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NC

NC is the initialism of North Carolina.

NC is the abbreviation of nitrocellulose.

NC is the initialism of nolo contendere.

NC is the initialism of Nick's Class.

NC is the initialism of noun class.

NC is the initialism of noise control.

Meaning of North Carolina

Proper noun

North Carolina

  1. A state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.
    • Holonyms: Carolinas < US < North America < Americas < Earth
    Synonyms:
    NC

Meaning of nitrocellulose

Noun

nitrocellulose (countable and uncountable, plural nitrocelluloses)

  1. A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.

Noun

NC

  1. (US, prefix code) NASA research cargo plane designations.

Synonyms of NC

  • US-NC
  • CNC
  • w:computer numerical control[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms

Questions about NC

What does NC mean?
NC means NASA research cargo plane designations.
What is NC the initialism of?
NC is the initialism of North Carolina.
What part of speech is NC?
NC is a noun.

Words near NC in the dictionary

  1. NBSK
  2. nbsp
  3. nbsps
  4. NBTV
  5. NbW
  6. NC
  7. NC-17
  8. NCA
  9. NCAA
  10. NCADD
  11. NCAG

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Adapted from Wiktionary: NC (page history and authors); North Carolina (page history and authors); nitrocellulose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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