Index of English words, starting with "ne"

(1) - Nestling (a.) Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.
(2) - Nestling (n.) A nest; a receptacle.
(3) - Nestling (n.) A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.
(4) - Nestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nestle

(1) - Nestor (n.) A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

(1) - Nestorian (a.) relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
(2) - Nestorian (a.) Of or relating to the Nestorians.
(3) - Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian.

(1) - Nestorianism (n.) The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.

(1) - Net (v. t.) To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.
(2) - Net (a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc.
(3) - Net (a.) Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc.
(4) - Net (a.) Without spot; pure; shining.
(5) - Net (v. i.) To form network or netting; to knit.
(6) - Net (v. t.) To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
(7) - Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
(8) - Net (v. t.) To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.