someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
<noun.person>

nurse's aide

nursing aide

a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife
<noun.person>

nurse-midwife

the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
<noun.relation>

nurse-patient relation

(of an infant) breast-fed
<adj.all>

nursed

suckled

an infant considered in relation to its nurse
<noun.person>

nurseling

nursling

suckling

a woman who is the custodian of children
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nanny

nurse

nursemaid

a person who treats something carefully
<noun.person>

nurser

sample sentences

"a great nurser of pennies"

a child's room for a baby
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

baby's room

nursery

a tale in rhymed verse for children
<noun.communication>

nursery rhyme

a small preschool for small children
<noun.group>

nursery school

someone who takes care of a garden
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

gardener

nurseryman

the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nursing

nourishing at the breast
<noun.act>

breast feeding

nursing

the profession of a nurse
<noun.group>

nursing

someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
<noun.person>

nurse's aide

nursing aide

a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children
<noun.artifact>

bottle

feeding bottle

nursing bottle

care by a skilled nurse
<noun.act>

nursing care

an institution where people are cared for
<noun.artifact>

home

nursing home

rest home

sample sentences

"a home for the elderly"

a school for training nurses
<noun.group>

nursing school

school of nursing

an infant considered in relation to its nurse
<noun.person>

nurseling

nursling

suckling

resulting from nurture
<adj.all>

nurtural

physical and emotional care and nourishment
<noun.act>

nurturance

providing physical and emotional care and nourishment
<adj.all>

nurturant

helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

breeding

bringing up

fosterage

fostering

nurture

raising

rearing

upbringing

sample sentences

"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nurture

raising

rearing

help develop, help grow
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

foster

nurture

sample sentences

"nurture his talents"

provide with nourishment
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

nourish

nurture

sustain

sample sentences

"We sustained ourselves on bread and water"
"This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

look after a child until it is an adult
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

bring up

nurture

parent

raise

rear

sample sentences

"raise a family"
"bring up children"

usually large hard-shelled seed
<noun.plant>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

nut

a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

nut

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

ball

ballock

bollock

egg

nut

orchis

testicle

testis

sample sentences

"she kicked him in the balls and got away"

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
<noun.person>

addict

freak

junkie

junky

nut

sample sentences

"a golf addict"
"a car nut"
"a bodybuilding freak"
"a news junkie"

a whimsically eccentric person
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crackpot

crank

fruitcake

nut

nut case

screwball

half the width of an em
<noun.quantity>

en

nut

gather nuts
<verb.contact>

nut

a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt
<noun.artifact>

nut and bolt

paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars
<noun.food>

nut bar

bread containing chopped nuts
<noun.food>

nut bread

ground nuts blended with a little butter
<noun.food>

nut butter

a whimsically eccentric person
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crackpot

crank

fruitcake

nut

nut case

screwball