summit, Lightbearer, Mantutor and many other names in the legends and histories of Men and Nonmen. In his final years, while with the Skin Eaters , he went by the names Incariol and Cleric .

Appearance

Like all Nonmen, Nil’giccas has white skin and lacks body hair.

Personality

Skills

Nil’giccas is a powerful Qûya , perhaps the mightiest one alive.

What Came Before

The Judging Eye

The White-Luck Warrior

Nil’giccas

Nimeric
"Anasûrimbor Nimeric" Anasûrimbor Nimeric was the High King of ancient Aörsi before its destruction in the Apocalypse .

Anasûrimbor Nimeric

Title(s): High King of Aörsi
Lived: 2092 - 2135
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Aörsi
Gender: Male
Occupation: High King of Aörsi
Relatives: Anasûrimbor Nanor-Ukkerja I (ancestor) Anasûrimbor Mygella (ancestor)
Books: mentioned only

Anasûrimbor Nimeric

Nimil
Nimil is a rare metal used in by Nonmen in their weapons and armor, also known as "Nonman steel". It is forged in the sorcerous furnaces of Ishterebinth . In ancient times, nimil was mined in the lowest depths of Cil-Aujas , where the Nonmen used up the lives of several thousand slaves in their efforts to find the metal. Weapons of nimil are sharper and stronger than any steel blades forged by Men.

Niminian
Sculptor who drafted the panels depicting heroic scenes from the Unification Wars displayed in the Andiamine Heights.

Nin'ciljiras
Grandson of Nin'janjin and last known Nonman King.

Nin'hilarjal
Nonman author of Psalms to Oblivion.

Nin'janjin
Nin’janjin is the former Nonman King of Viri . Nin’janjin was the ruler of the Mansion of Viri at the time the Incû-Holoinas fell from the void. The fall of the Ark caused a natural disaster and sent up ash-clouds that darkened the skies, resulting in a famine. Nin’janjin appealed to his kinsman Cû’jara-Cinmoi , the King of Siöl , for help. But instead, Cû’jara-Cinmoi invaded and claimed Viri. The Inchoroi , emerging from the Ark, sent a secret emissary to Nin’janjin. At this point, they had “birthed mouths” and could speak Ihrimsû. They reminded Nin’janjin of Cu’jara-Cinmoi’s treachery. Seeking revenge, Nin’janjin and his warriors rose up in rebellion and joined the Inchoroi for the Battle of Pir Pahal , the first battle of the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars . However, upon seeing the shockingly horrific nature of their would-be allies, Nin’janjin’s warriors rebelled against him and instead joined Cû’jara-Cinmoi’s forces. The Inchoroi were overpowered and lost the resulting battle. However, when they fled back into the Incû-Holoinas, they took Nin’janjin with them. Several years later, when Cû’jara-Cinmoi had grown old and frail, Nin’janjin emerged from the Ark asking to see him. Cû’jara-Cinmoi was astonished to see that his old enemy had not aged. Nin’janjin revealed that the Inchoroi knew the secrets of immortality. He agreed to grant the Inchoroi mercy in exchange for the gift of eternal life. However, the Inchoroi medications which granted immortality were a cursed gift - they gave rise to the Womb Plague which spread rapidly and killed all the women of Cûnuroi. Only the males survived, now a race without a future. The Nonmen went to war against the Inchoroi, seeking vengeance for their dead wives and daughters, and for the eventual extinction of their race. The Battle of Pir Minginnial raged on the plain of the Inniür-Shigogli , and Nin’janjin turned against his old enemy Cû’jara-Cinmoi in the midst of the battlefield. And this time, when they fought, Nin’janjin killed him with a spear thrust. Nin'janjin's fate is unclear: it is known that he spoke to Nil'giccas after his victory at the Battle of Isal’imial and told him about the Inverse Fire and the Golden Room at the heart of the Incû-Holoinas, resulting in Nil'giccas sending three explorers to investigate further. When two of them returned gibbering and raving, Nil'giccas put them to death on the advice of the third, Cet’ingira and abandoned the Ark, raising the Barricades about it. It is possible that Nil'giccas had Nin'janjin executed for his treachery.

