| noisemaker |
someone or something that makes noise, esp. a rattle, horn, or other device used at a party or celebration. |
| noiseproof |
resistant to outside noise; soundproof. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, esp. in smell; foul. [2 definitions] |
| noisy |
making a lot of noise. [2 definitions] |
| nolens volens |
(Latin) whether unwillingly or willingly; willy-nilly. |
| nolle prosequi |
in law, a formal declaration by a prosecutor in a criminal case or a plaintiff in a civil one that one or more charges or defendants will be dropped from a suit. |
| nolo contendere |
in law, a plea entered in a criminal case that the charges will not be contested, thus allowing the defendant's conviction without any admission of guilt. |
| no longer |
not currently happening or in the same state or condition as before; not anymore. [2 definitions] |
| no love lost |
great dislike or animosity. |
| nol-pros |
in law, to terminate (prosecution) by an entry of nolle prosequi on the court records. |
| nom. |
abbreviation of "nominative," denoting, relating to, or in a grammatical case that usu. indicates the subject of a sentence or the basic form of a noun or adjective. |
| nomad |
a member of a group or tribe that has no permanent home and moves from place to place, often in search of pasture for the group's livestock. [2 definitions] |
| nomadic |
pertaining to, being, or resembling a nomad; wandering homelessly. |
| no man's land |
a disputed territory, as between opposing armies. [3 definitions] |
| no matter |
regardless of; irrespective of (used in combination with "how," "what," "where," and other question words). [2 definitions] |
| no matter what |
regardless of the cost or of what might happen. |
| nom de guerre |
war name (French); an assumed name; pseudonym. |
| nom de plume |
a fictitious name adopted by an author; pen name. |
| Nome |
a U.S. city in northwestern Alaska. |
| nomenclature |
a specialized system or set of names and terms used in a particular science, art, or other field of study or training. |
| nominal |
in name alone. [4 definitions] |