Nomiyal
Ordealman, Baron of Mols.

Nomur
Nomur is one of the Chieftan-Kings named in the Tusk .

Nomur

Title(s): Chieftan-King
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftan-King
Books: mentioned only

Nomur

Title(s): Chieftan-King
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftan-King
Books: mentioned only

Nonman
The Nonmen (in their own tongue, Cûnuroi ) are an immortal non-human species native to Eärwa , whose presence preceded the arrival of Men by tens of thousands of years. They achieved a tremendous level of civilisation before the Arkfall , the arrival of the Incû-Holoinas and the vile Inchoroi it carried within it. The Nonmen triumphed over the Inchoroi over the course of millennia of battle, but were so weakened by the conflict and resulting cataclysms that they were unable to prevent the arrival of men in Eärwa, who subsequently supplanted them. Today, Nonmen are only found in numbers in Ishterebinth , their sole surviving stronghold. All Nonmen females were killed thousands of years ago in the Womb Plague , leaving only males. The passage of millennia has driven many of the Nonmen insane; these madmen are known as the Erratic .

Mythology

According to myth, Imimorûl was the first Nonman. He fled from the Heavens into the depths under the world in a way of avoiding the gaze of the gods. In the most common scripture, Imimorûl founded Siöl as the first of the High Mansions and beget at least two children, Tsonos and Olissis . After his death, Tsonos followed his father as High King of the Nonmen. However, Nihrimsul was founded by other Nonmen from outside this tradition and rejected Siöl's authority, leading to millennia of strife and occasional war. All of the other High Mansions were founded by Siöl and by descendants of Tsonos. The Nihrimsuli, sometimes called "Dark Nonmen", were disregarded for their lack of noble blood until Sin’niroiha of Nihrimsul married Tsinirû of Ishoriöl ; their son Nil’giccas was accounted of the blood of Tsonos, thus reuniting the bloodlines. According to the Nihrimsûli, their Mansion was actually founded by Imimorûl directly. Tsonos and Olissis murdered their father whilst he slept and then fled like cowards to found Siöl. Unsurprisingly, this version is thoroughly rejected in the dominant Tsonic tradition. Imimorûl is named as the “Father of the False” in The Chronicle of the Tusk , and in Mannish traditions, was a once-glorious God imprisoned deep in the earth as punishment for teaching sorcery to the Nonmen. According to Cûnuroi traditions, Imimorûl was not imprisoned within the earth, but sought refuge in the “Deepest Deep,” those places the gods could not judge because they could not see. Though Ajencis famously attributes the Nonman aversion to open sky to his theory of “vital accommodations,” the Nonmen themselves see this predilection as a sacred observance of Imimorûl’s ancient straits—as well as the best way to find oblivion upon their deaths. Nonmen occasionally practice a ritual trip to the deepest part of the world they can find, known as a Fathoming. The Fathoming constitutes a symbolic re-enactment of Imimorûl’s flight from the Heavens (or “Starving”) into the depths beneath what became Siol, the House Primordial, the idea being that souls so deep can slip the notice of the Gods and find oblivion. Fathomings were most common undertaken by those upon the threshold of death, the thought being that the Deepest Deep lay on the edge of Oblivion. The Psalms of Imimorûl seem to allege that Imimorûl had no wife but instead created the rest of the Nonman species by implanting his flesh within that of lions: The World to him, who sings my song, for I am the Font, the Spirit of the Deepest Deep, and mine is the first heart to beat your blood. The World to him, who sings my song. I, Imimorul, fled the Heavens, so much did I love the brooks that chirrup, the high mountains that hiss, the myriads that bolt through this blessed hair, The World to him, who raises up rooves in the Deep. I, Imimorul, did flee the Starving [sky], so much did I fear the Heavens, the wrath of those who were wroth, who would forbid my love, of the myriads of the World. The World to her, who kindles her fire in the Deep. I, Imimorul, did cut from my hand my fingers, and from my arm, my hand, and from my body, my arm, and these pieces of me I did place in the wombs of Lions, so that I might dwell content in my own company. And I became One-Armed, Imimorul, the Unshielded. And you were as children to me, the form of Gods as the issue of Lions, sons who would father nations, and daughters who would mother the myriads of the World. And I sang to you such songs as are only heard in the highest of Heavens, and nowhere in the Hells. We did weep together, as we sang, for woe cares not for names or glory only that skin blackens for bruising, breaks for blood. The World to him, who sings my song. The World to him, who finds me in the Deep. The World to him, and woe.

History

The Nonmen call themselves ji’cûnû roi, “the People of Dawn,” for reasons they can no longer remember. (They call Men j’ala roi, “the People of Summer,” because they burn so hot and pass so quickly.) The Chronicle of the Tusk, which records the coming of Men to Eärwa, generally refers to Nonmen as Oserukki, the “Not Us.” In the Book of Tribes, the Prophet Angeshraël alternately refers to them as “the Accursed Ones” and “the sodomite Kings of Eärwa,” and he incites the Four Nations of Men to embark on a holy war of extermination. Even after four millennia, this xenocidal mission remains part of the Inrithi canon. According to the Tusk, the Nonmen are anathema:

Accomplishments

But Cûnuroi civilization was ancient even before these words were carved into the Tusk. While the Halaroi, Men, wandered the world dressed in skins and wielding weapons of stone, the Cûnuroi had invented writing and mathematics, astrology and geometry, sorcery and philosophy. They dredged mountains hollow for the galleries of their High Mansions. They traded and warred with one another. They subdued all Eärwa, enslaving the Emwama , the soft-hearted Men who dwelt in Eärwa in those early days.

Decline

Their decline is the result of three different catastrophic events. The first, and most significant, was the so-called Womb Plague . In the hope of achieving immortality, the Nonmen (specifically, the great Cû’jara-Cinmoi ) allowed the Inchoroi to live among them as their physicians. The Nonmen did in fact attain immortality, and the Inchoroi, claiming their work done, retired back to the Incû-Holoinas . The plague struck shortly after, almost killing males and uniformly killing all females. The Nonmen call this tragic event the Nasamorgas, the “Death of Birth.”

Cûno-Inchoroi Wars and Near-Extinction

The following Cûno-Inchoroi Wars further sapped their strength, so that by the time the first Tribes of Men invaded, the Nonmen had not the numbers or, some say, the will to resist their advance. Within the course of a few generations they were nearly exterminated. Only the Mansions of Ishoriöl and Cil-Aujas survived.

Interbreeding

It is possible for Nonmen to impregnate human women; and, when Nonmen females still existed, it was possible for them to be impregnated by human men. However, such mixed-breed pregnancies are rare, and it is even rarer for them to come to term. Those who do survive may have very long lives; Anasûrimbor Nanor-Ukkerja I ’s life of 178 years was credited to the Nonman blood in his veins. The earliest known instance of interbreeding between humans and Nonmen was Cimoira , the child of the human Sirwitta and a female Nonman, whose birth was recorded in the Isûphiryas .

Mansions

Instead of cities and castles Nonmen built underground systems of vast halls and passages called " Mansions ", always located beneath the mountains. The total number of Nonmen mansions is unknown, although it is known that the mightiest, the High Mansions, numbered nine. Greatest, most powerful and most populous was Siöl , lying under the titanic peaks of the Northern Kayarsus . The proudest and most fiercely independent was Nihrimsul , located under the south-eastern Yimaleti Mountains. Cil-Aujas lay in the east, under the peak of Aenaratiol at the south tip of the Osthwai Mountains. Ishoriöl , the Exalted Hall, lay in the far west, beyond the Demua Mountains near the shores of the Great Ocean. Viri , in the north, lay under the peak of Antareg in the Urokkas, a small range of mountains overlooking the Neleöst , the Misty Sea. Illisserû lay far to the south, under the Betmulla Mountains. Curunq lay under the Araxes Mountains and Cil-Aumûl under the Hinayati Mountains . The last, Incissal , lay under the hills near what is now the city of Domyot .

