| nonsensical | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) having no intelligible meaning | Synonyms: nonsense |
| nonsensicality | (noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning | Synonyms: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense |
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| nonsensitive | (adjective) never having had security classification | Synonyms: unrestricted |
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| nonsexual | (adjective) not having or involving sex | Synonyms: asexual |
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| nonsignificant | (adjective) attributable to chance | - |
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| nonskid | (adjective) designed to reduce or prevent skidding | - |
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| nonslip | (adjective) designed to reduce or prevent slipping | - |
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| nonslippery | (adjective) not slippery; not likely to slip or skid | - |
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| nonsmoker | (noun) a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke | Synonyms: nonsmoking car |
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| (noun) a person who does not smoke tobacco | - |
| nonsocial | (adjective) of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies | Synonyms: nongregarious, solitary |
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| nonsovereign | (adjective) (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: nonautonomous |
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| nonspatial | (adjective) not spatial | - |
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| nonspeaking | (adjective) not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines | Synonyms: walk-on |
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| nonspecific | (adjective) not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides | - |
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| nonspecifically | (adverb) without specificity | - |
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| nonspherical | (adjective) not spherical | - |
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| nonstandard | (adjective) not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence | - |
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| (adjective) varying from or not adhering to a standard | - |
| (adjective) not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community | - |
| nonstandardness | (noun) The state or condition of not being standard. | - |
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| nonstarter | (noun) a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered | - |
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| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: failure, loser, unsuccessful person |
| nonsteroid | (noun) an organic compound that does no contain a steroid | Synonyms: nonsteroidal |
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| nonsteroidal | (adjective) not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones | - |
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| (noun) an organic compound that does no contain a steroid | Synonyms: nonsteroid |
| nonstick | (adjective) (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles | - |
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| nonstop | (adjective) at all times | Synonyms: around-the-clock, day-and-night, round-the-clock |
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| (adjective) (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops | - |
| (noun) a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination | Synonyms: nonstop flight |
| (adverb) without stopping | - |
| nonstructural | (adjective) not structural | - |
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| nonsubjective | (adjective) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | Synonyms: objective |
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| nonsubmergible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmersible |
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| nonsubmersible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmergible |
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| nonsuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, saint |
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| nonsuppurative | (adjective) not suppurative | - |
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| nonsurgical | (adjective) not surgical | - |
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| nonsweet | (adjective) not containing sugar | Synonyms: sugarless |
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| nonsyllabic | (adjective) not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong) | Synonyms: unsyllabic |
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| (adjective) (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable | - |
| nonsymbiotic | (adjective) not parasitic on another organism | Synonyms: free-living, nonparasitic |
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| nonsynchronous | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: unsynchronised, unsynchronized, unsynchronous |
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| nonsynthetic | (adjective) involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives | - |
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| nontaxable | (adjective) (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation | Synonyms: exempt |
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| nontechnical | (adjective) not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences | Synonyms: untechnical |
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| nontelescopic | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescoping |
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| nontelescoping | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescopic |
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| nonterritorial | (adjective) not displaying territoriality | - |
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| nonthermal | (adjective) not involving heat | - |
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| nontoxic | (adjective) not producing or resulting from poison | Synonyms: atoxic |
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| (adjective) safe to eat | Synonyms: non-poisonous, nonpoisonous |
| nontoxicity | (noun) The state or condition of not being toxic or poisonous. | - |
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| nontraditional | (adjective) not conforming to or in accord with tradition | Synonyms: untraditional |
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| nontransferable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: unassignable, untransferable |
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| nontranslational | (adjective) of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation | - |
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| nontransmissible | (adjective) (of disease) not capable of being passed on | Synonyms: noncommunicable, noncontagious |
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| (adjective) not acquirable by inheritance | Synonyms: nonhereditary |
| nontricyclic | (noun) a class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO | Synonyms: nontricyclic antidepressant, nontricyclic antidepressant drug, nontricyclic drug |
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| nonturbulent | (adjective) (of a liquid) not turbulent | - |
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| nonuniform | (adjective) not homogeneous | Synonyms: inhomogeneous |
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| nonuniformity | (noun) the quality of being diverse and interesting | - |
