northeast
Between two cardinals
Northeast is the direction midway between north and east, or the region lying in that direction.
As an adjective or adverb, it describes movement or position toward that point: The storm is tracking northeast, the northeast corner of the property.
In the United States, the Northeast typically means the states from Maine to Maryland or thereabouts.
Northeast U.S. region
- MainePine Tree State
- VermontNortheastern state, small population
- New HampshireNortheastern state, smallest land
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
Connecticut · Rhode Island · Acadia · Maritimes · Quebec · Nova Scotia · New Brunswick · Newfoundland
Low temperature state
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- frostThin ice coating
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- iceWater's solid form
sleet · flurries · freezing · harsh winters · lake effect · humid summers · foliage season · Indian summer
Posture or orientation
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- headingDirectional course traveled
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- navigationDetermining position and course
cardinal · quadrant · degrees · waypoint · sextant · cartography · coordinate · latitude
Severe sustained wind
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- coastalOf the shoreline
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
Atlantic · maritime · prevailing · gusts · blustery · front · barometric
Eastern U.S. mountain chain
- AdirondacksMountain range in northeastern state
- White MountainsNortheast American mountain range
- Green MountainsVermont's main mountain range
- Cape CodMassachusetts coastal peninsula
Long Island · Chesapeake Bay · Hudson River · Catskills · Berkshires · Acadia · Penobscot · Connecticut River
New England
Northeast U.S. region
- MainePine Tree State
- VermontNortheastern state, small population
- New HampshireNortheastern state, smallest land
Massachusetts · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Acadia · Maritimes · Quebec · Nova Scotia · New Brunswick · Newfoundland · Atlantic Canada
cold
Low temperature state
ice · sleet · flurries · freezing · harsh winters · lake effect · humid summers · foliage season · Indian summer · polar vortex
bearing
Posture or orientation
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- headingDirectional course traveled
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
navigation · cardinal · quadrant · degrees · waypoint · sextant · cartography · coordinate · latitude · longitude
gale
Severe sustained wind
blizzard · Atlantic · maritime · prevailing · gusts · blustery · front · barometric
Appalachians
Eastern U.S. mountain chain
- AdirondacksMountain range in northeastern state
- White MountainsNortheast American mountain range
- Green MountainsVermont's main mountain range
Cape Cod · Long Island · Chesapeake Bay · Hudson River · Catskills · Berkshires · Acadia · Penobscot · Connecticut River · Lake Champlain
- cardinal directionssouth, west, northwest, southeast, southwest
- intercardinal directionsnorthwest, southeast, southwest, NW, SE
- compass termssouth, west, northwest, southeast, southwest
- windswind, breeze, gust, gusts, gale
- compassesmagnetic compass, compass needle, compass rose, compass card, compass heading
- economic regionseconomic zones, industrial zones, trade zones, rust belt, corn belt
northeastsouthwest
Cardinal point between two others
south · west · south-southwest · west-southwest · southwesterly
northeastSouthwest
Arid American expanse
Deep South · Southern · Pacific Northwest · Gulf Coast · Midwest
- northeastern FranceUpper right of hexagon
- American NortheastUpper Atlantic coastal states
- Northeast USUpper Atlantic coastal states
- Northeastern United StatesUpper Atlantic coastal region
- Northeast PassageArctic shipping lane along Russia
- north northeast22.5 degrees from polar
northeastern, northeasterner, northeastward, northeasterners, northeaster, northeasterly, northeastwards, northeasters, northeasterlies