Nucula to Numeric
Nucula
(||Nu"cu*la) n. [L., little nut, dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small marine bivalve
shells, having a pearly interior.
Nucule
(Nu"cule) n. [L. nucula a small nut.] (Bot.) Same as Nutlet.
Nucumentaceous
(Nu`cu*men*ta"ceous) a. (Bot.) See Nucamentaceous.
Nudation
(Nu*da"tion) n. [L. nudatio, fr. nudare to make naked, fr. nudus naked. See Nude.] The
act of stripping, or making bare or naked.
Nuddle
(Nud"dle) v. i. To walk quickly with the head bent forward; — often with along. [Prov. Eng.]
Nude
(Nude) a. [L. nudus. See Naked.]
1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
2. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum. Blackstone.
The nude, the undraped human figure in art.
— Nude"ly, adv.- Nude"ness, n.
Nudge
(Nudge) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nudge ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nudging.] [Cf. Prov. G. knütschen to
squeeze, pinch, E. Knock.] To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
Nudge
(Nudge) n. A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.
Nudibrachiate
(Nu`di*brach"i*ate) a. [L. nudus naked + brachium an arm.] (Zoöl.) Having tentacles
without vibratile cilia. Carpenter.
Nudibranch
(Nu"di*branch) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata. — n. One of the Nudibranchiata.
Nudibranchiata
(||Nu`di*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL. See Nude, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) A division of opisthobranchiate
mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or
sides. See Ceratobranchia.
Nudibranchiate
(Nu`di*bran"chi*ate) a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as Nudibranch.
Nudicaul
(Nu"di*caul) a. [L. nudus naked + caulis stem.] (Bot.) Having the stems leafless.
Nudification
(Nu`di*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. nudus naked + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] The act of
making nude.
Nudity
(Nu"di*ty) n.; pl. Nudities [Cf. F. nudité .]
1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human
figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; — chiefly used in the plural and in a bad
sense.
There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene
nudities.
Dryden. Nudum pactum
(||Nu"dum pac"tum) [L., a nude pact.] (Law) A bare, naked contract, without any consideration.
Tomlins.
