noma |
<medicine> See Canker. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, lit, a feeding. See Name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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nomad |
One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. Origin: L. Nomas, -adis, Gr, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. A pasture, allotted abode, fr. 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. Roving; nomadic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomade |
See Nomad. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomadian |
A nomad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomadic |
Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. Nomad"ically. Origin: Gr. See Nomad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomadism |
The state of being a nomad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomadize |
To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. "The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga." (W. Tooke) Origin: Nomadized; Nomadizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomancy |
The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names. Origin: Cf. F. Nomancie, nomance, abbrev. Fr. Onomancie. See Onomancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomarch |
The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy. Origin: Gr. A district + -arch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomarchy |
A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Nomarski, Georges |
<person> 20th century French optical inventor. See: Nomarski optics. (05 Mar 2000) |
nomatophobia |
<psychology> Abnormal dread of certain words or names because of their supposed significance. Synonym: nomatophobia. Origin: G. Onoma, name, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
nome |
1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy. 2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. Origin: Gr, fr. To deal out, distribute. <mathematics> See Term. Origin: Cf. Binomial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomenclatress |
A female nomenclator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomenclatural type |
The constituent element of a taxon to which the name of the taxon is permanently attached; the type of a species is preferably a strain (in special cases it may be a description, a preserved specimen or preparation, or an illustration); the type of a genus is a species; and the type of an order, family, or tribe is the genus on whose name the name of the higher taxon is based. (05 Mar 2000) |