Nuharlal
"Nuharlal Shukla" Ordealman, Grandee of Saw'ajokat.

Nuharlal Shukla
Ordealman, Grandee of Saw'ajokat.

Nulla
"Nulla Vogneas" Author of The Cynicata.

Nulla Vogneas
Author of The Cynicata.

Numaineiri
Numaineiri is a populous and fertile fiefdom of interior Ce Tydonn , located to the west of Meigeiri . Numaineiri warriors are known to paint their faces red whenever they believe themselves doomed in battle. The Earl of Numaineiri is Eorcu Othrain .

Number-Sticks
A means of generating random numerical results for the purposes of gambling. The first references to number-sticks reach as far back as ancient Shigek . The most common variations consist of two sticks typically referred to as the Fat and the Skinny. A groove is carved all the way through the Fat so that the Skinny can drop up and down its interior length. The Skinny is then capped on either end to prevent it from falling out. Numerical values are marked along the length of the Fat, so that when the sticks are thrown, the Skinny can indicate a result.

Nume
Ordealman and Mandate Schoolman.

Numemarius
"Thallei Numemarius" Thallei Numemarius is the Patridomos of House Thallei, and General of the Kidruhil until his death in Nagogris . Numemarius's death results from infighting among the Holy War . Ikurei Conphas promises Imperial protection to Nagogris in exchange for the city's surrender, but the Thunyeri begin plundering the city regardless. When the Kidruhil try to stop them, fighting breaks out between the two factions. Numemarius attempts to speak to Yalgrota Sranchammer under a flag of truce, only to be killed.

Thallei Numemarius

Title(s): Patridomos General
Lived: 4069 - 4111
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Patridomos of House Thallei General of the Kidruhil
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Thallei Numemarius

Nurbanu
"Nurbanu Soter" Nurbanu Soter is the King-Regent of High Ainon (formerly the Palatine of Kishyat ) and a veteran of the First Holy War . He was the leader of the Ainoni contingent in Anasûrimbor Kellhus' Great Ordeal .

Personality

Soter is renowned for his "pious cruelty" and "pragmatic brutality", particularly during the Unification Wars . He is also a bellicose man by nature .

The Warrior-Prophet

At the Battle of Anwurat , the Kishyati under Soter fought off several charges from the Grandees of Eumarna , purchasing time for the other Ainoni knights .

The Thousandfold Thought

As the Holy War marched for Shimeh , Soter and his Kishyati knights ran down refugees on the Herotic Way for sport . Using the Herotic Way, Soter and his Kishyati were later the first to eventually spy the black walls of Gerotha and strike up the first camp of the siege . After Coithus Athjeäri was killed, the twenty surviving Thanes and Knights of Gaenri were rescued from their pursuers by a band of Kishyati led by Soter . During the battle for Shimeh , Soter led his Kishyati in a "desperate charge" from the north . Later in the battle, they fought the forces led by Cinganjehoi ab Sakjal , managing to drive them back and ensuring their defeat by the Moserothi under Sirpal Uranyanka .

The Unification Wars

Soter distinguished himself during the Unification Wars, for which he was rewarded by being declared King-Regent of High Ainon in 4121 . At some point between the conquest of Shimeh in 4112 and the beginning of the Great Ordeal's march in 4132, Soter adopted Nurbanu Ze as his son. It is likely this event took place during the Unification Wars.

The White-Luck Warrior

Following the division of the Ordeal into the Four Armies, Soter led the Ainoni contingent of the army of the Ketyai of the East . Later, Halas Siroyon coordinated his expeditions to assess the progress of the Sranc Horde with Soter . When Heramari Iyokus argued that the Schools should abandon the Culling , Soter argued it was necessary it should continue, or else the Ordeal would not survive long enough to reach the Neleöst Sea .

The Great Ordeal

As Nersei Proyas relentlessly begged Anasûrimbor Kellhus for the command of the forces to be sent to Dagliash , he noticed Soter and Hringa Vûkyelt , among others, frowning at his infraction .

The Unholy Consult

When Anasûrimbor Serwa and Varalt Sorweel returned to the Great Ordeal, Soter fell to Serwa's knees crying and asking what was happening to them . After Nersei Proyas was denounced as a traitor, he noticed Soter's expression of demented outrage as he was being strung up . During the Last Whelming, Kellhus recalled the conversation he had with Nemukus Mirshoa , one of Soter's vassals, addressing the King-Regent directly as well . Anasûrimbor Kelmomas later noticed Soter among the Lords of the Ordeal gathered to kiss his father's knee . For the attack on Golgotterath itself, the Ordeal was divided into three Trials . Soter was given command of the Sons of Shir, who were charged with taking the Tower of Corrunc . During the battle for Golgotterath, Soter and his men were the first to assemble beneath the turrets of the High Cwol, shortly before the pulses from the Sun Lance began targeting the sorcerers and witches in their midst . In the chaos that followed, Soter and his Ainoni abandoned the mages to their fate and proceeded to storm the bastions and corridors of the High Cwol . After Serwa reencountered the rest of the Ordeal following her injury by a pulse of the Sun Lance, she found her brother Kayûtas standing alongside Soter and Apperens Saccarees . As Soter was not mentioned again following this event, it is unknown if he survived the battle or the destruction of the remainder of the Ordeal by the rise of the No-God .

Nurbanu Soter

Title(s): Palatine (formerly) King-Regent
Lived: 4069 - present?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Ainoni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Kishyat (formerly) King-Regent of High Ainon
Relatives: Ze (adoptive son)
Books: The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought The White-Luck Warrior The Great Ordeal The Unholy Consult

Nurbanu Soter

Nurbanu Soter
Nurbanu Soter is the King-Regent of High Ainon (formerly the Palatine of Kishyat ) and a veteran of the First Holy War . He was the leader of the Ainoni contingent in Anasûrimbor Kellhus' Great Ordeal .

Personality

Soter is renowned for his "pious cruelty" and "pragmatic brutality", particularly during the Unification Wars . He is also a bellicose man by nature .

The Warrior-Prophet

At the Battle of Anwurat , the Kishyati under Soter fought off several charges from the Grandees of Eumarna , purchasing time for the other Ainoni knights .

The Thousandfold Thought

The Unification Wars

The White-Luck Warrior

The Great Ordeal

As Nersei Proyas relentlessly begged Anasûrimbor Kellhus for the command of the forces to be sent to Dagliash , he noticed Soter and Hringa Vûkyelt , among others, frowning at his infraction .

The Unholy Consult

Nurbanu Soter

Nurbanu Ze
Nurbanu Ze was an Ordealman and the Jekki adopted son of King Nurbanu Soter .

What Came Before

At some point between the conquest of Shimeh and the beginning of the Great Ordeal's march, Ze was adopted by Soter. It's likely this adoption took place during the Unification Wars . He was the first known Jekki to be considered a caste-noble .

The White-Luck Warrior

Ze led the Jekki contigent of the army of the Ketyai of the East .

The Great Ordeal

Under the influence of the Meat, Ze claimed that their Lord-and-Prophet had became their butcher .

The Unholy Consult

When Nersei Proyas addressed the Ordealmen, telling them their Holy Aspect-Emperor had charged him with leading the final march to Golgotterath , Ze franctically interrupted him . He then declared that the Scald had consumed their Aspect-Emperor, and that his own men had witnessed this . To avoid further chaos among the Great Ordeal, Anasûrimbor Kayûtas quickly intervened, killing Ze .

Nurbanu Ze

Title(s): Palatine Prince
Lived: 4105 - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Xiuhianni
Nationality: Jekki (by birth) Ainoni (by adoption)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Palatine of Jekk Prince of High Ainon General of the Jekki contingent of the Great Ordeal
Relatives: Soter (adoptive father)
Books: The White-Luck Warrior The Great Ordeal The Unholy Consult

Nurbanu Ze

Nurwul
"Sibawûl te Nurwul" Believer-Prince of Nymbrica, leader of the Cepaloran contingent in the Great Ordeal.

nuance
-a shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

nub
-to push; to nudge; also, to beckon.
-a jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

nubbin
-a small or imperfect ear of maize.

nubble
-to beat or bruise with the fist.

nubecula
-a nebula.
-specifically, the magellanic clouds.
-a slight spot on the cornea.
-a cloudy object or appearance in urine.

nubeculae
-of nubecula

nubia
-a light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.

nubian
-of or pertaining to nubia in eastern africa.
-a native of nubia.

nubiferous
-bringing, or producing, clouds.

nubigenous
-born of, or produced from, clouds.

nubilate
-to cloud.

nubile
-of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.

nubility
-the state of being marriageable.

nubilose
-alt. of nubilous

nubilous
-cloudy.

nucament
-a catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.

nucamentaceous
-like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one
-seeded nutlike fruits.

nucelli
-of nucellus

nucellus
-see nucleus, 3 (a).

nuch/
-of nucha

nucha
-the back or upper part of the neck; the nape.

nuchal
-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
-bearing, or producing, nuts.

nuciform
-shaped like a nut; nut
-shaped.

nucin
-see juglone.

nucle
-same as nutlet.

nucleal
-alt. of nuclear

nuclear
-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
-having a nucleus; nucleated.
-to gather, as about a nucleus or center.

nucleated
-having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.

nuclei
-of nucleus

nucleiform
-formed like a nucleus or kernel.

nuclein
-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
-belonging to the nucleobranchiata.
-one of the nucleobranchiata.

nucleobranchiata
-see heteropoda.

nucleoidioplasma
-hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.

nucleolar
-of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.

nucleolated
-having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.

nucleole
-the nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.

nucleoli
-of nucleolus

nucleolus
-a little nucleus.
-a small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

nucleoplasm
-the matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.

nucleoplasmic
-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.

nucleus
-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.
-the body or the head of a comet.
-an incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
-a whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
-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.
-the tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
-the central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.
-a visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in tunicata and some mollusks.

nucleuses
-of nucleus

nucula
-a genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.

nucumentaceous
-see nucamentaceous.

nudation
-the act of stripping, or making bare or naked.

nuddle
-to walk quickly with the head bent forward;
-- often with along.

nude
-bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
-naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. see nudum pactum.

nudge
-to touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
-a gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.

nudge/
-of nudge

nudging
-of nudge

nudibrachiate
-having tentacles without vibratile cilia.

nudibranch
-of or pertaining to the nudibranchiata.
-one of the nudibranchiata.

nudibranchiata
-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
-same as nudibranch.

nudicaul
-having the stems leafless.

nudification
-the act of making nude.

nudities
-of nudity

nudity
-the quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
-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
-futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.

nugae
-trifles; jests.

nugation
-the act or practice of trifling.

nugatory
-trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
-of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.

nugget
-a lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

nugify
-to render trifling or futile; to make silly.

nuisance
-that which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

nuisancer
-one who makes or causes a nuisance.

nul
-no; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.

null
-of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
-something that has no force or meaning.
-that which has no value; a cipher; zero.
-to annul.
-one of the beads in nulled work.

nulled
-turned so as to resemble nulls.

nullibiety
-the state or condition of being nowhere.

nullification
-the act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

nullifidian
-of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation;
-- opposed to solifidian.
-an unbeliever.

nullified
-of nullify

nullifier
-one who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.

nullify
-to make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

nullifying
-of nullify

nullipore
-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
-of nullity

nullity
-the quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
-nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.
-that which is null.

numb
-enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
-producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
-to make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

numbed
-of numb

numbedness
-numbness.

number
-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.
-a collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.
-a numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
-numerousness; multitude.
-the state or quality of being numerable or countable.
-quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
-that which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse;
-- chiefly used in the plural.
-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.
-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.
-to count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
-to reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
-to give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
-to amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

numbered
-of number

numberer
-one who numbers.

numberful
-numerous.

numbering
-of number

numberless
-innumerable; countless.

numberous
-numerous.

numbers
-pl. of number. the fourth book of the pentateuch, containing the census of the hebrews.

numbfish
-the torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

numbing
-of numb

numbless
-see nombles.

numbness
-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.

numerable
-capable of being numbered or counted.

numeral
-of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
-expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as x or 10 for ten.
-a figure or character used to express a number; as, the arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the roman numerals, i, v, x, l, etc.
-a word expressing a number.

numerally
-according to number; in number; numerically.

numerary
-belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.

numerate
-to divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

numerated
-of numerate

numerating
-of numerate

numeration
-the act or art of numbering.
-the act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. the term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the arabic method.

numerative
-of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system.

numerator
-one who numbers.
-the term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.

numeric
-alt. of numerical
-any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. the term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nã
-1, where m and n are real numerics.

numerical
-belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
-the same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body.

numerically
-in a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.

numerist
-one who deals in numbers.

numero
-number;
-- often abbrev. no.

numerosity
-the state of being numerous; numerousness.
-rhythm; harmony; flow.

numerous
-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
-of or pertaining to ancient numidia in northern africa.

numismatic
-alt. of numismatical

numismatical
-of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.

numismatics
-the science of coins and medals.

numismatist
-one skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.

numismatography
-a treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.

numismatologist
-one versed in numismatology.

numismatology
-the science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.

nummary
-of or relating to coins or money.