Nin’janjin

Title(s): King
Lived: ? -
Race: Nonmen
Nationality: Viri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Nonman King of Viri
Books: mentioned only

Nin’janjin

Title(s): King
Lived: ? -
Race: Nonmen
Nationality: Viri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Nonman King of Viri
Books: mentioned only

Nin'sariccas
Dispossessed Son of Siöl sent as an emissary to treat with Anasûrimbor Kellhus.

Ninar
Son of Nin'janjin and father of Nin'ciljiras.

Nincaerû-Telesser
Nincaerû-Telesser was the fourth God-King of the Ûmeri Empire , and a famed patron of the ancient Gnostic Schools .

Nincaerû-Telesser

Title(s): God-King of the Ûmeri Empire
Lived: 549 - 642
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Ûmeri
Gender: Male
Occupation: God-King of the Ûmeri Empire
Relatives: Nincaerû-Telesser II
Books: mentioned only

Nincaerû-Telesser

Nincaerû-Telesser II
Nincaerû-Telesser II was the fifth God-King of the Ûmeri Empire , succeeding Nincaerû-Telesser . Among his notable achievements was turning the Library of Sauglish into the cultural heart of the Ancient North .

Nincaerû-Telesser II

Title(s): God-King of the Ûmeri Empire
Lived: 574 - 668
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Ûmeri
Gender: Male
Occupation: God-King of the Ûmeri Empire
Relatives: Nincaerû-Telesser
Books: mentioned only

Nincaerû-Telesser II

Nincama-Telesser
God-King of the Ûmeri Empire, responsible for the High Gnostic Writ.

Ninnant
Ninnant is a province of High Ainon . The city of Moserothu is located within this area.

Nin’janjin
Nin’janjin is the former Nonman King of Viri . Nin’janjin was the ruler of the Mansion of Viri at the time the Incû-Holoinas fell from the void. The fall of the Ark caused a natural disaster and sent up ash-clouds that darkened the skies, resulting in a famine. Nin’janjin appealed to his kinsman Cû’jara-Cinmoi , the King of Siöl , for help. But instead, Cû’jara-Cinmoi invaded and claimed Viri. The Inchoroi , emerging from the Ark, sent a secret emissary to Nin’janjin. At this point, they had “birthed mouths” and could speak Ihrimsû. They reminded Nin’janjin of Cu’jara-Cinmoi’s treachery. Seeking revenge, Nin’janjin and his warriors rose up in rebellion and joined the Inchoroi for the Battle of Pir Pahal , the first battle of the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars . However, upon seeing the shockingly horrific nature of their would-be allies, Nin’janjin’s warriors rebelled against him and instead joined Cû’jara-Cinmoi’s forces. The Inchoroi were overpowered and lost the resulting battle. However, when they fled back into the Incû-Holoinas, they took Nin’janjin with them. Several years later, when Cû’jara-Cinmoi had grown old and frail, Nin’janjin emerged from the Ark asking to see him. Cû’jara-Cinmoi was astonished to see that his old enemy had not aged. Nin’janjin revealed that the Inchoroi knew the secrets of immortality. He agreed to grant the Inchoroi mercy in exchange for the gift of eternal life. However, the Inchoroi medications which granted immortality were a cursed gift - they gave rise to the Womb Plague which spread rapidly and killed all the women of Cûnuroi. Only the males survived, now a race without a future. The Nonmen went to war against the Inchoroi, seeking vengeance for their dead wives and daughters, and for the eventual extinction of their race. The Battle of Pir Minginnial raged on the plain of the Inniür-Shigogli , and Nin’janjin turned against his old enemy Cû’jara-Cinmoi in the midst of the battlefield. And this time, when they fought, Nin’janjin killed him with a spear thrust. Nin'janjin's fate is unclear: it is known that he spoke to Nil'giccas after his victory at the Battle of Isal’imial and told him about the Inverse Fire and the Golden Room at the heart of the Incû-Holoinas, resulting in Nil'giccas sending three explorers to investigate further. When two of them returned gibbering and raving, Nil'giccas put them to death on the advice of the third, Cet’ingira and abandoned the Ark, raising the Barricades about it. It is possible that Nil'giccas had Nin'janjin executed for his treachery.

