<B>nonmedical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having nothing to do with medicine, medical practice, or study. </DL>
<A NAME="nonmember">
<B>nonmember, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that is not a member; one that does not belong. </DL>
<A NAME="nonmetal">
<B>nonmetal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a chemical element, such as carbon or nitrogen, lacking the physical properties of a metal; nonmetallic element. A nonmetal forms acidic oxides and is electronegative in solution. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the halogen family--the family that begins with fluorine, the supreme example of a nonmetal (J. Crowther).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonmetallic">
<B>nonmetallic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not like a metal. Carbon, oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen are nonmetallic chemical elements. <DD><I>noun </I> a nonmetallic substance. <BR> <I>Ex. In addition to its leading position in diamonds and lithium minerals, Africa produced important quantities of other nonmetallics (Berenice B. Mitchell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonmoral">
<B>nonmoral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no relation to morality; neither moral nor immoral. </DL>
<A NAME="nonnegotiable">
<B>nonnegotiable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that cannot be negotiated; not negotiable; unqualified; absolute. <BR> <I>Ex. a flat and nonnegotiable veto, nonnegotiable terms.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a nonnegotiable point or item. </DL>
<A NAME="nonnitrogenous">
<B>nonnitrogenous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not containing nitrogen. </DL>
<A NAME="nonnuclear">
<B>nonnuclear, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not nuclear; not having to do with nuclear weapons or their use. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonnuclear power.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a nonnuclear power; nation with an arsenal of only conventional weapons. </DL>
<A NAME="nono">
<B>no-no, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) something one must not do, say, or use; something forbidden. <BR> <I>Ex. Some people ... have had a lifelong problem keeping their weight down. With some of these individuals, desserts are all-time "no-nos" (Nancy Goldstein).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonobjective">
<B>nonobjective, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>not portraying or resembling natural objects, persons, or events. <DD><B> b. </B>of or having to do with a type of abstract art created from the interplay of forms, colors, and lines, without reference to other elements of the artist's experience. <BR> <I>Ex. The first ascertainable nonobjective painting was done by Kandinsky in about 1909 (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>lacking objectivity. </DL>
<A NAME="nonobjectivism">
<B>nonobjectivism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>nonobjective art. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the wide variety of American styles, from realism to nonobjectivism (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=nonobjectivity </B>(def. 2). </DL>
<A NAME="nonobjectivist">
<B>nonobjectivist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an artist whose work follows the principles of nonobjectivism. </DL>
<A NAME="nonobjectivity">
<B>nonobjectivity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a lack of objectivity. <BR> <I>Ex. His views were probably biased; he was, so to speak, objective about his nonobjectivity (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the principles or practices of the nonobjective school of art. </DL>
<A NAME="nonobservance">
<B>nonobservance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or fact of not observing laws or customs. </DL>
<A NAME="nononsense">
<B>no-nonsense, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> down-to-earth; practical; matter-of-fact. <BR> <I>Ex. It wasn't long before a stranger, a stout, no-nonsense type, suggested we find another vantage point (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonoperating">
<B>nonoperating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with railroad workers not directly concerned with the operation of trains, such as ticket agents or dispatchers. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonoperating union.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonowner">
<B>nonowner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or group that is not an owner. </DL>
<A NAME="nonpareil">
<B>nonpareil, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having no equal; peerless. <BR> <I>Ex. The literary salons have had a major part in making Paris the city nonpareil, for centuries the undisputed cultural centre of the world (Canadian Forum).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person or thing having no equal. <BR> <I>Ex. Though you were crown'd The nonpareil of beauty (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a beautifully colored finch of the southern United States; painted bunting. <DD><B> 3. </B>a kind of apple. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Printing.) <DD><B> a. </B>a size of type; 6-point. <DD><B> b. </B>a slug 6 points high used between lines. <DD><B> 5. </B>a small chocolate drop covered with tiny white pellets of sugar. </DL>
<A NAME="nonparticipating">
<B>nonparticipating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not participating. <BR> <I>Ex. The United States was a nonparticipating country in the League of Nations.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Insurance.) that does not give its owner the right to share in profits or surplus. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonparticipating policy.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonpartisan">
