<B>novelization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of novelizing; conversion into a novel. <DD><B> 2. </B>the result of this process; a novelized work. <BR> <I>Ex. Turning a screenplay into a novel is generally fast work. Some authors bang out novelizations in as little as three weeks (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>novelize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to put into the form of a novel; make a novel from. <BR> <I>Ex. to novelize history.</I> </DL>
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<B>novella, </B>noun, pl. <B>novellas,</B> (Italian) <B>novelle.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a short story or novelette with a simple plot. <BR> <I>Ex. The title novella depicts an unusual heroine who would be more at home in the medieval world of folk ballads than in the upper Mississippi valley town into which fate ... cast her (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a short prose tale, usually moral or satiric, such as one of those in Boccaccio's <I>Decameron.</I> </DL>
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<B>novelly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a novel manner; by a new method. <DD><B> 2. </B>as in a novel. </DL>
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<B>novelty, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>novel character; newness. <BR> <I>Ex. After the novelty of washing dishes wore off, she did not want to do it any more.</I> (SYN) recentness, freshness. <DD><B> 2. </B>a new or unusual thing or occurrence; innovation. <BR> <I>Ex. Staying up late was a novelty to the children.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>novelties,</B> </I>small, unusual articles, such as toys or cheap jewelry. <BR> <I>Ex. We bought some novelties on the boardwalk.</I> </DL>
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<B>November, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the eleventh month of the calendar year; month just before December. It has 30 days. (Abbr:) Nov. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) a code name for the letter <I>n,</I> used in transmitting radio messages. </DL>
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<B>novemdeciilion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in the U.S., Canada, and France) 1 followed by 60 zeros. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in Great Britain and Germany) 1 followed by 114 zeros. </DL>
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<B>novena, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nas,</B> <B>-nae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in the Roman Catholic Church) a devotion for some special purpose, consisting of prayers or services on nine successive days, or sometimes nine corresponding days in consecutive months. <BR> <I>Ex. a novena of nine first Fridays.</I> </DL>
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<B>novercal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>characteristic of or resembling a stepmother. <DD><B> 2. </B>befitting a stepmother. </DL>
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<B>Novial, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an artificial language somewhat similar to Esperanto, devised by Otto Jespersen in 1928. </DL>
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<B>novice, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who is new to what he is doing; beginner. <BR> <I>Ex. Novices are likely to make some mistakes.</I> (SYN) tyro, apprentice. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is not yet a monk or a nun, but is in a period of trial and preparation. <BR> <I>Ex. After six months a postulant may receive the habit and white veil of a novice together with a new name (Time).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a new member of the church. <DD><B> 4. </B>a new convert to Christianity. </DL>
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<B>noviceship, </B>noun. <B>=novitiate.</B></DL>
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<B>novillero, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) an apprentice bullfighter. <BR> <I>Ex. He had semi-flopped in his presentation as a novillero in Madrid nine years ago (Barnaby Conrad).</I> </DL>
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<B>novitiate</B> or <B>noviciate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the period of trial and preparation of a novice in a religious order. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=novice.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>the house or rooms occupied by religious novices. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) the state or period of being a beginner in anything. </DL>
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<B>novobiocin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibiotic effective against Gram-positive bacteria, especially in infections where bacteria are resistant to other antibiotics. </DL>
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<B>novocaine</B> or <B>novocain, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an alkaloid compound, used as a local anesthetic; procaine hydrochloride. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Novocain,</B> a trademark for this compound. </DL>
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<B>novus ordo seclorum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a new order of the ages (the motto on the great seal of the United States, from Virgil, <I>Eclogues,</I> 4,5). </DL>
