Nouns

noemi

noun

the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of...

nogging

noun

rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden fra...

nombril

noun

the center point on a shield

nominalism

noun

(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled b...

nominative

noun

the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of...

nomogram

noun

a graphic representation of numerical relations

nonage

noun

any age prior to the legal age

nonagon

noun

a nine-sided polygon

nonaggression

noun

a policy of not initiating hostilities

nonalignment

noun

people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people...

nonattendance

noun

the failure to attend

nonappearance

noun

failure to appear (especially as at court)

noncombatant

noun

a member of the armed forces who does not participate in com...

nonconformance

noun

a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

nonconformity

noun

a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

nonconductor

noun

a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electr...

nondisjunction

noun

meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chr...

nonesuch

noun

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no e...

nonfeasance

noun

a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusa...

nonintervention

noun

a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

nonmember

noun

a person who is not a member

nonobservance

noun

a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

nonparticipant

noun

a person who does not participate

nonoccurrence

noun

absence by virtue of not occurring

nonparticipation

noun

withdrawing from the activities of a group

nonpareil

noun

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no e...

nonperformance

noun

failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person wo...

nonresident

noun

someone who does not live in a particular place

nonresistance

noun

group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against...

nonsensicality

noun

a message that seems to convey no meaning

nonsuch

noun

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no e...

noontide

noun

the middle of the day

nootka

noun

a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island a...

noria

noun

a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to rais...

norge

noun

a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western...

northeastward

noun

the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degre...

norther

noun

a wind that blows from the north

northland

noun

any region lying in or toward the north

northman

noun

an inhabitant of Scandinavia

northwester

noun

a wind from the northwest

noseband

noun

a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the anim...

nosepiece

noun

the link between two lenses; rests on the nose

nosewheel

noun

a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part o...

nosher

noun

someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals

nosology

noun

the branch of medical science dealing with the classificatio...

nostoc

noun

found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies

notability

noun

a celebrity who is an inspiration to others

notecase

noun

a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

notochord

noun

a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis...

notornis

noun

flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules