| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| niccolite | noun | A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; — called also coppernickel, kupfernickel. |
| nickeline | noun | An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver., Niccolite. |
| nickelous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide. |
| nicknamed | imp. & past participle | of Nickname |
| nicotiana | noun | A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco. |
| nicotinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; — used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid. |
| nictation | noun | the act of winking; nictitation. |
| nictitate | verb i. | To wink; to nictate. |
| nidulated | imp. & past participle | of Nidulate |
| niggardly | adjective | Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard., In a niggard manner. |
| nightfall | noun | The close of the day. |
| nightgown | noun | A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garnment. |
| nightless | adjective | Having no night. |
| nightlong | adjective | Lasting all night. |
| nightmare | noun | A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep., A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus., Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence. |
| nighttime | noun | The time from dusk to dawn; — opposed to daytime. |
| nightward | adjective | Approaching toward night. |
| nigritude | noun | Blackness; the state of being black. |
| nigrosine | noun | A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; — called also azodiphenyl blue. |
| nilometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood. |
| niloscope | noun | A Nilometer. |
| nine-bark | noun | A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name. |
| nine-eyes | noun | The lamprey. |
| nineholes | noun pl. | A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled. |
| ninepence | noun | An old English silver coin, worth nine pence., A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents. |
| ninescore | adjective | Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty., The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects. |
| ninetieth | adjective | Next in order after the eighty-ninth., Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts., The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything., The next in order after the eighty-ninth. |
| nipperkin | noun | A small cup. |
| nippingly | adverb | In a nipping manner. |
| nippitate | adjective | Peculiary strong and good; — said of ale or liquor. |
| nippitato | noun | Strong liquor. |
| nitratine | noun | A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also soda niter. |
| nitrifier | noun | An agent employed in nitrification. |
| nitrified | imp. & past participle | of Nitrify |
| nitroform | noun | A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties. |
| nitroleum | noun | Nitroglycerin. |