Dictionary: NEM – NER

► NEM n. a capsule of Nembutal™ → 1961 UK drug culture sl.
► NEMAN n. stealing → 1859 Amer. thieves’ sl.
► NEMBIE n. a capsule of Nembutal™ → 1950 drug culture sl.
► NEME n. uncle → 1450 obs.
► NEMEL vb. to name, to appoint → 1325 obs.
► NEMEN vb. to name; to call by some name; to mention → 888 obs.
► NEMESIS n. 1. the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, one who avenges or punishes → 1576
n. 2. retributive justice; an instance of this → 1597
n. 3. an unavoidable consequence of an activity or behaviour; an inevitable penalty or price → 1863
n. 4. a persistent tormentor; a long-standing rival, an  arch-enemy → 1933 chiefly US
► NEMESISM n. frustration and aggression directed against oneself → 1938
► NEMIS conj. lest, for fear that → 1790 Eng. dial.
► NEMISH n. a capsule of Nembutal™ → 1969 drug culture sl.
► NEMMIE n. a capsule of Nembutal™ → 1949 drug culture sl.
► NEMN vb. to name; to call by some name; to mention → 888 obs.
► NEMO n a radio or television program originating outside the studio from which it is broadcast → 1927 US broadcasting usage
► NEMOPHILIST n. one who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a lover of the woods → 1860
► NEMOPHILOUS  adj. fond of or frequenting woods or groves → 1880
► NEMOPHILY n. a fondness or liking for forests, woods, or woodland scenery → 1860
► NEMORAL adj. pert. to or living in groves or woods → 1656
► NEMORIVAGANT adj. wandering in the woods → 1656
► NEMORIVAGOUS adj. wandering in woods or groves → 1721 obs.
► NEMOROSE adj. full of woods or groves; growing in groves → 1721
► NEMOROSITY n. fullness of woods; woodiness → 1721
► NEMOROUS  adj. full of woods, groves, or trees; woody → 1623
► NEMS n. Nembutal™ capsules → M20 US drug culture sl.
► NENA adj. simple, foolish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. a fool, an idiot, a ninny → 1870 Eng. dial.
► NENAIN ► NENAINE n. a godmother; also used as a term of address → 1917 Amer. dial.
► NENNEN n. the backside, the buttocks → 1976 W. Indies sl.
► NENTES adv. nearly, thereabouts → 1854 Eng. dial.
► NENTI adv. nothing → 1893 circus usage
n. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
► NEOCRACY n. a government by amateurs → 1991 (Bk.)
► NEODFUL adj. earnest, eager → 1000 obs.
► NEODOX adj. holding a new doctrine or views → 1897
► NEODOXY n. a new doctrine or view → 1896
► NEOGAM n. a newly-married person → 1862
► NEOGAMIST n. a newly-married person; a bridegroom → 1656 obs.
► NEOGRAPHIC adj. relating to a new system of writing or spelling → 1825
► NEOGRAPHY n. a new or novel way of writing or spelling → 1801
► NEOIST n. a person who uses or favours new ideas or styles → 1916
► NEOLATRY n. the worship of novelty → 1991 (Bk.)
► NEOLOGIC adj.  characterized by new words or phrases → 1797
► NEOLOGICAL adj. dealing with or characterized by new words or phrases → 1754
► NEOLOGISM n. 1. a word or phrase which is new to the language → 1772
n. 2. the use of or the practice of using new words → 1795
► NEOLOGIST n. a person who invents or uses new words or phrases→ 1785
► NEOLOGISTIC adj. pert. to the use of new words or phrases → 1827
► NEOLOGIZATION n. the use or formation of new words or phrases → 1820
► NEOLOGIZE vb. to use new words or phrases; to make linguistic innovations → 1813
► NEOLOGOUS adj. pert. to the use of new words or phrases → 1812
► NEOLOGY n. 1. the use or coining of new words → 1797
n. 2. a new word or phrase → 1801
► NEO MAXI ZOOM DWEEBIE n. an inconsequential or obnoxious person → 1985 US sl.
► NEOMENIA n. the time of the new moon, the beginning of the lunar month → 1398 ancient Greek & Jewish history
► NEOMORT n. a person who is technically brain-dead, but whose body functions are maintained artificially → 1974
► NEON n. an eye → 1979 US sl.
