NOD, Nod, or nod may refer to:
- Nod (gesture), a head gesture
- Nod, a fictional character from the poem "Wyn ken, Blynken, and Nod"
- Nod factor (nodulation factor), signaling molecules produced by rhizobia during the initiation of nodules on the root of legumes
- Nation of Domination, a former stable in the World Wrestling Federation
- Network of Disclosure, a group of comic book dealers and collectors who have pledged to disclose any form of restoration or enhancement on a comic book transferred to another party through sale, trade or gift
- Night observation device or night vision device
- Night of Decadence, a campus party at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA
- NOD mice (non-obese diabetic mice), a strain of mice genetically prone to develop diabetes
- NOD1 and NOD2, the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing proteins, components of the innate immune system
- NOD32, a software antivirus application from ESET software
- Notice of default, a notice given to a borrower regarding failure to pay debt
- Brotherhood of Nod, a fictional military organization in the Command & Conquer computer game series
- Nintendo optical disc, a type of media used by the Nintendo GameCube and Wii
- Nod, the original name of former Atlanta-based power pop band Raves
Famous quotes containing the word nod:
“Romance, who loves to nod and sing,
With drowsy head and folded wing,”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091849)
“For sleeping, like death,
Must be won without pride,
With a nod from nature,
With a lack of strain,
And a loss of stature.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
“Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.”
—Eugene Field (18501895)