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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Nodded :: Nodded (imp. & p. p.) of No.
Epanodos :: Epanodos (n.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse orde.
Nod :: Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.
Ambulacrum :: Ambulacrum (n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays..
Perisome :: Perisome (n.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument..
Asterias :: Asterias (n.) A genus of echinoderms.
Significancy :: Significancy (n.) That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression..
Bufonite :: Bufonite (n.) An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad..
Nod :: Nod (v. i.) To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.
Shake :: Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.].
Haplomi :: Haplomi (n. pl.) An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes..
Jointed :: "Jointed (a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure..
Synodist :: Synodically (adv.) In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.
Threne :: Threne (n.) Lamentation; threnody; a dirge.
Naiad :: Naiad (n.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel..
Nodical :: Nodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon..
Pipsissewa :: Pipsissewa (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine..
Noddy :: Noddy (n.) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
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