Physiology

Nonmen are bigger and stronger than humans. They are adapted to subterranean life and thus have skin devoid of any pigment, all-black eyes, and are hairless. It is mentioned in the books that Nonmen cannot derive meaning from paintings, which is why they depict their history through sculpture. This may imply that they do not see colors, having monochrome vision. The god-alien 'Engineers' in the movie "Prometheus" (2012) by Ridley Scott look almost exactly like Bakker's Nonmen.

Nonman Tutelage
Nonman Tutelage was the great period of Norsirai - Cûnuroi trade, education, and strategic alliances, beginning in 555 and ending with the Expulsion of all Nonmen from the Ûmeri Empire in 825 following the famed Rape of Omindalea .

Nonmen
The Nonmen (in their own tongue, Cûnuroi ) are an immortal non-human species native to Eärwa , whose presence preceded the arrival of Men by tens of thousands of years. They achieved a tremendous level of civilisation before the Arkfall , the arrival of the Incû-Holoinas and the vile Inchoroi it carried within it. The Nonmen triumphed over the Inchoroi over the course of millennia of battle, but were so weakened by the conflict and resulting cataclysms that they were unable to prevent the arrival of men in Eärwa, who subsequently supplanted them. Today, Nonmen are only found in numbers in Ishterebinth , their sole surviving stronghold. All Nonmen females were killed thousands of years ago in the Womb Plague , leaving only males. The passage of millennia has driven many of the Nonmen insane; these madmen are known as the Erratic .

Mythology

According to myth, Imimorûl was the first Nonman. He fled from the Heavens into the depths under the world in a way of avoiding the gaze of the gods. In the most common scripture, Imimorûl founded Siöl as the first of the High Mansions and beget at least two children, Tsonos and Olissis . After his death, Tsonos followed his father as High King of the Nonmen. However, Nihrimsul was founded by other Nonmen from outside this tradition and rejected Siöl's authority, leading to millennia of strife and occasional war. All of the other High Mansions were founded by Siöl and by descendants of Tsonos. The Nihrimsuli, sometimes called "Dark Nonmen", were disregarded for their lack of noble blood until Sin’niroiha of Nihrimsul married Tsinirû of Ishoriöl ; their son Nil’giccas was accounted of the blood of Tsonos, thus reuniting the bloodlines. According to the Nihrimsûli, their Mansion was actually founded by Imimorûl directly. Tsonos and Olissis murdered their father whilst he slept and then fled like cowards to found Siöl. Unsurprisingly, this version is thoroughly rejected in the dominant Tsonic tradition. Imimorûl is named as the “Father of the False” in The Chronicle of the Tusk , and in Mannish traditions, was a once-glorious God imprisoned deep in the earth as punishment for teaching sorcery to the Nonmen. According to Cûnuroi traditions, Imimorûl was not imprisoned within the earth, but sought refuge in the “Deepest Deep,” those places the gods could not judge because they could not see. Though Ajencis famously attributes the Nonman aversion to open sky to his theory of “vital accommodations,” the Nonmen themselves see this predilection as a sacred observance of Imimorûl’s ancient straits—as well as the best way to find oblivion upon their deaths. Nonmen occasionally practice a ritual trip to the deepest part of the world they can find, known as a Fathoming. The Fathoming constitutes a symbolic re-enactment of Imimorûl’s flight from the Heavens (or “Starving”) into the depths beneath what became Siol, the House Primordial, the idea being that souls so deep can slip the notice of the Gods and find oblivion. Fathomings were most common undertaken by those upon the threshold of death, the thought being that the Deepest Deep lay on the edge of Oblivion. The Psalms of Imimorûl seem to allege that Imimorûl had no wife but instead created the rest of the Nonman species by implanting his flesh within that of lions: The World to him, who sings my song, for I am the Font, the Spirit of the Deepest Deep, and mine is the first heart to beat your blood. The World to him, who sings my song. I, Imimorul, fled the Heavens, so much did I love the brooks that chirrup, the high mountains that hiss, the myriads that bolt through this blessed hair, The World to him, who raises up rooves in the Deep. I, Imimorul, did flee the Starving [sky], so much did I fear the Heavens, the wrath of those who were wroth, who would forbid my love, of the myriads of the World. The World to her, who kindles her fire in the Deep. I, Imimorul, did cut from my hand my fingers, and from my arm, my hand, and from my body, my arm, and these pieces of me I did place in the wombs of Lions, so that I might dwell content in my own company. And I became One-Armed, Imimorul, the Unshielded. And you were as children to me, the form of Gods as the issue of Lions, sons who would father nations, and daughters who would mother the myriads of the World. And I sang to you such songs as are only heard in the highest of Heavens, and nowhere in the Hells. We did weep together, as we sang, for woe cares not for names or glory only that skin blackens for bruising, breaks for blood. The World to him, who sings my song. The World to him, who finds me in the Deep. The World to him, and woe.

History

The Nonmen call themselves ji’cûnû roi, “the People of Dawn,” for reasons they can no longer remember. (They call Men j’ala roi, “the People of Summer,” because they burn so hot and pass so quickly.) The Chronicle of the Tusk, which records the coming of Men to Eärwa, generally refers to Nonmen as Oserukki, the “Not Us.” In the Book of Tribes, the Prophet Angeshraël alternately refers to them as “the Accursed Ones” and “the sodomite Kings of Eärwa,” and he incites the Four Nations of Men to embark on a holy war of extermination. Even after four millennia, this xenocidal mission remains part of the Inrithi canon. According to the Tusk, the Nonmen are anathema:

Accomplishments

But Cûnuroi civilization was ancient even before these words were carved into the Tusk. While the Halaroi, Men, wandered the world dressed in skins and wielding weapons of stone, the Cûnuroi had invented writing and mathematics, astrology and geometry, sorcery and philosophy. They dredged mountains hollow for the galleries of their High Mansions. They traded and warred with one another. They subdued all Eärwa, enslaving the Emwama , the soft-hearted Men who dwelt in Eärwa in those early days.

Decline

Their decline is the result of three different catastrophic events. The first, and most significant, was the so-called Womb Plague . In the hope of achieving immortality, the Nonmen (specifically, the great Cû’jara-Cinmoi ) allowed the Inchoroi to live among them as their physicians. The Nonmen did in fact attain immortality, and the Inchoroi, claiming their work done, retired back to the Incû-Holoinas . The plague struck shortly after, almost killing males and uniformly killing all females. The Nonmen call this tragic event the Nasamorgas, the “Death of Birth.”

Cûno-Inchoroi Wars and Near-Extinction

The following Cûno-Inchoroi Wars further sapped their strength, so that by the time the first Tribes of Men invaded, the Nonmen had not the numbers or, some say, the will to resist their advance. Within the course of a few generations they were nearly exterminated. Only the Mansions of Ishoriöl and Cil-Aujas survived.

Interbreeding

It is possible for Nonmen to impregnate human women; and, when Nonmen females still existed, it was possible for them to be impregnated by human men. However, such mixed-breed pregnancies are rare, and it is even rarer for them to come to term. Those who do survive may have very long lives; Anasûrimbor Nanor-Ukkerja I ’s life of 178 years was credited to the Nonman blood in his veins. The earliest known instance of interbreeding between humans and Nonmen was Cimoira , the child of the human Sirwitta and a female Nonman, whose birth was recorded in the Isûphiryas .

Mansions

Instead of cities and castles Nonmen built underground systems of vast halls and passages called " Mansions ", always located beneath the mountains. The total number of Nonmen mansions is unknown, although it is known that the mightiest, the High Mansions, numbered nine. Greatest, most powerful and most populous was Siöl , lying under the titanic peaks of the Northern Kayarsus . The proudest and most fiercely independent was Nihrimsul , located under the south-eastern Yimaleti Mountains. Cil-Aujas lay in the east, under the peak of Aenaratiol at the south tip of the Osthwai Mountains. Ishoriöl , the Exalted Hall, lay in the far west, beyond the Demua Mountains near the shores of the Great Ocean. Viri , in the north, lay under the peak of Antareg in the Urokkas, a small range of mountains overlooking the Neleöst , the Misty Sea. Illisserû lay far to the south, under the Betmulla Mountains. Curunq lay under the Araxes Mountains and Cil-Aumûl under the Hinayati Mountains . The last, Incissal , lay under the hills near what is now the city of Domyot .

Physiology

Nonmen are bigger and stronger than humans. They are adapted to subterranean life and thus have skin devoid of any pigment, all-black eyes, and are hairless. It is mentioned in the books that Nonmen cannot derive meaning from paintings, which is why they depict their history through sculpture. This may imply that they do not see colors, having monochrome vision. The god-alien 'Engineers' in the movie "Prometheus" (2012) by Ridley Scott look almost exactly like Bakker's Nonmen.

Noon
A horse owned by Drusas Achamian.

Norsirai
The Norsirai are the second largest of the Five Tribes of Men . They are typically a tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed race predominantly concentrated along the northern fringes of the Three Seas , although they once dominated the continent of Eärwa and ruled all the lands northward to the Yimaleti Mountains . The Norsirai were once the most powerful race of Men , but after the disasters of the Apocalypse , they have been vastly diminished in power and numbers. They are traditionally divided into the High Norsirai and White Norsirai; the former were tutored by the Nonmen and founded urban civilizations of Ancient North , while the latter remained wilder and nomadic for a longer time. The ancient empires of the High Norsirai were all destroyed in the Apocalypse; the contemporary Norsirai nations all descend from the White Norsirai. They speak tongues belonging to the language group Vasnosri. Achamian states that Norsirai are tall because they eat more red meat than the other tribes of man.

Ancient Tribes

- High Norsirai
- White Norsirai Cond Scintya

Ancient Nations

- Akksersia
- Aörsi
- Eämnor
- Kûniüri
- Meöri Empire
- Sheneor
- Ûmeri Empire

Modern Nations

- Ce Tydonn
- Cepalor
- Galeoth
- Thunyerus

Modern Tribes

- Nymbricani
- Werigda

North
"Ancient North" The Ancient North is the name given to the Norsirai civilization destroyed in the Apocalypse .

Nations

- Akksersia
- Aörsi
- Eämnor
- Kûniüri
- Meöri Empire
- Sheneor
- Ûmeri Empire

Provincies

- Akirsuäl
- Sobel

Cities

- Atrithau
- Etrith
- Kelmeöl
- Lokor
- Myclai
- Sakarpus
- Sauglish
- Shiarau
- Trysë
- Ûmerau

Structures

- Dagliash

Norwain I
Norwain I was a king who united Galeoth in c. 3683 after twenty years of campaigning against his enemies. He apparently butchered his foes en masse in the reception hall of Moraör , the great palace complex of the Galeoth kings.

Noshainrau
Noshainrau the White was the founding grandmaster of the Sohonc and author of the Interrogations , the first elaboration of the Gnosis by Men .

Noshainrau

Title(s): Grandmaster
Aliases: The White
Lived: 1005 - 1072
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Gender: Male
Occupation: Grandmaster of Sohonc
Books: mentioned only

Noshainrau

Title(s): Grandmaster
Aliases: The White
Lived: 1005 - 1072
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Gender: Male
Occupation: Grandmaster of Sohonc
Books: mentioned only

Nostol
Nostol was a Meöri hero who lived during the time of the Apocalypse . In 2151, after the collapse of the Meöri Empire, Nostol and a band of his followers allied with Gin'yursis , the Nonman King of Cil-Aujas . Together, they held back the Horde of the No-God at the Battle of Kathol Pass , which would be humanity's only victory during the Years of the Crib. However, the Men resented their Nonmen allies, and the following year betrayed and killed the Nonmen of Cil-Aujas. Nostol and his followers would go on to become the forefathers of the Galeoth . Common legend holds that the famous fractiousness of the Galeoth is due to a curse placed on the traitorous Nostol and his followers by Gin'yursis. In actuality, Gin'yursis was not so discriminate in his dying; he cursed all Men.

Nostol

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Meöri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Warrior
Books: mentioned only

Nostol

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Meöri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Warrior
Books: mentioned only

Nothing
"Prince of Nothing" The Prince of Nothing is a series of three fantasy novels by the Canadian author R. Scott Bakker , the first book of which was published in 2003, part of a wider series known as The Second Apocalypse . The trilogy details the emergence of Anasûrimbor Kellhus , a brilliant monastic warrior, as he takes control of a Holy War and the hearts and minds of its leaders. Kellhus exhibits incredible powers of prediction and persuasion, which are derived from deep knowledge of rationality, cognitive biases, and causality, as discovered by the Dûnyain , a secret monastic sect. As Kellhus goes from military leader to divine prophet, Drusas Achamian , the sorcerer who mentors Kellhus, comes to realize that his student may well be the harbinger of the prophesied Second Apocalypse . The key feature distinguishing the Prince of Nothing series from its contemporaries is the importance of philosophy to the work. The plot, characters, setting, and metaphysics of the Prince of Nothing are intertwined with philosophical positions unique to the series. Bakker has mentioned that this series was primarily influenced by the works of Tolkien and Frank Herbert.

The Darkness That Comes Before

Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth—its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals—the kind of all—embracing universe Tolkien and Herbert created unforgettably in the epic fantasies The Lord of the Rings and Dune. It’s a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both two thousand years past and two thousand years into the future, as untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveller, Anasûrimbor Kellhus—part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence—from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great Holy War, and like all histories, the survivours write its conclusion.

The Warrior-Prophet

The first battle against the heathen has been won, but while the Great Names plot and squabble over the spoils, Kellhus patiently extends his influence, drawing more followers to his banner. The sorcerer Achamian and his lover, Esmenet, submit entirely, only to have their faith tested in unimaginable ways. The warrior Cnaiür falls ever deeper into madness. The skin-spies of the Consult watch with growing trepidation. And as the vast host of the Holy War endures its sternest test in the searing wastes of the desert, a name—a title—begins to be whispered amongst the faithful. But who is the Warrior-Prophet: a dangerous heretic, who turns brother against brother? Or the only man who can avert the Second Apocalypse? The Holy War stands on a knife edge. If all is not to be lost the great powers will have to choose between their most desperate desires and their most ingrained prejudice. Between hatred and hope. Between the Warrior-Prophet and the end of the world …

The Thousandfold Thought

The Darkness That Comes Before, R. Scott Bakker’s magnificent debut, drew thunderous acclaim from reviewers and fellow fantasy authors. Readers were invited into a darkly threatening, thrillingly imaginative universe as fully realized as that of any in modern fantasy and introduced to one of the genre’s great characters: the powerful warrior-philosopher Anasûrimbor Kellhus, on whom the fate of a violently apocalyptic Holy War rests. Bakker’s follow up to The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior-Prophet enticed readers further into the richly imagined world of myth, violence, and sorcery. The startling and far-reaching answers to these questions are brought into thrilling focus in The Thousandfold Thought, the conclusion to The Prince of Nothing trilogy. Casting into question all the action that has taken place before, twisting readers’ intuitions in unforeseen directions, remolding the fantasy genre to broaden the scope of intricacy and meaning, R. Scott Bakker has once again written a fantasy novel that defies all expectations and rewards the reader with an experience unlike any to be had in the canon of fantasy literature.

