Non-pros transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Nonprossed ; present participle & verbal noun Non-prossing .] To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed .

Noninflectional adjective Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.

Noninhabitant noun One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.

Nonintervention noun The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.

Nonius noun [ Latinized form of Nunez , the name of a Portuguese mathematician.] A vernier.

Nonjoinder noun (Law) The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.

Nonjurant adjective Nonjuring.

Nonjuring adjective [ French jurer to swear, or Latin jurare , jurari , to swear, from Latin jus , juris , right, law, justice. See Jury .] Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.

Nonjuror noun (Eng. Hist.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.

Nonjurorism noun (Eng. Hist.) The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.

Nonlimitation noun Want of limitation; failure to limit.

Nonmalignant adjective Not malignant, as a disease.

Nonmanufacturing adjective Not carrying on manufactures.

Nonmedullated adjective Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.

Nonmember noun One who is not a member.

Nonmembership noun State of not being a member.

Nonmetal noun (Chemistry) Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals .

Nonmetallic adjective
1. Not metallic.

2. (Chemistry) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.

Nonmoral adjective Not moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not in the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical.

Nonnatural adjective Not natural; unnatural.

Nonne noun A nun. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Nonnecessity noun Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.

Nonnitrognous adjective Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food , noun , 1.

Nonnucleated adjective Without a nucleus.

Nonny noun A silly fellow; a ninny.

Nonobedience noun Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.

Nonobservance noun Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.

Nonoic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Confer Pelargonic .

Nonone noun [ Non ane + - one , suffix denoting the third degree of unsaturation.] (Chemistry) Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C ₉ H ₁₄ ) of the valylene series.

Nonoxygenous adjective (Chemistry) Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.

Nonpareil noun [ See Nonpareil , adjective ]

1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

2. [ French nonpareille .] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby ).

» This line is printed in the type called nonpareil .

3. (Zoology) (a) A beautifully colored finch ( Passerina ciris ), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch . (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus.

Nonpareil adjective [ French, from non not + pareil equal, from Late Latin pariculus , dim. of Latin par equal. See Non , and Pair , Peer .] Having no equal; peerless.

Nonpayment noun Neglect or failure to pay.

Nonperformance noun Neglect or failure to perform.

Nonphotobiotic adjective (Biol.) Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.

Nonplane adjective (Math.) Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.

Nonplus noun [ Latin non not + plus more, further. See Plural .] A state or condition which baffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficulty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.

Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding.

South.

Nonplus transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Nonplused or Nonplussed ; present participle & verbal noun Nonplusing or Nonplussing .] To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.

He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove.

Spectator.

Nonpreparation noun Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.

Nonpresentation noun Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

Nonproduction noun A failure to produce or exhibit.

Nonprofessional adjective Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.

Nonproficiency noun Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

Nonproficient noun One who has failed to become proficient.

Nonrecurrent adjective Not recurring.

Nonrecurring adjective Nonrecurrent.

Nonregardance noun Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Nonregent noun (Eng. Universities) A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent .

Nonrendition noun Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.

The nonrendition of a service which is due.

S. E. Dwight.

Nonresemblance noun Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.