English words starting with nom

Meanings of Nom:

noun

A nomination for an honour, award, etc.

Usage examples:

She isn't the only star to receive an oscar nom for her first feature film role

verb

Nominate for an honour, award, etc.

Usage examples:

Inception was nommed for an oscar but lost out to the king's speech

exclamation

Used to express pleasure at eating, or at the prospect of eating.

Usage examples:

Chili and cornbread for dinner, nom nom!

abbreviation

Nominal.

plural noun

Food.

Usage examples:

There were all kinds of nom noms—onion rings, hot dogs, burgers, and fries

Meanings of Nom-de-guerre:

noun

A name chosen by someone to use when he or she is involved in a particular activity, especially fighting in a war

Usage examples:

Pol pot was not his real name, but a nom de guerre adopted in the 1970s.

Meanings of Nom-de-plume:

idiom

A name an author uses instead of their real name

noun

An assumed name used by a writer instead of their real name; a pen name.

Usage examples:

She is better known under her nom de plume of daniel stern

Meanings of Noma:

noun

A form of gangrene affecting the face, usually caused by a bacterial infection and typically occurring in young children suffering from malnutrition or other disease.

Usage examples:

She suffers from noma, a gangrenous disease

Meanings of Nomad:

noun

A member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home.

Usage examples:

The withering of their grasslands forced the nomads of the sahara to descend into the nile valley

Meanings of Nomadic:

adjective

Living the life of a nomad; wandering.

Usage examples:

Nomadic herdsmen

Meanings of Nomadical:

adjective

Characteristic of a nomad; itinerant.

Meanings of Nomadise:

verb

To lead a nomadic life; to live as a nomad.

Meanings of Nomadization:

noun

The action of making or process of becoming nomadic in character.

Meanings of Nomadize:

verb

To lead a nomadic life; to live as a nomad.

Meanings of Nomads:

noun

A member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home.

Usage examples:

The withering of their grasslands forced the nomads of the sahara to descend into the nile valley

Meanings of Nomarch:

noun

The governor of an ancient egyptian nome.

Usage examples:

Finally, the nomarchs of thebes in upper egypt gained control of the country and established the mi…

Meanings of Nomarchies:

noun

An administrative division of modern greece (formerly a province, now a smaller unit).

Usage examples:

These nomarchies were permanently named after the nomarchs who held office there in the early days …

Meanings of Nomarchs:

noun

The governor of an ancient egyptian nome.

Usage examples:

Finally, the nomarchs of thebes in upper egypt gained control of the country and established the mi…

Meanings of Nomarchy:

noun

An administrative division of modern greece (formerly a province, now a smaller unit).

Usage examples:

These nomarchies were permanently named after the nomarchs who held office there in the early days …

Meanings of Nomas:

noun

A form of gangrene affecting the face, usually caused by a bacterial infection and typically occurring in young children suffering from malnutrition or other disease.

Usage examples:

She suffers from noma, a gangrenous disease

Meanings of Nombril:

noun

The point halfway between fess point and the base of the shield.

Meanings of Nombrils:

noun

The point halfway between fess point and the base of the shield.

Meanings of Nome:

noun

Each of the thirty-six territorial divisions of ancient egypt.

Usage examples:

It is the city prefect, vizier, and overseer of the six great lawcourts, iniotefoker, who commands …

proper noun

A city in western alaska, on the south coast of the seward peninsula. founded in 1896 as a gold-mining camp, it became a centre of the alaskan gold rush at the turn of the century.

Meanings of Nomen:

noun

The second personal name of a citizen of ancient rome that indicated the gens to which he or she belonged, e.g. marcus tullius cicero.

Usage examples:

Maecenas is his nomen or family name.

Meanings of Nomenclate:

verb

To assign a name or names to; to call by a certain name.

Meanings of Nomenclatorial:

adjective

Of or relating to nomenclature or nomenclators. compare "nomenclatory", "nomenclatural".

Meanings of Nomenclature:

noun

The devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

Usage examples:

The linnean system of zoological nomenclature

Meanings of Nomenclatures:

noun

The devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

Usage examples:

The linnean system of zoological nomenclature

Meanings of Nomenclaturist:

noun

A person who devises or assigns names; = "nomenclator".