nucleoli tes

[Mod. Lat. nucleol (us); suff. ites.] Palæont.: A genus of Echinida, family Ca idulide. Morris enumerates sixteen species, chiefly from the Oõlite. nu-cle-o-lus ( pl. nu-clě-5'-11), s. [A dim in. from Lat. nucleus a kernel.] 1. Anat . (pl.): One or two strongly refracting particles within the nucleus of a cell. They are probably of a fatty nature. 2. Botany : (1) A minute, granular, bright corpuscle contained within the nucleus of the cells of plants. According to Schleiden, each nucleolus is a rud i mentary cell. (2) A group of nuclei in algals. 3. Zool.: The minute spherical particle attached to the exterior of the nucleus, or ovary, of some Infusoria. IMG:content-0149.png:[blocks in formation] (1) A new bulb developed in the axil of an old one, what gardeners call a "clove." (2) The central part of an ovule. It is a fleshy, pointed, pulpy ma , enclosed, or often covered, by the primine and secundine, but sometimes protruding beyond the latter. It consists of the embryo, or of the embryo and the albumen both. ( Lindley .) (3) A cytoblast; a peculiar structure, in minute cells, of plants in a dead state. The nucleus is spherical or lenticular, often with a pellicle, and generally containing one or more nuclei. Nageli thinks it a vesicle; Griffith, Henfrey, and others consider it solid. IMG:content-0150.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0151.png:[blocks in formation] *1. Ord . Lang .: Having naked arms. †2. Zool.: Having arms without vibriatile cilia. a word.) Nonsense, trifling. A. As subst.: An individual mollusk of the order Nudibranch i at a. "The only nudibranch with a solid upper jaw is Ægirus punctilucens." -S. P. Woodward: Mollusca (ed. 1880), p. 327. A. As adj .: Belonging to or characteristic of the section Nudibranch i at a (q. v.). "The nudibranchiate sea-slugs are found on all coasts where the bottom is firm or rocky, from between tide- marks to the depth of fifty fathoms; a few species are pelagic."-S. P. Woodward : Mollusca (ed. 1880), p. 325. B. As subst.: An individual mollusk belonging to the order Nudibranch i at a. nü'-di-câul, a. [Lat. nudus =naked, and caulis =a stem.] Law : An agreement or contract entered into without any consideration on one side; a nude pact. [NUDE, A. 2.] tnu-gā'-cio us, * nu-ga-tious, a. [Lat. nugax (gen it. nugacis ).] Trifling; futile. "These nugacious disputations."- Glanvill : Vanity of Dogmatizing , ch. xvii. †nu-găç-i-tỹ, 8. [Lat. nugacitas , from nидах (gen it. nugacis )=trifling; nugæ trifles.] Trifling talk or behavior; futility; a trifle. cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, is but nuga tion." -Bacon. Nat. Hist ., § nū-ga-tõr-ỹ, a. [Lat. nugatorius , from nuga tora trifler, from nugatus , pa. par. of nugor =to trifle; nugæ =trifles.] 1. Trifling, worthle ; valuele , futile, in sign if i- "The protection, imperfect indeed, but by no means nugatory." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. ii. 2. Of no force; ineffectual, vain, inoperative. "A trite or a nugatory proposition."-Stewart: Human Mind, vol. i., ch. iv., § 4. IMG:content-0152.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0153.png:[blocks in formation] of Christ."-More: Defense of the Moral Cabbala , ch. iii. *nul-li-bi-ě-ty, s. [Lat. nullibi =nowhere. The state or condition of being nowhere. nullifidian and this being in conflict with the interests of the South Carol in i an planters, who found their best market in Europe, the legislature of that state at once pa ed resolutions declaring the right of a state to nullify any act of Congre which was not in accordance with the constitution of the country. After this a convention was held, and the tariff act was resolved by the convention to be null and void. President Andrew Jackson at once i ued a proclamation intimating his intention to use force if nece ary to enforce the laws of Congre , but meantime the tariff was modified, and the clash of state and federal authority was cut short, although the President is said to have expre ed an ardent desire to hang John C. Calhoun, the leader of the nullification movement. nul-li-fid-i-an, a. & s. [Lat. null us =none, and fides =faith.] A. As adj.: Having no faith or religion; belong ing to no religion. "A solifidian Christian is a nullifidian pagan."-Feltham: Resolves , pt. ii., res. 47. B. As subst .: A person who belongs to no religion; an unbeliever. IMG:content-0154.png:[blocks in formation] nul-li-fỹ, v . t. [Lat. nullifico =to make null or void: null us =none, and facio to make; Fr. null i fier .] To make or render null and void; to annul; to make invalid; to invalidate. "In a word, to nullify and evacuate the whole work of man's redemption."- South : Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 14.