Reverse Dictionary: NOM – NONR

NOMAD, NOMADIC – adjectives
– VAGRATE † vagrant, wandering; nomadic …1619
nomad, nomadic – person
– VAGABOND * a nomad; a gypsy …1756
 
NO-MAN’S-LAND – nouns
– BILLARD no-man’s-land …Amer. World War I sl.
– CANADA no-man’s-land …Bk2004 World War I Can. sl.
 
NOMINATE – verbs
– ENNOMINATE to nominate …1923 Amer. dial.
– KNOCK DOWN to choose, to nominate someone …M18 sl.
 
NONCHALANT – adjectives
– AIRY of a person or a person’s character, etc.: superficial, shallow; later: nonchalalnt, offhand; dismissive …1609
– GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant …1789 UK
– GALLUS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant …1789 UK
– POCOCURANTE caring little, careless, indifferent, nonchalant …1815
– TOOTH-PICKING careless, nonchalant …1814
 
NON-CHRISTIAN – person
– PAGAN a person not subscribing to any major or recognized religion, esp. the dominant religion of a particular society; spec. a heathen, a non-Christian, esp. considered as savage, uncivilized, etc. …c1440 
– SARACEN † a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel …c1250
 
NON-CLERICAL – adjectives
– LAY of persons: belonging to the ‘people as contradistinguished from the clergy; non-clerical ..c1330
 
NONCONFORMIST – adjectives
– ODDBALL nonconformist …1940s US sl.
– PANTILE dissenting, nonconformist …1785
nonconformist – nouns 
– SCHISM-SHOP a nonconformist meeting house …L18 sl.
nonconformist – person 
– GAGGER a Nonconformist …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GANGSTER a rebellious, non-conformist person …1980 US Black sl.
– MAD DOG a rebel, a non-conformist, one who refuses to accept their role in society …1970s US Black sl.
– ODDBALL an eccentric, queer, or odd person; an intensely introverted person; a nonconformist …1940s
– QUICK † a Nonconformist …1708 Eng. dial.
– QUIG † a Nonconformist …1708 Eng. dial.
– SHITSACK a Nonconformist …L18 sl
– UNCONFORMIST † a nonconformist …1640
– UNCONFORMITANT †* a nonconformist …1605
– WOOK a nonconformist; a voluntary outsider …1980s Brit. sl.
– WOOKIE a nonconformist; a voluntary outsider …1980s Brit. sl.
 
NONDESCRIPT – adjectives
– BETWEEN BUZZARD AND HAWK neither good nor bad, nondescript …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– PARRY-MARRY worthless, wishy-washy, nondescript, flavourless …c1794 Sc.
 
NONE – adjectives
– DAMN ALL none, no …1910s sl.
– NARY neither; not one …1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
none – adverbs 
– NARELY none at all …1968 Amer. dial.
– NARROW not one …1711 colloq.
none – pronouns 
– NAINY none …1951 Amer. dial.
– NAIRN not a one; none; often used with other negatives …1909 Amer. dial.
none – nouns 
– FANAD none, nothing …1920s army sl.
– NADA nothing; none …1914 US sl.
– NAFF ALL none, nothing; ‘fuck-all’ …1970s euphemism
– NANTE(E), NANTI, NANTY nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” …M19 sl.
– NANTOIS nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” …M19 sl.
– NANTOISETTE nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” …M19 sl.
– NENTI nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” …M19 sl.
none – phrases
– NANTOISALE no; nothing; none …1997 UK sl.
– NANTOISE no; nothing; none …1997 UK sl.
– NANTS no, nothing, none …1997 UK sl.
– NEITHER TIP NOR TOE † not a particle or trace; none at all …1610
 
NONENTITY – person
– ZERO a person of no importance or consequence; a useless, worthless, or insignificant person; a nobody, a nonentity …1650
 
NON-ESSENTIAL – adjectives
– ACCIDENTARY † having the nature of a logical accident; non-essential …c1555
– ACCIDENTIAL * characterized by non-essential qualities …1811
– ADVENTIOUS †* non-essential, incidental as addition …1641
– ADVENTITIAL † non-essential; incidental as addition …1607
– ADVENTITIOUS non-essential; incidental as addition …1603
– CASUAL † non-essential …1398
non-essential – nouns
– ADVENTION †* a non-essential addition …c1400
– ADVENTITIAL † that which is non-essential …1652
– ADVENTITION †* that which is non-essential; an incidental addition …1671
 