nummular
-alt. of nummulary

nummulary
-of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.
-having the appearance or form of a coin.

nummulation
-the arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

nummulite
-a fossil of the genus nummulites and allied genera.

nummulites
-a genus of extinct tertiary foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.

nummulitic
-of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.

numps
-a dolt; a blockhead.

numskull
-a dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.

numskulled
-stupid; doltish.

nun
-a woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
-a white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
-the smew.
-the european blue titmouse.

nunchion
-a portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon.

nunciate
-one who announces; a messenger; a nuncio.

nunciature
-the office of a nuncio.

nuncii
-of nuncius

nuncio
-a messenger.
-the permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

nuncios
-of nuncio

nuncius
-a messenger.
-the information communicated.

nuncupate
-to declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally.
-to dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book.

nuncupation
-the act of nuncupating.

nuncupative
-publicly or solemnly declaratory.
-nominal; existing only in name.
-oral; not written.

nuncupatory
-nuncupative; oral.

nundinal
-a nundinal letter.
-alt. of nundinary

nundinary
-of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.

nundinate
-to buy and sell at fairs or markets.

nundination
-traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.

nunnation
-the pronunciation of n at the end of words.

nunneries
-of nunnery

nunnery
-a house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. see cloister, and convent.

nunnish
-of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a nun.

nup
-same as nupson.

nuphar
-a genus of plants found in the fresh
-water ponds or lakes of europe, asia, and north america; the yellow water lily. cf. nymphaea.

nupson
-a simpleton; a fool.

nuptial
-of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.
-marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony;
-- now only in the plural.

nuptials
-of nuptial

nur
-a hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey.

nurl
-to cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.

nurled
-of nurl

nurling
-of nurl

nurse
-one who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) a woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) a person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
-one who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
-a lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
-a peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. see cercaria, and redia.
-either one of the nurse sharks.
-to nourish; to cherish; to foster
-to nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.
-to take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.
-to bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish;
-- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
-to manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
-to caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

nursed
-of nurse

nursehound
-see houndfish.

nursemaid
-a girl employed to attend children.

nursepond
-a pond where fish are fed.

nurser
-one who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.

nurseries
-of nursery

nursery
-the act of nursing.
-the place where nursing is carried on
-the place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
-a place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
-the place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
-that which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
-that which is nursed.

nurseryman
-one who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc.

nurserymen
-of nurseryman

nursing
-of nurse
-supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.

nursling
-one who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.

nurstle
-to nurse. see noursle.

nurture
-the act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.
-that which nourishes; food; diet.
-to feed; to nourish.
-to educate; to bring or train up.

nurtured
-of nurture

nurturing
-of nurture

nustle
-to fondle; to cherish.

nut
-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.
-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.
-the tumbler of a gunlock.
-a projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
-to gather nuts.

nut
-brown
-brown as a nut long kept and dried.

nutant
-nodding; having the top bent downward.

nutation
-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.

nutbreaker
-the european nuthatch.
-the nutcracker.

nutcracker
-an instrument for cracking nuts.
-a european bird (nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. its color is dark brown, spotted with white. it feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.
-the american, or clarke's, nutcracker (picicorvus columbianus) of western north america.

nutgall
-a more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. see gall, gallnut.

nuthatch
-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.

nuthook
-a hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
-a thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors.

nutjobber
-the nuthatch.

nutlet
-a small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.

nutmeg
-the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (myristica fragrans), a native of the molucca islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

nutmegged
-seasoned with nutmeg.

nutpecker
-the nuthatch.

nutria
-the fur of the coypu. see coypu.

nutrication
-the act or manner of feeding.

nutrient
-nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.
-any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.

nutriment
-that which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.
-that which promotes development or growth.

nutrimental
-nutritious.

nutritial
-pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious.

nutrition
-in the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.
-in a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.
-that which nourishes; nutriment.

nutritional
-of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes.

nutritious
-nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.

nutritive
-of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.

nutriture
-nutrition; nourishment.

nutshell
-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.

nutted
-of nut

nutter
-a gatherer of nuts.

nutting
-of nut
-the act of gathering nuts.

nutty
-abounding in nuts.
-having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.

nux vomica
-the seed of strychnos nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the malabar and coromandel coasts of the east indies. from this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. the seeds are sometimes called quaker buttons.

nuzzied
-of nuzzle

nuzzle
-to noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
-to nestle; to house, as in a nest.
-to work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
-to go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
-to hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
-to loiter; to idle.

nuzzling
-of nuzzle