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nose
  1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
  2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
  3. The tip of an object.
  4. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
  5. A perfumer.
  6. The power of smelling.
  7. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
  8. The skill in recognising bouquet.
  9. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “As air is inhaled, the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth warm and humidify the air before it enters the lungs.”
      “Any dog with a keen nose and lively temper may be taught to hunt and find truffles.”
      “So, if you are a budding entrepreneur with a nose for a good idea and think that you could capture the essence of, say, Leeds or Solihull in a bottle, now might be the time to give it a try.”
nasal
  1. (medicine) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  2. (phonetics) A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose.
  3. (now historical) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  4. (anatomy) One of the nasal bones.
  5. (zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “A few languages have phonemic voiceless nasals.”
nosebag
  1. A round sack or bag to feed for a horse, mule, ox or alike animal. Usually made of canvas sides and leather bottom slipped over the nose and attached to harness my a strong strap, rope or string. Design to feed animal in public areas and to eliminate spillage from eating.
  2. (informal) Food.
  3. (informal) A curious older woman of other peoples business or affairs.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I filled the horse's nosebag with oats before our trail ride.”
      “From that corner, Ivaric realized, there also came a quiet munching sound, as if another horse fed from a nosebag.”
      “He drew a nosebag of oats from one of the saddlebags and gave it to the hungry animal.”
nosepiece
  1. Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose.
  2. The bridge between spectacle lenses that rests on the nose.
  3. The part of a microscope that holds the objectives.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Then, with the nosepiece inserted into the nostril, aim the spray towards the inner corner of the eye.”
      “This could probably be helped by some rubber pieces on the nosepiece and by the ears to reduce sliding.”
      “Turn the revolving nosepiece to bring the 10X objective into the light path.”
nosing
  1. An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.
  2. That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.
  3. Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.
nasalization
  1. (phonetics) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth
  2. (countable) a particular instance of such change
  3. (Irish grammar) eclipsis
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The writing system doesn't separate the quality of the vowel from its nasalization.”
      “It's a neat trick to have a way to spell words containing both nasalization and crucially important tone without any accents or funny letters.”
      “Diacritics are used for fine distinctions in sounds and to show nasalization of vowels, length, stress, and tones.”
nosebleed
  1. A haemorrhage from the nose.
  2. (US obsolete slang) a nerd or a geek or a dork
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Little Muffie tripped and bumped her head, causing a nosebleed and a small bump.”
      “There isn't a bad seat in the house since you don't have to worry about looking over someone's head or ending up in the nosebleed section.”
      “The bleeding may occur externally via a wound or an injured blood vessel near the surface, as in a nosebleed.”
nosegay
  1. A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs, tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift on meeting, and originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation, or to mask unpleasant odours.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A uniformed man just inside the entry handed them each a small nosegay of flowers from a large wicker basket next to him.”
      “The bouquet itself was a nosegay of violets with a pink rose in the center.”
      “A nosegay of violets can be presented in a paper doily with a decorative bow.”
nosewheel
  1. A wheel, or retractable landing gear, located near the nose of an aircraft
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is a challenging aircraft in a crosswind and requires a lot of rudder and nosewheel steering to maintain centerline on the rollout.”
      “Judgment of landings is also rather harder on snow and once again the nosewheel undercarriage scores.”
      “Maule offered a less powerful, nosewheel trainer version of its M7 bush bird taildragger.”
nasard
  1. (music) An organ stop that has a nasal, flutelike quality
nosewing
  1. The arch of cartilage on either side of the nose.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Eliza laughed slyly, passing her finger under her wide nosewing.”
noseful
  1. As much (of a scent etc.) as can be taken into one's nose; a sniff.
noselessness
  1. The state or quality of lacking a nose; being noseless.
nosedness
  1. (in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular number of or type of nose.
nosy
  1. (Britain, slang) A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
noseblood
  1. The blood produced from a nosebleed.
nasalism
noser
  1. (rare) someone who noses, a nosy person
  2. Examples:
    1. “Make sure that they actually are a brown noser and you're not just prejudiced against that person.”
      “Don't worry about people thinking you're a brown noser.”
      “Eventually, the sucking up will stop, because the brown noser will get so sick, they will stop it or confront you, at which point you should tell them to stop.”
nosebleeder
  1. (rare) One who experiences nosebleeds.
nasality
  1. The state or quality of being nasal.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her voice is a startlingly versatile instrument prone to a metallic nasality.”
      “The use of the ogonek to indicate nasality is common in the transcription of the indigenous languages of the Americas.”
      “Her naked vocal is impassioned, but also reveals a tendency toward nasality and occasionally soggy enunciation.”
nasalness
  1. The quality of being nasal.
  2. Synonyms:
nosey
  1. Alternative spelling of nosy
nosiness
  1. The property of being nosy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Is it boredom, morbid curiosity or just a downright nosiness to see how unfavourably other people's lives compare?”
      “I responded tightly, evading his question and trying to show my dislike for his uncalled nosiness.”
      “With all of David's prodding, Selina found herself slipping up and mistaking his nosiness for actual interest in her, though he said otherwise.”
nasalis
  1. A muscle of the nose.
nosybody
  1. (informal) A nosy person.
nosebleeds
  1. plural of nosebleed
  2. (informal) The nosebleed seats.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He said those who snorted the drug often suffered nosebleeds because blood vessels in the nostrils were inflamed by the powder.”
      “It constantly spews toxic chemicals into the air here, and the residents I work with suffer from headaches, nosebleeds and respiratory problems.”
      “A decade after the rape, he explains the time lapse, as well as his frequent nosebleeds and fainting spells, as the work of alien abductors.”
nasalizations
nosebleeders
  1. plural of nosebleeder
nosepieces
  1. plural of nosepiece
nosewheels
  1. plural of nosewheel
nasalisms
  1. plural of nasalism
nosewings
  1. plural of nosewing
nosinesses
nosybodies
  1. plural of nosybody
nasalities
nosebags
nosegays
  1. plural of nosegay
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Floral artists form perfect nosegays with bundled stems wrapped and tied in raffia ribbons.”
      “Cut fresh flowers from the garden and make up little nosegays for each table.”
      “Every noble and wealthy young lady of the time learned the symbolism of flowers and how to make tussie-mussies and nosegays for all occasions.”
nosefuls
  1. plural of noseful
  2. Examples:
    1. “For socking great nosefuls of scent, plant Albertine, a lovely, vigorous old climbing rose, with rich salmon-pink flowers every summer.”
nosings
  1. plural of nosing
nasards
  1. plural of nasard
nosers
  1. plural of noser
noseys
  1. plural of nosey
nasals
  1. plural of nasal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The posterior edges of the nasals are rounded and blunt, and do not narrow to a slender point as they do in H. gregarius.”
      “The area corresponding to the lacrimals, prefrontals and posterior nasals is difficult to recognise.”
      “As in the cetacea, the nasal bones are limited in size, and the premaxillae send up processes to join the frontals and the nasals.”
noses
  1. plural of nose
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And he loved to tell the yarn about how he and a pal pilfered a barrel of whiskey out from under the noses of the police during Prohibition.”
      “When it started to rain, we wormed into our bivy sacks, said good night, and pulled the drawstrings so tight that only our noses stuck out.”
      “High Peaks went to the front and was soon joined by Megascape as the pair raced along the backstretch noses apart.”
nosies
  1. plural of nosy
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