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A city in Bavaria, Germany, historically notable for its medieval old town and as the site of the post-World War II war crimes trials.

A masculine given name of Arabic origin, related to a word meaning "light."

A person trained to care for the sick or injured, typically working under a doctor.

A woman employed to care for young children, especially in the past.

A place where babies are breastfed or where young children are cared for and brought up.

Someone whose job is growing and selling plants in a nursery.

The profession or practice of caring for the sick, injured, or elderly.

A young child or animal that is currently being nursed.

Care and encouragement given to help someone or something grow and develop.

Caring and supportive, especially in a way that encourages growth or development.

To look after someone gently and with affection.

A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.

(informal) A strange or slightly mad person.

(informal) A person who behaves in a strange or crazy way.

Informal: a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person.

A tool used for cracking the shells of nuts.

A brand of chocolate and hazelnut spread.

A round, nut-shaped growth that appears on a tree where it has been damaged or attacked by a parasite.

A long pole with a hook on the end, used to pull down branches when picking nuts.

Informal and offensive: a psychiatric hospital, or figuratively, any chaotic place.

The aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree, ground and used as a spice.

A substance that provides nourishment needed for growth and the maintenance of life.

Food that gives the body what it needs to stay alive and healthy.

The process by which living things take in and use food for growth and health.

Relating to nutrition or the nourishment food provides.

A professional who studies or advises on diet and nourishment.

Full of nutrients; good for you to eat.

Informal: crazy, irrational, or wildly excited.

A bag used for carrying or storing nuts.

The hard outer covering of a nut.

(informal) Crazy or mad.

British informal: an eccentric or mentally unstable person.

The taste or texture of nuts in food.

A trip out to pick nuts.

Tasting or smelling of nuts.

To press your nose, face or head firmly against something.

Never mind; used to withdraw a question or comment you have just made, usually because you have found the answer or decided it does not matter.

A standard that lets a solid-state drive talk to a computer directly over its high-speed internal connection, designed around flash memory rather than the older conventions inherited from spinning disks, and allowing much greater speed.

An exclamation used to express smug or childish triumph over someone, often paired with a taunting gesture.

A city and municipality in central Denmark, on the island of Funen.

An old-fashioned or dialectal spelling of "nice."

Relating to a full day-and-night cycle of twenty-four hours.

A group of pheasants, especially when on the ground rather than in flight.

No — used to represent a Russian-style blunt refusal.

A small, densely structured spot found on the wings of certain insects, whose exact biological function is not fully understood.

A strong, synthetic polymer used to make fabric, rope, and plastic parts.

Sheer stockings made of nylon fabric.

In mythology, a minor female nature spirit linked to rivers, woods, or mountains.

A shrine dedicated to water nymphs, frequently featuring a fountain.

A little nymph.

Informal, often derogatory, short form of nymphomaniac.

Uncontrollably frequent or intense sexual desire in a woman; a dated term no longer used as a clinical diagnosis.

A dated, often disparaging term for a woman said to have an unusually strong sex drive.

One of the two main written standards, or language variants, of Norwegian.

Any tree of the genus Nyssa, commonly known as tupelo, often found in wetlands of North America and Asia.

In Greek mythology, the primordial goddess personifying night.