Nn Vocabulary Words

nihil obstat

1. An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals. 2. Official approval, especially of an artistic work.

nisus

An effort or endeavor to realize an aim.

nidifugous

Leaving the nest a short time after hatching. Used of a bird.

noetic

Of, relating to, originating in, or apprehended by the intellect.

nidicolous

Remaining in the nest after hatching until able to fly. Used of a bird.

nonagenarian

A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100 years old.

nystagmus

A rapid, involuntary, oscillatory motion of the eyeball.

noria

A water wheel with buckets attached to its rim, used to raise water from a stream, especially for transfer to an irrigation channel.

narcoanalysis

Psychotherapy conducted while the patient is in a sleeplike state induced by barbiturates or other drugs, especially as a means of releasing repressed feelings or thoughts.