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nu·me·ra·tor /'nju:məreɪtə || 'nu:-/ n tech the number above the line in a FRACTION: 5 is the numerator in ⅝ and ¾(x-y) → compare DENOMINATOR
nu·mer·i·cal /nju:'merɪkəl||'nu:-/ adj of or using numbers: numerical ability (=skill with numbers) | a numerical code | Their army has numerical superiority over ours (=is greater in numbers) but it is less well trained. —ly /kli/ adv: numerically greater
nu·me·rol·o·gy /ˌnju:mə'rɒlədʒi||ˌnu:mə'ra:-/ n [U] the study of the magic meaning of numbers. It is also used as a game or amusement, to give a meaning to the dates in a person's life, or to use the numerical value of the letters in their name as a guide to their character or future.
nu·me·ro u·no /ˌnu:mərəʊ 'u:nəʊ/ n AmE NUMBER ONE especially sense (2)
nu·mer·ous /'nju:mərəs||'nu:-/ adj rather fml many: numerous reasons | for reasons too numerous to mention —ly adv —ness n [U]
nu·mi·nous /'nju:mɪnəs||'nu:-/ adj tech or lit causing or filled with a sense of the presence of God; holy and mysterious —ness n [U]
nu·mis·mat·ics /ˌnju:mɪz'mætɪks||ˌnu:-/ n [U] tech or fml the study or collection of coins, money, and MEDALS; coin-collecting —numismatic adj [A] an old penny of great numismatic value —ist /'nju:mɪzmətɪst||'nu:-/ n
num·skull, numbskull /'nʌmskʌl/ n infml a stupid person: Can't you see what you've done, you numskull?
nun /nʌn/ n a member of an all-female religious group who live together in a CONVENT and wear a special dress (HABIT) and also a head covering. Nuns do not get married, thinking of themselves as being married to Jesus Christ, and they lead a very severe and demanding religious life, working and praying together, often also helping other people by nursing or teaching. → compare MONK
nun·ci·o /'nʌnsiəʊ/ n pl. -cios a representative of the Pope in a foreign country
nun·ne·ry /'nʌnəri/ n especially lit a building in which nuns live together; CONVENT → compare MONASTERY
nup·tial /'nʌpʃəl/ adj [A] pomp or tech of marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day | a nuptial mass | (humor) nuptial bliss
nup·tials /'nʌpʃəlz/ n [P] pomp a wedding: The nuptials were performed by the local priest.
Nu·rem·berg /'njʊərəmbɜ:g||'nʊərəmbɜ:rg/ an industrial city in Bavaria, southern Germany, whose German name is Nürnberg. For many people, Nuremberg is connected with the Nuremberg Rallies of 1930s, when the Nazi Party held very large well-organized public meetings, with large numbers of soldiers marching in regular patterns, and NATIONALISTIC speeches by Adolf HITLER. In 1945-46 the Nuremberg Trials took place there, when many Nazi leaders were judged in a court of law for their war crimes, and some of them were punished by death.
Nu·re·yev, Ru·dolf /'njʊərief, ˌnju'reief||'nu'reief, ˌru:dlf||-da:lf/ (1938-93) a Russian BALLET dancer who escaped from the former SOVIET UNION in 1961 to live in the West. He often danced with Dame Margot FONTEYN and he is regarded as one of the greatest male dancers ever.
Nu·ro·fen /'njʊərəʊfen||'nʊər-/ trademark a type of PAINKILLER (=drug for reducing pain), which you take for example if you have a headache or to reduce an INFLAMMATION (=swelling on or in the body)
nurse¹ /nɜ:s||nɜ:rs/ n 1 a person, typically a woman, who is trained to take care of sick, hurt, or old people, especially as directed by a doctor in a hospital: Our daughter is a nurse. | a student nurse (=a person learning to be a nurse) | a male nurse | a private nurse taking care of him at home | Nurse Jones | Nurse will do it. | Thank you, Nurse. 2 a woman employed to take care of a young child; NANNY → see also WET NURSE
nurse² v 1 [T] a) to take care of or like a nurse: He nursed her back to health. | She spends her time nursing her old father. | (fig.) He nursed the company through a difficult period. b) to try to cure: I stayed in bed and nursed my cold. 2 [I] to be a professional nurse: She spent some time nursing in a military hospital. | to take up nursing (=become a nurse) 3 [I(at);T] a) (of a baby) to suck milk from a woman's breast: nursing at its mother's breast b) (of a woman) to feed (a baby) with milk from the breast: a nursing mother → compare BREAST-FEED, SUCKLE 4 [T] to hold lovingly: a child nursing a kitten | He nursed his glass of beer all evening. (=kept it in his hand without drinking it) 5 [T] infml to handle carefully so as to preserve, keep going etc: He nursed his delicate plants. | They nursed the damaged plane home. 6 [T] to hold (a feeling, especially a bad feeling) in the mind: She still nursed a grudge against (=continued to feel anger towards) her husband's new wife. | to nurse a hope
nurse·ling /'nɜ:slɪŋ||'nɜ:rs-/ n old use a NURSLING
nurse·maid /'nɜ:smed||'nɜ:rs-/ n a NURSE
nur·se·ry /'nɜ:səri||'nɜ:rs-/ n 1 also day nursery, day care center AmE — a place where small children, but not usually babies, are taken care of while their parents are at work etc → compare CRÈCHE, NURSERY SCHOOL, PLAYGROUP 2 especially old use a small child's bedroom or playroom in a private house 3 also 'nursery garden BrE— an area where plants and trees are grown to be sold or planted in other places
nur·se·ry·man /'nɜ:sərɪmən||'nɜ:rs-/ n pl. -men /-mən/ a person who grows plants in a plant nursery
'nursery nurse n BrE a nurse who works with, and has taken a special course in the care of, young children
'nursery rhyme also Mother Goose rhyme especially AmE —n a short usually old and well-known song or poem for small children
'nursery school n [C;U] a school for young children of two or three to five years of age, where the children learn such things as numbers, letters, colours etc, and may begin to read and write → compare KINDERGARTEN, NURSERY, PLAYGROUP and see Feature on page A12
'nursery slope n a gentle mountain slope where people of any age are first taught how to SKI
nurs·ing /'nɜ:sɪŋ||'nɜ:r-/ n [U] the work of being a hospital nurse: a career in nursing
'nursing home n 1 a place, usually a private establishment, where people (especially old people) who cannot take care of themselves can live and be looked after 2 BrE a small private hospital
CULTURAL NOTE In the US and UK, some people put their parents in a nursing home when their parents are too old to take care of themselves.
nursing 'mother n a mother who is breast-feeding her child
nurs·ling, nurseling /'nɜ:slɪŋ||'nɜ:rs-/ n old use a baby who is being fed from the breast, or taken care of by a nurse
nur·ture¹ /'nɜ:tʃəʳ ||'nɜ:rs-/ n [U] especially lit education, training, and care (given for example by parents), especially as these concern development
nur·ture² v [T often pass.] lit 1 to give care and food to: nurtured by loving parents | plants nurtured in the greenhouse 2 to cause or encourage to develop: ideas that are nurtured in the universities | nurturing a hatred
NUS, the /ˌen ju: 'es/ abbrev. for National Union of Students; an organization that represents students at colleges and universities in the UK. As well as supporting the rights of students, it also arranges entertainments, travel, advice centres etc for students.
nuts
shell
kernel
almonds
Brazil nuts
cashew nuts
peanuts
hazelnuts
walnuts
nut /nʌt/ n 1 a) a dry fruit with a KERNEL (=seed) surrounded by a hard shell: to crack open/shell a nut b) this seed, which