in no manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

nowise

to no degree

sample sentences

"they are nowise different"

the quality of being the present
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nowness

presentness

sample sentences

"a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller

injurious to physical or mental health
<adj.all>

noxious

sample sentences

"noxious chemical wastes"
"noxious ideas"

in a detrimental manner
<adv.all>

detrimentally

harmfully

noxiously

the quality of being noxious
<noun.attribute>

harmfulness

noisomeness

noxiousness

a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

nose

nozzle

informal terms for the nose
<noun.body>

beak

honker

hooter

nozzle

schnoz

schnozzle

snoot

snout

last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
<adj.all>

n-th

nth

sample sentences

"to the nth degree"

the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
<noun.communication>

nu

a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

nicety

nuance

refinement

shade

subtlety

sample sentences

"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"
"don't argue about shades of meaning"

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

center

centre

core

essence

gist

heart

heart and soul

inwardness

kernel

marrow

meat

nitty-gritty

nub

pith

substance

sum

sample sentences

"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"

a small piece
<noun.object>

nub

stub

sample sentences

"a nub of coal"
"a stub of a pencil"

a small lump or protuberance
<noun.shape>

nub

nubble

a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)
<noun.object>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nubbin

looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
<noun.attribute>

coarseness

nubbiness

tweediness

a small lump or protuberance
<noun.shape>

nub

nubble

of textiles; having a rough surface
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

homespun

nubbly

nubby

slubbed

tweedy

sample sentences

"a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"

of textiles; having a rough surface
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

homespun

nubbly

nubby

slubbed

tweedy

sample sentences

"a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"

of girls or women who are eligible to marry
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

marriageable

nubile

central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac
<noun.plant>

nucellus

the back side of the neck
<noun.body>

nape

nucha

scruff

(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1

atomic

nuclear

sample sentences

"nuclear war"
"nuclear weapons"
"atomic bombs"

of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

nuclear

sample sentences

"nuclear physics"
"nuclear fission"
"nuclear forces"

constituting or like a nucleus
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nuclear

sample sentences

"annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"
"the nuclear core of the congregation"

of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nuclear

sample sentences

"nuclear membrane"
"nuclear division"

ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell
<noun.substance>

nRNA

nuclear RNA

a cataract that affects the nucleus of the lens
<noun.state>

nuclear cataract

a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry
<noun.person>

nuclear chemist

radiochemist

the chemistry of radioactive substances
<noun.cognition>

nuclear chemistry

radiochemistry

the nations possessing nuclear weapons
<noun.group>

nuclear club

the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence
<noun.act>

nuclear deterrence

sample sentences

"when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction"

the energy released by a nuclear reaction
<noun.phenomenon>

atomic energy

nuclear energy

the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors
<noun.cognition>

nuclear engineering

the explosion of an atomic bomb
<noun.event>

atomic explosion

nuclear explosion

a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
<noun.group>

conjugal family

nuclear family

a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
<noun.process>

fission

nuclear fission