<B>nonpartisan</B> or <B>nonpartizan, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not partisan. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonpartisan committee.</I> (SYN) impartial. <DD><B> 2. </B>not supporting, or controlled by, any of the regular political parties. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonpartisan voter.</I> (SYN) independent. <DD><I>noun </I> a nonpartisan person. <BR> <I>Ex. Five of the fifteen candidates at-large would ... be nonpartisans (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonpartisanship">
<B>nonpartisanship</B> or <B>nonpartizanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> nonpartisan quality or condition; impartiality. </DL>
<A NAME="nonpayment">
<B>nonpayment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> failure to pay or the condition of not being paid. <BR> <I>Ex. The family had been evicted for nonpayment of rent (New York Times).</I> (SYN) default. </DL>
<A NAME="nonperformance">
<B>nonperformance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact of not performing; failure to perform. </DL>
<A NAME="nonperson">
<B>nonperson, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a nonexistent person. <BR> <I>Ex. An unborn child is regarded as a legal person in some areas of the law, and as a nonperson in others (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a political nonentity; unperson. </DL>
<A NAME="nonplacet">
<B>non placet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a vote in the negative; veto. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) it does not please. </DL>
<A NAME="nonplus">
<B>nonplus, </B>verb, <B>-plused,</B> <B>-plusing</B> or (especially British) <B>-plussed,</B> <B>-plussing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to puzzle completely; make unable to say or do anything. <BR> <I>Ex. We were nonplused to see two roads leading off to the left where we had expected only one. Right or wrong, he ne'er was nonplus't (Samuel Butler).</I> (SYN) perplex, confound, confuse, mystify, embarrass. <DD><I>noun </I> a state of being nonplused. <BR> <I>Ex. Prophets are never at a nonplus, and never surprised by a question (Augustus Jessopp).</I> (SYN) quandary, confusion, embarrassment. </DL>
<A NAME="nonpolluting">
<B>nonpolluting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that does not cause air or water pollution. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonpolluting gasoline.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonpossumus">
<B>non possumus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a plea of being unable to consider, or act in, a matter. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) we cannot. </DL>
<A NAME="nonprincipled">
<B>nonprincipled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rejecting moral principles; nonmoral. </DL>
<A NAME="nonproductive">
<B>nonproductive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not productive. <BR> <I>Ex. In early New England, laws were made to prohibit smoking because it was a nonproductive pastime (Roy Flannagan).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not directly connected with production. <BR> <I>Ex. nonproductive charges or expenses. Clerks and supervisors are nonproductive workers.</I> noun <B>nonproductiveness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="nonprofit">
<B>nonprofit, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not for profit; without profit. <BR> <I>Ex. The Salvation Army is a nonprofit organization.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonproliferation">
<B>nonproliferation, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the regulation of the spread of nuclear weapons among nations, especially by means of an agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. Some Afro-Asian countries ... maintained that the non-proliferation treaty was ... a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had the bomb (London Times).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of nonproliferation. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonproliferation treaty.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonpros">
<B>nonpros, </B>transitive verb, <B>-prossed,</B> <B>-prossing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) to enter a judgment of non prosequitur against (a plaintiff). </DL>
<A NAME="nonpros">
<B>non pros.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> non prosequitur. </DL>
<A NAME="nonprosequitur">
<B>non prosequitur,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit when he does not appear to prosecute it. </DL>
<A NAME="nonprotein">
<B>nonprotein, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a substance that is not a protein or does not contain protein. <DD><I>adj. </I> having no protein or proteins. <BR> <I>Ex. a nonprotein molecule, a nonprotein diet.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonquotaimmigrant">
<B>nonquota immigrant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an immigrant whose national or other group is not subject to a quota set by immigration law. <BR> <I>Ex. Nonquota immigrants are not restricted numerically, although they must meet all other standards of health, morals, literacy, and economics established for all immigrants (Joseph M. Strong).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonreader">
<B>nonreader, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a child who cannot read. <BR> <I>Ex. Many boys are poor readers or nonreaders (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who reads little. <BR> <I>Ex. The number of nonreaders will diminish if and when he can find more salesmen ... to sell books from door to door (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nonrecoverable">
<B>nonrecoverable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>from which a person cannot recover. <BR> <I>Ex. A large part of the radiation injury is recovered from in time, but ... there is also a nonrecoverable fraction (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>that cannot be recovered. <BR> <I>Ex. This will ... involve high expenses and nonrecoverable outlays (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
