Words Containing: N,O,R,T,H,S

• a large gathering of people

• press tightly together or cram

• make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• make short or shorter

• become short or shorter

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

• the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions

• sit on the throne as a ruler

• put a monarch on the throne

• a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)

• large stinging paper wasp

• something that causes irritation and annoyance

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• a Germanic character of runic origin

• situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north

• the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

• the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

• a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city

• the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

• British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

• the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point

• the direction in which a compass needle points

• in a northern direction