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Noun: nous  naws
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Common sense
    "she has great social nous";
    - loaf [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: nouses

Type of: common sense, good sense, gumption [informal], horse sense [informal], mother wit, sense

Encyclopedia: Nous, princesses de Clèves

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nourishing
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nouveau-riche
nouvelle cuisine
Nouvelle Vague
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Nova Lisboa
Nova lox
Nova salmon
Nova Scotia