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`n. 1. See nightgown. 2. See night-
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`cially the final game in a baseball double-header. 3. A cloth cap worn
`: especially in bed.
`, night-clothes (nit’kl6z’, —kl6thz’) pl.n. Clothes, such as pajamas or
`anightgown, worn in bed. Also called nightdress, nightwear, sleepwear.
`night-club (nIt’klub’) n. An establishment that stays open late at
`ight and provides food, drink, entertainment, and music for dancing.
`Also called nightspot. —-night'c|ub’ber n. —night'club’ by adj.
`night court n. A criminal court holding sessions at night for routine
`disposition of charges and granting of bail.
`night crawler n. Any of various large earthworms that crawl out
`from the ground at night and are often used as fish bait. Also called
`nightwalker.
`night-dress (nit'drés’)
`clothes.
`night-fall (nit'f6l’) n. The approach of darkness; dusk.
`night-glow (nit/glo’) n. Airglow occurring at night.
`night-gown (nit'goun’ ) n. A loose garment worn in bed by women
`and girls. Also called nightdress.
`night~hawk (nit’hok’) n. 1a. Any of several chiefly nocturnal birds
`of the genus Chordeiles, especially C. minor, having mottled grayish-
`brown feathers with a white spot on the wings. Also called bullbat, mos-
`quito hawk. b. The European nightjar. 2. Informal A night owl.
`night heron n. Any of several nocturnal or crepuscular herons of
`the genus Nycticorax, especially the black-crowned heron, N. nycticorax.
`night-ie or nightiy (ni’té) n., pl. -ies Informal A nightgown.
`night-in-gale (nitln-gal’, nilting-)
`n.
`1. A European songbird
`(Luscinia megarhynchos) with reddish-brown plumage, noted for the me-
`lodious song of the male at night during the breeding season. 2. Any of
`various other nocturnal songbirds of the genus Luscinia. [Middle Eng-
`lish, from Old English nihtegale : niht, night; see NIGHT + galan, to sing;
`see ghel-‘ in Appendix 1.]
`Night-in-gale (nitln-gal’, nilting-), Florence Known as “the Lady
`with the Lamp.” 1820-1910. British nurse who organized (1854) and di-
`rected a unit of field nurses during the Crimean War and is considered
`the founder of modern nursing.
`nightojar (nit’}'ar’) n. A goatsucker, especially Caprimulgus earopaeus
`of Europe, having gray and brown mottled plumage with long, slender
`white wings and a short bill. [NIGHT + JARZ (from its harsh call).]
`night jasmine rt. 1. An Asian shrub or small tree (Nyctanthes ar-
`bortristis) having opposite leaves and small, fragrant flowers with an
`orange corolla tube and white corolla lobes. 2. A West Indian shrub (Ces-
`tmm nocturnum) having small greenish-white flowers that are very fra-
`grant at night.
`night latch n. A spring lock that can be opened from the inside by
`turning a knob but from the outside only with a key.
`night letter n. Abbr. NLT A telegram sent at night at a reduced rate
`for delivery the next morning.
`night-life (nit’lif’) n. Social activities or entertainment available or
`pursued in the evening.
`night-light (nit’lit’ ) n. A small, dim light left on all night.
`night-long (nit’l6ng’, -long’) adj. Lasting through the night.
`Through the night; all night.
`nightvly (nitllé) adj. 1. Of or occurring during the night; nocturnal:
`the cat’s nightly prowl. 2. Happening or done every night: the physician’s
`nightly rounds. —night'ly adv.
`night-mare (nit’mar’) n. 1. A dream arousing feelings of intense
`fear, horror, and distress. 2. An event or experience that is intensely dis-
`tressing. 3. A demon or spirit once thought to plague sleeping people.
`[Middle English, a female demon that afflicts sleeping people 2 night,
`night; see NIGHT + mare, goblin (from Old English; see mer- in Appendix
`1).] —-night/mar’ish adj. —night’mar’ish-ly adv. —night'-mar’-
`ish-ness n.
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`~:~ adv.
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`night owl n. Informal A person who habitually stays up and is active
`late into the night.
`night-rid-er (nit’rI’dar) n. One of a secret band of mounted, usu-
`ally masked white men who engaged in nocturnal terrorism for revenge
`or intimidation in the southern United States especially during Recon-
`struction.
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`nights (nits) adv. During the nighttime on every day or most days:
`She works nights at the restaurant.
`night-scape (nit’skap’)
`rt. 1. A view or representation of a night
`scene. 2. A night scene considered together with all the elements and
`features constituting it: “a nightscape of black shiny streets and glistening
`light” (David Denby). 3. A situation likened to a scene late at night: “His
`trip .
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`. is an eerie nightscape full of rubble and reflexive violence” (Time).
`night school n. A school that holds classes in the evening.
`night-shade (nit’shad’) n. 1. Any of several plants of the genus
`Solarium, such as the bittersweet nightshade, most of which have a poi-
`sonous juice. 2. Any of various similar or related plants, such as bella-
`donna. [Middle English, from Old English nihtscada : niht, night; see
`NIGHT + sceadu, shade.]
`nightshade family n. A family of plants, the Solanaceae, charac-
`terized by alternate leaves, usually five—petaled flowers, and many—seeded
`fruits and including the eggplant, tomato, potato, and belladonna as well
`as the nightshacles, capsicum peppers, tobaccos, and petunias.
`night shift or night°shift (nit’shift’) n. 1. A group of employees
`working during the night in a factory or business. 2. The period of time
`for such work.
`night-shirt (nit'shfirt’) n. A long, loose shirt worn in bed.
`night soil n. Human excrement collected for use as fertilizer.
