northern : Idioms & Phrases

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capital of northern ireland

  • noun capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
    Belfast.
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northern alliance

  • noun a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban
    United Front.
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northern baptist

  • noun a member of the American Baptist Convention
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northern baptist convention

  • noun an association of Northern Baptists
    American Baptist Convention.
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northern barramundi

  • noun a species of large fish found in Australian rivers
    Australian bonytongue; Scleropages jardinii.
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northern bedstraw

  • noun North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
    Galium boreale; Northern bedstraw.
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northern beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North America and Eurasia
    Dryopteris phegopteris; narrow beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; long beech fern; Thelypteris phegopteris.
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northern bobwhite

  • noun a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States
    Colinus virginianus.
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northern bog lemming

  • noun of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
    Synaptomys borealis.
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northern casque-headed frog

  • noun terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest
    lowland burrowing treefrog; Pternohyla fodiens.
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northern cricket frog

  • noun a cricket frog of eastern and central United States
    Acris crepitans.
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northern cross

  • noun a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus
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northern dewberry

  • noun of eastern North America
    Rubus flagellaris; American dewberry.
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Northern diver

  • . (Zoöl.) See Loon.
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northern dune tansy

  • noun lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America
    Tanacetum douglasii.
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northern europe

  • noun the northernmost countries of Europe
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northern flying squirrel

  • noun large flying squirrel; chiefly of Canada
    Glaucomys sabrinus.
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northern harrier

  • noun common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
    marsh hawk; hen harrier; Circus cyaneus.
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northern hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator
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northern holly fern

  • noun evergreen European fern widely cultivated
    Polystichum lonchitis.
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northern ireland

  • noun a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
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northern jacob's ladder

  • noun perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal
    Polemonium boreale.
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Northern lights

  • noun the aurora of the northern hemisphere
    aurora borealis.
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  • . See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.
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northern lobster

  • noun flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
    American lobster; Maine lobster.
  • noun lobster of Atlantic coast of America
    American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster.
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northern mammoth

  • noun very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere
    woolly mammoth; Mammuthus primigenius.
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northern mariana islands

  • noun a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam
    Northern Mariana Islands.
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northern marianas

  • noun a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam
    Northern Mariana Islands.
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northern oak fern

  • noun yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere
    Gymnocarpium robertianum; limestone fern.
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northern oriole

  • noun a kind of New World oriole
    Icterus galbula.
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northern parula

  • noun small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
    Parula americana; parula warbler.
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northern phalarope

  • noun breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea
    Lobipes lobatus.
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northern pike

  • noun voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere
    Esox lucius.
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northern pin oak

  • noun small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes
    jack oak; Quercus ellipsoidalis.
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northern pitch pine

  • noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
    pitch pine; Pinus rigida.
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northern pocket gopher

  • noun greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States
    Thomomys talpoides.
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northern porgy

  • noun found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
    Stenotomus chrysops; scup; northern porgy.
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northern red oak

  • noun large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks
    Quercus borealis; Quercus rubra.
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northern rhodesia

  • noun a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
    Republic of Zambia; Zambia.
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northern scup

  • noun found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
    Stenotomus chrysops; scup; northern porgy.
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northern sea robin

  • noun large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida
    Prionotus carolinus.
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northern shrike

  • noun a butcherbird of northern North America
    Lanius borealis.
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northern snakehead

  • noun a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish
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northern snow bedstraw

  • noun North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
    Galium boreale; Northern bedstraw.
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Northern spy

  • noun large late-ripening apple with skin striped with yellow and red
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  • (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.
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northern storm petrel

  • noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
    Hydrobates pelagicus; stormy petrel.
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northern territory

  • noun a territory in north central Australia
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northern white cedar

  • noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
    Thuja occidentalis; American arborvitae; white cedar.
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northern whiting

  • noun whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
    Menticirrhus saxatilis.
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northern woodsia

  • noun slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
    Woodsia alpina; flower-cup fern; Alpine woodsia.
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united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland

  • noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    U.K.; Great Britain; Britain; UK; United Kingdom.
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