| noma | (noun) acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children | - |
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| nomad | (noun) a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | - |
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| nomadic | (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering |
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| nomadism | (noun) The way of life of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc. | - |
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| nombril | (noun) the center point on a shield | - |
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| nomenclature | (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: language, terminology |
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| nomenklatura | (noun) the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party | - |
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| nomia | (noun) a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes | Synonyms: genus Nomia |
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| nominal | (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun | - |
| (adjective) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name | - |
| (adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: titular |
| (adjective) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) | Synonyms: token, tokenish |
| (adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominative |
| (noun) a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb | Synonyms: nominal phrase, noun phrase |
| nominalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name | - |
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| nominalist | (noun) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism | - |
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| nominalistic | (adjective) of or relating to nominalism | - |
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| nominally | (adverb) in name only | - |
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| nominate | (verb) propose as a candidate for some honor | Synonyms: put forward, put up |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, name |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, name |
| (verb) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position | Synonyms: propose |
| nominated | (adjective) appointed by nomination | Synonyms: nominative |
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| nomination | (noun) the act of officially naming a candidate | - |
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| (noun) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election | Synonyms: nominating address, nominating speech |
| (noun) the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election | - |
| nominative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb | - |
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| (adjective) appointed by nomination | Synonyms: nominated |
| (adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominal |
| (noun) the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb | Synonyms: nominative case, subject case |
| nominator | (noun) someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election | - |
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| nominee | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, candidate |
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| nomogram | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomograph |
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| nomograph | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomogram |
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| nomothetic | (adjective) relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles | - |
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