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[4] baby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil—more at BABY

[5] bear, cherish, entertain, harbor, have, hold—more at HARBOR

nurse·maid noun : a girl or woman who is regularly employed to look after children : NURSE 1

nurse–prac·ti·tion·er noun : a registered nurse who is qualified to assume some of the duties formerly assumed only by a physician

nurs·ery noun, plural -er·ies 1 : a room for children

2 : a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents' absence

3 : a place where young plants are grown usu. for transplanting

nurs·ery·man noun : a man who keeps or works in a plant nursery

nursery school noun : a school for children under kindergarten age

nursing home noun : a private establishment providing care for persons (as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves

nurs·ling noun 1 : one that is solicitously cared for

2 : a nursing child

1nurture noun 1 : TRAINING, UPBRINGING; also : the influences that modify the expression of an individual's heredity

2 : FOOD, NOURISHMENT

2nurture verb nur·tured; nur·tur·ing 1 : to care for : FEED, NOURISH

2 : to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically esp. by instruction : EDUCATE

3 : to further the development of : FOSTER

Synonyms

[2] edify, educate, enlighten—more at ENLIGHTEN

[3] advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, promote—more at FOSTER

nut noun 1 : a dry fruit or seed with a hard shell and a firm inner kernel; also : its kernel

2 : a metal block with a hole through it that is fastened to a bolt or screw by means of a screw thread within the hole

3 : the ridge on the upper end of the fingerboard in a stringed musical instrument over which the strings pass

4 : a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person

5 : one who is ardently attached to a cause, object, or pursuit : ENTHUSIAST

Synonyms

[4] character, crackpot, crank, eccentric, kook, oddball, screwball, weirdo—more at ECCENTRIC

[4] booby, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, nitwit, simpleton, turkey—more at FOOL

[5] addict, aficionado, buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, freak, lover, maniac—more at FAN

nut·crack·er noun : an instrument for cracking nuts

nut·hatch noun : any of various small tree-climbing chiefly insect-eating birds

nut·meg noun [ORIGIN: ME notemuge, ultim. fr. Old Occitan noz muscada, lit., musky nut]

: a spice made by grinding the nutlike aromatic seed of a tropical tree; also : the seed or tree

nu·tria noun [ORIGIN: Sp]

1 : the durable usu. light brown fur of a nutria

2 : a large So. American aquatic rodent with webbed hind feet

1nutrient adjective : furnishing nourishment : NOURISHING

2nutrient noun : a nutritive substance or ingredient

nu·tri·ment noun : NUTRIENT

nu·tri·tion noun : the act or process of nourishing; especially : the processes by which an individual takes in and utilizes food material

nu·tri·tion·al adjective : of, relating to, or functioning in nutrition

nu·tri·tious adjective : giving nourishment

Synonyms

nourishing; also dietary, dietetic; beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

nu·tri·tive adjective : of or relating to nutrition

nuts adjective 1 filled with or marked by enthusiasm

2 : mentally disordered : CRAZY, DEMENTED

Synonyms

ardent, eager, enthusiastic, gung ho, keen

usually nuts about crazy, mad

nut·shell noun : the shell of a nut

— in a nutshell

: in a few words

nut·ty adjective nut·ti·er; -est 1 : containing or suggesting nuts

2 : mentally unbalanced; also : lacking in seriousness : SILLY

Synonyms

balmy, crazy, cuckoo, daft, foolish, harebrained, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, nonsensical, screwball, senseless, silly, stupid, wacky, witless, zany

nuz·zle verb nuz·zled; nuz·zling 1 : to root around, push, or touch with or as if with the nose

2 : to press closely and affectionately : SNUGGLE

Synonyms

cuddle, nestle,