nervous
— Adjective
– English
~ unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
nervously
— Adverb
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~ in an anxiously nervous manner; "we watched the stock market nervously"
nervously
— Adverb
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~ with nervous excitement; "our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch"
nervousness
— Noun
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~ a sensitive or highly strung temperament
nervousness
— Noun
– English
~ the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
nervousness
— Noun
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~ an uneasy psychological state; "he suffered an attack of nerves"
nervure
— Noun
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~ any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
nervure
— Noun
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~ one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
nervus
— Noun
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~ any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
nervus abducens
— Noun
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~ a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
nervus accessorius
— Noun
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~ arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve
nervus facialis
— Noun
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~ cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
nervus femoralis
— Noun
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~ one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
nervus ischiadicus
— Noun
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~ arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves
nervus hypoglosus
— Noun
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~ supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
nervus coccygeus
— Noun
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~ the lowest pair of spinal nerves
nervus glossopharyngeus
— Noun
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~ sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion
nervy
— Adjective
– English
~ being in a tense state
nervy
— Adjective
– English
~ offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
nervy
— Adjective
– English
~ showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"