Definition of nut

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Nut (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.

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Crackled :: Crackled (a.) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.
Myristic :: Myristic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance..
Comminute :: Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth..
Coquilla Nut :: Coquilla nut () The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
Indehiscent :: Indehiscent (a.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut..
Scleroid :: Scleroid (a.) Having a hard texture, as nutshells..
Sawarra Nut :: Sawarra nut () See Souari nut.
Dissect :: Dissect (v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely..
Circumstantiality :: Circumstantiality (n.) The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Paleola :: Paleola (n.) A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.
Pindar :: Pindar (n.) The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.
Sostenuto :: Sostenuto (a.) Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted..
Pichurim Bean :: Pichurim bean () The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut..
Nourishment :: Nourishment (n.) The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition..
Microscopically :: Microscopically (adv.) By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.
Dwarfling :: Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.
Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..
Inutility :: Inutility (n.) Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects..
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