Nub"ble (?), v. t. [Cf. LG. nubben to knock, cuff.] To beat or bruise
with the fist. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
||Nu*bec"u*la (?), n.; pl. Nubeculæ (-l). [L., dim. of nubes cloud.] 1.
||(Astron.) (a) A nebula. (b) pl. Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
2. (Med.) (a) A slight spot on the cornea. (b) A cloudy object or
appearance in urine. Dunglison.
Nu"bi*a (?), n. [From L. nubes cloud.] A light fabric of wool, worn on
the head by women; a cloud.
Nu"bi*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa. -- n. A
native of Nubia.
Nu*bif"er*ous (?), a. [L. nubifer; nubes cloud + ferre to bear: cf. F.
nubifère.] Bringing, or producing, clouds.
Nu*big"e*nous (?), a. [L. nubes cloud + -genous.] Born of, or produced
from, clouds. [R.]
Nu"bi*late (?), v. t. [L. nubilatus, p. p. of nubilare to cloud, fr.
nubes cloud.] To cloud. [Obs.]
Nu"bile (?), a. [L. nubilis, fr. nubere to marry: cf. F. nubile. See
Nuptial.] Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. Prior.
Nu*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. nubilité .] The state of being
marriageable. [R.]
{ Nu"bi*lose` (?), Nu"bi*lous (?), } a. [L. nubilosus, nubilus, fr.
nubes cloud.] Cloudy. [R.]
Nu"ca*ment (?), n. [L. nucamenta fir cones, fr. nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Bot.) A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine,
willow, and the like.
Nu`ca*men*ta"ceous (?), a. [See Nucament.] (Bot.) Like a nut either in
structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.
[Written also nucumentaceous.]
||Nu*cel"lus (?), n.; pl. Nucelli (#). [NL., dim. of nux, nucis, a
||nut.] (Bot.) See Nucleus, 3 (a).
||Nu"cha (?), n.; pl. Nuch&?; (#). [LL.] (Zoöl.) The back or upper part
||of the neck; the nape.
Nu"chal (?), a. [Cf. F. nucal.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the
region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the
anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
Nu*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. nux, nucis, nut + -ferous.] Bearing, or
producing, nuts.
Nu"ci*form (?), a. [L. nux, nucis, nut + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a
nut; nut-shaped.
Nu"cin (?), n. [L. nux, nucis, a nut.] (Chem.) See Juglone.
{ Nu"cle*al (?), Nu"cle*ar (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as,
the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear
fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
Nu"cle*ate (?), a. [L. nucleatus having a kernel.] Having a nucleus;
nucleated.
Nu"cle*ate (?), v. t. [Cf. L. nucleare to become kernelly.] To gather,
as about a nucleus or center.
Nu"cle*a`ted (?), a. Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
Nu*cle"i*form (?), a. [L. nucleus kernel + -form.] Formed like a
nucleus or kernel.
Nu"cle*in (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A constituent of the nuclei of all
cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in
alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large
content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.
Nu"cle*o*branch (?), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata. --
n. One of the Nucleobranchiata.
||Nu`cle*o*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Nucleus, and Branchia]
||(Zoöl.) See Heteropoda.
||Nu`cle*o*id`i*o*plas"ma (?), n. [NL. See Nucleus, and Idioplasma.]
||(Biol.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
Nu*cle"o*lar (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a
cell.
Nu"cle*o*la`ted (?), a. Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.
Nu"cle*ole (?), n. [See Nucleolus.] The nucleus within a nucleus;
nucleolus.
Nu*cle"o*lus (?), n.; pl. Nucleoli (#). [L., a little nut, dim. of
nucleus.]