English words: nocardiosis to nohuda
300 English words, part 43 of 99 of the words starting with N, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.
English words nocardiosis to nohuda
- nocardiosis noun: An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.
- nocardiotic adjective: Relating to nocardiosis.
- nocathiacin noun: Any of a class of antibiotic thiazolyl peptides produced by some bacteria
- Noce proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- nocebo noun /nəʊˈsiː.bəʊ/: A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive.
- nocebo effect noun: A deleterious placebo effect.
- noceffector noun: A nociceptive effector (nerve)
- nocence noun /ˈnəʊ.səns/: Guilt; transgression.
- nocency noun /ˈnəʊ.sən.si/: Guilt; transgression.
- nocent adjective, noun /ˈnəʊ.sənt/: Causing injury; harmful.
- nocently adverb: In a nocent manner; guiltily.
- noci- prefix: Relating to pain and its perception.
- noci-ceptive adjective: Alternative form of nociceptive.
- nociceptin noun: A neurologically active oligopeptide related to the opioids.
- nociception noun: The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.
- nociceptive adjective /ˌnəʊ.sɪˈsɛp.tɪv/: Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.
- nociceptive pain noun: Pain caused by potentially harmful stimuli that are detected by nociceptors around the body.
- nociceptively adverb: In a nociceptive manner (by means of nociception)
- nociceptor noun: A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus.
- nocicipient adjective: nociceptive
- nocifensive adjective: Describing a response to pain or discomfort
- nocino noun: A sticky Italian liqueur made from unripe green walnuts steeped in spirit.
- nocioception noun: The physiological perception of pain.
- nociperception noun: nociception
- nociperceptive adjective: nociceptive
- nociplastic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.
- nociplastic pain noun: Heightened responsiveness to sensory input, thought to result from dysfunction in the processing of pain signals by the central nervous system.
- nociplasticity noun: The condition of being nociplastic.
- nocireception noun: Synonym of nociception.
- nocireceptive adjective: Synonym of nociceptive.
- nocireceptor noun: Synonym of nociceptor.
- nociresponsive adjective: That responds to noxious stimulus.
- nocisensor noun: Synonym of nociceptor.
- nocistatin noun: A neuropeptide that inhibits nociceptin action in pain transmission
- nocive adjective /ˈnəʊsɪv/: Hurtful, injurious; noxious.
- nock interjection, noun, verb /nɒk/: Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- nocked adjective, verb: Containing nocks.
- nockies noun: Binoculars.
- nockless adjective: Without a nock.
- nocks noun, verb: binoculars
- nocktat noun: An old unit of length used in surveying, equivalent to 1/12 of an archin.
- noclip verb: To navigate through a game environment with collisions disabled, so as to be able to pass through solid walls, etc.
- nocobactin noun: A siderophore present in bacteria of the Nocardia
- nocodazol noun: Alternative form of nocodazole.
- nocodazole noun: An antineoplastic compound methyl 5-(2-thenoyl)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate which inhibits the growth of microtubules
- nocoiner noun /ˈnoʊ̯kɔɪ̯nəɹ/: A person who does not hold or invest in any cryptocurrencies.
- nocosomial adjective: nosocomial
- noct- prefix: Alternative form of nyct-.
- noctambulant adjective /nɒkˈtæm.bjə.lənt/: Relating to or given to sleepwalking; noctambulous.
- noctambulate verb /nɒkˈtæm.bjə.leɪt/: To sleepwalk.
- noctambulation noun /nɒkˌtæmbjʊˈleɪʃən/: sleepwalking
- noctambule noun: A sleepwalker.
- noctambulic adjective: Of or relating to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism noun: Sleepwalking.
- noctambulist noun: One who sleepwalks at night; a somnambulist.
- noctambulistic adjective: Relating to a noctambulist or sleepwalker.
- noctambulo noun: A sleepwalker at night.
- noctambulous adjective: Of or relating to sleepwalking.
- Nocte proper noun: A Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.
- Nocten noun: A subgroup of the Wichí people.
