| 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 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. [2 definitions] |
| nomad |
a member of a group or tribe that has no permanent home and moves from place to place, often in search of pasturage for its animals. [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] |
| 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] |
| nominally |
by or according to name; in name; purportedly. |
| nominal wages |
wages expressed in terms of money paid, rather than in terms of purchasing power. (Cf. real wages.) |
| nominate |
to propose (a person) as a candidate for election or appointment. [2 definitions] |
| nomination |
the act of nominating, or the fact or condition of being nominated, esp. for office. |
| nominative |
nominated or appointed, as a candidate or official. [4 definitions] |
| nominee |
a person or thing that has been nominated, as for an office or honor. |
| -nomy |
system of laws for or sum of knowledge about a particular field. |
| non- |
not; absence of; failure to. |