Nin’janjin

Title(s): King
Lived: ? -
Race: Nonmen
Nationality: Viri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Nonman King of Viri
Books: mentioned only

Nin’janjin

Title(s): King
Lived: ? -
Race: Nonmen
Nationality: Viri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Nonman King of Viri
Books: mentioned only

Niom
The Niom is a ritual wherein the ancient Nonmen Kings demanded hostages of the Men they dealt with as guarantees: a son, a daughter, and a captive enemy. The two former as a surety against treachery. The latter as a surety against deception.

Nirimenes
Nirimenes is an Ordealman and a sorcerer-of-rank in the School of Mandate .

Nirsodic
Nirsodic is the language group of ancient Norsirai pastoralists ranging from the Sea of Cerish to the Sea of Jorua . Derived from Vasnosri . One of the Norsirai languages .

Languages derived from Nirsodic

- Akksersian : Lost language of ancient Akksersia and “purest” of the Nirsodic Tongues.
- Condic : Language group of ancient pastoralists of the Near Istyuli Plains .
- Skettic : Language group of ancient pastoralists of the Far Istyuli Plains.
- Old Meoric : Lost language of the early Meöri Empire .

Nirsolfa
Philosopher mentioned in the Compendium of the First Holy War.

Nisht
"Nisht Galgota" Nisht Galgota is the Palatine of the Ainoni palatinate of Eshganax .

The Thousandfold Thought

Galgota is slain during the battle for Shimeh .

Nisht Galgota

Title(s): Palatine of Eshganax
Lived: 4062 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Ainoni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Eshganax
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Nisht Galgota

Nisht Galgota
Nisht Galgota is the Palatine of the Ainoni palatinate of Eshganax .

The Thousandfold Thought

Galgota is slain during the battle for Shimeh .

Nisht Galgota

Niz-Hû
Legendary Chieftain-King of Famiri, famed for his military humiliation of Shir.

niagara period
-a subdivision or the american upper silurian system, embracing the medina, clinton, and niagara epoch. the rocks of the niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at niagara falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. see chart of geology.

nias
-a young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.

nib
-a small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
-the bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
-the points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.
-one of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [prov. eng.], the shaft of a wagon.
-to furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

nibbed
-having a nib or point.

nibbing
-of nib

nibble
-to bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.
-to bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait.
-a small or cautious bite.

nibbled
-of nibble

nibbler
-one who, or that which, nibbles.

nibbling
-of nibble

nibblingly
-in a nibbling manner; cautiously.

niblick
-a kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc.

nicagua
-the laughing falcon. see under laughing.

nicaragua wood
-brazil wood.

niccolite
-a mineral of a copper
-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel;
-- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.

nice
-foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
-of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.
-overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
-delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
-apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
-done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
-pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

nicely
-in a nice manner.

nicene
-of or pertaining to nice, a town of asia minor, or to the ecumenial council held there a. d. 325.

niceness
-quality or state of being nice.

nicery
-nicety.

niceties
-of nicety

nicety
-the quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).
-delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
-a delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.

niche
-a cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

niched
-placed in a niche.

nick
-an evil spirit of the waters.
-a notch cut into something
-a score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
-a notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
-a broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
-a particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
-to make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
-to mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in.
-to suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
-to hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
-to make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).
-to nickname; to style.

nickar nut
-alt. of nickar tree

nickar tree
-same as nicker nut, nicker tree.

nicked
-of nick

nickel
-a bright silver
-white metallic element. it is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. it occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. symbol ni. atomic weight 58.6.
-a small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five
-cent piece.

nickelic
-pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.

nickeliferous
-containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.

nickeline
-an alloy of nickel, a variety of german silver.
-niccolite.

nickelous
-of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.

nicker
-one of the night brawlers of london formerly noted for breaking windows with half
-pence.
-the cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

nicker nut
-a rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. the seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus caesalpinia. c. bonduc has yellowish seeds; c. bonducella, bluish gray.

nicker tree
-the plant producing nicker nuts.

