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- English Word Nucleus Definition 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.
- English Word Nucleus Definition The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
- English Word Nucleus Definition The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.
- English Word Nucleus Definition A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.
- English Word Nucleuses Definition of Nucleus
- English Word Nucula Definition A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.
- English Word Nucumentaceous Definition See Nucamentaceous.
- English Word Nudation Definition The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.
- English Word Nuddle Definition To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.
- English Word Nude Definition Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
- English Word Nude Definition Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum.
- English Word Nudge Definition To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
- English Word Nudge Definition A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.
- English Word Nudge/ Definition of Nudge
- English Word Nudging Definition of Nudge
- English Word Nudibrachiate Definition Having tentacles without vibratile cilia.
- English Word Nudibranch Definition Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.
- English Word Nudibranch Definition One of the Nudibranchiata.
- English Word Nudibranchiata Definition 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.
- English Word Nudibranchiate Definition Same as Nudibranch.
- English Word Nudicaul Definition Having the stems leafless.
- English Word Nudification Definition The act of making nude.
- English Word Nudities Definition of Nudity
- English Word Nudity Definition The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
- English Word Nudity Definition 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.
- English Word Nudum pactum Definition A bare, naked contract, without any consideration.
- English Word Nugacity Definition Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
- English Word Nugae Definition Trifles; jests.
- English Word Nugation Definition The act or practice of trifling.
- English Word Nugatory Definition Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.