| nightmare | 1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep. 2. A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterised 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. 3. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence. Origin: Night + mare incubus. See Mare incubus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nightshade | <botany> A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given especially. To the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna . Enchanter's nightshade. See Enchanter. Stinking nightshade. See Henbane. Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium. Origin: AS. Nichtscadu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nightstick fracture | <orthopaedics> A fracture of the ulna. Named because of the injury that results when attempting to block the downward blow of a nightstick with the raised forearm. (27 Sep 1997) |
| nightmare disorder |
[DSM-IV] a sleep disorder of the parasomnia group, consisting of repeated episodes of nightmares that awaken the sleeper, who rapidly becomes fully oriented and alert and can vividly recall the dreams. Onset is usually in childhood or adolescence, and children often outgrow the disorder. Called also dream anxiety d.
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| night sight |
Night vision is seeing in the dark. There are two ways to accomplish this; biologically, and through technology. Technological night vision works on one of two principles. The first is by detecting infrared radiation, which is a form of energy emitted by all objects regardless of the ambient light conditions. A device based on this principle is called an infrared camera. The second is by intensifying the small amount of light present even at night, from the stars and the moon. ...
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| night vision |
Night vision is seeing in the dark. There are two ways to accomplish this; biologically, and through technology. Technological night vision works on one of two principles. The first is by detecting infrared radiation, which is a form of energy emitted by all objects regardless of the ambient light conditions. A device based on this principle is called an infrared camera. The second is by intensifying the small amount of light present even at night, from the stars and the moon. ...
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| night terrors |
a form of nightmare causing abrupt awakening in terror; occurs mostly in children
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| Nightingale |
(1820-1910) Founder of modern nursing as a profession and a pioneer in sanitation and hygiene. Born in Florence, Italy, she was raised mostly in Derbyshire, England, and received a thorough classical education from her father.
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| nigh | the period spent sleeping |
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| nigh | a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom |
| nigh | a shortening of nightfall |
| nigh | a doorbell to be used at night |
| nigh | any bird associated with night: owl |
| nigh | inability to see clearly in dim light |
| nigh | a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night |
| nigh | a game played under artificial illumination at night |
| nigh | nocturnal or crepuscular herons |
| nigh | West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night |
| nigh | West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night |
| nigh | doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the outside |