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<B>now, </B>adverb, noun, conjunction, interjection, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>at the present time; at this moment. <BR> <I>Ex. He is here now. Most people do not believe in ghosts now.</I> (SYN) currently. <DD><B> 2. </B>by this time. <BR> <I>Ex. She must have reached the city now.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>at once. <BR> <I>Ex. Do it now!</I> (SYN) immediately. <DD><B> 4. </B>then; next. <BR> <I>Ex. If passed, the bill now goes to the President.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>at the time referred to. <BR> <I>Ex. The clock now struck three. Night was now approaching.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a little while ago. <BR> <I>Ex. I just now saw what you're looking for.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>under the present circumstances; as things are; as it is. <BR> <I>Ex. I would believe almost anything now. Now I can never believe you again.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B><I>Now</I> is also used to introduce or emphasize, or where it makes very little difference in meaning. <BR> <I>Ex. Now what do you mean? Oh, come now! Now you knew that was wrong.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the present; this time. <BR> <I>Ex. by now, until now, from now on. An everlasting Now reigns in Nature (Emerson).</I> <DD><I>conj. </I> since; inasmuch as; seeing that. <BR> <I>Ex. Now that you are older, you should know better. Now you mention it, I do remember.</I> <DD><I>interj. </I> be careful! please! <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) of or belonging to the immediate present; current; modern. <BR> <I>Ex. now styles, now clothes, now music.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) Also, <B>Now.</B> very fashionable or up-to-date; belonging to the Now Generation. <BR> <I>Ex. "This barbershop is Now. Everybody here is Now" (New Yorker). They pride themselves on being now people (Harper's).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>now and again,</B> </I>from time to time; once in a while. <BR> <I>Ex. I see my old neighbor now and again.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>now and then,</B> </I>from time to time; once in a while. <BR> <I>Ex. I see him now and then, but not often. These Gypsies now and then foretold very strange things (Joseph Addison).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>now ... now,</B> </I>at one time ... at another time. <BR> <I>Ex. like a stormy day, now wind, now rain (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>NOW, </B>noun, or <B>N.O.W.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> National Organization for Women (a Women's Liberation organization founded in 1966). </DL>
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<B>Now account,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a savings account from which a depositor may withdraw money by check for payment to a third party as in a commercial checking account. </DL>
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<B>nowadays, </B>adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> at the present day; in these times. <BR> <I>Ex. Nowadays people travel in automobiles rather than carriages.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the present day; these times. <BR> <I>Ex. the sports of nowadays.</I> </DL>
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<B>noway, </B>adverb. <B>=nowise.</B></DL>
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<B>noways, </B>adverb. <B>=nowise.</B></DL>
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<B>nowcast, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-cast</B> or <B>-casted,</B> <B>-casting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to provide a description of atmospheric conditions as they occur or develop. <BR> <I>Ex. Recent advances in meteorology and oceanography provide the basis for accurate and efficient nowcasting, forecasting, and simulating of complex marine systems (Boston Globe).</I> </DL>
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<B>nowel</B> or <B>nowell, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) noel. </DL>
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<B>Now Generation</B> or <B>now generation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the generation of young people of the 1960's and early 1970's, as characterized by their concern with current trends, fashions, and issues. </DL>
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<B>nowhere, </B>adverb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> in no place; at no place; to no place; not anywhere. <BR> <I>Ex. a plant found nowhere else. (Figurative.) The story goes nowhere special (Oliver LaFarge).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a nonexistent or undefined place. <BR> <I>Ex. an imaginary nowhere. Airports are the great nowheres of this world (Alistair Reid).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a remote or obscure place. <BR> <I>Ex. Some of the greatest leaders came out of nowhere.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>any place. <BR> <I>Ex. They live out in the country, miles from nowhere.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (Slang.) <B>1. </B>unimportant; worthless. <BR> <I>Ex. Suddenly, who shows up but a bunch of nowhere actors ... (Bill Vaughan).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>leading nowhere; pointless. <BR> <I>Ex. She sat there among them in the debris of a nowhere love affair (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>dull; square. <BR> <I>Ex. He's a nowhere man, woodenly proper (Pauline Kael).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>get nowhere,</B> </I>to accomplish nothing; be unsuccessful. <BR> <I>Ex. Evidence was accumulating that this drive was getting nowhere fast, and stronger medicine might be needed (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>nowhere near,</B> </I>(Informal.) not nearly; not by a long way. <BR> <I>Ex. I have seen it [a play] three times and its treasures are nowhere near exhausted (John Coleman).</I> </DL>
<B>no-win, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not likely to be won; not leading to victory. <BR> <I>Ex. a no-win situation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not played or engaged in to win; noncompetitive. <BR> <I>Ex. Its [the foundation's] goal is nothing less than to change the way Americans play, mainly by replacing competitive games with cooperative "no win" pastimes (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>nowise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in no way; not at all. </DL>