`night-spot(nitIsp6t') n. See nightclub.
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`night-stand (nit'sténd’) n. See night table.
`night-stick (nit’stik') n. A club carried by a police officer.
`night table n. A small table or stand placed at a bedside. Also called
`nightstand.
`night terror n. A state of intense fear and agitation sometimes ex-
`perienced, especially by children, on awakening from a stage of sleep not
`associated with dreaming but characterized by extremely vivid hallucina-
`tions.
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`n. The time between sunset and sunrise.
`night-time (nit'tim’)
`-:- adj. Occurring in or appropriate for use during the night: nighttime
`activities; nighttime attire.
`night vision n. Vision in dim light.
`Night Vision (nit) A trademark used for a technology that enables
`vision at night, as by amplification of low light to create visible images
`or by detection of infrared wavelengths.
`night-walk-er (nit'w6’l<ar) n. 1. One, especially a robber or pros-
`titute, who walks the streets at night. 2. See night crawler.
`night watch n. 1. A watch or guard kept during the night. 2. The
`person or persons on such a watch.
`night watchman n. A man who serves as a guard during the night.
`night-wear (nit’war’) n. See nightclothes.
`night-y (nilté) n. Variant of nightie.
`ni-gresocence (ni—grés’ans) n. 1. The process of becoming black or
`dark. 2. Blackness or darkness, as of complexion. [From nigrescent,
`blackish, from Latin nigréscéns, nigréscent-, present participle of nigrés-
`cere, to become black, from niger, nigr-, black. See nek‘”-t- in Appendix
`1.] -—ni-gresfcent adj.
`ni-gro~sine (nilgra-sen’, -sin) n. Any of a class of dyes, varying from
`blue to black, used in the manufacture of inks and for dyeing wood and
`textiles. [Latin niger, nigr—, black; see nek""-t- in Appendix I + -0S(E)2 +
`-me .]
`NIH abbr. National institutes of Health
`ni~hil-ism (nil;-liz’am, né'-) n. 1. Philosophy a. An extreme form
`of skepticism that denies all existence. b. A doctrine holding that all
`values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. 2.
`Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness
`to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief. 3. The
`belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is neces-
`sary for future improvement. 4. also Nihilism A diffuse, revolutionary
`movement of mid 19th-century Russia that scorned authority and tradi-
`tion and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society
`and government through terrorism and assassination. 5. Psychiatry A de-
`lusion, experienced in some mental disorders, that the world or one’s
`mind, body, or self does not exist. [Latin nihil, nothing; see ne in Ap-
`pendixl + -lSM.] —ni/hil-ist n. ——-ni'hil-is/tic adj. ——ni’hi|-is/ti-
`cal-Iy adv.
`ni-hil-i-ty (ni-hilli-te, ne-) n. Nonexistence; nothingness. [French
`nihilité, from Old French, from Medieval Latin nihilitas, from Latin nihil,
`nothing. See NIHILlSM.]
`ni-hil ob-stat (ni’hil oblstat’, -stat’, né’—) n. 1. Roman Catholic
`Church An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing
`damaging to faith or morals. 2. Official approval, especially of an artistic
`work. [Latin, nothing hinders 2 nihil, nothing + obstat, third person sing.
`present tense of obstare, to hinder.]
`Nioi-gavta (né'é—ga’ta, -ta) A city of northwest Honshu, Japan, on
`the Sea of Japan north-northwest of Tokyo. It is a leading port with a
`major chemical industry. Population: 490,237.
`Ni-i-ha-u (né’é-hou’, nélhou’) An island of northwest Hawaii west
`of Kauai Island. It is used mainly for cattle grazing.
`Ni-jin-sky (ni—zhin’ske, -jin/-), Vaslav or Waslaw 1890-1950.
`Russian-born dancer and choreographer noted for his leading roles with
`Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in Paris and for his choreography of The Rites
`of Spring (1913) and other ballets.
`Nijome-gen (ni’ma’gan, -Knsn) A city of eastern Netherlands on the
`Waal River near the German border. Founded in Roman times, it flour-
`ished under Charlemagne and later became a free imperial city and a
`member of the Hanseatic League. Population: 147,005.
`—nik suff. One associated with or characterized by: beatnik; peacenik.
`[Yiddish and Russian (Yiddish, from Russian), of Slavic origin.]
`Ni-ke (ni'ké) n. Greek Mythology The goddess of victory.
`Nik-kei or Nik-kei Stock Average (nélka) A trademark used for
`an index of the relative price of selected stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock
`Exchange.
`Nik-ko (nik’o, né/ko) A town of central Honshu, lapan, north of
`Tokyo. It is a pilgrimage center famed for its ornate temples and shrines.
`Population: 21,705.
`Nivko-lavyev (nik’a-la/yaf, nyi’ka—) See Mykolayiv.
`Ni-ko-pol (ni-kolpal, nyélka-) A city of southern Ukraine on the
`Dneiper River. It is an industrial center in a rich manganese-mining area.
`Population: 160,300.
`nil (nil) n. Nothing; zero. [Latin nil, contraction of nihil. See ne in Ap-
`pendix 1.] ——nil adj.
`Nile (nil) The longest river in the world, flowing about 6,677 km (4,150
`mi) through eastern Africa from its most remote sources in Burundi to
`a delta on the Mediterranean Sea in northeast Egypt. The main head-
`streams, the Blue Nile and the White Nile, join at Khartoum in Sudan
`to form the Nile proper. The river has been used for irrigation in Egypt
`since at least 4000 B.C., a function now regulated largely by the Aswan
`High Dam.
`Nile blue rt. A light greenish blue.
`Nile crocodile n. A large crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) common
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