Abbreviation of nephew. / (rare, slang) nephrologist

plural of neph

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew). / (archaic) A son of one's child.

Synonym of grandnephew

Someone's niece's husband / Someone's sibling's son-in-law / Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law / Someone's husband's nephew. (Usually called a nephew.)

(mineralogy) A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.

(pathology) Inflammation of the kidney.

(geology) A darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene

plural of great-nephew

A race of humanoid giants mentioned in the Old Testament, described as being physically impressive and heroic.