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n. (plant) | 1. nut | usually large hard-shelled seed. |
| ~ edible nut | a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell. |
| ~ cedar nut, cembra nut | the seed of the Swiss pine. |
| ~ cola nut, kola nut | bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract. |
| ~ mast | nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground. |
| ~ palm kernel, palm nut | seed of any oil palm. |
| ~ seed | a small hard fruit. |
| ~ nutlet | a small nut. |
n. (person) | 2. nut | Egyptian goddess of the sky. |
| ~ egyptian deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. |
n. (artifact) | 3. nut | a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt. |
| ~ block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).; "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" |
| ~ hex nut | a nut with a hexagonal shape. |
| ~ locknut, safety nut | supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening. |
| ~ nut and bolt | a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt. |
| ~ square nut | nut with a square shape. |
| ~ packing nut, stuffing nut | a nut used to tighten a stuffing box. |
| ~ butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing screw, wing-nut, wing nut | a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning. |
n. (quantity) | 4. en, nut | half the width of an em. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ pica em, em, pica | a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. |
n. (person) | 5. crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball | a whimsically eccentric person. |
| ~ eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek | a person with an unusual or odd personality. |
n. (person) | 6. addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction.; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" |
| ~ enthusiast, partizan, partisan | an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. |
| ~ gym rat | someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa. |
n. (body) | 7. ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis | one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" |
| ~ arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery | a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles. |
| ~ testicular vein, vena testicularis | a vein from the testicles. |
| ~ male reproductive system | the reproductive system of males. |
| ~ family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals | external male sex organs. |
| ~ seminiferous tubule | any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature. |
| ~ gonad, sex gland | a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced. |
| ~ cobblers | a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball). |
| ~ male reproductive gland | the reproductive organs of a man. |
| ~ undescended testicle, undescended testis | a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops.; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" |
| ~ epididymis | a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens. |
| ~ rete testis | network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia. |
| ~ ductus deferens, vas deferens | a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct. |
| ~ spermatic cord | a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves. |
v. (contact) | 8. nut | gather nuts. |
| ~ gather, pull together, collect, garner | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
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