High noon, the exact meridian; midday. — Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] Dryden.

Noon
(Noon) a. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young.

Nonvernacular
(Non`ver*nac"u*lar) a. Not vernacular.

A nonvernacular expression.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Nonvocal
(Non*vo"cal) a. Not vocal; destitute of tone. — n. A nonvocal consonant.

Nonyl
(Non"yl) n. [Nonane + - yl.] (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.

Nonylene
(Non"y*lene) n. [Nonane + ethylene.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.

Nonylenic
(Non`y*len"ic) a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.

Nonylic
(No*nyl"ic) a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.

Noodle
(Noo"dle) n. [Cf. Noddle, Noddy.] A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]

The chuckling grin of noodles.
Sydney Smith.

Noodle
(Noo"dle), n. [G. nudel vermicelli.] A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.

Nook
(Nook) n. [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.] A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook?
Milton.

Nook-shotten
(Nook"-shot`ten) a. Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

That nook-shotten isle of Albion.
Shak.

Noölogical
(No`ö*log"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to noölogy.

Noölogist
(No*öl"o*gist) n. One versed in noölogy.

Noölogy
(No*öl"o*gy) n. [Gr. the mind + -logy.] The science of intellectual phenomena.

Noon
(Noon) a. No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]

Noon
(Noon) n. [AS. nn, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf. Nones, Nunchion.]

1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

2. Hence, the highest point; culmination.

In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed.
Motley.


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