NON-ESSENTIALLY – adverbs
– ACCIDENTLY † non-essentially, incidentally, as a secondary effect …1506
 
NON-EXISTENCE – nouns
– NEVER-BEING † non-existence …1633
– UNBEING † absence or lack of being; non-existence …1435
 
NON-EXISTENT – adjectives
– UNBEING † non-existent …1607
non-existent – nouns 
– ASSHOLE FOR A HOBBY-HORSE a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?” …1966 Amer. dial.
– BREAKTHROUGH KEYS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. coal mining usage
– BUBBLE BUSTER a non-existent item used to tease a beginner or inexperienced person …1968 Amer. dial.
– BUCKET OF SMOKE an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUGLE OIL an imaginary substance for which raw recruits are sent as a form of hazing; hence, nonsense …1921 US Army sl.
– BUNK STRETCHER a non-existent tool to perplex rookies …Bk1944 Amer. services sl.
– CAJOLERATOR CLAMP something that is non-existent, often used as a practical joke by having someone go get one …1974 US jocular
– CANNON REPORT an imaginary written report for which recruits are sent as a practical joke …1923 US Army sl.
– CAN OF CHECKERED PAINT a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
– CAN OF VACUUM a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1949 Amer. dial.
– CAPON EGG a nonexistent item used to tease a greenhorn …1967 Amer. dial.
– CASE-EXPANDER a non-existent tool used to tease a beginner or inexperienced person …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHECKERED PAINT a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
– CUP OF SMOKE an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– CURRENCY STRETCHER a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1969 Amer. dial. 
– DARK-WHITE PAINT a non-existent object used as a prank errand for a novice painter …1966 US sl.
– DEHYDRATED WATER a nonexistent substance used as the basis of a practical joke …1970 Amer. dial.
– DIHEDRAL OIL an imaginary substance; recruits are sent to procure some, as a joke or in being hazed …World War II Amer. sl.
– EIGHT-DOLLAR BILL a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1970 Amer. dial.
– ELBEDRITSCH an imaginary creature which, as a practical joke, a greenhorn is sent to hunt or capture …1889 Amer. dial.
– ELBOW GREASE a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– ELECTRIC LIGHT OIL a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1921 Amer. dial.
– ELECTRIC LIGHT TRIMMER a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1969 Amer. dial.
– ELEVATOR TICKET a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial.
– ENGLISH a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke …1921 Amer. dial.
– EXTRACT OF HAMMER HANDLE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– FENCE-POST HOLE a nonexistent item used as the basis for a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial.
– FILLILOO BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns …1899 Amer. dial.
– FINNEGAN PIN a nonexistent object used as the basis of practical jokes …1967 Amer. dial.
– GREEN LAMPBLACK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1938 Amer. dial.
– HACKLEBARNEY a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to …1950 Amer. sl.
– HALF-ROUND SQUARE a non-existent item serving as the basis for a practical joke …1960 Amer. dial.
– HEAD JOINT a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial. bricklayers’ usage
– HEAL STICK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial.
– HEN’S TEETH a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial.
– HEN TEETH a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
– IRISH DIVIDEND a non-existent or fictitious profit, a deficit, a stock assessment …1867 US sl.
– ITALIC PERIOD a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1921 Amer. dial.
– ITALIC SPACE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial.
– KEY FOR A KEELSON a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– KEY TO THE CLEARINGHOUSE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. banking usage
– KEY TO THE COMPASS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1942 Amer. sl.
– KEY TO THE CURTAINS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– KEY TO THE DRILL GROUND a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. navy usage
– KEY TO THE FLAGPOLE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. army usage
– KEY TO THE JOHNNY BOX a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– KEY TO THE OARLOCKS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– KEY TO THE PITCHER’S BOX a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– KEY TO THE SUNDIAL a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– LEFT-HANDED MONKEY WRENCH an imaginary tool that an inexperienced worker is sent to find as a prank …1921 US sl.
– LEFT-HANDED SAW a nonexistent tool that inexperienced workers are sent to find as a hazing prank …1921 Amer. sl.
– LEFT-HANDED SCREW DRIVER a nonexistent tool that inexperienced workers are sent to find as a hazing prank …1921 Amer. sl.
– LEFT-HANDED SPANNER an imaginary tool that an inexperienced worker is sent to find as a prank …1920s US sl.
– MACARONI SEED a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– MEAT AUGER a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke …1921 Amer. dial.
– MOLLY HOGAN a nonexistent thing or person used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
– MONEY-CLEANER a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1969 Amer. dial.
– MUCKET a nonexistent item, sometimes used as the basis of a practical joke …1961 Amer. dial.
– PAIL OF VACUUM a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
– PARADE KEY a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. army usage
– PATENT POSTHOLE a fictitious device used by farmers in a practical joke …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PEANUT FLOAT a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke …1968 Amer. dial.
– POSTHOLE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1919 Amer. dial.
– RED LANTERN OIL a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– RED OIL a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke …1921 Amer. dial.
– RED OIL FOR THE RED LIGHT. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– RED SPERM OIL a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke …1921 Amer. dial.
– RED TAILLIGHT OIL. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– REPLACEMENT VACUUM a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …2006 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-HANDED CRESCENT WRENCH a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-HANDED HAMMER a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-HANDED SCREWDRIVER a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-HANDED SHOVEL a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-HANDED UMBRELLA a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT-HAND SCREWDRIVER a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– SCRIMMAGE LINE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
– SKIRMISH LINE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1918 Amer. dial.
– SKY-HOOK. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1939 Amer. dial.
– SKY-JACK an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKY-ROD an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKY-WRENCH an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– SMOKE-BENDER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1980 Amer. dial.
– SMOKE CURLER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1942 Amer. dial.
– SMOKE GRINDER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1909 Amer. dial.
– SMOKE-SHIFTER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– SMOKE SHOVEL an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1939 Amer. dial.
– STOVE KEY a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
– TOP JACK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke ‘to jack the mountain up’ …1967 Amer. dial.
– TREE SQUEAK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– WHEELBARROW SEED a nonexistent item used as the basis for a practical joke …1898 Amer. dial.
– WHIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object …1934 Amer. dial.
– WHIMMY-DIDDLE TO A SMOKE-GRINDER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
– WHIMMY-DOODLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object …1946 Amer. dial.
– WHIM-WHAM FOR A GOOSE’S BRIDLE a nonexistent object …1928 Amer. dial.
– WIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object …1968 Amer. dial.
– WIM-WAM FOR A GOOSE’S BRIDLE a nonexistent object …1928 Amer. dial.
– WOODEN ASSHOLE FOR A HOBBY-HORSE a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?” …1966 Amer. dial.
– WOODEN ASSHOLE FOR MERRY-GO-ROUND HORSES a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?” …1966 Amer. dial.
non-existent – verbs
– UNBE * 1. to lack being; to be non-existent …1434
2. to deprive of being; to make non-existent …1624
 
