Webster's Dictionary 1913

1054

Nightish

Night″ish, a. Of or pertaining to night.

1055

Nightjar

Night″jar′ (?), n. A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.

1056

Nightless

Night″less, a. Having no night.

1057

Nightlong

Night″long′ (?; 115), a. Lasting all night.

1058

Nightly

Night″ly, a. Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.

1059

Nightly (2)

Night″ly, adv. At night; every night.

1060

Nightman

Night″man (–măn), n.; pl.Nightmen (–mĕn). One whose business is emptying privies by night.

1061

Nightmare

Night″mare′ (nīt″mâr′), n. [Night + mare incubus. See Mare incubus.] 1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.2. A condition in sleep usually caused by ...

1062

Nightshade

Night″shade′ (?), n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed wi...

1063

Nightshirt

Night″shirt′ (?), n. A kind of nightgown for men.

1064

Nighttime

Night″time′ (?), n. The time from dusk to dawn; — opposed to daytime.

1065

Nightward

Night″ward (?), a. Approaching toward night.

1066

Nigraniline

Ni‐gran″i‐line (? or?), n. [L. niger black + E. aniline.] (Chem.) The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black.

1067

Nigrescent

Ni‐gres″cent (?), a. [L. nigrescens, p. pr. of nigrescere to grow black, fr. niger black. See Negro.] Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness. Johnson.

1068

Nigrification

Nig′ri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. nigrificare to blacken; niger black + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] The act or process of making black. Johnson.

1069

Nigrine

Ni″grine (?), n. [L. niger black: cf. F. nigrine.] (Min.) A ferruginous variety of rutile.

1070

Nigritic

Ni‐grit″ic (?), a.(Ethnol.) Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic.

1071

Nigritude

Nig″ri‐tude (?), n. [L. nigritudo, fr. niger black.] Blackness; the state of being black. Lamb.

1072

Nigromancie

Nig″ro‐man′cie (?), n. Necromancy.

1073

Nigromancien

Nig″ro‐man′cien (?), n. A necromancer.These false enchanters or nigromanciens. Chaucer.

1074

Nigrosine

Ni″gro‐sine (? or?), n. [From L. niger black.] (Chem.) A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; — called also azodiphenyl blue.

1075

Nigua

‖Ni″gua (?), n.(Zoöl.) The chigoe.

1076

Nihil

‖Ni″hil (?), n. Nothing.‖Nihil album(Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc. — ‖Nihil debet(Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt. — ‖Nihil dicit(Law), a declinature...

1077

Nihilism

Ni″hil‐ism (?), n. [L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme. See Annihilate.] 1. Nothingness; nihility.2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and a...

1078

Nihilist

Ni″hil‐ist, n. [Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism.] 1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.2. (P...

1079

Nihilistic

Ni′hil‐is″tic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.

1080

Nihility

Ni‐hil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. nihilité. See Nihilism.] Nothingness; a state of being nothing.