English words starting with noc

Meanings of Nocake:

noun

Maize which is parched and pounded into meal, used as an article of food. compare "rokeag", yokeag .

Meanings of Nocardia:

noun

A genus of gram-positive, aerobic actinomycetes whose members typically form mycelia that tend to fragment into rod-shaped or coccoid elements, and are widely distributed in soil and water, sometimes acting as (usually opportunistic) pathogens of humans and other animals.

Meanings of Nocardiosis:

noun

Disease caused by nocardia species, especially n. asteroides, chiefly seen in immunocompromised individuals and typically beginning with abscess formation in the lungs or in the skin, sometimes spreading to other organs, especially the brain.

Meanings of Nocent:

adjective

Guilty; criminal.

Meanings of Nocerite:

noun

A mineral originally regarded as an oxyfluoride of calcium and magnesium, but later recognized as identical with the mineral fluoborite, mg₃ bo₃ (f,oh)₃.

Meanings of Nociceptive:

adjective

Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.

Usage examples:

As the extremity warms, heat sensitive nociceptive afferents are stimulated

adjective

Reacting to something that may be harmful by sending pain signals to the brain; relating to or caused by this process

Usage examples:

Nociceptive neurons alert us to potentially damaging stimuli at the skin by detecting extremes in t…

Meanings of Nociceptor:

noun

A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.

Usage examples:

The heat from eating chillies produces ‘nociceptor firing’

Meanings of Nocive:

adjective

Harmful, injurious.

Meanings of Nock:

noun

A notch at either end of a bow for holding the string.

Usage examples:

Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of t…

verb

Fit (an arrow) to the bowstring ready for shooting.

Usage examples:

I was shaking and had trouble getting the arrow nocked

Meanings of Nocked:

verb

Fit (an arrow) to the bowstring ready for shooting.

Usage examples:

I was shaking and had trouble getting the arrow nocked

noun

A notch at either end of a bow for holding the string.

Usage examples:

Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of t…

Meanings of Nockerl:

noun

A small light austrian and bavarian dumpling, made with a batter including eggs, and usually semolina.

Meanings of Nocking:

verb

Fit (an arrow) to the bowstring ready for shooting.

Usage examples:

I was shaking and had trouble getting the arrow nocked

noun

A notch at either end of a bow for holding the string.

Usage examples:

Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of t…

Meanings of Nocks:

noun

A notch at either end of a bow for holding the string.

Usage examples:

Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of t…

verb

Fit (an arrow) to the bowstring ready for shooting.

Usage examples:

I was shaking and had trouble getting the arrow nocked

Meanings of Noctambulant:

adjective

That walks or moves about at night; somnambulant.

Meanings of Noctambulate:

verb

To walk about at night.

Meanings of Noctambulation:

noun

Sleepwalking.

Usage examples:

Throughout this compilation the listener will find excellent music for dining, dancing, relaxation,…

Meanings of Noctambule:

noun

Noctambulist.

Meanings of Noctambulist:

noun

A sleepwalker.

Usage examples:

For nearly two years i had been going about my life a virtual somnambulist (noctambulist, if you pr…

Meanings of Noctambulistic:

adjective

Of or characterized by noctambulism.

Meanings of Noctambulous:

adjective

= noctambulistic .

Meanings of Noctiflorous:

adjective

Flowering at night.

Meanings of Noctiluca:

noun

A roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent, especially when disturbed.

Usage examples:

Noctiluca is not photosynthetic.

Meanings of Noctilucae:

noun

A roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent, especially when disturbed.

Usage examples:

Noctiluca is not photosynthetic.

Meanings of Noctilucal:

adjective

Phosphorescent.

Meanings of Noctilucence:

noun

Marine bioluminescence; (later also) luminescence at night or in the dark.