not to mention |
and in addition (used to mention an additional thing that is equal to, greater, or more obvious than the first thing mentioned, despite saying that one need not mention it. This additional thing may have just been remembered by the speaker or was previously felt unnecessary to say). |
notum |
a dorsal plate or part on an insect segment, esp. the thorax. |
notwithstanding |
in spite of; despite (sometimes used after its object rather than before). [3 definitions] |
Nouakchott |
the capital of Mauritania. |
nougat |
a chewy or brittle candy that contains nuts and sometimes chunks of fruit. |
nought |
variant of naught. |
noun |
in grammar, a word that names a person, place, thing, condition, or quality, that usu. has plural and possessive forms, and that functions as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb or preposition. [3 definitions] |
nourish |
to supply with food or other essential nutriments. [3 definitions] |
nourishment |
that which nourishes; food. [2 definitions] |
nouveau riche |
(French) a person who has recently acquired great wealth, usu. one who engages in a vulgar display or discussion of that wealth; parvenu. |
nouvelle cuisine |
(sometimes cap.) contemporary French cooking that emphasizes artfully arranged fresh ingredients and uses low-calorie stock-based sauces. |
Nov. |
abbreviation of "November," the eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar year, having thirty days. |
nova |
a star that suddenly becomes many times brighter and then gradually, in several weeks, months, or years, returns to its original magnitude. (Cf. supernova.) |
Nova Scotia |
a Canadian Maritime Province southeast of New Brunswick. |
novel1 |
a relatively long work of prose fiction, usu. having a plot and characters. |
novel2 |
new and unusual. |
novelette |
a short novel; novella. |
novelist |
one who writes novels. |
novelistic |
of, pertaining to, or typical of novels. |
novelize |
to convert into the form of a novel, as a film. |
novella |
a short novel, often witty or satirical in its earlier forms. |