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Nosewheelnouna wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gearverified
Nota BenenounMWEa Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to somethingverified
Notarynounsomeone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositionsverified
Notary PublicnounMWEsomeone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositionsverified
Notationnounthe activity of representing something by a special system of marks or charactersverified
Note ReceivablenounMWEyour right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain timeverified
Nothosaurnounextinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimmingverified
noticenounAny documented (in print or electronic format) notice or notification to another person by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person actually comes to know of it.Artifact
notification procedurenounMWEA plan of action adopted by the organization for how and when the appropriate individuals are notified.Requirement
notification requirementnounMWEThe obligation to officially inform a party of something important.RequirementRegulated
Notochordnouna flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebratesverified
Noughts and CrossesnounMWEa game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spacesverified
Noumenonnounthe intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perceptionverified
Nounnounthe word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in appositionverified
Nouvelle CuisinenounMWEa school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and creamverified
Novanouna star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the processverified
Novationnoun(law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both partiesverified
Novobiocinnounan antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteriaverified
NSA-Approved CryptographynounMWECryptography that consists of an approved algorithm, an implementation that has been approved for the protection of classified information and/or controlled unclassified information in a specific environment, and a supporting key management infrastructure. [8]Control
Nuclear DeterrencenounMWEthe military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequenceverified