north-east
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Northeast \North`east"\, a.
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the
northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course;
a northeast wind.
[1913 Webster]
{Northeast passage}, a passage or communication by sea
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
coast of Asia.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "northeast":
Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic,
Middle West, NE by N, NNE, New England, North,
North Central region, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest,
South, Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Yankeeland,
antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points, compass card,
compass rose, degrees, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost,
eastern, easternmost, eastland, eastward, half points, hyperborean,
lubber line, meridional, north, north-northeast, northbound,
northeast by east, northeast by north, northeasterly, northeastern,
northeastward, northeastwardly, northeastwards, northerly,
northern, northernmost, northland, northward, northwest,
northwesterly, northwestern, occident, occidental, orient,
oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south, southbound, southeast,
southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost,
southward, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset,
the Coast, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost,
westland, westward, wild West
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