5-letter words starting with n
- nomos — a law, convention, or custom governing human conduct
- non-u — not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain: certain words and phrases that are considered absolutely non-U.
- nona- — nine
- nonad — A collection, or series of nine things.
- nonce — the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonda — Parinari nonda, a shrub or small tree of northern Australia and New Guinea, with edible plum-like fruit.
- nones — nones1 .
- nonet — a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nonna — (dialectal) grandmother.
- nonny — (obsolete) A fool.
- nonyl — the hydrocarbon radical -C9H19
- noobs — Plural form of noob.
- nooby — Like a noob.
- nooit — (South Africa) never; no way.
- nooks — Plural form of nook.
- nooky — coitus; sexual intercourse.
- noone — Nonstandard spelling of no one.
- noons — At noontimes.
- noose — a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- nopal — any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- norad — a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- norco — a town in S California.
- norge — Norwegian name of Norway.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- norms — a standard, model, or pattern.
- norry — An improvised rail vehicle from Cambodia; a bamboo train.
- norse — of or relating to ancient Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their language.
- north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
- norw. — Norway
- 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