a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
newswoman
Noun
a female newsperson
nagger
Noun
someone who annoys people by constantly finding fault
noctambulist
Noun
someone who walks about in their sleep
national leader
Noun
a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
native speaker
Noun
a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood
natator
Noun
a person who travels through the water by swimming
nob
Noun
informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
needer
Noun
a person who wants or needs something
nonachiever
Noun
a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
natural phenomenon
Noun
all phenomena that are not artificial
nonparticulate radiation
Noun
radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
nuclear winter
Noun
a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war
negative charge
Noun
having a surplus of electrons
near gale
Noun
wind moving 32-38 knots
northeaster
Noun
a storm blowing from the northeast
noreaster
Noun
a storm blowing from the northeast
nuclear energy
Noun
the energy released by a nuclear reaction
nuclear power
Noun
nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)
northwest wind
Noun
a wind from the northwest
northwester
Noun
a wind from the northwest
northern lights
Noun
the aurora of the northern hemisphere
necrobiosis
Noun
the normal degeneration and death of living cells
necrosis
Noun
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
neutron radiation
Noun
radiation of neutrons (as by a neutron bomb)
north wind
Noun
a wind that blows from the north
norther
Noun
a wind that blows from the north
nuclear propulsion
Noun
the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets)
nuclear resonance
Noun
the resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray
nuclear magnetic resonance
Noun
resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field
non-flowering plant
Noun
a plant that does not bear flowers
nonvascular plant
Noun
any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
nonlinear distortion
Noun
distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal
nonflowering plant
Noun
plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
nut pine
Noun
any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds
northern pitch pine
Noun
large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada
nutmeg-yew
Noun
California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
nagi
Noun
medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves
northern white cedar
Noun
small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
norfolk island pine
Noun
evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific
new caledonian pine
Noun
very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine
nicker nut
Noun
hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree
nicker seed
Noun
hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree
nucellus
Noun
central part of a plant ovule
nutshell
Noun
the shell around the kernel of a nut
nectary
Noun
a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
negro pepper
Noun
tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
nutmeg family
Noun
family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
nutmeg tree
Noun
East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed