NOULE
Noule, n. Etym: [See Noll.]

Defn: The top of the head; the head or noll. [Obs.] Spenser.

NOUMENAL
Nou"me*nal, a. (Metaph.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; — opposed to phenomenal. G. H. Lewes.

NOUMENON
Nou"me*non, n. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Metaph.)

Defn: The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; — so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.

NOUN Noun, n. Etym: [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See Name.] (Gram.)

Defn: A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.

NOUNAL
Noun"al, a.