1) the tendency to pass characteristics on to children etc (heredity)
2) a fruit consisting of a hard shell round a part (kernel) that can be eaten; a small piece of metal with threaded hole for screwing on to a bolt; the head of a person (nut)
3) (of a gene) showing the weak characteristics which are passed on to later generations, e.g. blue eyes and blond hair (recessive)
having knowledge of, conscious of, something
knowledgeable
able to think, feel, see etc.
alert, awake
giving care and thought to something
attentive, aware
having lost natural simplicity through education or because of experience from high social living; having the latest design, methods etc (and sometimes suggesting it is complicated or needs a lot of effort)
cosmopolitan, cultured
of understand
assumed, implicit
