8-letter words starting with no
- nordunet — (networking, body) (Nordic Universities Network?) A collaboration between the national research networks in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It provides international access for these countries.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normande — a breed of cattle originating in Normandy
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- normcore — a fashion style or way of dressing characterized by ordinary, plain clothing with no designer names, often a reaction against trendy fashion.
- normless — a standard, model, or pattern.
- normoxia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal level of oxygen.
- normoxic — (medicine) Having a normal oxygen concentration; typically 20-21% in the atmosphere, or 2-3% in physiological contexts.
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- norridge — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- norseman — Northman.
- northern — lying toward or situated in the north.
- northers — Plural form of norther.
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- northrop — John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
- northrup — a male given name.
- northumb — Northumberland
- nose bag — feed bag (def 1).
- nose job — cosmetic surgery of the nose; rhinoplasty.
- nose out — 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.
- nose rag — a handkerchief
- nosebags — Plural form of nosebag.
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- nosecone — Alternative spelling of nose cone.
- nosedive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nosehole — A nostril.
- noseless — Lacking a nose.
- nosewing — the flared portion of each side of the nose; a nasal ala.
- nosherei — food for snacking or noshing.
- nosiness — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- nosology — the systematic classification of diseases.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nostrils — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- nostromo — a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad.
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- not done — improper, inappropriate
- not even — no!
- not gate — Computers. NOT circuit.
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
- not much — very little
- not only — not being restricted to
- not that — which is not to say or suppose that
- not true — unbelievable; remarkable
- not very — hardly, only a little
- notables — Plural form of notable.
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- notarial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.