Definition of nod

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Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command..

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Nod :: Nod (v. t.) To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head..
Beck :: Beck (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand..
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..
Antalgic :: Antalgic (n.) A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
Tomnoddy :: Tomnoddy (n.) A sea bird, the puffin..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg..
Scutch Grass :: Scutch grass () A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Xenodochy :: Xenodochy (n.) Reception of strangers; hospitality.
Innodating :: Innodating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innodat.
Threnode :: Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song..
Monodelph :: Monodelph (n.) Alt. of Monodelphia.
Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..
Synod :: Synod (n.) An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
Enodation :: Enodation (n.) The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty..
Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..
Trinodal :: Trinodal (a.) Having three nodal points.
Lunation :: Lunation (n.) The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s..
Gynodioecious :: Gynodioecious (a.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers..
Echinoidea :: Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid..
Phosphatic :: Phosphatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules..
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