Words that start with N

Noise is another word for any sound but is usually used to describe a loud sound, for example "the birds were making a lot of noise".

A noodle is a thin strip of dough, either soft or dried, that is cooked and then served in a soup, with a sauce or as a part of many different meals.

Noon, or midday, is the middle of the day, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky and shadows are at their shortest. With modern clocks noon is at exactly 12 o'clock. The opposite of midday is midnight.

Norfolk Island pine trees are a very distinctive type of tree originally only found on Norfolk Island. They grow very well on the coast. They have interesting compound leaves that make long, round straps made up of tiny leaves that look like a scaly snake. The adult trees are symmetrical and are often planted in a line along roadsides. They are not a true pine tree, and will not tolerate cold climates the same way pine trees do.

North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the third-largest continent by area, and the fourth largest by population.