5-letter words containing n, o
- nosed — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noser — (rare) someone who noses, a nosy person.
- noses — Plural form of nose.
- nosey — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- noso- — disease
- notal — Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.
- notam — A written notification issued to pilots before a flight, advising them of circumstances relating to the state of flying.
- notch — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- notec — a river in central Poland, flowing W to the Warta river. 270 miles (434 km) long.
- noted — well-known; celebrated; famous: a noted scholar.
- noter — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes — Lotus Notes
- notif — (slang) notification.
- noto- — the back
- nottm — Nottingham
- notts — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- notum — a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- notus — the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nouch — (obsolete) An ouch; a jewel.
- nould — would not
- nouns — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nouny — (of a word) resembling a noun
- nouse — (neologism) A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
- novae — a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- novas — Plural form of nova.
- novel — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- novia — a fiancée or bride.
- novio — a fiancé or bridegroom.
- novum — A new feature.
- noway — in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise: He was noway responsible for the accident.
- noweb — (programming) A system of structured programming and documentation from M.Speh in DESY. See literate programming.
- nowed — Knotted; (of a snake) depicted interlaced in a knot.
- nowel — Noel (def 2).
- nower — without further delay; immediately; at once: Either do it now or not at all.
- nowty — bad-tempered
- noxal — (in law, esp Roman law) of or relating to damage done by a person (usually a slave) or animal belonging to or in the charge of another
- noyau — A liqueur made of brandy flavored with fruit kernels.
- noyes — Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- noyon — a town in N France: scene of the coronations of Charlemagne (768) and Hugh Capet (987); birthplace of John Calvin. Pop: 14 471 (1999)
- nozle — Obsolete form of nozzle.
- nroff — (transitive,computing) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
- nuevo — New or novel, usually in reference to Latin American culture.
- nullo — (in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- nutso — Insane.
- nylon — any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- nyoro — a member of a Negroid people of W Uganda
- oaken — made of oak: the old oaken bucket.
- oaniu — Onitsha Ado National Improvement Union
- oaten — of, relating to, or made of oats.
- obang — a Japanese gold coin, rectangular in shape, that is no longer in common usage and is only used as a ceremonial or special contribution