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17-letter words starting with n

  • north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head
  • northcountrywoman — a female native or inhabitant of the North of England
  • northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
  • northeast passage — a ship route along the N coast of Europe and Asia, between the North Sea and the Pacific.
  • northern bobwhite — any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, especially C. virginianus (northern bobwhite) having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
  • northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
  • northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
  • northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
  • northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
  • northern studfish — See under studfish.
  • northwest by west — a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW.
  • northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  • norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
  • not a happy bunny — deeply dissatisfied or discontented
  • not bat an eyelid — When something surprising or shocking happens, if someone doesn't bat an eyelid in British English, or doesn't bat an eye in American English, they remain calm and do not show any reaction.
  • not lift a finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • not mince matters — to speak frankly
  • not on your nelly — not under any circumstances; certainly not
  • not one to do sth — If you say that someone is not one to do something, you think that it is very unlikely that they would do it because it is not their normal behaviour.
  • not one's idea of — not what one regards as (hard work, a holiday, etc)
  • not spare oneself — to exert oneself to the full
  • not the full quid — mentally subnormal
  • not think much of — be unimpressed by
  • not to be outdone — You use not to be outdone to introduce an action which someone takes in response to a previous action.
  • not worth a whoop — worthless
  • notebook computer — laptop, portable
  • nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
  • nothing more than — merely, solely
  • noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
  • nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
  • nuclear deterrent — a country's nuclear weapons viewed as a deterrent to other countries from attacking
  • nuclear isomerism — isomerism (def 2).
  • nuclear radiation — Physics. radiation in the form of elementary particles emitted by an atomic nucleus, as alpha rays or gamma rays, produced by decay of radioactive substances or by nuclear fission.
  • nuclear scientist — a scientist who studies nuclear physics
  • nuclear submarine — undersea vessel powered by atomic energy
  • nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
  • nuclear-free zone — any area in which nuclear weapons, power plants, or materials are not allowed.
  • nuclear-isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • number eight wire — a standard gauge of fencing wire
  • number seven iron — pitcher2 (def 3).
  • number three wood — spoon (def 5).
  • numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
  • numerical control — control of a machine tool, or other device used in a manufacturing process, by a computer, other control circuitry, or recorded digital commands.
  • nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
  • nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
  • nyquist frequency — (DSP)   The highest frequency that can be represented in a digital signal of a specified sampling frequency. It is equal to one-half of the sampling rate. See Nyquist Theorem.
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