| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| nucelli | plural | of Nucellus |
| nucleal | adjective | Alt. of Nuclear |
| nuclear | adjective | Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc. |
| nuclein | noun | A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur. |
| nucleus | noun | A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; — used both literally and figuratively., The body or the head of a comet., An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue., A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats., A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division., The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell., The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum., A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks. |
| nudging | present participle & vb. noun | of Nudge |
| nullify | adjective | To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy. |
| nullity | noun | The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force., Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists., That which is null. |
| numbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Numb |
| numbers | noun | pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews. |
| numeral | noun | Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals., Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten., A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc., A word expressing a number. |
| numeric | noun | Alt. of Numerical, Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nÃ-1, where m and n are real numerics. |
| nummary | adjective | Of or relating to coins or money. |
| nuncios | plural | of Nuncio |
| nuncius | noun | A messenger., The information communicated. |
| nunnery | noun | A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent. |
| nunnish | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a nun. |
| nuptial | adjective | Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies., Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; — now only in the plural. |
| nurling | present participle & vb. noun | of Nurl |
| nursing | present participle & vb. noun | of Nurse, Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant. |
| nursery | noun | The act of nursing., The place where nursing is carried on, The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children., A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees., The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted., That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen., That which is nursed. |
| nurstle | verb t. | To nurse. See Noursle. |
| nurture | noun | The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training., That which nourishes; food; diet., To feed; to nourish., To educate; to bring or train up. |
| nutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Nut, The act of gathering nuts. |
| nutgall | noun | A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut. |
| nuthook | noun | A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts., A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors. |
| nuzzied | imp. & past participle | of Nuzzle |