NON-JEW – person
– YOG (sometimes derogatory) a non-Jew …20C Brit. back-slang for ‘goy’
 
NONPLUS – verbs
– BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLOT to nonplus, to puzzle …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUFFALO to overpower, to overawe, or constrain by superior force or influence; to nonplus, to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder …1904 US sl.
– DUMBFOUND, DUMFOUND to confound, to confuse; to strike dumb; to nonplus …1710
– DUMBFOUNDER, DUMFOUNDER to confound, to confuse; to strike dumb; to nonplus …1710
– FASTEN to perplex, to nonplus …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HABBLE to confuse, to perplex, to nonplus, to embarrass, to impede, to hamper or foil in the performance of anything …1825 Sc.
– PALL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle …1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle …1832 Sc.
– PUT TO THE GAZE † to puzzle, to nonplus …1646
– RAVEL to nonplus, to bamboozle, to outwit …1931 Sc.
– SAND to nonplus, to surprise and confuse someone …Bk1904 Sc.
 
NONPLUSSED – adjectives
– FERDUTZT bewildered, nonplussed, confused, mixed up …1967 Amer. dial.
– MANK of persons: at a loss, nonplussed …1808 Sc.
 
NON-PROFESSIONAL – adjectives
– LAY non-professional, not expert, esp. with reference to law and medicine …1810
 
NON-RELIGIOUS – adjectives
– NULLIFIDIAN of no faith or religion …1661
 
NON-RESIDENT – adjectives
– NON-RESIDENTING non-resident …1709 Sc.