► NEONATE n. a newly or recently born individual; a human infant less than four weeks old → 1925
► NEONATICIDE n. the killing of a recently born infant, esp. one less than twenty-four hours old → 1969
► NEONISM n. the use or formation of new words or phrases → 1829
► NEONOMIAN adj. pert. to the assertion of a new law → 1693
► NEOPHILIA n. love of, or great interest in what is new; a love of novelty → 1899
► NEOPHILY n. love of, or great interest in what is new; a love of novelty → 1932
► NEOPHOBIA n. fear or dislike of what is new; dislike of novelty → 1886
► NEOPHOBIC adj. fearing what is new → 1923
► NEOPHYTE adj. recently converted, initiated, or ordained, inexperienced
n. 1. a new convert; one newly admitted to a church or religious body; also, a newly ordained priest, or a novice of a religious order → 1425
n. 2. one who is new to a subject; a beginner, a tyro, a novice → 1599
► NEOPHYTIC adj. unfamiliar with, inexperienced → 1886
► NEOPHYTISH adj. unfamiliar with, inexperienced → 1897
► NEOPHYTISM n. a being a neophyte; inexperience → 1845
► NEOPOLITAN n. syphilis → E17 euphemism
► NEOPTOLEMUS n. a young soldier → 1623 obs.
► NEOTERIC adj. recent, new, belonging to modern times; having a modern outlook  → 1577
n. a modern; a modern writer or author; a person of modern or novel views → 1583
► NEOTERICAL adj. recent, new, modern → 1588
► NEOTERICS n. the study of modern things → 1857
► NEOTERISM n. novelty, innovation; later,  the use of new words or phrases; a new word or phrase → 1794
► NEOTERIST n. one who uses or introduces new words or phrases → 1873
► NEOTERISTIC adj. pert. to the use of new words or phrases → 1873
► NEOTERIZE vb. to coin or use new words or phrases → 1873
► NEOTSUM adj. ? profitable, thriving → 1275 obs.
► NEP n. 1. a kiss → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the pudendum of a sow → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to kiss → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEPALESE ► NEPALESE BLUE n. marijuana cultivated in Nepal → 1970 Brit. sl.
► NEPALESE TEMPLE BALLS n. hashish from Nepal, orig. prepared for religious use → 1989 US sl.
► NEPALESE TEMPLE HASH n. hashish from Nepal, orig. prepared for religious use → 1989 US sl.
► NEPENTHE n. a drink or drug supposed to bring forgetfulness of trouble or grief → 1595 arch.
► NEPHALISM n. total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism → 1861
► NEPHALIST n. one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller → 1861
► NEPHELOLATER n. an admirer of clouds → 1895
► NEPHELOLOGY n. the study of clouds → 1892
► NEPHEW n. 1. a grandson → 1325 obs.
n. 2. a descendant; one of remote or unspecified degree of descent; a successor → 1387 obs.
n. 3. a brother’s or sister’s daughter; a niece → 1513 obs.
n. 4. a prodigal → 1532 obs.
n. 5. the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic → 1587 euphemism
n. 6. a young, passive male homosexual in relation to his older lover → 1950 US sl.
n. 7. a friend → 2002 US teen sl.
► NEPHEW-IN-LAW n. the husband of a brother’s or sister’s daughter → 1870
► NEPHEWSHIP n. 1. nepotism → 1669 obs.
n. 2.  the relationship of a nephew → 1669
► NEPHOLOGIST n. one who studies the clouds → 1894
► NEPHOLOGY n. the study of the clouds → 1890
► NEPHOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of clouds → 1991 (Bk.)
► NEPHY ► NEVEY ► NEVOY ► NEVVY ► NEVY n. a nephew → 1817 chiefly UK public school usage
► NEPKIN n. a nectarine → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEPOS n. 1. a grandson → 1600 obs.
n. 2. a nephew → 1600 obs.
► NEPOTAL adj. pert. to a nephew → 1837
► NEPOTATION n. prodigal, dissolute, or uproarious behaviour; a wasting or riotousness → 1656 obs.
► NEPOTE n. 1. a nephew → 1519 Sc. obs. 
n. 2. a grandson → 1525 Sc. obs.
