A girl or woman employed to attend and care for children.

A pond where fish are fed.

One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.

The act of nursing.

One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc.

Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.

One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.

To nurse. See Noursle.

To feed; to nourish.

The god of fire and light; corresponds to the Babylonian Girru.

To fondle; to cherish.

To gather nuts.

A widely distributed perennial plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, edible, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.

a widely distributed perennial sedge (Cyperus rotundus) having small edible nutlike tubers; also called nut grass.

Brown as a nut long kept and dried.

Nodding; having the top bent downward.

to rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily.

The act of nodding.

The European nuthatch. The nutcracker.

An instrument for cracking nuts.

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.

Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), and others, are American.

A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

The nuthatch.

A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.

The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

Seasoned with nutmeg.

The nuthatch.

The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.

The act or manner of feeding.

Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth; a nutriment.

To give nutrients to.

Nutritious.

Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious.

In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which a living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.

Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes.

a specialist in the study of nutrition.

Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.

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

Nutrition; nourishment.

An expression of disapproval, defiance, or displeasure, as in: /Ah, nuts! My knife just broke./

The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

A gatherer of nuts.

The act of gathering nuts.

Abounding in nuts.

A genus consisting of only one species.

To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.

A spiral-horned South African antelope (Tragelaphus angasi) with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.

See Nias.

A genus consisting of only one species.

A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. See Moonblink.

One afflicted with nyctalopia.

Same as Nyctalopia.

The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.

A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.

A genus of East Indian fruit bats.

Turning or bending at night into special positions.

The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special /sleeping/ positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants.

Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.

A brood or flock of pheasants.

A carnivorous mammal (Helictis moscatus, or Helictis orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus, syn. Portax tragocamelus), found in Northern India; called also the blue bull. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown; the male is blue-grey with white markings, and the female is brownish with no horns.

Same as nylghau.

Any of several thermoplastic polyamide plastics, comprising a family of high-strength resilient synthetic materials, used mostly in fibers.

Same as Nymph, 3.

A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

A natural family of dicot aquatic plants.

Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.

Same as Nymphalidae, an extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.

Any butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, consisting of medium to large butterflies found worldwide, typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.

A natural family of large beautifully colored butterflies, called also the brush-footed butterflies; formerly called Nymphales.

The type genus of the Nymphalidae, including the mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa).

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

A little or young nymph.

Of or pertaining to nymphs.

Producing pupas or nymphs.

Relating to nymphs; ladylike.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.

A nymphomaniac.

A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

A woman afflicted with nymphomania.

Same as Nymphomania.

Excision of the nymphae.

A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

An antifungal antibiotic, extracted from fermentation broths of the soil actinomycete Streptomyces noursei and other actinomycetes; called also fungicidin. It is a polyene macrolide antibiotic, and consists of several related components. Component nystatin A1 has formula C47H75NO17.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.

A shortened form of of or on.

A contr. of Over.

See Woad.

Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Like an oaf; simple or clumsy.

Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.

See Ocher.

A young oak.

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

Resembling oak; strong.

To row.

Having feet adapted for swimming.

Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat.

The ribbon fish.

Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.

Without oars.

The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot. Same as Rowlock{1}.

One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.

skill as an oarsman.

Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

a woman oarsman.

Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet.

The Organization of American States an international association of countries in the Western hemisphere. It was created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation.

A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface.

A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.

A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.

A cake made of oatmeal.

Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe.

A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.

Capable of having an oath administered to.

The violation of an oath; perjury.