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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with {nitrous} compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. [1913 Webster] {Nitric acid}, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. {Nitric anhydride}, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen ({N2O5}), called {nitric pentoxide}, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. {Nitric oxide}, a colorless poisous gas ({NO}) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitrogen dioxide ({NO2}, also called nitric dioxide or nitric peroxide). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nitroso- \Ni*tro"so-\ (? or ?). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical {-NO}, called the nitroso group, or its compounds. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nitrosyl \Ni*tro"syl\, n. [Nitroso- + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical {-NO}, called also the {nitroso group}. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: No \No\ (n[=o]), a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See {None}.] Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often used as a quantifier. [1913 Webster] Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee. --Gen. xiii. 8. [1913 Webster] That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. [root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice}, {Nefarious}.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. [1913 Webster] We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii. 10. [1913 Webster] No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: No \No\ (n[=o]), n.; pl. {Noes} (n[=o]z). 1. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial. [1913 Webster] 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: no \no.\ n. Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; as, no. 2. [abbrev.] [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: nay \nay\ (n[=a]), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See {No}, adv.] 1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by {no}. Opposed to {aye} or {yea}. See also {Yes}. [1913 Webster +PJC] And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. --Luke xiii. 3. [1913 Webster] And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. --Acts xvi. 37. [1913 Webster] He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov. [1913 Webster] Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer simple questions, and no was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; nay was the simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat. [1913 Webster] 2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. [1913 Webster] Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From Italian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-ita-eng]: no not From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: no 1. no(ne¹) 2. not(ne²)