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Nut (fruit) A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open ...
, fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed * Nut (food), a dry and edible fruit or seed, including but not limited to true nuts *
Nut (hardware) A nut is a type of fastener with a screw thread, threaded hole. Nuts are almost always used in conjunction with a mating bolt (fastener), bolt to fasten multiple parts together. The two partners are kept together by a combination of their threads ...
, fastener used with a bolt Nut, NUT or Nuts may also refer to:


Arts, entertainment, and media


Comics

* ''Nuts'', comic in the National Lampoon by Gahan Wilson (1970s) * ''Nuts'', comic strip in alternative newspapers by M. Wartella (1990s)


Fictional characters

* Nut (Marvel Comics), fictional character evoking the Egyptian sky goddess * Nut (movie character), character portrayed by Shing Fui-On in two late 20th-century Hong Kong crime films


Films

* ''Nuts'' (1987 film), American drama * ''Nuts'' (2012 film), French comedy * ''Nuts!'' (film), animated documentary on John R. Brinkley


Television

* NBC Universal Television Studio, or NUTS, former name of television arm of NBCUniversal / Universal Television * Nuts TV, British television channel related to ''Nuts'' magazine


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Nut'', album by KT Tunstall * ''Nuts'' (album), by Kevin Gilbert * ''Nuts!'' (book), a 1996 book about Southwest Airlines * ''Nuts'' (American magazine), US fashion magazine * ''Nuts'' (British magazine), UK men's weekly * ''Nuts'' (play), 1979 play by Tom Topor * "Nuts", song by Brooke Candy and Lil Aaron


Health

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NUT carcinoma NUT carcinoma (NC; formerly NUT midline carcinoma (NMC)) is a rare genetically defined, very aggressive squamous-cell carcinoma, squamous cell epithelium, epithelial cancer that usually arises in the midline of the body and is characterized by a ch ...
, rare, very aggressive cancer


Institutions and organisations

* National Union of Teachers or NUT, former British trade union for school teachers *
Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...
or NUT * NUT (studio), anime studio


Instruments and mechanical tools

* Nut (climbing), metal device for wedging in rock crevices * Nut, moving element of a
ball screw A ball screw (or ballscrew) is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft provides a helical raceway for ball bearings which act as a precision screw. As well as bein ...
* Nut (string instrument), device supporting and stabilizing strings near the headstock of a violin or guitar


Science and technology

* 306367 Nut, Apollo asteroid (1960) * Network UPS Tools or NUT * No U-Turn Sampler or NUTS, algorithm * Nuclear utilization target selection or NUTS, theory regarding nuclear weaponry * NUT Container, FFmpeg format *
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European ...
, a European Union system of multiple layers of geographical divisions


Slang

* An insane person * Nut hand or "the nuts", poker term for an unbeatable hand * "Nuts", human
testicle A testicle or testis ( testes) is the gonad in all male bilaterians, including humans, and is Homology (biology), homologous to the ovary in females. Its primary functions are the production of sperm and the secretion of Androgen, androgens, p ...
s * "Nut", term that can either refer to
semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoon, spermatozoa which is secreted by the male gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic animals. In humans and placen ...
or
ejaculation Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (the ''ejaculate''; normally containing sperm) from the penis through the urethra. It is the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential component of natural conception. ...


Other uses

* Nuts, a hazelnut chocolate bar by
Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...
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Nut (goddess) Nut (, ), also known by #Names, various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. She is often depicted as a nude female covered with stars and archin ...
, the Egyptian goddess of the sky * "Nut" in typography is an informal term for a width of 1 en, used in terms like "nut quad" (for an en quad) and "nut dash" (for an en dash). * Modesto Nuts, minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA * No U-turn syndrome or NUTS, term describing Singaporean culture * NUT Motorcycles, Newcastle-upon-Tyne motorcycle manufacturer * "Nuts!", U.S. Army General Anthony McAuliffe's refusal-to-surrender message during the World War II German siege of Bastogne * Nutty slack, cheap fuel consisting of slack ( coal dust) and small lumps of coal (nuts) (British English) * The Nut (Tasmania), volcanic plug near the town of Stanley, Australia


See also

* Nutcase (disambiguation) * Nut grass (disambiguation) *
Nut job (disambiguation) Nut job or nutjob may refer to: Film and television * ''The Nut Job'', a 2014 Canadian-South Korean animated film * "Nut Job", a 2013 episode of ''Deal with It (TV series), Deal with It'' * "Nut Job", a 2012 List of American Restoration episodes, ...
* Nutcracker (disambiguation) * Nutt (disambiguation) * Nutter (disambiguation) * The Nut (disambiguation) {{disambiguation