► NEPOTIC adj. 1. inclined to nepotism; giving unfair preferment to relatives or friends → 1833
adj. 2. pert. to a nephew → 1873
► NEPOTIOUS adj. excessively fond of one’s nephews and other relatives → 1834
► NEPOTISM n. 1. the advantages or opportunities for advancement of a pope’s nephew → 1662 obs.
n. 2. a feeling of fondness for one’s nephews → 1818 obs.
n. 3. unfair preferment of nephews or relatives to other qualified persons → 1859
► NEPOTIST n. one who carries out nepotism → 1749
► NEPOTISTIC adj. characterized by nepotism → 1835
► NEPPERED adj. cross, peevish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEPPY adj. crisp, brittle → 1865 Eng. dial.
n. a person from northeast Philadelphia → 1996 US sl.
► NEPS n. the dried flower buds of lavender → 1865 Eng. dial.
► NEPSHA AND KIAH n. a random selection of people from the populace → 1965 Barbados
► NEPTUNE n. the sea or ocean → 1385
► NEPTUNEAN adj. pert. to the sea → 1852
► NEPTUNE’S BEARD n. seaweed → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER n. water → 1935 US rhyming sl.
► NEPTUNIAN adj. pert. to the sea → 1656
► NEPTUNIST n. a navigator; a seaman; a sailor; a nautical person → 1593 obs.
► NEPUSHENCY n. necessity, push, and urgency → 1934 Amer. dial.
► NEQUIENT adj. not being able, unable → 1656 obs.
► ‘NER n. dinner → 1969 US sl.
► NERD ► NURD n. 1. an unpleasant, insignificant, or dull person → 1950 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; someone studious but socially inept; an ineffectual or incompetent person; an oaf, a jerk → 1951 chiefly US colloq.
n. 3. anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with ‘the gang’, esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures → 1960 sl., orig. US students’ & teen usage
vb. to study hard → 1989 US students’ sl.
► NERDBOMBER n. 1. anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with ‘the gang’, esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures → 1960 sl., orig. US students’ & teen usage
n. 2. a pest; a nuisance → 1990 US sl.
► NERD BOX n. a study cubicle → 1997 US sl.
► NERDHOOD n. a being a nerd → 1984 sl.
► NERDISH adj. having the traits of a nerd → 1980 sl.
► NERDISTAN n. a dormitory community for information-and-communication-technology workers → 1997 US sl.
► NERDLY n. a socially inept outcast → 1965 US sl.
► NERD MAGNET n. a young woman or girl who attracts boring, unattractive men → 1986 US students’ sl.
► NERDVANA n. the world of computer enthusiasts who surf the Internet every night → 1995 Can. sl.
► NERDY adj. ineffectual, incompetent, socially inept → 1960 sl., orig. US
► NERE adj. black → 1300 obs.
n. an ear → 1483 obs.
► NEREAD n. a mermaid → 1555 obs.
► NERF n. a sinew or tendon → 1400 obs.
vb. in motor racing: to bump a competitor during a race → 1952 US sl.
► NERFBAG n. a stupid person → 1984 sl.
► NERF BAR n. a bumper fitted to a customized car → 1949 US sl.
► NERFBRAIN n. a stupid person → 2003 sl.
► NERF-BRAINED adj. stupid → 1986 sl.
► NERFING BAR n. a bumper fitted to a customized car → 1949 US sl.
► NERK n. a fool; a generally unacceptable person; an objectionable or insignificant person; an ineffectual or incompetent person; a contemptible person → 1955 UK sl.
► NERKING adj. of the wind: harsh, keen → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NERKISH adj. like a ‘nerk’, foolish, insignificant → 1975 UK sl.
► NERLED adj. ill-treated, pinched → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NERLINS adv. nearly, almost → 1790 Sc.
► NERO n. 1. a person resembling Nero, esp. in displaying cruelty, tyranny, or profligacy → 1542
n. 2. zero → 1913 Amer. dial.
► NERONIAN adj. exhibiting the tyranny, cruelty, or moral depravity of Nero; cruel, savage → 1598
► NERONIST n. a person who imitates the depravity of Nero → 1593 obs.
► NERONIZE vb. 1. to call by a bad name, to slander → 1606
vb. 2. to deprave, to corrupt → 1675
vb. 3. to tyrannize over → 1673
► NERPS n. the female breasts → 2005 US sl.
► NERRY n. a tea-kettle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NERTCHARD n. a hedgehog, an ‘urchin’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NERTEROLOGY n. learning relating to the dead; ghost-lore → 1800
► THE NERTS n. something extraordinary → 1934 Amer. sl.
