Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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notwithstanding. (One word.)
Nouakchott. Capital of Mauritania.
n’oubliez pas. (Fr.) “Don’t forget.”
noughts and crosses. British name for tic-tac-toe.
nouveau riche. (Fr.) Mildly disparaging description of someone
whose wealth is recently acquired; pl. nouveaux riches.
Novocaine. (Cap.)
Novosibirsk, Russia.
NOW. National Organization for (not of ) Women.
nowadays.
NTSB. National Transportation Safety Board.
NTT DoCoMo. Japanese telecommunications company.
Nuits-Saint-Georges. French wine.
Nuku’alofa/Nukualofa. Capital of Tonga.
Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia. Often misspelled Nullabor.
number. Used with the definite article, number always takes a singular
verb (“The number of people in the world is rising”); used
with an indefinite article it always takes a plural verb (“A number
of people are unhappy”).
numismatics. The study or collection of coins or medals.
numskull, not numbskull, is the preferred spelling for most, but not
all, authorities.
Nunavut. Canadian territory created in 1999.
Nunivak. Second-largest Alaskan island (after Kodiak).
Nuremberg (in German, Nürnberg) for the Bavarian city. Not -burg.
Nureyev, Rudolf. (1938–1993) Russian ballet dancer.
Nuuk. Capital of Greenland; formerly Godthaab.
Nyasaland. Former name of Malawi.
Nyerere, Julius (Kambarage). (1922–1999) President of Tanganyika and
(after its union with Zanzibar) of Tanzania (1961–1985).
Nymphenburg Palace, Munich; in German, Schloss Nymphenburg.