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  • English Word Nucha Definition The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
  • English Word Nuchal Definition 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.
  • English Word Nuciferous Definition Bearing, or producing, nuts.
  • English Word Nuciform Definition Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.
  • English Word Nucin Definition See Juglone.
  • English Word Nucle Definition Same as Nutlet.
  • English Word Nucleal Definition Alt. of Nuclear
  • English Word Nuclear Definition 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.
  • English Word Nucleate Definition Having a nucleus; nucleated.
  • English Word Nucleate Definition To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
  • English Word Nucleated Definition Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
  • English Word Nuclei Definition of Nucleus
  • English Word Nucleiform Definition Formed like a nucleus or kernel.
  • English Word Nuclein Definition 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.
  • English Word Nucleobranch Definition Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.
  • English Word Nucleobranch Definition One of the Nucleobranchiata.
  • English Word Nucleobranchiata Definition See Heteropoda.
  • English Word Nucleoidioplasma Definition Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
  • English Word Nucleolar Definition Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.
  • English Word Nucleolated Definition Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.
  • English Word Nucleole Definition The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
  • English Word Nucleoli Definition of Nucleolus
  • English Word Nucleolus Definition A little nucleus.
  • English Word Nucleolus Definition A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.
  • English Word Nucleoplasm Definition The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.
  • English Word Nucleoplasmic Definition 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.
  • English Word Nucleus Definition 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.
  • English Word Nucleus Definition The body or the head of a comet.
  • English Word Nucleus Definition An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
  • English Word Nucleus Definition A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.