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Nocturn
- - An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
Nonsuit
- - A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
Nurture
- noun - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
- help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Obitual
- - Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; as, obitual days.
Obscura
- unknown - type of camera used by painters to project an image
Obscure
- adjective - difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"
- make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
- make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
- marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
- not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of sci
Obtrude
- verb - push to thrust outward
- thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
Occlude
- verb - block passage through; "obstruct the path"
- Close together, of teeth
- To close, shut or stop up