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Nictitating MembranenounMWEa protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammalsverified
Nicunounan intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newbornverified
Nidationnoun(embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammalsverified
Nierembergianounany of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowersverified
Night JasminenounMWEWest Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by nightverified
Night JessaminenounMWEWest Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by nightverified
Night RidernounMWEmember of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil Warverified
Night SchoolnounMWEa school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the dayverified
Night ShiftnounMWEthe work shift taking up most of the night, usually from midnight to 8 a.m.verified
Night TerrornounMWEan emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelingsverified
Night-Lightnounlight (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)verified
Nightclubnouna spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drinkverified
Nightjarnounmainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyesverified
Nightlifenounthe activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)verified
Nightspotnouna spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drinkverified
Nihil ObstatnounMWEthe phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the churchverified
Nihilismnouna revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sakeverified
Nihilistic DelusionnounMWEthe delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not existverified
Nimnoungame in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of themverified
Nimblewillnounslender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United Statesverified
Nimbynounsomeone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhereverified
NimbyismnounThe often hypocritical practice of protesting development in one’s own neighborhoodverified
Nin-SinnounChinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powersverified
Ninepinsnouna bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pinsverified
Ninjanouna class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinationsverified