| one-night stand | a performance in one place on one night only |
nightlife
night life | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.), a futile search for intelligent nightlife, in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
| night game | a game played under artificial illumination at night |
| nightlife night life | the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion |
| one-night stand | a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night, he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands |
| watch night | a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) |
| night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
| night bird | any bird associated with night: owl, nightingale, nighthawk, etc |
| night raven | any bird that cries at night |
owl
bird of Minerva
bird of night
hooter | nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes |
| night lizard | small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba, bear live young |
night snake
Hypsiglena torquata | nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico |
| heron | grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill |
great blue heron
Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
little blue heron
Egretta caerulea | small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere |
snowy egret
snowy heron
Egretta thula | small New World egret |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
night heron
night raven | nocturnal or crepuscular herons |
blackrowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax | night heron of both Old and New Worlds |
yellowrowned night heron
Nyctanassa violacea | North American night heron |
boatbill
boat-billed heron
broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
cabaret
nightclub
night club
club nightspot | a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink, don't expect a good meal at a cabaret, the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night, he played the drums at a jazz club |
| night bell | a doorbell to be used at night |
| night latch | doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the outside |
| night-light | light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids) |
| night-line | a fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night |
| Saturday night special | a cheap handgun that is easily obtained |
night vision
night-sight
scotopic vision
twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
| night letter | a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day |
| good night | a conventional expression of farewell |
| night terror | an 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 feelings |
opening
opening night
curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
night shift
graveyard shift | workers who work during the night (as midnight to a.m.) |
| night court | a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night |
| night school | a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day |
Nox
Night | Roman goddess of night, daughter of Erebus, counterpart of Greek Nyx |
| fly-by-night | a debtor who flees to avoid paying |
night owl
nighthawk
nightbird | a person who likes to be active late at night |
| night porter | a porter on duty during the night |
night rider
nightrider | member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War, committed acts of intimidation and revenge |
| night watchman | a watchman who works during the night |
Hero Heron
Hero of Alexandria | Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) |
Lorenzo de'Medici
Lorenzo the Magnificent | Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (-) |
| night-blooming cereus | any of several cacti of the genus Cereus |
| night-blooming cereus | any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus |
| night-blooming cereus | any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus |
queen of the night
Selenicereus grandiflorus | tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches, often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits |
storksbill
heron's bill | any of various plants of the genus Erodium |