English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 439 of 488

Norris Pointname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Norrish reactionnoun

A photochemical reaction involving ketones and aldehydes.

norrishitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing lithium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Norrisianadj

Describing a former professorship in divinity at the University of Cambridge, later merged into the post of Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity.

Norristownname

A community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

Norrköpingname

A city and municipality in Östergötland, eastern Sweden, the tenth-largest city in Sweden.

Norrlandname

The most northern of Sweden's three lands (landsdelar), the other being Götaland and Svealand.

Norrlandicadj

Of or originating from Norrland.

Norrodname

A surname from German.

Norroynoun

The most northern of the English kings-of-arms, whose jurisdiction lay north of the Trent. Since 1943, the jurisdiction is Norroy and Ulster.

norrynoun

an improvised rail vehicle from Cambodia; a bamboo train.

Norrysname

A surname.

Norseadj

Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Norway.

Norse Traditionname

The religion of Heathenry, a modern faith inspired by the ancient pagan beliefs of the Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.

Norse-Gaelicadj

Pertaining to the Viking raiders who settled Ireland and western Scotland and assimilated into the local Gaelic culture

Norselandname

The land where the Norsemen lived.

Norselandernoun

A native or inhabitant of Norseland.

Norsemannoun

A medieval Scandinavian or Viking.

Norsenessnoun

Quality of being Norse.

norsesquiterpenenoun

Any compound formally derived from a sesquiterpene by the removal of a methylene or methyl group

norsesquiterpenoidnoun

Any compound formally derived from a sesquiterpenoid by removal of a methylene group.

norsethitenoun

A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing barium, carbon, magnesium, and oxygen.

Norsewomannoun

A female mediaeval Scandinavian or Viking.

Norskadj

Scandinavian, especially Norwegian

norspermidinenoun

The triamine N-(3-aminopropyl)propane-1,3-diamine that occurs in some plants and bacteria

norsteroidnoun

Any compound derived from a named steroid by removing elements of a side chain or ring

norsteroidaladj

Relating to norsteroids.

norstictic acidnoun

An acid found in some lichens.

Norsworthyname

A surname from Old English.

Norte de Santandername

A mountainous department, in the north-east of Colombia, whose capital is Cúcuta.

nortestosteronenoun

A norsteroid based on a testosterone.

nortetrazepamnoun

A benzodiazepine drug.

norteñanoun

A song in the norteño genre.

norteñonoun

A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.

northnoun

The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.

North Aegeanname

One of the 13 peripheries of Greece.

North Americaname

The continent forming the northern part of the Americas; that part east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, north of South America and south of the Arctic Ocean.

North Americanadj

Of or relating to North America.

North American bisonnoun

Bison bison (“B. bison”); Synonym of American bison (“American buffalo”).

North American buffalonoun

Bison bison (“B. bison”); Synonym of American bison (“American buffalo”).

North American Indiannoun

A member of one of the indigenous peoples of North America (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).

North American porcupinenoun

A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.

North American ringtailnoun

A small carnivorous mammal with a distinctive black-and-white ringed tail, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico; Bassariscus astutus.

North American wheel bugnoun

Any of a species of wheel bug (Arilus cristatus), commonly found across North America and more specifically the United States.

north and southnoun

The mouth.

North Asianadj

Of or relating to North Asia.

North Atlantic Terrorist Organizationname

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisationname

Non-Oxford British spelling of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

North Atlanticanadj

Of or pertaining to the North Atlantic

North Atlanticismnoun

A characteristically North Atlantic feature.

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