- nocticolid noun: Any cockroach in the family Nocticolidae.
- noctidial adjective: Comprising a night and a day.
- noctidiurnal adjective: Consisting of night and day.
- noctiferous adjective /nɒkˈtɪfəɹəs/: night-time; dark like the night.
- noctiflorous adjective: That flowers at night.
- noctilionid noun: A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, with cheek pouches and large incisor teeth; a bulldog bat.
- noctilionoid noun: Any bat of the superfamily Noctilionoidea
- noctiluca noun /ˌnɒk.tɪˈluː.kə/: A firefly, glowworm.
- noctilucal adjective: Alternative form of noctilucous.
- noctilucence noun: The property of being noctilucent.
- noctilucent adjective /ˌnɒktɪˈluːsənt/: Shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight long after sunset; nightshining.
- noctilucent cloud noun: Clouds characterized by their electric-blue or silvery-white, wispy streaks, filaments, or ripples high in the twilight sky; Earth's highest clouds, glowing...
- noctilucin noun: Alternative form of noctilucine.
- noctilucine noun: A nitrogenous substance in fireflies, glowworms and marine animals, once believed to be responsible for their luminescence.
- noctilucoid adjective: Synonym of noctilucous.
- noctilucous adjective: Shining in the night or darkness; luminescent.
- noctiluminous adjective: Synonym of noctilucent.
- noctiphobia noun: Fear of night, or the dark; nyctophobia.
- noctivagant adjective, noun /nɒkˈtɪvəɡənt/: Walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering.
- noctivagate verb: To go about by night.
- noctivagation noun: A roving or going about in the night.
- noctivagator noun: One who noctivagates.
- noctivagous adjective: Wandering or active at night
- noctograph noun: A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
- noctophobia noun: Synonym of nyctophobia.
- noctovision noun: An early television system using infrared light.
- noctovisor noun: A device for displaying noctovision.
- noctuary noun: A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal.
- noctuid noun: Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae or the superfamily Noctuoidea.
- noctuidous adjective: Of or resembling noctuid moths.
- noctuiform adjective: Having the form of a noctuid moth.
- noctuine noun: Any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae
- noctule noun /ˈnɒktjuːl/: A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
- noctuoid noun: Any moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea
- nocturesis noun: Nocturnal enuresis: involuntary urination (urinary incontinence) at night, especially during sleep.
- nocturia noun: A frequent need to arise during the night in order to urinate.
- nocturic adjective: Having or relating to nocturia.
- nocturlabe noun: An instrument for navigation, or telling the time, at night, by measuring the position of stars relative to the pole star
- nocturn noun /ˈnɒktɜːn/: The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
- nocturnal adjective, noun /nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/: Of a person, creature, group, or species, primarily active during the night.
- nocturnal active photolocation noun: The use of nighttime light such as phosphorescence or fluorescence to navigate or locate objects at night.
- nocturnal arc noun: The arc of a circle described by the Sun, or a star, in the night.
- nocturnal delirium noun: A state of agitation or confusion, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at...
- nocturnal emission noun: An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.
- nocturnal penile tumescence noun: An erection during sleep or on waking up.
- nocturnal pollution noun: nocturnal emission
- nocturnalism noun: Synonym of nocturnality.
- nocturnalist noun: A creature of nocturnal habits.
- nocturnality noun: The condition or habit of being active at night.
- nocturnally adverb: During the night.
- nocturnalness noun: The state or quality of being nocturnal.
- nocturne noun /ˈnɒktɜːn/: A work in a genre of piano music of moderate tempo with a highly-decorated, improvisatory melody.
- nocturnelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a nocturne.
- nocturnin noun: A protein (a deadenylase) which plays an important role in posttranscriptional regulation of metabolic genes under circadian control
- nocturnist noun: A hospitalist who works only night shifts.
- nocturnoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- nocuity noun: The quality of being nocuous; harmfulness.
- nocument noun: harm, injury, or detriment
- nocuous adjective /ˈnɑ.kju.əs/: Likely to cause harm or damage.
- nocuously adverb: In a nocuous manner.
- nocuousness noun: The condition of being nocuous.
- œnocyan noun: A bluish pigment found in red wine.
- nod noun, verb /nɒd/: To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- nod-back noun: A soft header played away from the opponent's goal
- nod in verb: To score with a header
- nod off verb: To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
- nod out verb: To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.
- nod through verb: to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.
- Noda proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- nodachi noun: A large-sized Japanese longsword, having a long handle suitable for multiple two-handed grip positions.
- nodakenin noun: The glycoside of nodakenetin.
- nodal adjective /ˈnəʊdəl/: Of the nature of, or relating to, a node.
- nodal analysis noun: A method of solving for the voltages of nodes in an electric circuit, in which a system of equations is written for the currents (using Kirchhoff's current...
- nodal fever noun: Synonym of erythema nodosum.
- nodalise verb: Alternative form of nodalize.
- nodality noun: The quality or degree of being nodal.
- nodalization noun: The process or result of nodalizing.
- nodalize verb: To decompose (a model) into a set of interlinked nodes.
- nodally adverb: In a nodal fashion; in terms of nodes.
- nodated adjective: knotted
- nodation noun: The act of making a knot.
- nodavirus noun: Any virus of the family Nodaviridae.
- Nodaway proper noun: the Nodaway River in Iowa and Missouri, USA.
- nodder noun: One who nods.
- noddify verb: To make (someone) into a noddy (“silly or stupid person”); to make a fool of, to make a monkey out of.
- noddin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of nodding.
- nodding adjective, noun, verb /ˈnɑdɪŋ/: The act by which one nods.
- nodding acquaintance noun: A casual or partial familiarity; a relationship which is not close or fully developed; an inexact understanding (of something).
- nodding blue lily noun: Stypandra glauca, a rhizomatous perennial plant of southern Australia, with blue lily-like flowers.
- nodding disease noun: A poorly understood disease of Africa, characterized by stunted growth and a nodding seizure when eating or feeling cold.
- nodding donkey noun: A pumpjack.
- nodding onion noun: Allium cernuum, a wild onion native to North America.
- nodding syndrome noun: Synonym of nodding disease.
- nodding thistle noun: Synonym of musk thistle.
- nodding trillium noun: The flowering plant Trillium cernuum.
- nodding wakerobin noun: Synonym of nodding trillium.
- noddingly adverb: With a nodding motion, possibly expressing agreement.
- noddle noun, verb /ˈnɒdəl/: The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
- noddled adjective, verb: Having a noddle or head.
- noddy adjective, noun, verb /ˈnɒdi/: A silly or stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
- Noddy cap noun: A rubber cap protecting the nose cone of a missile.
- Noddy suit noun: A kind of NBC suit with a pointed hood.
- node noun /nəʊd/: A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- node of Ranvier noun /ˈɹɑn.vi.eɪ/: A small constriction in the myelin sheath of axons.
- node of Rouvière noun /ɹuˈvjɛɹ/: The retropharyngeal lymph node found at the base of the fossa of Rosenmüller.
- node-voltage analysis noun: Synonym of nodal analysis.
- noded adjective: Having or divided into nodes.
- nodeless adjective: Lacking nodes.
- nodelessness noun: Absence of nodes.
- nodelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a node.
- nodelist noun: A list of bulletin board systems and their connection details.
- nodename noun: Synonym of hostname.
- nodeset noun: A set of nodes.
- nodesize noun: The value of a node of a tree.
- nodeweed noun: An American plant of species Synedrella nodiflora.
- nodewise adverb: In terms of nodes.
- Nodhead noun: A variety of apple with mostly red skin.
- nodiak noun: Zaglossus bruijnii, the western long-beaked echidna.
- nodical adjective: Of or pertaining to the nodes of an orbiting body (such as the moon)
- nodical month noun: Synonym of lunar month.
- nodiferous adjective: Bearing nodes.
- nodiform adjective: Shaped like a knot or knob.