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| nonunion | (adjective) not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union | - |
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| nonunionised | (adjective) not affiliated in a trade union | Synonyms: nonunionized, unorganised, unorganized |
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| nonunionized | (adjective) not affiliated in a trade union | Synonyms: nonunionised, unorganised, unorganized |
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| nonuple | (adjective) having nine units or components | Synonyms: nine-fold, ninefold |
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| nonvenomous | (adjective) not producing venom | - |
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| nonverbal | (adjective) involving little use of language | - |
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| (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: gestural |
| (adjective) lacking verbal skill | - |
| nonverbally | (adverb) without words | Synonyms: non-verbally |
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| nonviable | (adjective) not capable of living or developing successfully | - |
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| nonviolence | (noun) peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate | Synonyms: nonviolent resistance, passive resistance |
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| nonviolent | (adjective) abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence | - |
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| (adjective) achieved without bloodshed | Synonyms: unbloody |
| nonviolently | (adverb) without violence | - |
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| nonviscid | (adjective) not resembling glue in texture | Synonyms: nonglutinous |
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| nonvisual | (adjective) not resulting in vision | - |
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| nonvolatile | (adjective) not volatilizing readily | Synonyms: nonvolatilisable, nonvolatilizable |
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| nonvolatilisable | (adjective) not volatilizing readily | Synonyms: nonvolatile, nonvolatilizable |
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| nonvolatilizable | (adjective) not volatilizing readily | Synonyms: nonvolatile, nonvolatilisable |
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| nonvoluntary | (adjective) not subject to the control of the will | Synonyms: involuntary, unvoluntary |
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| nonwashable | (adjective) not washable | - |
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| nonwoody | (adjective) not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood | - |
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| nonworker | (noun) a person who does nothing | - |
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| noodle | (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, dome, noggin |
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| (noun) a ribbonlike strip of pasta | - |
| nook | (noun) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | Synonyms: corner |
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| (noun) a sheltered and secluded place | - |
| nookie | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup |
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| nooky | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup |
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| noon | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noonday, noontide, twelve noon |
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| noona | (noun) used by males to address an older female | Synonyms: nuna |
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| noonday | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noon, noontide, twelve noon |
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| noontide | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noon, noonday, twelve noon |
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| noose | (noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: gin, snare |
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| (noun) a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled | Synonyms: running noose, slip noose |
| (verb) secure with a noose | - |
| (verb) make a noose in or of | - |
| nopal | (noun) any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears | - |
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| (noun) cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits | Synonyms: Opuntia lindheimeri |
| noradrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: norepinephrine |
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| nordic | (adjective) resembling peoples of Scandinavia | - |
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| noreaster | (noun) a storm blowing from the northeast | Synonyms: northeaster |
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| norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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| norethandrolone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethindrone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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| norethindrone | (noun) a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis | Synonyms: norethandrolone, norethindrone acetate, Norlutin |
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| norethynodrel | (noun) a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding | - |
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| norgestrel | (noun) synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives | - |
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| noria | (noun) a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel | - |
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| norm | (noun) a statistic describing the location of a distribution | Synonyms: average |
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| (noun) a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical | - |
| normal | (adjective) conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal | - |
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| (adjective) in accordance with scientific laws | - |
| (adjective) being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development | - |
| (adjective) forming a right angle | - |
| (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, formula, pattern, rule |
| normalcy | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normality |
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| (noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normality |
| normalisation | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalization, standardisation, standardization |
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| normalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalize, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalize |
| normaliser | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normalizer |
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| normality | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normalcy |
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| (noun) conformity with the norm | - |
| (noun) (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter | Synonyms: N |
| (noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normalcy |
| normalization | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, standardisation, standardization |
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| normalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, temper |
| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalise |
| normalizer | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normaliser |
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