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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

noncurrent
adjective not current or belonging to the present time

noncyclic
noncyclical adjective not cyclic

nondeductible
adjective not allowable as a deduction

nondenominational
adjective not restricted to a particular religious denomination; `a nondenominational church`

nondepository financial institution
noun a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance

nondescript
noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting

nondevelopment
noun failure of normal development to occur

nondigestible
adjective not digestible

nondiscretionary trust
fixed investment trust noun an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized

nondisjunction
noun meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells

nondriver
noun a person who is not a driver

none
adjective not any; `thou shalt have none other gods before me`

nonechoic
adjective not echoic or imitative of sound

noneffervescent
adjective not effervescent

nonelective
non-elective adjective filled by appointment rather than by election; `a nonelective office`

nonenzymatic
adjective not relating to or produced by enzymes; `nonenzymatic systems`

nonequivalence
noun not interchangeable

nonequivalent
adjective not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance

nones
noun the fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m.

nonevent
noun an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected

nonexempt
adjective (of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability

nonexistence
nonentity noun the state of not existing

nonexistent
adjective not having existence or being or actuality; `chimeras are nonexistent`

nonexploratory
nonexplorative adjective not exploratory

nonexplosive
adjective not explosive; `nonexplosive gases`; `a nonexplosive fuel`

nonextant
adjective no longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction; `its nonextant original was written on vellum`- G.B.Saul

nonextensile
inextensible adjective not extensile

nonfat
fat-free adjective without fat or fat solids; `nonfat or fat-free milk`

nonfat dry milk
noun dehydrated skimmed milk

nonfatal
adjective not bringing death; `nonfatal heart attack`

nonfeasance
noun a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

nonfiction
nonfictional prose noun prose writing that is not fictional

nonfictional
adjective not fictional

nonfinancial
adjective not involving financial matters

nonfissile
adjective not fissile

nonfissionable
adjective not capable of undergoing fission

nonflammable
adjective impossible to ignite

nonfunctional
adjective not having or performing a function

nonglutinous
nonviscid adjective not resembling glue in texture

nongonococcal urethritis
NGU noun sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia)

nongovernmental organization
NGO noun an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government

nongranular
adjective not having granules; `clear nongranular cytoplasm`

nongregarious
nonsocial adjective of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; `solitary bees`

nonhairy
adjective without hair; `tinea corporis is a fungal infection of the nonhairy parts of the skin`

nonharmonic
adjective not harmonic; `a nonharmonic note`

nonhereditary
nontransmissible adjective not acquirable by inheritance

nonhierarchical
nonhierarchic adjective not classified hierarchically

nonhuman
adjective not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings; `nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees`

nonimitative
adjective not marked by or given to imitation

nonindulgent
strict adjective characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

nonindustrial
adjective not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises; `a nonindustrial society`

noninfectious
adjective not infectious

noninflammatory
adjective not inflammatory

noninheritable
nonheritable adjective not inheritable

noninstitutional
adjective not institutional

noninstitutionalized
noninstitutionalised adjective not committed to an institution

nonintegrated
adjective not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole

nonintellectual
adjective not intellectual

noninterchangeable
adjective such that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning; `the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is the father of`, are noninterchangeable`

nonintervention
noninterference noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries` disputes

noninvasive
adjective relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity

nonionic
nonpolar adjective not ionic; `a nonionic substance`

nonionized
nonionised adjective not converted into ions

nonjudgmental
adjective refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards; `sympathetic and nonjudgmental`

nonkosher
tref adjective not conforming to dietary laws

nonlethal
adjective not capable of causing death

nonlexical
adjective not relating to words; `nonlexical morphemes`

nonlexically
adverb without the use of words; `expressed nonlexically`

nonlinear
adjective designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree

nonlinear distortion
amplitude distortion noun distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal

nonlinear system
noun a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree

nonlinguistic
adjective not consisting of or related to language; `depended on his nonlinguistic skills`

nonliving
non-living adjective not endowed with life; `the inorganic world is inanimate`; `inanimate objects`; `dead stones`

nonmagnetic
adjective not capable of being magnetized

nonmandatory
nonobligatory adjective not required by rule or law

nonmaterial
adjective not consisting of matter; `immaterial apparitions`; `ghosts and other immaterial entities`

nonmechanical
adjective not mechanical

nonmechanistic
adjective not mechanistic

nonmember
noun a person who is not a member

nonmetal
noun a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties

nonmetallic
nonmetal adjective not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; `nonmetallic elements`

nonmetamorphic
adjective not metamorphic

nonmigratory
adjective used of animals that do not migrate

nonmodern
adjective not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time

nonmonotonic
adjective not monotonic

nonmoral
adjective lying outside the bounds of morals or ethics; `imagination is of its nature nonmoral`; `infants are nonmoral`

nonmotile
immotile adjective (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement

nonmoving
adjective not in motion

nonnative
adjective not being or composed of aborigines; `the nonnative population of South Africa`

nonnatural
otherworldly adjective existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; `find transcendental motives for sublunary action`-Aldous Huxley

nonnegative
adjective either positive or zero

nonnomadic
adjective not nomadic or wandering; `nonnomadic people`

nonnormative
adjective not based on a norm

nonobservance
noun a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

nonobservant
adjective failing or refusing to observe religious customs

nonoccurrence
noun absence by virtue of not occurring

nonopening
adjective not open; not opening

nonoperational
inactive adjective not involved in military operations

nonoscillatory
adjective not having periodic vibrations

nonparallel
adjective (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging