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Norwich Castle
Norwich Castle, also known as Norwich Castle Museum, is a Norman royal castle in Norwich, England, with a great stone keep completed in 1121 that has housed a museum since 1894.
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City F.C., "The Canaries", English Championship club founded 1902, playing in yellow and green at Carrow Road (27,244). Two League Cups, five second-tier titles; Mark Attanasio's Norfolk Holdings holds 85.2% since 2025.
Norwich Terrier
Norwich Terrier, a small British working terrier from East Anglia with erect prick ears, hard wiry coat, about 10 inches and 12 pounds; recognized 1932 (UK) and 1936 (AKC), split from the drop-eared Norfolk Terrier in 1964/1979; bred to bolt foxes and kill rats.
Norwich to Tilbury
Norwich to Tilbury is a proposed 180 km, 400 kV electricity transmission connection by National Grid, running from Norwich Main substation in Norfolk to Tilbury in Essex.
Norwich University
Norwich University, founded 1819 by Alden Partridge in Northfield, Vermont, is America's oldest private military college, birthplace of ROTC, and the only private Senior Military College, with a Corps of Cadets, civilian students, and online programs.
Norwich university herbarium
Norwich University Herbarium (NUV), Northfield, Vermont: university herbarium of about 16,700 dried plant specimens, mostly New England, organized in 1980 by Lauren D. Howard and registered in Index Herbariorum; second largest in Vermont after the Pringle Herbarium.
Norwich, Vermont
Norwich, Vermont is a Windsor County town across the Connecticut River from Hanover, New Hampshire. Founded 1761; birthplace of Norwich University (1819, Alden Partridge), which moved to Northfield in 1866; now a high-cost Upper Valley town of about 3,600.
Norwood C. Tilley, Jr.
Norwood C. Tilley, Jr. is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Norwood procedure
Norwood procedure: first-stage surgery of three-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, rebuilding the aorta and shunting blood to the lungs via Blalock-Taussig or Sano shunt; neonatal mortality about 15%, five-year survival about 70%.
Norwood, Massachusetts
Norwood, Massachusetts: a Norfolk County town of 31,542 about 20 miles southwest of Boston, incorporated February 23, 1872 from South Dedham and part of Walpole; also called Tiot; known for its 1871 bell-ringing dispute, The Flats triple-deckers, and Norwood Memorial Airport.
Noryang: Deadly Sea (노량: 죽음의 바다)
Noryang: Deadly Sea (노량: 죽음의 바다) is a 2023 South Korean historical war film directed by Kim Han-min, dramatizing Admiral Yi Sun-sin's final battle of the Imjin War.
NOS (Portuguese company)
NOS is a Portuguese telecommunications and entertainment group headquartered in Lisbon, created by the 2013 merger of Optimus and ZON, and listed in the PSI-20 index.
NOS Events Center
The NOS Events Center is a large event grounds in San Bernardino, California, home to Insomniac's EDM festivals like Escape Halloween, Countdown, and Beyond Wonderland, drawing crowds of over 100,000.
Nos Vemos, Papá
Nos Vemos, Papá (See You, Dad) is Lucía Carreras's 2011 Mexican drama debut, starring Cecilia Suárez as Pilar, who lives with her dead father's ghost; premiered at Morelia and Karlovy Vary, released in Mexico in 2013.
Nos. 1, 2 and 3
Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Laura Place, Bath: Grade I listed terrace of three symmetrical houses (1394773), built 1788-1794 by Thomas Baldwin and John Eveleigh, part of the Great Pulteney Street development.
NOS1
NOS1 (nitric oxide synthase 1, nNOS) is a human gene on chromosome 12q24.22 encoding the calcium/calmodulin-dependent neuronal nitric oxide synthase, the brain's main NO-producing enzyme, with roles in synaptic plasticity, cardiovascular control, and neurological disease.
NOS1AP
NOS1AP (CAPON), nitric oxide synthase 1 adaptor protein, gene at 1q23.3 encoding an nNOS-binding adaptor; common variants modulate QT interval, sudden cardiac death, drug-induced arrhythmia, and schizophrenia risk.
NOS2
NOS2 (iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase 2), gene at 17q11.2 encoding the high-output, calcium-independent NOS isoform induced by cytokines and LPS in macrophages, central to antimicrobial immunity and cancer biology.
NOS3
NOS3 (eNOS, endothelial nitric oxide synthase) is the human chromosome 7q36.1 gene, 28 exons, encoding the calcium-calmodulin-dependent dimeric enzyme that makes nitric oxide from L-arginine in the cardiovascular system; variants link to coronary spasm.
NOS4A2
NOS4A2 is a 2013 horror novel by American writer Joe Hill, in which the villain Charlie Manx drives children in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith to Christmasland; it was a Bram Stoker Award nominee.
NOS4A2 (TV series)
NOS4A2 (AMC, 2019) is a supernatural horror series adapting Joe Hill's novel, starring Zachary Quinto as soul-drinking Charlie Manx and Ashleigh Cummings as Vic McQueen; created by Jami O'Brien, it ran two seasons.
Nosara Capital
Nosara Capital is a venture capital fund manager tied to a Darien, Connecticut address, whose Fund II reported $95,120,000 sold to 97 investors in November 2021.
Noscapine
Noscapine (narcotine), a phthalideisoquinoline alkaloid from opium poppy, is a non-narcotic cough suppressant discovered 1817 and investigated as a tubulin-targeting anticancer and stroke drug candidate.
Nose
The nose is the midline facial organ for breathing and smell. Key facts: three turbinate pairs, nasal cycle of 0.5–6 hours, internal nasal valve 0.73 cm², about 500 human odor receptor types, Kiesselbach's plexus bleeding site.
Nose art
Nose art is decorative painting or lettering applied to military aircraft, usually near the nose, by aircrews expressing individuality and morale, peaking in World War II.
Nose piercing
Nose piercing: needle piercing of the nostril, septum, or nasal bridge for jewelry; ancient practice from the Middle East and South Asia, now global fashion; types include nostril and septum, with infection and septal hematoma as key risks.
Nosebleed
Nosebleed (epistaxis) is bleeding from broken nasal blood vessels, anterior in 90-95% of cases at Kiesselbach's area. Treated by leaning forward and pinching the nose 10-15 minutes; cautery, packing, or artery ligation for severe cases.
Nosedive (Black Mirror)
"Nosedive" is the first episode of the third season of the British anthology series Black Mirror, written by Rashida Jones and Michael Schur and starring Bryce Dallas Howard.
Nosema
Nosema (Nägeli, 1857) is a genus of microsporidian fungi, obligate intracellular parasites. Type species N. bombycis causes silkworm pébrine; N. apis and N. ceranae parasitize honey bee midguts; a disputed 2020 reclassification moved species to Vairimorpha.
Nosema apis
Nosema apis, now Vairimorpha (=Nosema) apis, is a microsporidian gut parasite of the western honey bee causing winter nosemosis with dysentery; oval 6 × 3 μm spores, over 30 polar tube turns, diagnosed by microscopy and PCR.