Nuchal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
Nuciferous (a.) Bearing, or producing, nuts.
Nuciform (a.) Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.
Nucin (n.) See Juglone.
Nucleal (a.) Alt. of Nuclear
Nuclear (a.) 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.
Nucleate (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleated.
Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
Nucleated (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
Nucleiform (a.) Formed like a nucleus or kernel.
Nuclein (n.) 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.
Nucleobranch (a.) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.
Nucleobranch (n.) One of the Nucleobranchiata.
Nucleobranchiata (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.
Nucleoidioplasma (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
Nucleolar (a.) Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.
Nucleolated (a.) Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.
Nucleole (n.) The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
Nucleoli (pl. ) of Nucleolus
Nucleolus (n.) A little nucleus.
Nucleolus (n.) A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.
Nucleoplasm (n.) The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.
Nucleoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.
Nucleuses (pl. ) of Nucleus
Nuclei (pl. ) of Nucleus
Nucleus (n.) 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.
Nucleus (n.) The body or the head of a comet.
Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
Nucleus (n.) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
Nucleus (n.) 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.
Nucleus (n.) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
Nucleus (n.) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.
Nucleus (n.) A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.
Nucula (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.
Nucle (n.) Same as Nutlet.
Nucumentaceous (a.) See Nucamentaceous.
Nudation (n.) The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.
Nuddle (v. i.) To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.
Nude (a.) Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
Nude (a.) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum.
Nudge/ (imp. & p. p.) of Nudge
Nudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nudge
Nudge (v. t.) To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
Nudge (n.) A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.
Nudibrachiate (a.) Having tentacles without vibratile cilia.
Nudibranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.
Nudibranch (n.) One of the Nudibranchiata.
Nudibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.
Nudibranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Nudibranch.
Nudicaul (a.) Having the stems leafless.
Nudification (n.) The act of making nude.
Nudities (pl. ) of Nudity
Nudity (n.) The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
Nudity (n.) That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.
Nudum pactum () A bare, naked contract, without any consideration.
Nugacity (n.) Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
Nugae (n. pl.) Trifles; jests.
Nugation (n.) The act or practice of trifling.
Nugatory (a.) Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
Nugatory (a.) Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
Nugget (n.) A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.
Nugify (v. t.) To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
Nuisance (n.) That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
Nuisancer (n.) One who makes or causes a nuisance.
Nul (a.) No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.
Null (a.) Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
Null (n.) Something that has no force or meaning.
Null (n.) That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
Null (v. t.) To annul.
Null (n.) One of the beads in nulled work.
Nulled (a.) Turned so as to resemble nulls.
Nullibiety (n.) The state or condition of being nowhere.
Nullification (n.) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
Nullifidian (a.) Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to solifidian.
Nullifidian (n.) An unbeliever.
Nullifier (n.) One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.
Nullified (imp. & p. p.) of Nullify
Nullifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nullify
Nullify (a.) To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.
Nullipore (n.) A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.
Nullities (pl. ) of Nullity
Nullity (n.) The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
Nullity (n.) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.
Nullity (n.) That which is null.
Numb (a.) Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
Numb (a.) Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
Numbed (imp. & p. p.) of Numb
Numbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Numb
Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
Numbedness (n.) Numbness.
Number (n.) That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.
Number (n.) A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.
Number (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
Number (n.) Numerousness; multitude.
Number (n.) The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
Number (n.) Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
Number (n.) That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Number (n.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.
Number (n.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.
Numbered (imp. & p. p.) of Number