| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| nubecula | noun | A nebula., Specifically, the Magellanic clouds., A slight spot on the cornea., A cloudy object or appearance in urine. |
| nubilate | verb t. | To cloud. |
| nubility | noun | The state of being marriageable. |
| nubilose | adjective | Alt. of Nubilous |
| nubilous | adjective | Cloudy. |
| nucament | noun | A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like. |
| nucellus | noun | See Nucleus, 3 (a). |
| nuciform | adjective | Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped. |
| nucleate | adjective | Having a nucleus; nucleated., To gather, as about a nucleus or center. |
| nucleole | noun | The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus. |
| nucleoli | plural | of Nucleolus |
| nudation | noun | The act of stripping, or making bare or naked. |
| nudicaul | adjective | Having the stems leafless. |
| nudities | plural | of Nudity |
| nugacity | noun | Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery. |
| nugation | noun | The act or practice of trifling. |
| nugatory | adjective | Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant., Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. |
| nuisance | noun | That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious. |
| numbered | imp. & past participle | of Number |
| numberer | noun | One who numbers. |
| numbfish | noun | The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives. |
| numbless | noun pl. | See Nombles. |
| numbness | noun | The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion. |
| numerary | adjective | Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body. |
| numerate | verb | To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures. |
| numerist | noun | One who deals in numbers. |
| numerous | adjective | Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army., Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical. |
| numidian | adjective | Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa. |
| nummular | adjective | Alt. of Nummulary |
| numskull | noun | A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. |
| nunchion | verb i. | A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon. |
| nunciate | noun | One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio. |
| nundinal | noun | A nundinal letter., Alt. of Nundinary |
| nuptials | plural | of Nuptial |
| nursling | noun | One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling. |
| nurtured | imp. & past participle | of Nurture |
| nutation | noun | The act of nodding., A very small libratory motion of the earth’s axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount., The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening., Circumnutation. |
| nuthatch | noun | Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American. |
| nutrient | adjective | Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth., Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth. |
| nutshell | noun | The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed., Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value., A shell of the genus Nucula. |
| nuzzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Nuzzle |