nun

The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

A woman who belongs to a religious order or congregation devoted to active service or meditation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Same as nun-moth.

To cloister up as a nun; confine in or as if in a nunnery.

A yellowish-brown, neutral, fatty substance produced by an insect found in Yucatan. It melts at 48.9° C. and readily absorbs oxygen from the air.

The fourteenth letter (ℶ) of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the Greek νῦ and the English n. Its numerical value is 50.

A woman devoted to a religious life, under a vow of poverty, celibacy, and obedience to a superior: correlative to monk.

A female recluse.

A name of several different birds.

A child’s top.