► NERTS adj. crazy, foolish → 1928 US sl.
int. an exclamation of disbelief, contempt or derision; nuts! nonsense! → 1931 US sl.
n. 1. the testicles → 1930 sl.
n. 2. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. nothing → 1989 sl.
► NERTY adj. irascible, short-tempered → 1905 Eng. dial. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NERTZ adj. crazy, foolish → 1928 US sl.
int. nonsense! → 1922 US sl.
n. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NERVATE vb. to nerve, to support, to strengthen → 1682 obs.
► NERVE n. 1. the penis → 1662 obs.
n. 2. a dashing man about town → M18 sl.
n. 3. power, capacity → 1822 Sc.
n. 4. audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek → 1887
vb. to show signs of nervousness → 1801 obs.
► NERVED UP adj. anxious; confused; agitated → 1890 Amer. dial.
► NERVER n. 1. something that gives one courage, esp. a drink → 1843 colloq., obs.
n. 2. a bracing drink’ a ‘pick-me-up’ → 1902 sl.
n. 3. a gate-crasher → 1908 US sl.
► NERVE-RACKED adj. suffering from acute stress or anxiety → 1827
► NERVE-RACKING adj. causing extreme stress or anxiety → 1812
► NERVER-UP n. a gatecrasher → 1908 US sl.
► NERVE-SHAKE n. delirium tremens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NERVES OF IRON n. very strong nerves → 1855 
► NERVES OF STEEL n. very strong nerves → 1826 
► NERVE-UP n. a gatecrasher → 1908 US sl.
► NERVE UP TO vb. to gather the courage to try something → 1979 Amer. dial.
► NERVE-WRACKED adj. suffering from acute stress or anxiety → 1889
► NERVE-WRACKING adj. causing extreme stress or anxiety, exhausting, harrowing → 1882
► NERVID adj. physically strong, vigorous → 1813
► NERVILY adv. boldly; agitatedly, nervously → 1911
► NERVISH adj. nervous, anxious, agitated → 1760 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► NERVISHNESS n. nervousness → 1905 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► NERVO AND KNOX n. 1. television; a television → 1969 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘box’
n. 2. socks → 1972 Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 3. venereal disease, esp. syphilis → 1977 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘pox’
► NERVOSE adj. vigorous, energetic → 1667 obs.
► NERVOSELY adv. strongly, vigorously → 1678 obs.
► NERVOSITY n. 1. strength, vigorousness → 1611 obs.
n. 2. the state of being nervous; nervousness → 1787
► NERVOUS adj. 1. sinewy, muscular; vigorous, strong → 1616 obs.
adj. 2. great, excellent,. thrilling → 1926 US sl., orig. jazz usage
adj. 3. of a dessert or salad: having a jelly-like consistency → 1936 Amer. dial. jocular usage → 1936
n. nervousness; an attack of mental distress → 1940 Amer. dial.
► NERVOUS AS A WITCH adj. said of a very restless person → 1880
► NERVOUS BURGER n. a cigarette → 2003 NZ sl.
► NERVOUS-CANE n. the penis → M17 sl.
► NERVOUSED UP adj. nervous, anxious; confused; agitated → 1931 Amer. dial.
► NERVOUS FINGER n. a person  given to small-time criminality → 1949 US criminals’ sl.
► NERVOUS-JERVIS adj. extremely nervous → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► NERVOUS NELLIE ► NERVOUS NELLY n. a fearful, foolish, and timid person; one who fusses unnecessarily → 1925 US sl.
► NERVOUS PUDDING n. a dish made with gelatine or aspic → 1930 US sl.
► NERVOUS SALAD n. a dish made with gelatine or aspic → 1930 US sl.
► NERVOUS-UPPED adj. nervous, anxious; confused; agitated → 1954 Amer. dial.
► NERVOUS WRECK n. 1. one who is suffering from disorder of the nerves → L19
n. 2. a cheque → 1943 rhyming sl.
► NERVY adj. 1. vigorous, sinewy, full of strength → 1598
adj. 2. excitable, highly strung, easily agitated; worried, anxious → 1873
adj. 3. courageous, full of nerve; daring, audacious, pushing one’s luck → 1882 
adj. 4. jerky, sudden → 1884
adj. 5. nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense → 1891 sl.
adj. 6. cool, confident, cheeky, impudent → 1897
adj. 7. requiring nerve or daring, risky → 1897