Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
niere |
noun |
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker., A receptacle for rags or shreds., A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. |
niche |
noun |
A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. |
nidor |
noun |
Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking. |
nidus |
noun |
A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed. |
niece |
noun |
A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson., A daughter of one’s brother or sister, or of one’s brother-in-law or sister-in-law. |
nifle |
noun |
A trifle. |
night |
noun |
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light., Darkness; obscurity; concealment., Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance., A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow., The period after the close of life; death., A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. |
nigua |
noun |
The chigoe. |
nihil |
noun |
Nothing. |
nimbi |
plural |
of Nimbus |
ninny |
noun |
A fool; a simpleton. |
ninth |
adjective |
Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others., Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth., An interval containing an octave and a second., A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added. |
ninut |
noun |
The magpie. |
niobe |
noun |
The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone. |
niopo |
noun |
A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree. |
nisan |
noun |
The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib. |
nisey |
noun |
A simpleton. |
niste |
|
Wist not; knew not. |
nisus |
noun |
A striving; an effort; a conatus. |
niter |
noun |
Alt. of Nitre |
nitre |
noun |
A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter., Native sodium carbonate; natron., See Niter. |
nitid |
adjective |
Bright; lustrous; shining., Gay; spruce; fine; — said of persons. |
nitry |
adjective |
Nitrous. |
nitty |
adjective |
Full of nits., Shining; elegant; spruce. |
nival |
adjective |
Abounding with snow; snowy. |
nixie |
noun |
See Nix. |
nizam |
noun |
The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719. |