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noisome
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noisome
noisome
/ˈnɔɪ səm/
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causing or able to cause nausea
noisome meaning(s)
- (adj) causing or able to cause nausea
- (adj) offensively malodorous
noisome usage(s)
- Nearly 100,000 tons of uncollected garbage lay in noisome heaps on sidewalks and in doorways.
- So noisome was the process that Artist Saint had to yell for his sons to carry the bubbling hellbroth away.
- noisomeness noisomeness the quality of being noxious
- noisy noisy /ˈnɔ ɪ zi/ ? full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
- nol pros nol pros an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will…
- nol.pros. nol.pros. drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records
- noli-me-tangere noli-me-tangere a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
- nolina nolina perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
- nolina microcarpa nolina microcarpa stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle…
- nolle pros nolle pros drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records
- nolle prosequi nolle prosequi an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor…
- nolo contendere nolo contendere (law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt…
- nom de guerre nom de guerre a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
- nom de plume nom de plume an author's pseudonym
- noma noma acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished…
- nomad nomad /ˈnoʊ ˌmæd/ ? a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to…
- nomadic nomadic /noʊ ˈmæ dɪk/ ? migratory
- nombril nombril the center point on a shield
- nome nome /ˈnoʊm/ ? a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important…
- nomenclature nomenclature /ˈnoʊ mən ˌkleɪ tʃər/ ? a system of words used to name things in a particular…
- nomenklatura nomenklatura /noʊ ˌmɛŋ klə ˈtʃʊ rə/ ? the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled…
- nomia nomia a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes
- nomia melanderi nomia melanderi a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western…
- nominal nominal /ˈnɑ mə nəl/ ? a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
- nominal aphasia nominal aphasia inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of…