Index of English words, starting with "nu"

(1) - Nut (v. i.) To gather nuts.
(2) - Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
(3) - Nut (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.
(4) - Nut (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.
(5) - Nut (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.

(1) - Nutant (a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.

(1) - Nutation (n.) Circumnutation.
(2) - 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.
(3) - Nutation (n.) 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.
(4) - Nutation (n.) The act of nodding.