Word origins

• Noah's arkA toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it.
• nocentCausing injury; harmful.
• no doubtwithout a doubt; surely.
• no lessEven, furthermore, not to mention.
• noli me tangereA picture depicting Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene shortly after his resurrection from the dead (see the etymology).
• no man's landThe ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted.
• no moreNot any more; no further.
• non-Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
• nonappearanceA failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.
• nonbeingnonexistence
• noncertainNot certain.
• noncertaintyLack of certainty.
• non-comingA lack or absence of coming; failure to come
• none other thanUsed to qualify a person whose eminence may be more than one would expect in the given situation.
• nonhouseholderOne who is not a householder.
• nonkindnessSynonym of unkindness.
• non-obeisanceLack of obeisance or failure to obey; disobedience
• nonobservanceThe failure to observe a custom, or to conform with a law.
• nonpertinentNot pertinent; irrelevant.
• nonvoluntaryNot voluntary.
• North DownsAn area of chalk downland in Kent and Surrey, in south-east England.
• North ElmhamA village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9820).
• North SeaA marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
• north starAn aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world.
• NorthumberA Northumbrian.
• noselessLacking a nose.
• nosethirlA nostril.
• notefulUseful; serviceable.
• nothing butOnly.
• notitionKnowledge or information.
• nouldWould not.
• noun substantiveA word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
• noutheJust; just now; at present; presently.
• novelnessQuality of being novel; novelty.
• novityAn innovation; a novelty.
• nowhenceFrom no place: from nowhere.
• no whileFor no time; not for any length of time.
• nowhitherTo nowhere; to no place.
• noyanceThe state of being annoyed; distress, irritation.
• noyousTroublesome; harmful, injurious.
• nuchaThe spinal cord.
• nuelProne; tending to.
• nuisantHarmful; of the nature of a nuisance.
• nuncheonA drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
• nuncupativeOral; not written.
• nurselessWithout a nurse.
• nut-brownBrown as a ripe and dried nut.
• nutilUseless.
• -oA vocative or exclamative particle appended to street cries, nautical calls, or names to project a hail or shout.
• oakumCoarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.
• oarholea slot or opening in the side of a galley or ship through which an oar is fitted
• oathbreachBreach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
• obelusA symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.
• obnubilousOverclouded, cloudy.
• obsequiousnessThe quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
• obsequyThe last office for the dead.
• obsidionalPertaining to a siege.
• obstinanceThe characteristic of being obstinate.
• obviationThe act of obviating; deterrence or prevention.
• occasionateTo occasion.
• ochoneExpresses woe or sorrow.
• -ockForming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.
• o'clockIn conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral, i.e., at the hour.
• octroyTo grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
• off-Away from; off.
• offcastTo cast off; shed.
• offcutTo cut off.
• offholdTo retain.
• officialhoodThe state or condition of being official; officiality
• officialshipThe position or role of an official.
• offsmiteTo strike off; cut off.
• offstandTo endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.
• oftentideOften; frequently.
• oftentime(elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes.
• ogiveThe curve of a cumulative distribution function.
• oilishCharacteristic of or resembling oil.
• oil of olivesOlive oil.
• old ageThe latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
• oldlyIn an old manner.
• old manAn elderly man.
• old moonThe phase of the moon when it is waning.
• oldnessThe state of being old; age.
• old sawA cliché, saying, or overused expression, especially a proverb or maxim.
• Old ScratchThe Devil.
• Old TestamentReminiscent of the content of the Old Testament, or of the behavior of God in it; especially dramatic, violent or vengeful.
• old wifeAn old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales.
• oleasterA plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
• olifantAn ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
• oliphauntelephant
• on-on, at, toward, upon.
• onagerThe Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
• oncomeTo arrive; come to; come on.
• oncostAdditional costs; extra expenses.
• ondingBreathing; smelling.
• one-eyedHaving only a single eye, particularly when a greater number is normal.
• onefoldConstituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme.
• one-footedHaving one foot.
• one-handedHaving only one hand.
• oneheadOneness; unity.
• onehoodUnity; agreement.