- nonuser n. One who refrains from the use of something, as of narcotic drugs or alcohol. - noodle2 n. Slang 1. The human head. 2. A weak, foolish, or stupid person. - noodle3 intr.v. Slang To improvise music on an instrument in an idle, haphazard fashion. - nooky or nookie n. Vulgar Slag Sexual intercourse. - nopal n. 1. Any of various cacti of the genera Nopalea or Opuntia, including the prickly pear and similar species. 2. The fleshy, oval, edible pad of such a cactus. - nor'easter n. A northeaster. - nori n. An edible, dried preparation of red algae of the genus Porthyra. [Japanese] - Norman1 n. 1a. A member of a Scandinavian people who settled in northern France in the 10th century. b. A descendant of this people, especially one ruling or inhabiting England from the time of the Norman Conquest. 2. A native or inhabitant of Normandy. - northeaster n. A storm or gale blowing from the northeast. - nose n. 5. Informal The nose considered as a symbol of prying: Keep your nose out of my business. v. -tr. 1. To find out by or as if by smell: nosed out the thieves' hiding place. 2. To touch with the nose; nuzzle. 3. To move, push, or make with or as if with the nose. 4. To advance the forward part of cautiously: nosed the car into the flow of traffic. -intr. 1. To smell or sniff. 2. Informal To search or inquire meddlesomely; snoop or pry: nosing around looking for opportunities. 3. To advance with caution: The ship nosed into its berth. - nosedive n. 1. A very steep dive of an aircraft. 2. A sudden, swift drop or plunge: Stock prices took a nosedive. - nose job n. Informal Plastic surgery on the nose, especially to improve its appearance; rhinoplasty. - nosh n. A snack or light meal. intr.v. - no-show Informal n. One that is expected but does not appear; especially: a. A person who reserves a place, as on an airplane, but neither uses nor cancels the reservation. b. A person who buys a ticket for an event but does not attend. c. A person who unexplainedly fails to keep an appointment. adj. Requiring little or no actual attendance or work: a no-show political patronage job. - nosocomial adj. 1. Of or relating to a hospital. 2. Of or being a secondary disorder associated with being treated in a hospital but unrelated to the patient's primary condition: a nosocomial infection. - nostrum n. 1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy. 2. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils. - notch n. 3. Informal A level or degree: a notch or two higher in quality. tr.v. 3. Informal To achieve; score: notched 30 wins in a single season. - notchback n. An automobile having a roof that drops off sharply to the top of the rear compartment. - [Idiom] for nothing: 1. Free of charge. 2. To no avail: all that trouble for nothing. 3. For no reason: fired him for nothing. - nous n. 2. Chiefly British God sense; shrewdness: "Hilleda had the nous to take up with the General when he was on the up-and-up again." - nova n. A star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then gradually returns to its original brightness over a period of weeks to years. - novation n. Law Substitution of a new obligation for an old one. - novercal adj. Of, relating to,, or characteristic of a stepmother. - nth adj. 1. Relating to an unspecified ordinal number: ten to the nth power. 2. Highest; utmost: delighted to the nth degree. - nub n. 1. A protuberance or knob. 2. A small lump. 3. The essence; the core: the nub of a story. - nubile adj. 1. Ready for marriage; of a marriageable age or condition. Used of young women. 2. Sexually mature and attractive. Used of young women. - nuclear winter n. A worldwide darkening and cooling of the atmosphere with consequent devastation of surviving life forms, believed by some scientists to be a probable outcome of large-scale nuclear war. |