nod | (noun) the act of nodding the head | - |
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(noun) a sign of assent or salutation or command | - |
(verb) be almost asleep | - |
(verb) let the head fall forward through drowsiness | - |
(verb) lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation | - |
(verb) express or signify by nodding | - |
(verb) sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion | - |
nodding | (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, pendulous, weeping |
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noddle | (noun) an informal British expression for head or mind | - |
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node | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, guest |
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(noun) any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part | - |
(noun) the source of lymph and lymphocytes | Synonyms: lymph gland, lymph node |
(noun) (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane | - |
(noun) (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system | - |
(noun) (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge | Synonyms: leaf node |
(noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: knob, thickening |
(noun) a connecting point at which several lines come together | - |
nodular | (adjective) relating to or characterized by or having nodules | - |
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(adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodulated, noduled |
nodulated | (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodular, noduled |
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nodule | (noun) a small node | - |
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(noun) (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment) | - |
(noun) small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant | Synonyms: tubercle |
noduled | (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodular, nodulated |
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nodulose | (adjective) having minute nodules | - |
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