1. The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
   - northwest, nor'-west, northwestward

Type of: compass point, point

Encyclopedia: NW

• Short's aster
• short-beaked
• short-billed
• short-billed marsh wren
• short-bodied
• short-change
• short-circuit
• short-dated
• short-eared
• short-haired
• short-handed
• short-handled
• short-headed
• short-horned grasshopper
• short-lived
• short-nosed
• short-order
• short-range
• short-run
• short-sightedly
• short-snouted
• short-spurred
• short-spurred fragrant orchid
• short-staffed
• short-stalked