English to English Dictionary

Mouch

To sponge, loaf about, or wander idly with intent to pilfer or seek handouts.

Mountebank

A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan or trickster.

Munted

Damaged, broken, ruined, or in a very poor physical condition.

Murex-purple

A rich, deep crimson-purple natural dye historically extracted from murex sea snails.

Nacre

An iridescent inner layer of certain mollusk shells, composed of complex organic and inorganic components, commonly known as mother-of-pearl.

Navarchy

Government or rule by naval power; supremacy of a fleet or navy in the governance or dominance of a state.

Nictitate

To blink or wink the eyes rapidly.

Nictitation

The act of winking or blinking, especially frequent or involuntary blinking.

Novus ordo seclorum

A Latin motto meaning 'new order of the ages', appearing on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States.

Nutate

To nod, sway, or oscillate, especially in a periodic or circular motion, as a growing plant shoot or a planet's axis.

Odonate

Any predatory aquatic insect belonging to the order Odonata, comprising dragonflies and damselflies.

Old Church Slavonic

The first literary and liturgical language of the Slavs, based on a 9th-century Slavic dialect and used widely in the Eastern Orthodox Church.