<B>ninefold, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>nine times as much or as many. <DD><B> 2. </B>having nine parts or members. <DD><I>adv. </I> nine times as much or as many. </DL>
<A NAME="ninepence">
<B>ninepence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>nine British pennies. <DD><B> 2. </B>a former British coin having this value. </DL>
<A NAME="ninepin">
<B>ninepin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the pins used in ninepins. </DL>
<A NAME="ninepins">
<B>ninepins, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a game in which nine large wooden pins are set up to be bowled over with a ball. </DL>
<A NAME="nineteen">
<B>nineteen, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> nine more than ten; 19. <BR> <I>Ex. to score nineteen points (adj).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="1984">
<B>1984,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a date symbolizing a totalitarian society of the future in which truth and freedom are suppressed and people live in a totally regimented and dehumanized state. <BR> <I>Ex. Throughout the campaign, the political uses of television advertising and packaging of candidates were heralded ... by doomsayers as the ominous forerunner of 1984 (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nineteenth">
<B>nineteenth, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> next after the 18th; last in a series of 19. <BR> <I>Ex. the nineteenth day in a row without rain.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the next after the 18th; last in a series of 19. <BR> <I>Ex. That piece of gum will be your nineteenth.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one of 19 equal parts. <BR> <I>Ex. There wasn't much to go round after we cut the birthday cake; each person had only a nineteenth.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nineteenthamendment">
<B>Nineteenth Amendment,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting women the right to vote, ratified in 1920. </DL>
<A NAME="nineteenthhole">
<B>nineteenth hole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the time after a game when golfers relax, usually in the clubhouse. <DD><B> 2. </B>the clubhouse or other place where they relax. <BR> <I>Ex. Women golfers, barred from the nineteenth hole at Clacton-on-Sea, England, are not taking it quietly (Seattle Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ninetieth">
<B>ninetieth, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> next after the 89th; last in a series of 90. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the next after the 89th; last in a series of 90. <BR> <I>Ex. That visitor was the ninetieth to enter the museum today.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one of 90 equal parts. <BR> <I>Ex. The actress was paid a ninetieth of the earnings of the show.</I> </DL>
<B>nine-to-fiver, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who holds a routine office job with regular hours, usually nine in the morning to five in the evening. <DD><B> 2. </B>an employee who carries out duties in a routine and often automatic way. </DL>
<A NAME="ninety">
<B>ninety, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> nine times ten; 90. <DD><I>noun </I> nine times ten; 90. </DL>
<A NAME="ninetyish">
<B>ninetyish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characteristic of the 1890's; resembling or suggesting what was then current. </DL>
<A NAME="ninhydrin">
<B>ninhydrin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a chemical which produces a blue color in the presence of proteins and amino acids, used in chromatographic analysis, as a test for pregnancy, and in fingerprinting. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Ninhydrin.</B> a trademark for this chemical. </DL>
<A NAME="ninja">
<B>ninja, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Japanese feudal organization practicing clandestine activities. </DL>
<A NAME="ninny">
<B>ninny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fool; simpleton. </DL>
<A NAME="ninon">
<B>ninon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a light-weight silk or rayon cloth with a plain weave, used especially for underwear, blouses, and curtains. </DL>
<A NAME="ninth">
<B>ninth, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> next after the eighth; last in a series of nine. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the next after the eighth; last in a series of nine. <BR> <I>Ex. I was ninth in line to look at the book.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one of nine equal parts. <BR> <I>Ex. a ninth of the pie.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>a tone distant from another by an octave and a second. <DD><B> b. </B>the interval between such tones. <DD><B> c. </B>the harmonic combination of such tones. </DL>
<A NAME="ninthcord">
<B>ninth cord,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) a seventh chord with a superposed third. </DL>
<A NAME="ninus">
<B>Ninus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the legendary founder of Nineveh, an ancient city in Assyria, and of the Assyrian Empire, husband of Semiramis. </DL>
<A NAME="nio">
<B>NIO</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> National Institute of Oceanography. </DL>
<A NAME="niobe">
<B>Niobe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek Mythology.) a mother whose fourteen beautiful children were slain by Apollo and Artemis because she boasted about them. Turned by Zeus into a stone fountain, she weeps forever for her children. She was the daughter of Tantalus. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a weeping or inconsolable mother. <BR> <I>Ex. The Niobe of nations! there she [Rome] stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe (Byron).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="niobean">
<B>Niobean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like Niobe. </DL>
