Neroli camphor(Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from beroli oil; — called also auradin.

Neptunicentric
(Nep*tu`ni*cen"tric) a. [Neptune + centric.] (Astron.) As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as, Neptunicentric longitude or force.

Neptunium
(Nep*tu"ni*um) n. [NL.] A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain identification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite. Hermann.

Ner
(Ner) adv. & a. Nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre.

Nere
(Nere) [Contr. fr. ne were.] Were not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nereid
(Ne"re*id) n.; pl. E. Nereids L. Nereides [L. Nereis, -idis, Gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, i:`dos, a daughter of Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. nara water, cf. Gr. na`ein to flow.]

1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

2. (Zoöl.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.

Nereidian
(Ne`re*id"i*an) n. (Zoöl.) Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycoridæ or allied families.

Nereis
(||Ne"re*is) n.; pl. Nereides [L.]

1. (Class. Myth.) A Nereid. See Nereid.

2. (Zoöl.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chætopod annelids, having a well- formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennæ, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.

Nereites
(Ne"re*ites) n. pl. (Paleon.) Fossil tracks of annelids.

Nereocystis
(||Ne`re*o*cys"tis) n. [NL. See Nereid, and Cyst.] (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.

Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines.

Nerfling
(Nerf"ling) n. (Zoöl.) The id.

Nerita
(||Ne*ri"ta) n. [L., a sort of sea mussel, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.

Nerite
(Ner"ite) n. (Zoöl.) Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.

Neritina
(||Ner`i*ti"na) n. (Zoöl.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

Nero
(Ne"ro) n. A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.Ne*ro"ni*an a.

Neroli
(Ner"o*li) n. [F. néroli, said to be from the name of an Italian princess.] (Chem.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.


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