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- 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.
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- 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.