- NODIS phrase: Abbreviation of no distribution: a document classification level.
- nodofascicular adjective: Relating to a node and a fascicle.
- nodome noun: A crossing hitch, as used in Japanese rope bondage.
- nodopathy noun: Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
- nodosarine adjective, noun: Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.
- nodosaur noun: Synonym of nodosaurus, Nodosaurus textilis, an ankylosaurian dinosaur of the Cretaceous period lacking a clublike tail.
- nodosaurian noun: Synonym of nodosaurid, any member of the family Nodosauridae, ankylosaurians without clublike tails.
- nodosaurid noun: Any member of the family †Nodosauridae, ankylosaurians without clublike tails.
- nodose adjective: Knot-like; swollen
- nodosely adverb: In a nodose manner.
- nodosity noun: A knotty swelling.
- nodosome noun: Any of a group of proteins that regulate the control of bacterial infections and inflammation
- nodososide noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- nodous adjective /ˈnəʊdəs/: Nodose; knotty.
- nodoventricular adjective: Relating to a node and a ventricle.
- nodowa noun: A thrust at the opponent's throat.
- nodulapeptin noun: A cyclopeptide sulfate produced by the cyanobacterium Nodularia
- nodular adjective: Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
- nodularin noun: Any of a group of hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacteria.
- nodularity noun: The condition of being nodular.
- nodularly adverb: In a nodular manner
- nodulate verb: To produce nodules.
- nodulated adjective, verb: Having nodules.
- nodulating adjective, verb: Producing nodules.
- nodulation noun: The presence of nodules.
- nodule noun /ˈnɒdjuːl/: A small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.
- nodulectomy noun: The excision of a (typically cancerous) nodule.
- noduled adjective: Having nodules.
- noduliferous adjective: Having nodules.
- noduliform adjective: Shaped like a little knot or knob.
- nodulin noun: Any of a class of plant proteins formed or enhanced during symbiotic nitrogen fixation in root nodules
- nodulisporamide noun: Any derivative of nodulisporic acid that is used to kill fleas, especially in animal fur
- nodulization noun: The formation of nodules.
- nodulize verb: To form into nodules.
- nodulizing adjective, noun: The consolidation of fine material into nodules
- nodulocystic adjective: Characterized by nodules and cysts.
- nodulogenesis noun: The formation of nodules, typically in a goitre
- nodulose adjective: having nodules.
- nodulosely adverb: In a nodulose manner.
- nodulosporin noun: Any antibacterial fungal metabolite produced by Nodulisporium
- noduloulcerative adjective: Both nodular and ulcerative.
- nodulous adjective: Alternative form of nodulose.
- nodulus noun /ˈnɒd.jʊ.ləs/: A nodule; a little knot or lump.
- nodus noun: A difficulty.
- NOE adjective: Initialism of nap-of-the-earth.
- noegenesis noun: The acquisition of new knowledge from observation and experience, and from inferring relationships between known things.
- noegenetic adjective: Of or relating to noegenesis.
- noekkelost noun: A semihard Norwegian cow's-milk cheese flavoured with cumin and cloves.
- noel interjection, noun /nəʊˈɛl/: Acronym of no observed effect level.
- Noeleen proper noun: A female given name from French, a 20th century variant of Noelle.
- Noelene proper noun: A female given name from French, a 20th-century variant of Noelle.
- Noeline proper noun: A female given name from French, a 20th-century variant of Noelle.
- Noell proper noun: A surname.
- Noelle proper noun /ˈnəʊəl/: A female given name from French, often given to girls born near Christmas.
- Noem proper noun: A surname.
- noema noun /nəʊˈiːmə/: The perceived as perceived
- noematachograph noun: A timing instrument, used to measure the duration of various cognitive tasks.
- noematic adjective /ˌnəʊ.ɪˈmætɪk/: Of or relating to the understanding.
- noematical adjective: Synonym of noematic.
- noematically adverb: In noematic terms.
- noematics noun /nəwɪˈmatɪks/: The study of mental processes, consciousness, and thought.
