Nail vs. Nil

Nailnoun

The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

Nailnoun

The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

Nailnoun

The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.

Nailnoun

The claw of a bird or other animal.

Nailnoun

A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.

Nailnoun

A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.

Nailnoun

An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5.715 cm).

Nailverb

(transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

Nailverb

(intransitive) To drive a nail.

Nailverb

(transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.

Nailverb

(slang) To catch.

Nailverb

To expose as a sham.

Nailverb

To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

Nailverb

To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.

Nailverb

Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.

Nailverb

To spike, as a cannon.

Nailverb

(transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.

Nailnoun

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

Nailnoun

The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

Nailnoun

A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head{2}, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.

Nailnoun

A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.

Nailverb

To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.

Nailverb

To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.

Nailverb

To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.

Nailverb

To spike, as a cannon.

Nailnoun

horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

Nailnoun

a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

Nailnoun

a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

Nailverb

attach something somewhere by means of nails;

Nailverb

take into custody;

Nailverb

hit hard;

Nailverb

succeed in obtaining a position;

Nailverb

succeed at easily;

Nailverb

locate exactly;

Nailverb

complete a pass

Nilnoun

Nothing; zero.

Nildeterminer

No, not any.

Nilverb

Will not.

Nilnoun

Nothing; of no account; worthless; - a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.

Nilnoun

A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero.

Nilnoun

a quantity of no importance;