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Definition & Synonyms
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• Nut
- (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.
- (v. i.) To gather nuts.
- (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
- (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
- (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
- (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
- (v. i.) To gather nuts.
- (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.
- (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
- (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
Synonyms:
Addict, Ball, Crank, Egg, En, Freak, Orchis, Testicle, Testis,
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• Nutrication
- (n.) The act or manner of feeding.
- (n.) The act or manner of feeding.
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• Nutation
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Circumnutation.
- (n.) A very small libratory motion of the earths axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.
- (n.) The act of nodding.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A very small libratory motion of the earths axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.
- (n.) Circumnutation.
- (n.) The act of nodding.
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