a. Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. [ 1913 Webster ]
[北方民族大学 / 北方民族大學, Běi fāng Mín zú Dà xué, ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ]Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)#294290[Add to Longdo]
[nainsupainbattofisshu](n) ninespine batfish (Zabidius novemaculeatus, species of Indo-Pacific spadefish found from Indonesia to northwestern Australia)[Add to Longdo]
[nyu-faundorandohiragashira](n) Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, species of requiem shark found in the northwestern Atlantic)[Add to Longdo]
[hashigoootokage](n) banded tree monitor (Varanus scalaris, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern Australia); spotted tree goanna[Add to Longdo]
[marugahimeootokage](n) stripe-tailed Goanna (Varanus gilleni, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern and central Australia)[Add to Longdo]