Definition of nut

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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..

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Histology :: Histology (n.) That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology..
Buckeye :: Buckeye (n.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.
Pichey :: Pichey (n.) A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo.
Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
Nutjobber :: Nutjobber (n.) The nuthatch.
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots..
Nutritional :: Nutritional (a.) Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes..
Tap :: Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Nicker Tree :: Nicker tree () The plant producing nicker nuts.
Oilnut :: Oilnut (n.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo..
Nutty :: Nutty (a.) Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine..
Gall :: Gall (n.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut..
Sweetened :: Sweetbrier (n.) A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.
Organotrophic :: Organotrophic (a.) Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts..
Cornuto :: Cornuto (n.) A man that wears the horns; a cuckold.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..
Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health..
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