Background

The Prince of Nothing series takes place in the fictional continent of Eärwa , which is separated from another continent to the east (mentioned but unseen), called Eänna . The main inhabitants of Eärwa are human, but were preceded by the Nonmen (or Cûnuroi), immortal beings who went mad with the accumulation of centuries of memory, and the Inchoroi , alien beings who crash-landed in northern Eärwa five-thousand years prior to the events of the Prince of Nothing . These creatures' machinations led both to the downfall of the Nonmen and, with the aid of a group of human sorcerers known as the Consult , the summoning of Mog-Pharau, the No-God . This event, known as the First Apocalypse , caused the collapse of most of human civilization, but was stopped by the efforts of the sorcerer Seswatha and Anasûrimbor Celmomas II , the last of a line of royalty. Society was eventually rebuilt after this event, which became more legend than history. Nonetheless, the Consult still endeavored to bring back the No-God and finish the plan they had begun thousands of years before. The action of the series is confined to the Three Seas area, home of multiple human nations, ethnicities, and religions. The first novel opens with the start of a Holy War, pitting the Inrithi nations and the Thousand Temples against the "heathen" Fanim , followers of a prophet who broke from Inrithism hundreds of years previously. The goal of the war is to retake Shimeh , a city venerated by both faiths, although as the war progresses its goal is subtly warped from the inside by the machinations of Anasûrimbor Kellhus.

Main Characters

The novels follow the point of view of several characters on the Inrithi side of the Holy War. Most of the characters are of the Ketyai ethnicity, common to the western and eastern Three Seas. Characters' surnames precede their given names, similar to the order commonly used in Hungary, China, and Japan. - Drusas Achamian is a member of the Mandate School , who joins the Holy War by order of his superiors. There, he meets and teaches Anasûrimbor Kellhus in secret, while slowly discovering his place in the coming Second Apocalypse. Achamian also meets his old students Nersei Proyas , Prince of Conriya , and Krijates Xinemus , the Marshal of Attrempus .
- Esmenet is a prostitute in the city of Sumna , and is Achamian's lover. She follows him into the Holy War and falls under the influence of Kellhus along with Achamian.
- Anasûrimbor Kellhus is the mysterious Dûnyain monk whose power over those around him brings him control of the Holy War and its people. He was sent by his sect to find his father, Anasûrimbor Moënghus , who lives in the city of Shimeh, the Holy War's destination.
- Cnaiür urs Skiötha is a Scylvendi barbarian chieftain of the Utemot tribe, whose relationship with Moënghus 30 years previously makes him the only character with knowledge of the Dûnyain. He is also the first to meet Kellhus, and accompanies him to Momemn to join the Holy War.
- Serwë is a concubine claimed by Cnaiür as his prize, and later used by Kellhus to control Cnaiür.
- Ikurei Conphas is a prideful Nansur general and nephew to that nation's Emperor. His victories over the Scylvendi make him the foremost choice for leader of the Holy War, before Cnaiür takes that position from him.
- Anasûrimbor Moënghus is Kellhus' father. He left the Dûnyain 30 years before the events of the series.

Magic and the Schools

Magic in the Prince of Nothing is the use of the spell-caster's will to influence the world, often contrary to the plans of the gods . Thus, magic is viewed as sacrilegious by the Thousand Temples, and is condemned in the Inrithi nations. Sorcerous Schools arose in response to this pressure, creating powerful political and military forces apart from the religious order. The human population of Eärwa is not all able to use magic. Rather, that ability is confined to the Few , a small subset of people. Additionally, the various Schools of magic only allow male practitioners, further dwindling the number of possible sorcerers. Even so, those who choose to study magic are granted large amounts of power, balanced by a lack of religious acceptance and a vulnerability to Chorae , small spherical antimagic talismans. There are two main types of magic used in the northern Three Seas: Gnostic and Anagogic . While Gnostic magic is superios, it is largely forgotten (being the dominant art of the Ancient North , destroyed during the First Apocalypse). Anagogic magic is more widely studied among multiple schools.

Gnostic Schools

- The Mandate is a School founded by Seswatha after the First Apocalypse to fight against the return of Mog-Pharau. Members of the Mandate undergo a ritual that allows them to relive Seswatha's experiences each night as they dream, so that they never forget the horrors of the Apocalypse. The Quorum is the ruling body of the Mandate School, which is headed by Seidru Nautzera .
- The Mangaecca , or the Consult (as it was later known), is the School that first came in contact with the Inchoroi, leading them to adopt those beings' immoral ways, along with the powerful art of Tekne (essentially genetic engineering).

Anagogic Schools

- The Scarlet Spires is the most powerful School in the Three Seas. It controls much of the politics of High Ainon , an eastern Ketyai nation. It has has attempted to steal the secrets of Gnosis from the Mandate, using kidnapping and torture, but without success. Hanamanu Eleäzaras is the Grandmaster of the Scarlet Spires during the series.
- The Imperial Saik is a School indentured to the Emperor of Nansur, and serves the interests of the Nansur Empire, which has been most directly in conflict with the Kianene Fanim. Cememketri is the Grandmaster of this school.
- The Mysunsai is the self-proclaimed "Mercenary School". Instead of serving some political power, it sells its services to any who will purchase its service.

Other types

- The Psûkhe is the arcane art of the Cishaurim , the blind sorcerer-priests of the Fanim. Their magic is seemingly separate from the Gnostic and Anagogic types, as it cannot be perceived by the Few. This seemingly indicates that the magic is in accord with the gods' (or in the case of the Fanim, God's) wishes, as sorcery is usually identified by the harmful Mark it makes upon Creation.
- The Daimos is magic used to summon creatures from the Outside, such as the demonic Ciphrang , by binding those beings to the caster's soul. Heramari Iyokus , Master of Spies of the Scarlet Spires, is the only Daimotic caster introduced in the series.

Religion

Religion plays an important part in the politics and daily life of the residents of the Three Seas. The Holy War, the driving force behind the plot of the Prince of Nothing , is an explicitly religious conflict between the Inrithi and the Fanim, the two main religious orders of the region.

Inrithism

The Inrithi religion was founded on the revelation of the Latter Prophet, Inri Sejenus . Analogous to Christianity (INRI is an acronym found on many crucifixes, while "Sejenus" is an anagram of n e Jesus, phonetically Any Jesus), this religion is a mixture of polytheistic and monotheistic elements. The polytheistic portion is derived from the ancient Cults, which are devoted each to a different god. The central text of Inrithism is The Chronicle of the Tusk , an enormous carved tusk covered in the writings of the early prophets before the Five Tribes of Men entered into Earwa. Inri Sejenus provided a reinterpretation of the tusk, fusing the individual gods of the Cults into Aspects of one God. The Thousand Temples are the ecclesiastical body that represents Inrithism, which is headed by the Shriah , a parallel figure to the Catholic Church's Pope. The Shriah is also in charge of the Shrial Knights , a monastic military order which are analogous to the religious Praetorian Guard. The Thousand Temples are based in Sumna, where the Holy War begins. At the start of the series, Maithanet is the Shriah, and Incheiri Gotian is the Grandmaster of the Shrial Knights.

The Zaudunyani

During The Warrior Prophet and The Thousandfold Thought , Kellhus creates a branch of Inrithism based around his own actions and prophecy. Its symbol is the Circumfix, the apparatus used to torture Kellhus (an obvious parallel to the crucifix). The name comes from the fact that adherents are part of Kellhus' "tribe of truth", and followers of the Dûnyain teachings.

Fanimry

Based on the teachings of the Prophet Fane , Fanimry is solely monotheistic and rejects the polytheistic elements of Inrithism, as well as the holiness of the Tusk. This puts it in direct conflict with the Thousand Temples. The only nation of the Three Seas that accepts Fanimry is Kian, in the southwest of the region. Additionally, Fanimry disagrees on the acceptance of magic and sorcerers—in this case the Psûkhe, the magic cast by the Cishaurim. The Fanim appear analogous to Muslims, as they are desert-dwelling monotheists in conflict with an older related faith. Bakker also uses Islamic terms when describing the Fanim, such as their " White Jihad ", a war against the Nansur Empire to the north of Kian. Also, Fanimry has a prohibition against representations of the God, akin to hadith prohibitions against depictions of Muhammad and other rules against idolatry.

Historical influences

R. Scott Bakker drew upon many cultures as inspiration—notably Hellenistic Greece, Scythia, the Byzantine Empire, and other European and Middle Eastern cultures—for the Three Seas region of Eärwa. The setting is large and sweeping, with obvious parallels to the time period of the First Crusade. Some clear references to actual historical events include the Vulgar Holy War (a parallel of the People's Crusade) and the Emperor's Indenture (a parallel of the oaths of homage extracted from the crusaders by Byzantine Emperor Alexius I).

