Nigh (a.) Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
Nigh (v. t. & i.) To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
Nigh (prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.
Nighly (adv.) In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost.
Nighness (n.) The quality or state of being nigh.
Night (n.) 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.
Night (n.) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
Night (n.) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
Night (n.) The period after the close of life; death.
Night (n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
Night-blooming (a.) Blooming in the night.
Nightcap (n.) A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.
Nightcap (n.) A potion of spirit drank at bedtime.
Nightdress (n.) A nightgown.
Nighted (a.) Darkness; clouded.
Nighted (a.) Overtaken by night; belated.
Nightertale (n.) period of night; nighttime.
Night-eyed (a.) Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
Nightfall (n.) The close of the day.
Night-faring (a.) Going or traveling in the night.
Nightgown (n.) A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garnment.
Nightingale (n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
Nightingale (n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Nightish (a.) Of or pertaining to night.
Nightjar (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.
Nightless (a.) Having no night.
Nightlong (a.) Lasting all night.
Nightly (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.
Nightly (adv.) At night; every night.
Nightmen (pl. ) of Nightman
Nightman (n.) One whose business is emptying privies by night.
Nightmare (n.) A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
Nightmare (n.) 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.
Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.
Nightshade (n.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.
Nightshirt (n.) A kind of nightgown for men.
Nighttime (n.) The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.
Nightward (a.) Approaching toward night.
Nigraniline (n.) The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black.
Nigrescent (a.) Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.
Nigrification (n.) The act or process of making black.
Nigrine (n.) A ferruginous variety of rutile.
Nigritude (n.) Blackness; the state of being black.
Nigromancie (n.) Necromancy.
Nigromancien (n.) A necromancer.
Nigrosine (n.) A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also azodiphenyl blue.
Nigua (n.) The chigoe.
Nihil (n.) Nothing.
Nihilism (n.) Nothingness; nihility.
Nihilism (n.) The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.
Nihilism (n.) The theories and practices of the Nihilists.
Nihilist (n.) One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.
Nihilist (n.) A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.
Nihilistic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.
Nihility (n.) Nothingness; a state of being nothing.
Nil (v. t.) Will not.
Nil (n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
Nile (n.) The great river of Egypt.
Nilgau (n.) see Nylghau.
Nilled (imp. & p. p.) of Nill
Nilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nill
Nill (v. t.) Not to will; to refuse; to reject.
Nill (v. i.) To be unwilling; to refuse to act.
Nill (n.) Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
Nill (n.) Scales of hot iron from the forge.
Nilometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
Niloscope (n.) A Nilometer.
Nilotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.
Nilt () Wilt not.
Nam (imp.) of Nim
Nimmed () of Nim
Nomen (p. p.) of Nim
Nome () of Nim
Nim (v. t.) To take; to steal; to filch.
Nimbiferous (a.) Serving to bring clouds or stormy weather.
Nimble (superl.) Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.
Nimbleness (n.) The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.
Nimbless (n.) Nimbleness.
Nimbly (adv.) In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.
Nimbose (a.) Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.
Nimbi (pl. ) of Nimbus
Nimbuses (pl. ) of Nimbus
Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.
Nimbus (n.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
Nimiety (n.) State of being in excess.
Nimious (a.) Excessive; extravagant; inordinate.
Nimmer (n.) A thief.
Nin () Not in.
Nincompoop (n.) A fool; a silly or stupid person.
Nine (a.) Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
Nine (n.) The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.
Nine (n.) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
Nine-bark (n.) 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 (n.) The lamprey.
Ninefold (a.) Nine times repeated.
Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.
Nine-killer (n.) The northern butcher bird.
Ninepences (pl. ) of Ninepence
Ninepence (n.) An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.