<A NAME="niobic">
<B>niobic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of niobium. <DD><B> 2. </B>containing niobium, especially with a valence of five. </DL>
<A NAME="niobium">
<B>niobium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white or steel-gray chemical element that is found in nature with tantalum. It is a lustrous, metallic substance that resembles tantalum in chemical properties and is used in making stainless steel and in other alloys. Formerly called <B>columbium.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="niobous">
<B>niobous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> containing niobium, especially with a valence of three. </DL>
<A NAME="nip">
<B>nip</B> (1), verb, <B>nipped,</B> <B>nipping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to squeeze tight and quickly; pinch; bite. <BR> <I>Ex. The crab nipped my toe.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to take off by biting, pinching, or snipping. <BR> <I>Ex. to nip twigs from a bush.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to hurt at the tips; spoil; injure. <BR> <I>Ex. Some of our tomato plants were nipped by frost.</I> (SYN) blight. <DD><B> 4. </B>to have a sharp, biting effect on. <BR> <I>Ex. A chill wind nipped our ears.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Slang.) to steal. <BR> <I>Ex. Now you get hold of all the doorkeys you can find, and I'll nip all of auntie's (Mark Twain).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Dialect.) to take suddenly or quickly; snatch. <BR> <I>Ex. She ... nipped up her petticoats, when she came out, as quick and sharp as ever I see (Elizabeth C. Gaskell).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (British Informal.) to move rapidly or nimbly. <BR> <I>Ex. I nipped in to see his mother today, and I couldn't look the old girl in the face (Margery Allingham).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tight squeeze; pinch; sudden bite. <BR> <I>Ex. The little puppy gave the child a playful nip.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>injury caused by frost. <BR> <I>Ex. So have I seen some tender slip, Sav'd with care from winter's nip (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>sharp cold; chill. <BR> <I>Ex. There is a nip in the air on a frosty morning.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a small portion; bit. <DD><B> 5. </B>a sharp flavor. <BR> <I>Ex. cheese with a real nip.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a sharp or biting remark. <BR><I>expr. <B>nip and tuck,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) so evenly matched in a race or contest that the result remains in doubt until the end. <BR> <I>Ex. So they had it, nip and tuck, for five miles or more (Mark Twain).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nip">
<B>nip</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>nipped,</B> <B>nipping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a small drink, especially of alcoholic liquor. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to take nips of alcoholic liquor. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to drink in nips. </DL>
<A NAME="nipa">
<B>nipa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a palm of the East Indies, the Philippines, and other areas of Australasia, with large feathery leaves that are used for thatching, mats, and the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>the leaves of this palm. <DD><B> 3. </B>a thatch of them. <DD><B> 4. </B>liquor made from the juice of the nipa. </DL>
<A NAME="nipcheese">
<B>nipcheese, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person of cheeseparing habits; niggardly person; skinflint. </DL>
<A NAME="nippedin">
<B>nipped-in, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> pinched in at the waist; made to fit very tightly. <BR> <I>Ex. a nipped-in jacket and full skirt.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nipper">
<B>nipper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that nips. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of the large claws of a lobster or crab. <DD><B> 3. </B>a cutting tooth of a horse. <DD><B> 4. </B>(British.) a small boy; lad. <BR><I>expr. <B>nippers,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>pincers, forceps, pliers, or any tool that nips. </I> <I>Ex. Its teeth are ... so arranged that the edges cut a hook like nippers (David Livingstone).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> (1). </B>handcuffs. <BR> <I>Ex. The criminal was clapped in nippers.</I> <DD><B> (2). </B>leg irons. <BR> <I>Ex. Nippers were used on the ancient galleys.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="nipping">
<B>nipping, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that nips; sharp; cutting. <BR> <I>Ex. a nipping wind, a nipping remark.</I> adv. <B>nippingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="nipple">
<B>nipple, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the small projection on a breast or udder through which an infant or a baby animal gets its mother's milk; teat. <BR> <I>Ex. the nipple of a mother cat. Nipples are common to all mammals.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the rubber cap or mouthpiece of a baby's bottle, through which the baby gets milk and other liquids. <DD><B> 3. </B>anything shaped or used like a nipple, such as a device on a stopcock to regulate the flow of a liquid. <DD><B> 4a. </B>a short piece of pipe threaded at each end for use as a coupling. <DD><B> b. </B>a threaded end of a pipe to which a faucet, hose, or other connecting part can be attached. adj. <B>nipplelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="nippon">
<B>Nippon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Japan. </DL>
<A NAME="nipponese">
<B>Nipponese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ese.</B> <B>=Japanese.</B></DL>