Aspect-Emperor

The Second Apocalypse series is continued in the Aspect-Emperor trilogy, which describes events taking place 20 years after the conclusion of Prince of Nothing . The first book of the series is The Judging Eye , and was first published in 2009. The second is The White-Luck Warrior and was published in 2011.

Novum
"Novum Arcanum" Novum Arcanum is the text written by Anasûrimbor Kellhus as Aspect-Emperor on the subject of Sorcery . In it he claimed that Sorcery is not a damnable offense contrary to traditional Inrithi beliefs.

Novum Arcanum
Novum Arcanum is the text written by Anasûrimbor Kellhus as Aspect-Emperor on the subject of Sorcery . In it he claimed that Sorcery is not a damnable offense contrary to traditional Inrithi beliefs.

no
-not any; not one; none.
-nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree;
-- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. before or after another negative, no is emphatic.
-a refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.
-a negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.

no
-man's land
-a space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.
-fig.: an unclaimed space or time.

noachian
-of or pertaining to the patriarch noah, or to his time.

noah
-a patriarch of biblical history, in the time of the deluge.

nob
-the head.
-a person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.

nobbily
-in a nobby manner.

nobbler
-a dram of spirits.

nobby
-stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.

nobiliary
-of or pertaining to the nobility.
-a history of noble families.

nobilify
-to make noble; to nobiliate.

nobilitate
-to make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.

nobilitation
-the act of making noble.

nobility
-the quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
-the state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.
-those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the english nobility.

noble
-possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
-grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
-of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
-a person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
-an english money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.
-a european fish; the lyrie.
-to make noble; to ennoble.

noble
-minded
-having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.

nobleman
-one of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

noblemen
-of nobleman

nobleness
-the quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.

nobless
-alt. of noblesse

noblesse
-dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition.
-the nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females.

noblewoman
-a female of noble rank; a peeress.

noblewomen
-of noblewoman

nobley
-the body of nobles; the nobility.
-noble birth; nobility; dignity.

nobly
-of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.
-in a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.
-splendidly; magnificently.

nobodies
-of nobody

nobody
-no person; no one; not anybody.
-a person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person.

nocake
-indian corn parched, and beaten to powder,
-- used for food by the northern american indians.

nocent
-doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities.
-guilty;
-- the opposite of innocent.
-a criminal.

nocently
-hurtfully; injuriosly.

nocive
-hurtful; injurious.

nock
-a notch.
-the upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
-to notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.

noctambulation
-somnambulism; walking in sleep.

noctambulism
-somnambulism.

noctambulist
-a somnambulist.

noctambulo
-a noctambulist.

noctidial
-comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day.

noctiferous
-bringing night.

noctilionid
-a south american bat of the genus noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

noctilucae
-of noctiluca

noctiluca
-that which shines at night;
-- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
-a genus of marine flagellate infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. the brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of noctilucae.

noctilucin
-a fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.

noctilucine
-of or pertaining to noctiluca.

noctilucous
-shining in the night.

noctivagant
-going about in the night; night
-wandering.

noctivagation
-a roving or going about in the night.

noctivagous
-noctivagant.

noctograph
-a kind of writing frame for the blind.
-an instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats.

noctuary
-a record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal;
-- distinguished from diary.

noctuid
-any one of numerous moths of the family noctuidae, or noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths;
-- so called because they fly at night.
-of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family noctuidae.

noctule
-a large european bat (vespertilio, / noctulina, altivolans).

nocturn
-an office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
-one of the portions into which the psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.

nocturnal
-of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.;
-- opposed to diurnal.
-having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
-an instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

nocturnally
-by night; nightly.

nocturne
-a night piece, or serenade. the name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in mendelsohn's "midsummer
-night's dream" music.

nocument
-harm; injury; detriment.

nocuous
-hurtful; noxious.

nod
-to bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
-to incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
-to be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
-to incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.
-to signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
-to cause to bend.
-a dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
-a quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.

nodal
-of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.

nodated
-knotted.

nodation
-act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.

nodded
-of nod

nodder
-one who nods; a drowsy person.

noddies
-of noddy

nodding
-of nod
-curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

noddle
-the head;
-- used jocosely or contemptuously.
-the back part of the head or neck.

noddy
-a simpleton; a fool.
-any tern of the genus anous, as a. stolidus.
-the arctic fulmar (fulmarus glacialis). sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
-an old game at cards.
-a small two
-wheeled one
-horse vehicle.
-an inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top;
-- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

node
-a knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
-one of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
-the joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
-a hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
-the point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. see crunode, and acnode.
-the point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions;
-- called also knot.
-the knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
-a hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
-one of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
-a swelling.

nodical
-of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.

nodosarine
-resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus nodosaria.
-a foraminifer of the genus nodosaria or of an allied genus.

nodose
-knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.
-having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects.

nodosity
-the quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
-a knot; a node.

nodosous
-alt. of nodous

nodous
-nodose; knotty; knotted.

nodular
-of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot.

nodule
-a rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

noduled
-having little knots or lumps.

nodulose
-alt. of nodulous

nodulous
-having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

noel
-same as nowel.

noematachograph
-an instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.

noematic
-alt. of noematical

noematical
-of or pertaining to the understanding.

noemics
-the science of the understanding; intellectual science.

noes
-of no

noetian
-one of the followers of noetus, who lived in the third century. he denied the distinct personality of the father, son, and holy ghost.

noetic
-alt. of noetical

noetical
-of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.

nof
-not of; nor of.

nog
-a noggin.
-a kind of strong ale.
-a wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
-one of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
-a treenail to fasten the shores.
-to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
-to fasten, as shores, with treenails.

noggen
-made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh.

noggin
-a small mug or cup.
-a measure equivalent to a gill.

nogging
-rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.

noght
-not.

noiance
-annoyance.

noie
-to annoy. see noy.

noier
-an annoyer.

noils
-waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.

noint
-to anoint.

noious
-annoying; troublesome.

noise
-sound of any kind.
-especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
-loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.
-music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
-to sound; to make a noise.
-to spread by rumor or report.
-to disturb with noise.

noised
-of noise

noiseful
-loud; clamorous.

noiseless
-making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.

noisette
-a hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a french gardener, noisette, of charleston, south carolina, from the china rose and the musk rose. it has given rise to many fine varieties, as the lamarque, the marechal (or marshal) niel, and the cloth of gold. most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.

noisily
-in a noisy manner.

noisiness
-the state or quality of being noisy.

noising
-of noise

noisome
-noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.
-offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.

noisy
-making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
-full of noise.

nol
-pros
-to discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

nol. pros.
-an abbrev. of nolle prosequi.

nolde
-would not.

nole
-the head.

noli
-me
-tangere
-any plant of a genus of herbs (impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds.
-- see impatiens.
-the squirting cucumber. see under cucumber.
-a name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.

nolition
-adverse action of will; unwillingness;
-- opposed to volition.

noll
-the head; the noddle.

nolle prosequi
-will not prosecute;
-- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.

nolleity
-the state of being unwilling; nolition.

nolo contendere
-a plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.

nolt
-neat cattle.

nom
-name.

noma
-see canker, n., 1.

nomad
-one of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
-roving; nomadic.

nomade
-see nomad, n.

nomadian
-a nomad.

nomadic
-of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.

nomadism
-the state of being a nomad.

nomadize
-to lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.

nomadized
-of nomadize

nomadizing
-of nomadize

nomancy
-the art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.

nomarch
-the chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.

nomarchies
-of nomarchy

nomarchy
-a province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern greece; a nome.

nombles
-the entrails of a deer; the umbles.

nombril
-a point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon;
-- called also navel point. see escutcheon.

nome
-of nim
-a province or political division, as of modern greece or ancient egypt; a nomarchy.
-any melody determined by inviolable rules.
-see term.
-alt. of nomen

nomen
-of nim
-p. p. of nim.