nicking
-of nick
-the cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
-small coal produced in making the nicking.

nickle
-the european woodpecker, or yaffle;
-- called also nicker pecker.

nicknack
-see knickknack.

nicknackery
-see knickknackery.

nickname
-a name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
-to give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

nicknamed
-of nickname

nicknaming
-of nickname

nicolaitan
-one of certain corrupt persons in the early church at ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15.

nicotian
-tobacco.
-pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.

nicotiana
-a genus of american and asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel
-shaped blossoms. several species yield tobacco. see tobacco.

nicotianine
-a white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.

nicotic
-nicotinic.

nicotidine
-a complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.

nicotine
-an alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. it is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. it is intensely poisonous.

nicotinic
-pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic;
-- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.

nictate
-to wink; to nictitate.

nictation
-the act of winking; nictitation.

nictitate
-to wink; to nictate.

nictitation
-the act of winking.

nidamental
-of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. see illust. of dibranchiata.

nidary
-a collection of nests.

nide
-a nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.

nidering
-infamous; dastardly.

nidgery
-a trifle; a piece of foolery.

nidget
-a fool; an idiot, a coward.

nidificate
-to make a nest.

nidificated
-of nidificate

nidificating
-of nidificate

nidification
-the act or process of building a nest.

niding
-a coward; a dastard;
-- a term of utmost opprobrium.

nidor
-scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.

nidorose
-nidorous.

nidorous
-resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.

nidulant
-nestling, as a bird in itss nest.
-lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.

nidulate
-to make a nest, as a bird.

nidulated
-of nidulate

nidulating
-of nidulate

nidulation
-the time of remaining in the nest.

nidulite
-a silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.

nidus
-a nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.

niece
-a relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.
-a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother
-in
-law or sister
-in
-law.

nief
-see neif, the fist.

niellist
-one who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.

niello
-a metallic alloy of a deep black color.
-the art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy.
-a piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated.
-an impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

nifle
-a trifle.

niggard
-a person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
-like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
-to act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.

niggardise
-niggardliness.

niggardish
-somewhat niggard.

niggardliness
-the quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.

niggardly
-meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
-in a niggard manner.

niggardness
-niggardliness.

niggardous
-niggardly.

niggardship
-niggardliness.

niggardy
-niggardliness.

nigger
-a negro;
-- in vulgar derision or depreciation.

niggish
-niggardly.

niggle
-to trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
-to trifle or play.
-to act or walk mincingly.
-to fret and snarl about trifles.

niggled
-of niggle

niggler
-one who niggles.

niggling
-of niggle

nigh
-not distant or remote in place or time; near.
-not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
-in a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
-almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
-to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
-near to; not remote or distant from.

nighly
-in a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost.

nighness
-the quality or state of being nigh.

night
-that part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
-darkness; obscurity; concealment.
-intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
-a state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
-the period after the close of life; death.
-a lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

night
-blooming
-blooming in the night.

night
-eyed
-capable of seeing at night; sharp
-eyed.

night
-faring
-going or traveling in the night.

nightcap
-a cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.
-a potion of spirit drank at bedtime.

nightdress
-a nightgown.

nighted
-darkness; clouded.
-overtaken by night; belated.

nightertale
-period of night; nighttime.

nightfall
-the close of the day.

nightgown
-a loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garnment.

nightingale
-a small, plain, brown and gray european song bird (luscinia luscinia). it sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
-a larger species (lucinia philomela), of eastern europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. the name is also applied to other allied species.

nightish
-of or pertaining to night.

nightjar
-a goatsucker, esp. the european species. see illust. of goatsucker.

nightless
-having no night.

nightlong
-lasting all night.

nightly
-of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.
-at night; every night.

nightman
-one whose business is emptying privies by night.

nightmare
-a fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
-a condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus.
-hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.

nightmen
-of nightman

nightshade
-a common name of many species of the genus solanum, given esp. to the solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.

nightshirt
-a kind of nightgown for men.

nighttime
-the time from dusk to dawn;
-- opposed to daytime.

nightward
-approaching toward night.

nigraniline
-the complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black.

nigrescent
-growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.

