Word Meanings - NORTHERLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

Related words: (words related to NORTHERLY)

• NORTHERNMOST
  Farthest north.
• TOWARD; TOWARDS
  1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil
• NORTHERN
  1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. --
• NORTHMAN
  One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
• TOWARDS
  See TOWARD
• NORTHMOST
  Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.
• NORTHEAST
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
• TOWARDNESS
  Quality or state of being toward.
• NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
  Toward the northwest.
• NORTH STAR STATE
  Minnesota; -- a nickname.
• NORTHWESTERN
  Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.
• NORTHERLINESS
  The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• NORTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
• NORTHUMBRIAN
  Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n.
• NORTHERNER
  1. One born or living in the north. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner.
• TOWARDLY
  See DRYDEN
• NORTHEASTERLY
  Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
• NORTHER
  A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.
• NORTHEASTER
  A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.
• ANORTHIC
  Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
• EPANORTHOSIS
  A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say most heroic act!
• ANORTHOSCOPE
  An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
• UNTOWARDLY
  Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices." Locke.