Nobody
(No"bod*y) n.; pl. Nobodies [No, a. + body.]
1. No person; no one; not anybody.
2. Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]
Nocake
(No"cake) n. [Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal. Palfrey.] Indian corn parched, and beaten
to powder, — used for food by the Northern American Indians.
Nocent
(No"cent) a. [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]
1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts.
2. Guilty; — the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] Foxe.
Nocent
(No"cent), n. A criminal. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Nocently
(No"cent*ly), adv. Hurtfully; injuriously. [R.]
Nocive
(No"cive) a. [L. nocivus, fr. nocere to hurt.] Hurtful; injurious. [R.] Hooker.
Nock
(Nock) n. [See Notch.]
1. A notch.
He took his arrow by the nock.
Chapman. 2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Nock
(Nock), v. t. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.
Noctambulation
(Noc*tam`bu*la"tion) n. [L. nox, noctis, night + ambulare to walk: cf. F. noctambulation.]
Somnambulism; walking in sleep. Quain.
Noctambulism
(Noc*tam"bu*lism) n. Somnambulism.
Noctambulist
(Noc*tam"bu*list) n. A somnambulist.
Noctambulo
(Noc*tam"bu*lo) n. A noctambulist. [Obs.]
Noctidial
(Noc*tid"i*al) a. [L. nox, noctos, night + dies day.] Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial
day. [R.] Holder.
Noctiferous
(Noc*tif"er*ous) a. [L. noctifer; nox, noctis + ferre to bring.] Bringing night. [Obs.] Johnson.
Noctilionid
(Noc*til"i*o*nid) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio,
having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.
Noctiluca
(||Noc`ti*lu"ca) n.; pl. NoctilucÆ [L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis,
night + lucere to shine, lux light.]
1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; — a fanciful name for phosphorus.
2. (Zoöl.) 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 Noctilucæ.
