plural of Northern State

A record of transactions and their effect on bank account balances

(idiomatic) Agitated and anxious. / (colloquial) Messed up.

(meteorology) A boundary between air masses that is neither advancing nor retreating

A button, lever, or other device in a building used to set off the fire alarm when manually pulled, pushed or otherwise activated.

(sciences) Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.

(government, politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.

(nautical) A bill posted in the crew’s quarters and other conspicuous places, listing the station of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills; sometimes called the muster roll.

A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.

The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.