Defn: One who adopts the neptunian theory.
NEPTUNICENTRIC
Nep*tu`ni*cen"tric, a. Etym: [Neptune + centric.] (Astron.)
Defn: As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as,
Neptunicentric longitude or force.
NEPTUNIUM
Nep*tu"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite. Hermann.
NER
Ner, adv. & a.
Defn: nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre.
NERE
Nere. Etym: [Contr. fr. ne were.]
Defn: Were not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NEREID Ne"re*id, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. Etym: [L. Nereis, -idis, gr. nara water, cf. Gr.