nigrification
-the act or process of making black.

nigrine
-a ferruginous variety of rutile.

nigritude
-blackness; the state of being black.

nigromancie
-necromancy.

nigromancien
-a necromancer.

nigrosine
-a dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group;
-- called also azodiphenyl blue.

nigua
-the chigoe.

nihil
-nothing.

nihilism
-nothingness; nihility.
-the doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.
-the theories and practices of the nihilists.

nihilist
-one who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.
-a member of a secret association (esp. in russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.

nihilistic
-of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.

nihility
-nothingness; a state of being nothing.

nil
-will not.
-nothing; of no account; worthless;
-- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.

nile
-the great river of egypt.

nilgau
-see nylghau.

nill
-not to will; to refuse; to reject.
-to be unwilling; to refuse to act.
-shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
-scales of hot iron from the forge.

nilled
-of nill

nilling
-of nill

nilometer
-an instrument for measuring the rise of water in the nile during its periodical flood.

niloscope
-a nilometer.

nilotic
-of or pertaining to the river nile; as, the nilotic crocodile.

nilt
-wilt not.

nim
-to take; to steal; to filch.

nimbi
-of nimbus

nimbiferous
-serving to bring clouds or stormy weather.

nimble
-light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

nimbleness
-the quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.

nimbless
-nimbleness.

nimbly
-in a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.

nimbose
-cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.

nimbus
-a circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. see aureola, and glory, n., 5.
-a rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. see cloud.

nimbuses
-of nimbus

nimiety
-state of being in excess.

nimious
-excessive; extravagant; inordinate.

nimmed
-of nim

nimmer
-a thief.

nin
-not in.

nincompoop
-a fool; a silly or stupid person.

nine
-eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
-the number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.
-a symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

nine
-bark
-a white
-flowered rosaceous shrub (neillia, / spiraea, opulifolia), common in the northern united states. the bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.

nine
-eyes
-the lamprey.

nine
-killer
-the northern butcher bird.

ninefold
-nine times repeated.

nineholes
-a game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

ninepence
-an old english silver coin, worth nine pence.
-a new england name for the spanish real, a coin formerly current in the united states, as valued at twelve and a half cents.

ninepences
-of ninepence

ninepins
-a game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

ninescore
-nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty.
-the product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.

nineteen
-nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.
-the number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.
-a symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.

nineteenth
-following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.
-constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything.
-the next in order after the eighteenth.
-an interval of two octaves and a fifth.

nineties
-of ninety

ninetieth
-next in order after the eighty
-ninth.
-constituting or being one of ninety equal parts.
-the quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.
-the next in order after the eighty
-ninth.

ninety
-nine times ten; eighty
-nine and one more; as, ninety men.
-the sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty
-nine; ninety units or objects.
-a symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.

ninnies
-of ninny

ninny
-a fool; a simpleton.

ninnyhammer
-a simpleton; a silly person.

ninth
-following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.
-constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.
-an interval containing an octave and a second.
-a chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

ninthly
-in the ninth place.

ninut
-the magpie.

niobate
-same as columbate.

niobe
-the daughter of tantalus, and wife of amphion, king of thebes. her pride in her children provoked apollo and diana, who slew them all. niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.

niobic
-same as columbic.

niobite
-same as columbite.

niobium
-a later name of columbium. see columbium.

niopo
-a kind of snuff prepared by the natives of venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree.

nip
-a sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
-to catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
-to remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
-hence: to blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
-to vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
-a seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
-a pinch with the nails or teeth.
-a small cut, or a cutting off the end.
-a blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
-a biting sarcasm; a taunt.
-a short turn in a rope.

nipped
-of nip

nipper
-one who, or that which, nips.
-a fore tooth of a horse. the nippers are four in number.
-a satirist.
-a pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
-the cunner.
-a european crab (polybius henslowii).

nipperkin
-a small cup.

nippers
-small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
-a device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.
-a number of rope
-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.

nipping
-of nip
-biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

nippingly
-in a nipping manner.

nippitate
-peculiary strong and good;
-- said of ale or liquor.

nippitato
-strong liquor.

