| adrenosterone | (noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland | - |
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| agnostic | (noun) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) | - |
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| (noun) someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | Synonyms: doubter |
| agnosticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: scepticism, skepticism |
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| (noun) a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God | - |
| anagnost | (noun) a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church) | - |
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| diagnostician | (noun) a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | Synonyms: pathologist |
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| diagnostics | (noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease | Synonyms: nosology |
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| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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| gynostegium | (noun) the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias | - |
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| jejunostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding | - |
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| nostalgia | (noun) longing for something past | - |
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| nostoc | (noun) found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies | - |
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| nostril | (noun) either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose | Synonyms: anterior naris |
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| nostrum | (noun) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable | - |
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| (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: catholicon, cure-all, panacea |
| paternoster | (noun) a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor | - |
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| prognostic | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostication |
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| prognostication | (noun) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | Synonyms: prophecy, vaticination |
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| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, foretelling, prediction |
| (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic |
| prognosticator | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, predictor, soothsayer |
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| rhinostenosis | (noun) narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities | - |
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