night blindness
noun · inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
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night-robe
noun · lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
nigrify
verb · make or become black
Example: The smoke blackened the ceilingnil
noun · a quantity of no importance
Example: it looked like nothing I had ever seen beforenilgai
noun · large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
nilotic
adjective · of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
Example: Nilotic syntaxnimble-fingered
adjective · having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets- Harry Hansen- Time
Example: a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vaultnimbly
adverb · in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease- Charles Dickens
Example: nimbly scaling an iron gatenimbus
noun · an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
nine times
adverb · by a factor of nine
Example: my investment has increased ninefoldnineteenth
adjective · coming next after the eighteenth in position
ninety
adjective · being ten more than eighty
ninety-fifth
adjective · the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order
ninety-seven
adjective · being seven more than ninety
ninkharsag
noun · the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
nip off
verb · sever or remove by pinching or snipping
Example: nip off the flowersniter
noun · (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
nitramine
noun · a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
nitric acid
noun · acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
nitrogenise
verb · treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenize
verb · treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenous
adjective · of or relating to or containing nitrogen
no doubt
adverb · admittedly
Example: to be sure, he is no Einsteinno end
adverb · on and on for a long time
Example: the child cried no endno fault automobile insurance
noun · a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident
Example: the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insuranceno longer
adverb · not now
Example: she is no moreno matter
adverb · in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
Example: he carried on regardless of the difficultiesno matter what happens
adverb · in spite of all obstacles
Example: we'll go to Tibet come hell or high waterno more
adverb · not now
Example: she is no moreno-nonsense
adjective · not tolerating irrelevancies
Example: the no-nonsense tones of a stern parentnobble
verb · disable by drugging
Example: nobble the race horsesnobly
adverb · in a noble manner
Example: she has behaved noblynock
verb · make small marks into the surface of
Example: score the clay before firing itnocturnally
adverb · at night
Example: nocturnally active birdnod off
verb · change from a waking to a sleeping state
Example: he always falls asleep during lecturesnodulated
adjective · having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules
Example: nodular oresnohow
adverb · in no manner; in no way
Example: We could nohow make out his handwritingnoiselessly
adverb · without a sound
Example: he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a doornoisily
adverb · with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound
Example: he blew his nose noisilynolle pros
verb · drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records
Example: They nolle prossed the chargenominal phrase
noun · a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
nominally
adverb · in name only
Example: nominally he is the bossnominate
verb · propose as a candidate for some honor
nominated
adjective · appointed by nomination
non
adverb · negation of a word or group of words
Example: he does not speak Frenchnon-automatic
adjective · operated by hand
non-conducting
adjective · not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
non-finite
adjective · of verbs; having neither person nor number nor mood (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)
Example: infinite verb formnon-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
noun · mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
non-involvement
noun · withdrawing from the activities of a group
non-resinous
adjective · not having resin
non-resiny
adjective · not having resin
non-verbally
adverb · without words
Example: they communicated nonverballynonaccomplishment
noun · an act that does not achieve its intended goal
nonachiever
noun · a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
nonadaptive
adjective · (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
Example: dysfunctional behaviornonaddictive
adjective · not causing or characterized by addiction
Example: for years tobacco companies have contended that tobacco is nonaddictivenonadsorptive
adjective · lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
nonaged
adjective · not of legal age
Example: minor childrennonalcoholic
adjective · characterized by the absence of alcohol
Example: nonalcoholic beverages