- noematograph noun: An instrument for recording the time of physical processes, having a manually operated cylinder covered in paper which is struck by a percussion hammer and...
- noeme noun: An irreducible unit of meaning; the semantic component of a glosseme.
- Noemi proper noun: A female given name.
- noemics noun: The science of the understanding; intellectual science.
- noer noun: One who noes.
- noesis noun /nəʊˈiːsɪs/: Cognition, the functioning of intellect.
- noetherian adjective /noʊˈθɪəriən/: In which any ascending chain of ideals eventually becomes constant.
- Noetherian domain noun /nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən doʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n/: A Noetherian ring which is also an integral domain.
- noetherian module noun: A module whose every submodule is finitely generated; or equivalently, a module whose submodules satisfy an ascending chain condition (i.e., any ascending...
- Noetherian ring noun /nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən ˈɹɪŋɡ/: A ring which is either: (a) a commutative ring in which every ideal is finitely generated, or (b) a noncommutative ring that is both left-Noetherian (every...
- noetherianity noun: The condition of being noetherian
- Noetian noun: A follower of Noetus, a presbyter of the church of Asia Minor about AD 230, who believed that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in the Holy Trinity were not...
- noetic adjective, noun /nəʊˈɛt.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect.
- noetical adjective: Alternative form of noetic.
- noetically adverb: In a noetic way.
- noetiid noun: Any member of the family Noetiidae of clams.
- noeud vital noun: The junction between root and stem of a plant.
- NOF noun: Initialism of neck of femur.
- NoFapper noun: A member of the website and community forum NoFap, serving as a support group for those who wish to give up pornography and masturbation; one who avoids...
- nofetumomab noun: A monoclonal antibody used to diagnose certain cancers.
- Noffke proper noun: A surname from German.
- Noffsinger proper noun: A surname from German.
- nofi noun: Alternative spelling of no-fi.
- NOFORN adjective: Abbreviation of not for release to foreign nationals: used as a page header and footer in classified U.S. federal government documents, especially those...
- nofotane noun: In Samoa, a woman who has married into a family and whose social status is determined by that of her husband.
- Nofziger proper noun: A surname.
- nog noun, verb /nɒɡ/: A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
- Noga proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- nogada noun: A sauce made from walnuts and spices.
- Nogai adjective, noun /noʊˈɡaɪ/: A member of the Turkic people who speak this language.
- nogaku noun: Synonym of noh (“Japanese music drama”).
- nogalamycin noun: An anthracycline antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces nogalater.
- Nogales proper noun: A city, the county seat of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.
- Nogalian noun: A person from or resident of Nogales, Arizona.
- nogapendekin alfa inbakicept noun: A drug used to treat bladder cancer.
- noggen adjective, noun: Made of flax or hemp
- noggin noun /ˈnɑɡɪn/: A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.
- nogging noun, verb: A horizontal beam used in the construction of a building, especially to strengthen upright posts.
- Noggle proper noun: A surname.
- nogiragenin noun: A sapogenin found in Metanarthecium luteo-viride.
- Nogle proper noun: A surname from German.
- nogo adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of no-go.
- nogodinid noun: Any fulgoroid planthopper in the family Nogodinidae.
- nogoer noun: Alternative form of no-goer.
- Noguchi proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- Noguchi table noun: A modernist table with a wooden base, composed of two identical curved wood pieces, and a heavy plate-glass top.
- Nogueira proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
- Noguera proper noun: A surname from Catalan.
- noh noun /nəʊ/: A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
- Noha proper noun: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Нога (Noha).
- nohkan noun: A transverse flute used to accompany Japanese noh theater.
- NoHo proper noun /ˈnoʊhoʊ/: A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.
- nohow adverb: In no way; not at all; by no available means.
- nohowish adjective: Feeling out of sorts.
- nohows adverb: Alternative form of nohow.
- nohuda noun: Alternative form of nakhoda.
Part 42 · Part 44 · English words: N
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under N: 29,582 words, in 99 parts.