nomenclator
-one who calls persons or things by their names.
-one who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.

nomenclatress
-a female nomenclator.

nomenclatural
-pertaining or according to a nomenclature.

nomenclature
-a name.
-a vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.
-the technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of lavoisier and his associates.

nomial
-a name or term.

nomic
-customary; ordinary;
-- applied to the usual english spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
-nomic spelling.

nominal
-of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
-existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
-a nominalist.
-a verb formed from a noun.
-a name; an appellation.

nominalism
-the principles or philosophy of the nominalists.

nominalist
-one of a sect of philosophers in the middle ages, who adopted the opinion of roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.

nominalistic
-of or pertaining to the nominalists.

nominalize
-to convert into a noun.

nominally
-in a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.

nominate
-to mention by name; to name.
-to call; to entitle; to denominate.
-to set down in express terms; to state.
-to name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.

nominated
-of nominate

nominately
-by name; particularly; namely.

nominating
-of nominate

nomination
-the act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.
-the denomination, or name.

nominatival
-of or pertaining to the nominative case.

nominative
-giving a name; naming; designating;
-- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
-the nominative case.

nominatively
-in the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.

nominator
-one who nominates.

nominee
-a person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.

nominor
-a nominator.

nomocracy
-government in accordance with a system of law.

nomography
-a treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.

nomology
-the science of law; legislation.
-the science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.

nomopelmous
-having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.

nomothete
-a lawgiver.

nomothetic
-alt. of nomothetical

nomothetical
-legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power.

non
-no; not. see no, a.

non assumpsit
-the general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

non compos
-alt. of non compos mentis

non compos mentis
-not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from accident.

non est factum
-the plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.

non est inventus
-the return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.

non liquet
-it is not clear;
-- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.

non obstante
-notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
-a clause in old english statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. this dispensing power was abolished by the bill of rights.

non pros.
-an abbreviation of non prosequitur.

non prosequitur
-a judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. see nolle prosequi.

non sequitur
-an inference which does not follow from the premises.

non
-
-a prefix used in the sense of not; un
-; in
-; as in nonattention, or non
-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

non
-episcopal
-not episcopal; not pertaining to the episcopal church or system.

non
-ego
-the union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. see ego.

non
-feasance
-an omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. cf. malfeasance.

non
-pros
-to decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non
-prossed.

non
-prossing
-of non
-pros

nonability
-want of ability.
-an exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.

nonacceptance
-a neglect or refusal to accept.

nonacid
-destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive;
-- said of certain atoms and radicals.

nonacquaintance
-want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.

nonacquiescence
-refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.

nonadmission
-failure to be admitted.

nonadult
-not adult; immature.

nonaerobiotic
-capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaerobiotic.

nonage
-the ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
-time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.

nonaged
-having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature.

nonagenarian
-a person ninety years old.

nonagesimal
-of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
-the middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. it is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.

nonagon
-a figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

nonagrian
-any moth of the genus nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.

nonalienation
-failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

nonane
-one of a group of metameric hydrocarbons c9h20 of the paraffin series;
-- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.

nonappearance
-default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

nonappointment
-neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.

nonarrival
-failure to arrive.

nonattendance
-a failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

nonattention
-inattention.

nonbituminous
-containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

nonce
-the one or single occasion; the present call or purpose;
-- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

nonchalance
-indifference; carelessness; coolness.

nonchalant
-indifferent; careless; cool.

nonchalantly
-in a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.

nonclaim
-a failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

noncohesion
-want of cohesion.

noncoincidence
-lack of coincidence.

noncoincident
-not coincident.

noncombatant
-any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.

noncommissioned
-not having a commission.

noncommittal
-a state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. also used adjectively.

noncommunion
-neglect or failure of communion.

noncompletion
-lack of completion; failure to complete.

noncompliance
-neglect of compliance; failure to comply.

noncomplying
-neglecting or refusing to comply.

noncon.
-see noncontent.

nonconcluding
-not concluding.

nonconcur
-to dissent or refuse to concur.

nonconcurrence
-refusal to concur.

noncondensible
-not condensible; incapable of being liquefied;
-- said of gases.

noncondensing
-not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

nonconducting
-not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.

nonconduction
-the quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

nonconductor
-a substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.

nonconforming
-not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

nonconformist
-one who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of england; a dissenter.

nonconformity
-neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in england, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.

nonconstat
-it does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.

noncontagious
-not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

noncontent
-one who gives a negative vote;
-- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.

noncontributing
-alt. of noncontributory

noncontributory
-not contributing.

nonda
-the edible plumlike fruit of the australian tree, parinarium nonda.

nondecane
-a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, c19h40;
-- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.

nondeciduate
-characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.

nondelivery
-a neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

nondeposition
-a failure to deposit or throw down.

nondescript
-not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
-a thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.

nondevelopment
-failure or lack of development.

nondiscovery
-want or failure of discovery.

nondo
-a coarse umbelliferous plant (ligusticum actaeifolium) with a large aromatic root. it is found chiefly in the alleghany region. also called angelico.

noneffective
-not effective.
-not fit or available for duty.

nonelastic
-not having elasticity.

nonelect
-a person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.

nonelection
-failure of election.

nonelectric
-alt. of nonelectrical
-a substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.

nonelectrical
-not electric; conducting electricity.

nonemphatic
-alt. of nonemphatical

nonemphatical
-having no emphasis; unemphatic.

nonentities
-of nonentity

nonentity
-nonexistence; the negation of being.
-a thing not existing.
-a person or thing of little or no account.

nones
-the fifth day of the months january, february, april, june, august, september, november, and december, and the seventh day of march, may, july, and october. the nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the roman method.
-the canonical office, being a part of the breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 p. m.) in the roman catholic church.
-the hour of dinner; the noonday meal.

nonessential
-not essential.
-a thing not essential.

nonesuch
-a person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. it is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.

nonet
-alt. of nonetto

nonett
-the titmouse.

nonetto
-a composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.

nonexecution
-neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.

nonexistence
-absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.
-a thing that has no existence.

nonexistent
-not having existence.

nonexportation
-a failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.

nonextensile
-not extensile; incapable of being stretched.

nonfulfillment
-neglect or failure to fulfill.

nonillion
-according to the french and american notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the english notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty
-four ciphers annexed. see the note under numeration.

nonimportation
-want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

nonimporting
-not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.

noninflectional
-not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.

noninhabitant
-one who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.

nonintervention
-the state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.

nonius
-a vernier.

nonjoinder
-the omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.

nonjurant
-nonjuring.

nonjuring
-not swearing allegiance;
-- applied to the party in great britain that would not swear allegiance to william and mary, or their successors.

nonjuror
-one of those adherents of james ii. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to william and mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a jacobite.

nonjurorism
-the doctrines, or action, of the nonjurors.

nonlimitation
-want of limitation; failure to limit.

nonmalignant
-not malignant, as a disease.

nonmanufacturing
-not carrying on manufactures.

nonmedullated
-not medullated; (anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.

nonmember
-one who is not a member.

nonmembership
-state of not being a member.

nonmetal
-any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.

nonmetallic
-not metallic.
-resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.

nonnatural
-not natural; unnatural.

nonne
-a nun.

nonnecessity
-absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.

nonnitrognous
-devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. see the note under food, n., 1.

nonnucleated
-without a nucleus.

nonny
-a silly fellow; a ninny.

nonobedience
-neglect of obedience; failure to obey.

nonobservance
-neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.

nonoic
-pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. cf. pelargonic.

nonone
-any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (c9h14) of the valylene series.

nonoxygenous
-without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.

nonpareil
-something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch;
-- often used as a name.
-a size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
-a beautifully colored finch (passerina ciris), native of the southern united states. the male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. called also painted finch.
-any other similar bird of the same genus.
-having no equal; peerless.

nonpayment
-neglect or failure to pay.

nonperformance
-neglect or failure to perform.

nonphotobiotic
-capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.

nonplane
-not lying in one plane;
-- said of certain curves.

nonplus
-a state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.
-to puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.

nonplused
-of nonplus

nonplusing
-of nonplus

nonplussed
-of nonplus

nonplussing
-of nonplus

nonpreparation
-neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.

nonpresentation
-neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

nonproduction
-a failure to produce or exhibit.

nonprofessional
-not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.

nonproficiency
-want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

nonproficient
-one who has failed to become proficient.

nonprossed
-of non
-pros

nonrecurrent
-not recurring.

nonrecurring
-nonrecurrent.

nonregardance
-want of due regard; disregard; slight.

nonregent
-a master of arts whose regency has ceased. see regent.

nonrendition
-neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.

nonresemblance
-want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

nonresidence
-the state or condition of being nonresident,

nonresident
-not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.
-a nonresident person; one who does not reside in the state or jurisdiction.

nonresistance
-the principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.

nonresistant
-making no resistance.
-one who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.

nonresisting
-not making resistance.

nonruminant
-not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.

nonsane
-unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory.

nonsense
-that which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.
-trifles; things of no importance.

nonsensical
-without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

nonsensitive
-not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.

nonsexual
-having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

nonslaveholding
-not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding state.

nonsolution
-failure of solution or explanation.

nonsolvency
-inability to pay debts; insolvency.

nonsolvent
-not solvent; insolvent.
-an insolvent.

nonsonant
-not sonant.
-a nonsonant or nonvocal consonant.

nonsparing
-sparing none.

nonstriated
-without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.

nonsubmission
-want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.

nonsubmissive
-not submissive.

nonsuch
-see nonesuch.

nonsuit
-a neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. a compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
-to determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.
-nonsuited.

nonsuited
-of nonsuit

nonsuiting
-of nonsuit

nonsurety
-insecurity.

nontenure
-a plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.

nonterm
-a vacation between two terms of a court.

nontoxic
-not toxic.

nontronite
-a greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.

nonuniformist
-one who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating;
-- called also nonuniformitarian.

nonunionist
-one who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.

nonusance
-neglect of using; failure to use.

nonuser
-a not using; failure to use.
-neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.

nonvascular
-destitute of vessels; extravascular.

nonvernacular
-not vernacular.

nonvocal
-not vocal; destitute of tone.
-a nonvocal consonant.

nonyl
-the hydrocarbon radical, c9h19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.

nonylene
-any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons c9h18 of the ethylene series.

nonylenic
-of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.

nonylic
-of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.

noodle
-a simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
-a thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.

nook
-a narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

nook
-shotten
-full of nooks, angles, or corners.

noological
-of or pertaining to noology.

noologist
-one versed in noology.

noology
-the science of intellectual phenomena.

noon
-no. see the note under no.
-the middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
-hence, the highest point; culmination.
-belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
-to take rest and refreshment at noon.

noon
-flower
-the goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.

noonday
-midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.
-of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat.

nooning
-a rest at noon; a repast at noon.

noonshun
-see nunchion.

noonstead
-the position of the sun at noon.

noontide
-the time of noon; midday.

noose
-a running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.
-to tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

noosed
-of noose

noosing
-of noose

noot
-see lst not.

nopal
-a cactaceous plant (nopalea cochinellifera), originally mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. the name is sometimes given to other species of cactaceae.

nopalries
-of nopalry

nopalry
-a plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.

nope
-a bullfinch.

nor
-a negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.

norbertine
-see premonstrant.

noria
-a large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in arabia, china, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a persian wheel.

norian
-pertaining to the upper portion of the laurentian rocks.

norice
-nurse.

norie
-the cormorant.

norimon
-a japanese covered litter, carried by men.

norimons
-of norimon

norite
-a granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

norium
-a supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.

norm
-a rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
-a typical, structural unit; a type.

norma
-a norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
-a mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
-a templet or gauge.

normal
-according to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
-according to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. specifically: of or pertaining to a normal.
-standard; original; exact; typical.
-denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.
-denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively s(oh)6, and n(oh)5.
-denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. cf. iso
-.
-any perpendicular.
-a straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.

normalcy
-the quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.

normalization
-reduction to a standard or normal state.

normally
-in a normal manner.

norman
-a wooden bar, or iron pin.
-of or pertaining to normandy or to the normans; as, the norman language; the norman conquest.
-a native or inhabitant of normandy; originally, one of the northmen or scandinavians who conquered normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (norman
-french) race which conquered england, under william the conqueror.

normanism
-a norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the normans.

norn
-alt. of norna

norna
-one of the three fates, past, present, and future. their names were urd, verdandi, and skuld.
-a tutelary deity; a genius.

noropianic
-of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.

norroy
-the most northern of the english kings
-at
-arms. see king
-at
-arms, under king.

norse
-of or pertaining to ancient scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.
-the norse language.

norseman
-one of the ancient scandinavians; a northman.

norsemen
-of norseman

nortelry
-nurture; education; culture; bringing up.

north
-that one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.
-any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.
-specifically: that part of the united states lying north of mason and dixon's line. see under line.
-lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.
-to turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.
-northward.

northeast
-the point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.
-of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind.
-toward the northeast.

northeaster
-a storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.

northeasterly
-pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
-toward the northeast.

northeastern
-of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

northeastward
-alt. of northeastwardly

northeastwardly
-toward the northeast.

norther
-a wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in texas and the vicinity of the gulf of mexico.

northerliness
-the quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.

northerly
-of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
-toward the north.

northern
-of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
-in a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

northerner
-one born or living in the north.
-a native or inhabitant of the northern states;
-- contradistinguished from southerner.

northernly
-northerly.

northernmost
-farthest north.

northing
-distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian;
-- opposed to southing.
-the distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.

northman
-one of the inhabitants of the north of europe; esp., one of the ancient scandinavians; a norseman.

northmen
-of northman

northmost
-lying farthest north; northernmost.

northness
-a tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.

northumbrian
-of or pertaining to northumberland in england.
-a native or inhabitant of northumberland.

northward
-toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
-alt. of northwards

northwardly
-having a northern direction.
-in a northern direction.

northwards
-toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

northwest
-the point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
-pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
-coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
-toward the northwest.

northwester
-a storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.

northwesterly
-toward the northwest, or from the northwest.

northwestern
-of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

northwestward
-alt. of northwestwardly

northwestwardly
-toward the northwest.

norwegian
-of or pertaining to norway, its inhabitants, or its language.
-a native of norway.
-that branch of the scandinavian language spoken in norway.

norwegium
-a rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper
-nickel of norway.

norweyan
-norwegian.

nose
-the prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. see nostril, and olfactory organ under olfactory.
-the power of smelling; hence, scent.
-a projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
-to smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
-to touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
-to utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
-to smell; to sniff; to scent.
-to pry officiously into what does not concern one.

nosebag
-a bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

noseband
-that part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

nosebleed
-a bleeding at the nose.
-the yarrow. see yarrow.

nosed
-of nose
-having a nose, or such a nose;
-- chieflay used in composition; as, pug
-nosed.

nosegay
-a bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.

nosel
-to nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.

noseless
-destitute of a nose.

nosesmart
-a kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus nasturtium.

nosethirl
-alt. of nosethril

nosethril
-nostril.

nosing
-of nose
-that part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.

nosle
-nozzle.

nosocomial
-of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere.

nosography
-a description or classification of diseases.

nosological
-of or pertaining to nosology.

nosologist
-one versed in nosology.

nosology
-a systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
-that branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

nosopoetic
-producing diseases.

nost
-wottest not; knowest not.

nostalgia
-homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

nostalgic
-of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

nostalgy
-same as nostalgia.

nostoc
-a genus of algae. the plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

nostril
-one of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.
-perception; insight; acuteness.

