English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 443 of 488

northern hairy-nosed wombatnoun

A species of wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii, now found only in Queensland, Australia.

Northern Irelandname

A constituent country and province of the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland.

Northern Irelandernoun

A person from Northern Ireland

Northern Irishmannoun

A man from Northern Ireland

Northern Khmername

A dialect of Khmer, which uses a different writing system than Central Khmer.

northern lightsnoun

The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

Northern Macedonianame

The Republic of Northern Macedonia, formerly known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Northern Mariana Islandernoun

A person from the Northern Marianas or of descent of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Northern Mariana Islandsname

An archipelago, commonwealth and dependent territory (technically, an unincorporated territory) of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Northern Minname

A variety of Min Chinese, spoken in northern Fujian, represented by the Jian'ou dialect.

northern palm squirrelnoun

A species of squirrel, Funambulus pennantii, native to the Indian subcontinent.

northern pikenoun

A species of pike, Esox lucius.

Northern Provincename

A province of Sri Lanka. Captial: Jaffna.

northern quollnoun

A species of quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus, native to parts of northern Australia.

Northern Rhodesianame

A former protectorate of the United Kingdom, existing from 1911 to 1964, now called Zambia.

northern rock cressnoun

A member of species Arabis petraea, a kind of rockcress, growing in central and northern Europe.

Northern Samarname

A province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital: Catarman.

northern scurfy Quaker mothnoun

Homorthodes furfurata, a species of North American owlet moth.

northern soulnoun

A music and dance movement of northern England in the late 1960s, mainly based around black American soul music.

northern spellnoun

Synonym of trap ball.

northern streamersnoun

northern lights, aurora borealis

Northern Territoriesname

A group of islands administered by Russia, claimed by Japan.

Northern Territoryname

A territory covering northern and north-central Australia. Capital: Darwin.

Northern Thainame

The language spoken in the northern region of Thailand (closely related to Thai and Lao).

Northern Trianglename

A region of Central America consisting of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Northern Waggonername

The Big Dipper.

northern wheatearnoun

Oenanthe oenanthe, an Old World flycatcher.

northern wolffishnoun

A species of wolffish, Anarhichas denticulatus, found in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.

northernernoun

A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.

northernestadj

northernmost

northernismnoun

Anything characteristic of the northern part of a region.

northernizationnoun

The process of northernizing.

northernizeverb

To make something northern in character.

northernlyadj

Northerly.

northernmostadj

Farthest north.

northernnessnoun

The state or quality of being northern.

northestadj

superlative form of north: most north

Northeyname

A surname from Old English.

northfielditenoun

A type of siliceous rock containing of quartz and muscovite.

Northgrippianname

A subdivision of the Holocene epoch, spanning 0.0082 to 0.0042 million years ago.

northienoun

Somebody from the north of India; a northerner.

northingnoun

The distance north of a standard reference latitude.

Northingtonname

A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU568733).

northishadj

Approximately to the north.

Northitenoun

A supporter of Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792), British Tory politician.

northlandnoun

A land that lies to the north.

northlyadj

Synonym of northerly.

Northmannoun

Synonym of Norse.

Northmoorname

A hamlet in Bradworthy parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3016).

Northmorename

A surname.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter N contains 24,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 488 pages, and you are currently viewing page 443. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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