Nosethirl
(Nose"thirl Nose"thril) , n. Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also nosethurl, nosthrill.] Chaucer.
Nosing
(Nos"ing) n. (Arch.) 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
(No"sle) n. [See Nozzle, Nose.] Nozzle. [Obs.]
Nosocomial
(Nos`o*co"mi*al) a. [L. nosocomium a hospital, Gr. disease + to attend to.] Of or pertaining
to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. Dunglison.
Nosography
(No*sog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. disease + -graphy: cf. F. nosographie.] A description or classification
of diseases.
Nosological
(Nos`o*log"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. nosologique.] Of or pertaining to nosology.
Nosologist
(No*sol"o*gist) n. [Cf. F. nosologiste.] One versed in nosology.
Nosology
(No*sol"o*gy) n. [Gr. disease + -logy: cf. F. nosologie.]
1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
Nosopoetic
(Nos`o*po*et"ic) a. [Gr. disease + productive, fr. to make.] Producing diseases. [R.] Arbuthnot.
Nost
(Nost) [Contr. from ne wost.] Wottest not; knowest not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Nostalgia
(Nos*tal"gi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a return home + pain.] (Med.) Homesickness; esp., a severe
and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
Nostalgic
(Nos*tal"gic) a. [Cf. F. nostalgique.] Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.
Nostalgy
(Nos*tal"gy) n. Same as Nostalgia.
Nostoc
(Nos"toc) n. [F.] (Bot.) A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded
in a gelatinous substance.
Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into
a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the
popular names, fallen star and star jelly. Also called witches' butter.
Nostril
(Nos"tril) n. [OE. nosethril, nosethirl, AS. nospyrl; nos for nosu nose + pyrel opening, hole,
from pyrel pierced, for pyrhel, fr. purh through. See Nose, and Through, and cf. Thrill.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of
the head and called a spiracle.
2. Perception; insight; acuteness. [Obs.]
Methinks a man
Of your sagacity and clear nostril should
Have made another choice.
B. Jonson. Nostrum
(Nos"trum) n.; pl. Nostrums [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]
