1.  Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. [1913 Webster]

2.  In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. [1913 Webster]

northern, adj.
1 of or in the north; inhabiting the north.
2 lying or directed towards the north.

Idiom:
Northern hemisphere the half of the earth north of the equator. northern lights the aurora borealis. Northern States the States in the north of the US.

Derivative:
northernmost adj.

Etymology:
OE northerne (as NORTH, -ERN)

N  contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.

N  direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

capital of northern ireland, northern alliance, northern baptist, northern baptist convention, northern bedstraw, northern beech fern, northern bobwhite, northern bog lemming, northern casque-headed frog, northern cricket frog, northern cross, northern dewberry, northern dune tansy, northern europe, northern flying squirrel, northern harrier, northern hemisphere, northern holly fern, northern ireland, northern jacob's ladder, northern lights, northern lobster, northern mammoth, northern mariana islands, northern marianas, northern oak fern, northern oriole, northern parula, northern phalarope, northern pike, northern pin oak, northern pitch pine, northern pocket gopher, northern porgy, northern red oak, northern rhodesia, northern scup, northern sea robin, northern shrike, northern snakehead, northern snow bedstraw, northern spy, northern storm petrel, northern territory, northern white cedar, northern whiting, northern woodsia, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela

1.  jacobs(n = noun.person) w. w. jacobs, william wymark jacobs - English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943);
is a kind of author, writer

2.  jacobs(n = noun.person) jane jacobs - United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916);
is a kind of author, writer

3.  jacobs(n = noun.person) aletta jacobs - Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929);
is a kind of doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician

aletta jacobs, jane jacobs, w. w. jacobs, william wymark jacobs

1.  ladder(n = noun.artifact) - steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down;
is a kind of stairs, steps
has parts: rundle, rung, spoke
has particulars: articulated ladder, extension ladder, jack ladder, jacob's ladder, pilot ladder, monkey ladder, rope ladder, scaling ladder, sea ladder, sea steps, step ladder, stepladder

2.  ladder(n = noun.state) - ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder"
is a kind of degree, level, point, stage

3.  ladder(n = noun.event) ravel, run - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
is a kind of damage, harm, impairment
Derived form verb ladder₁

   ladder(v = verb.change) run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"
is one way to break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up
Derived form noun ladder₃
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