Index of English words, starting with "nu"

(1) - Nuclear (a.) 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.

(1) - Nucleus (n.) A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.
(2) - Nucleus (n.) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.
(3) - Nucleus (n.) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
(4) - Nucleus (n.) 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.
(5) - Nucleus (n.) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
(6) - Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
(7) - Nucleus (n.) The body or the head of a comet.
(8) - Nucleus (n.) 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.

(1) - Nude (a.) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum.
(2) - Nude (a.) Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.