nipple
-the protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.
-the orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.
-any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge.
-a pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings.

nipplewort
-a yellow
-flowered composite herb (lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women;
-- called also dock
-cress.

nipt
-of nip

nirvana
-in the buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. see buddhism.

nis
-is not.

nisan
-the first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of april, now to march, of the christian calendar. see abib.

nisey
-a simpleton.

nisi
-unless; if not.

niste
-wist not; knew not.

nisus
-a striving; an effort; a conatus.

nit
-the egg of a louse or other small insect.

nitency
-brightness; luster.
-endeavor; rffort; tendency.

niteosaccharin
-an explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc.

niter
-alt. of nitre

nithing
-see niding.

nitid
-bright; lustrous; shining.
-gay; spruce; fine;
-- said of persons.

nitranilic
-of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone.

nitraniline
-any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline. in general they are yellow crystalline substances.

nitrate
-a salt of nitric acid.

nitrated
-combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds.
-prepared with nitrate of silver.

nitratine
-a mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon
-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. it is used in making nitric acid and for manure. called also soda niter.

nitre
-a white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. see saltpeter.
-native sodium carbonate; natron.
-see niter.

nitriary
-an artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. see nitrification, 2.

nitric
-of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.

nitride
-a binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.

nitriferous
-bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.

nitrification
-the act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds.
-the act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.
-a process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates.

nitrified
-of nitrify

nitrifier
-an agent employed in nitrification.

nitrify
-to combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

nitrifying
-of nitrify

nitrile
-any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.

nitrite
-a salt of nitrous acid.

nitro
-
-a combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.
-a combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical no2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene.

nitro
-chloroform
-same as chlorpicrin.

nitrobenzene
-a yellow aromatic liquid (c6h5.no2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. it is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. fornerly called also nitrobenzol.

nitrobenzol
-alt. of nitrobenzole

nitrobenzole
-see nitrobenzene.

nitrocalcite
-nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.

nitrocarbol
-see nitromethane.

nitrocellulose
-see gun cotton, under gun.

nitroform
-a nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, ch.(no2)3, quite explosive, and having well
-defined acid properties.

nitrogelatin
-an explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin.

nitrogen
-a colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. it is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by french chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. symbol n. atomic weight 14. it was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by cailletet of paris, and pictet of geneva.

nitrogenize
-to combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.

nitrogenized
-of nitrogenize

nitrogenizing
-of nitrogenize

nitrogenous
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.

nitroglycerin
-a liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. it is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. it is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. a very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.

nitrohydrochloric
-of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids.

nitrol
-any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.

nitroleum
-nitroglycerin.

nitrolic
-of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.

nitromagnesite
-nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium.

nitrometer
-an apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.

nitromethane
-a nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid;
-- called also nitrocarbol.

nitromuriatic
-of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. see nitrohydrochloric.

nitrophnol
-any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. they are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well
-defined acid properties, as picric acid.

nitroprussic
-pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. it forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides.

nitroprusside
-see nitroprussic.

nitroquinol
-a hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.

nitrosalicylic
-of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.

nitrose
-see nitrous.

nitroso
-
-(/ / /). (chem.) a prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical no, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.

nitrosyl
-the radical no, called also the nitroso group. the term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. used also adjectively.

nitrosylic
-of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.

nitrous
-of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
-of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.

nitroxyl
-the group no2, usually called the nitro group.

nitrum
-niter.

nitry
-nitrous.

nitryl
-a name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.

nitter
-the horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.

nittily
-lousily.

nittings
-the refuse of good ore.

nitty
-full of nits.
-shining; elegant; spruce.

nival
-abounding with snow; snowy.

niveous
-snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.

nivose
-the fourth month of the french republican calendar [1792
-1806]. it commenced december 21, and ended january 19. see vendemiaire.

nix
-one of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

nixie
-see nix.

nizam
-the title of the native sovereigns of hyderabad, in india, since 1719.

nidi
-of nidus

niere
-one who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
-a receptacle for rags or shreds.
-a movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.

nigged
-hammer
-dressed;
-- said of building stone.