| Nom | ‖n. [ F. See Noun. ] Name. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nom de guerre literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. --
Nom de plume literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Noma | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., a feeding. See Name. ] (Med.) See Canker, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomad | n. [ L. nomas, -adis, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. &unr_; a pasture, allotted abode, fr. &unr_; to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb, Number. ] One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomad | a. Roving; nomadic. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomade | n. [ F. ] See Nomad, n. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomadian | n. A nomad. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomadic | a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Nomad. ] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- No*mad"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster] | | Nomadism | n. The state of being a nomad. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomadize | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nomadized p. pr. & vb. n. Nomadizing ] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. [ 1913 Webster ] The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Nomancy | n. [ Cf. F. nomancie, nomance, abbrev. fr. onomancie. See Onomancy. ] The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| noma | (n) acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children | | nomad | (n) a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | | nombril | (n) the center point on a shield | | nome | (n) a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century | | nomenklatura | (n) the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party | | nomia | (n) a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes, Syn. genus Nomia | | nomia melanderi | (n) a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States, Syn. alkali bee | | nominal | (adj) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name, Example: the Russian system of nominal brevity; a nominal lists of priests; taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls | | nominal | (adj) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal), Syn. token, tokenish, Example: the fee was nominal; a token gesture of resistance; a toknenish gesture | | nominal | (adj) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun, Example: nominal phrase; noun phrase |
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