nostrum
-a medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
-any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

nostrums
-of nostrum

not
-wot not; know not; knows not.
-shorn; shaven.
-a word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

not
-pated
-alt. of nott
-pated

nota
-of notum

notabilia
-things worthy of notice.

notabilities
-of notability

notability
-quality of being notable.
-a notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note.
-a notable saying.

notable
-capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
-worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
-well
-known; notorious.
-a person, or thing, of distinction.
-one of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

notableness
-the quality of being notable.

notably
-in a notable manner.

notaeum
-the back or upper surface, as of a bird.

notal
-of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.

notanda
-of notandum

notandum
-a thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact;
-- chiefly used in the plural.

notarial
-of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

notarially
-in a notarial manner.

notaries
-of notary

notary
-one who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.
-a public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. his duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. he is generally called a notary public.

notate
-marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.

notation
-the act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
-any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.
-literal or etymological signification.

notch
-a hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
-a narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
-to cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
-to fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

notchboard
-the board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

notched
-of notch

notching
-of notch
-the act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
-the small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.
-a method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.
-a method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. see also gulleting.

notchweed
-a foul
-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (chenopodium vulvaria).

note
-to butt; to push with the horns.
-know not; knows not.
-nut.
-need; needful business.
-a mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
-a mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
-a brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
-a brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
-hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
-a short informal letter; a billet.
-a diplomatic missive or written communication.
-a written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
-a list of items or of charges; an account.
-a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. hence:
-a musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
-a key of the piano or organ.
-observation; notice; heed.
-notification; information; intelligence.
-state of being under observation.
-reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
-stigma; brand; reproach.
-to notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
-to record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
-to charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
-to denote; to designate.
-to annotate.
-to set down in musical characters.

note paper
-writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.

notebook
-a book in which notes or memorandums are written.
-a book in which notes of hand are registered.

noted
-of note
-well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler.

noteful
-useful.

noteless
-not attracting notice; not conspicuous.

notelessness
-a state of being noteless.

notelet
-a little or short note; a billet.

noter
-one who takes notice.
-an annotator.

noteworthy
-worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.

nother
-neither; nor.

nothing
-not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing);
-- opposed to anything and something.
-nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.
-a thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
-a cipher; naught.
-in no degree; not at all; in no wise.

nothingarian
-one of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.

nothingism
-nihility; nothingness.

nothingness
-nihility; nonexistence.
-the state of being of no value; a thing of no value.

notice
-the act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.
-intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning.
-an announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.
-a writing communicating information or warning.
-attention; respectful treatment; civility.
-to observe; to see to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.
-to show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.
-to treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.

noticeable
-capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.

noticeably
-in a noticeable manner.

noticed
-of notice

noticer
-one who notices.

noticing
-of notice

notidanian
-any one of several species of sharks of the family notidanidae, or hexanchidae. called also cow sharks. see shark.

notification
-the act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.
-notice given in words or writing, or by signs.
-the writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.

notified
-of notify

notify
-to make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.
-to give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.

notifying
-of notify

noting
-of note

notion
-mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.
-a sentiment; an opinion.
-sense; mind.
-an invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, yankee notions.
-inclination; intention; disposition; as, i have a notion to do it.

notional
-consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
-existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
-given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.

notionality
-a notional or groundless opinion.

notionally
-in mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

notionate
-notional.

notionist
-one whose opinions are ungrounded notions.

notist
-an annotator.

notobranchiata
-a division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.
-the dorsibranchiata.

notobranchiate
-of or pertaining to the notobranchiata.

notochord
-an elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. see illust. of ectoderm.

notochordal
-of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

notodontian
-any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to notodonta, nerice, and allied genera. the caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.

notopodia
-of notopodium

notopodium
-the dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. see parapodium.

notopodiums
-of notopodium

notorhizal
-having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

notoriety
-the quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known;
-- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.

notorious
-generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident;
-- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

notornis
-a genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. notornis mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of new zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. it is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

nototherium
-an extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the pliocene formation of australia.

nototrema
-the pouched, or marsupial, frog of south america.

notself
-the negative of self.

nott
-shorn.
-to shear.

nott
-headed
-having the hair cut close.

nott
-pated
-same as nott
-headed.

notturno
-same as nocturne.

notum
-the back.

notus
-the south wind.

notwheat
-wheat not bearded.

notwithstanding
-without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
-nevertheless; however; although; as, i shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

nouch
-an ouch; a jewel.

nougat
-a cake, sweetmeat, or confection made with almonds or other nuts.

nought
-see naught.

nould
-would not.

noule
-the top of the head; the head or noll.

noumenal
-of or pertaining to the noumenon; real;
-- opposed to phenomenal.

noumenon
-the of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood;
-- so used in the philosophy of kant and his followers.

noun
-a word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

nounal
-of or pertaining to a noun.

nounize
-to change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.

nourice
-a nurse.

nourish
-to feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
-to support; to maintain.
-to supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
-to cherish; to comfort.
-to educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
-to promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
-to gain nourishment.
-a nurse.

nourishable
-capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body.
-capable of giving nourishment.

nourished
-of nourish

nourisher
-one who, or that which, nourishes.

nourishing
-of nourish
-promoting growth; nutritious,

nourishingly
-nutritively; cherishingly.

nourishment
-the act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.
-that which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.

nouriture
-nurture.

noursle
-to nurse; to rear; to bring up.

nous
-intellect; understanding; talent;
-- used humorously.

nousel
-alt. of nousle

nousle
-to insnare; to entrap.

nouthe
-alt. of nowthe

novaculite
-a variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

novatian
-one of the sect of novatius, or novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

novatianism
-the doctrines or principles of the novatians.

novation
-innovation.
-a substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.

novator
-an innovator.

novel
-of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
-that which is new or unusual; a novelty.
-news; fresh tidings.
-a fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love.
-a new or supplemental constitution. see the note under novel, a.

novelette
-a short novel.

novelism
-innovation.

novelist
-an innovator; an asserter of novelty.
-a writer of news.
-a writer of a novel or novels.

novelize
-to innovate.
-to innovate.
-to put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction.

novelized
-of novelize

novelizing
-of novelize

novelry
-novelty; new things.

novelties
-of novelty

novelty
-the quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.
-something novel; a new or strange thing.

november
-the eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.

novenary
-of or pertaining to the number nine.
-the number of nine units; nine, collectively.

novene
-relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.

novennial
-done or recurring every ninth year.

novercal
-done or recurring every ninth year.
-of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.

novice
-one who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
-one newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the christian faith.
-one who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
-like a novice; becoming a novice.

noviceship
-the state of being a novice; novitiate.

novilunar
-of or pertaining to the new moon.

novitiate
-the state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
-hence: time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
-one who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
-the place where novices live or are trained.

novitious
-newly invented; recent; new.

novity
-newness; novelty.

novum
-a game at dice, properly called novem quinque (l., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.

now
-at the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, i will write now.
-very lately; not long ago.
-at a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
-in present circumstances; things being as they are;
-- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.
-existing at the present time; present.
-the present time or moment; the present.

nowadays
-in these days; at the present time.

noway
-alt. of noways

noways
-in no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.

nowch
-see nouch.

nowd
-the european gray gurnard (trigla gurnardus).

nowed
-knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

nowel
-christmas; also, a shout of joy at christmas for the birth of the savior.
-a kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the nativity of our lord; a christmas carol.
-the core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object.
-the bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

nowes
-the marriage knot.

nowhere
-not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.

nowhither
-not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.

nowise
-not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.

nowt
-neat cattle.

nowthe
-just now; at present.
-see nouthe.

noxious
-hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.
-guilty; criminal.

noy
-to annoy; to vex.
-that which annoys.

noyance
-annoyance.

noyau
-a cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

noyer
-an annoyer.

noyful
-full of annoyance.

noyls
-see noils.

noyous
-annoying; disagreeable.

nozle
-nozzle.

nozzle
-the nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
-a short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- a short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam
-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.