Toward the northwest.

A native of Norway.

A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway. Not recognized as an element (1999).

Norwegian.

To smell; to sniff; to scent.

to look around or search, especially where one has no authority to do so; to pry; to be nosy. Same as nose{2}, v. i.

To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane.

A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

A bleeding at the nose.

A count of the number of persons present or who are to be included in a group; as, get a nosecount of those who are planning to go; also, a periodic count of the population.

Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chiefly used in composition; as, pug-nosed.

A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.

To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.

Destitute of a nose.

A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.

Nostril.

Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosy; as, a nosy neighbor.

That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.

Nozzle.

Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere.

A description or classification of diseases.

Of or pertaining to nosology.

One versed in nosology.

A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.

Morbid dread of disease.

Producing diseases.

Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

Same as Nostalgia.

A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

A natural family of blue-green algae.

Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosey; as, he flipped through my letters in his nosy way.

A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

Things worthy of notice.

Quality of being notable.

A person, or thing, of distinction.

The quality of being notable.

In a notable manner.

The back or upper surface, as of a bird.

Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.

A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

In a notarial manner.

Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

A case for holding paper money; a wallet.

A genus including the tiger snakes.

Well known by reputation or report; eminent; famous; prominent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler.

Useful.

Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.

A state of being noteless.

A little or short note; a billet.

Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.

Neither; nor.

Other; -- variant spelling used mostly in the phrase a whole nother (i. e., a completely different), as though formed by splitting the word /another/.

In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.

Nihility; nothingness.

Nihility; nonexistence.

inconsequential conversation; as, they traded a few nothings as they parted.

A genus of beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa; the southern beech.

An extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.

To observe; to see; to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.

Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicuous.

In a noticeable manner.

One who notices.

Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.

The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

The act or process of informing by words.

Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

A notional or groundless opinion.

In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Notional.

One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.

An annotator.

A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back. The Dorsibranchiata.

Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.

An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.

One of the genera of newts, included in the family Salamandridae.

The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.

The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

The negative of self.

To shear.

Having the hair cut close.

Same as Nott-headed.

Same as Nocturne.

The back.

The south wind.

Wheat not bearded.

Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

An ouch; a jewel.

A cake, sweetmeat, or confection made with almonds or other nuts.

See Naught.

The top of the head; the head or noll.

Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal.

The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the 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.

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

Of or pertaining to a noun.

To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun; to nominalize.

A nurse.

A nurse.

One who, or that which, nourishes.

Promoting growth; nutritious.

Nutritively; cherishingly.

Nurture.