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 |
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 |
cutlassfish frost fish hairtail | long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth, closely related to snake mackerel |
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 |
Jack Frost | a personification of frost or winter weather |
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 |
Frost Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost | United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (-) |
Kennan George F. Kennan George Frost Kennan | United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (-) |
freeze frost | weather cold enough to cause freezing |
frost heave frost heaving | upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
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 |
Virginia crownbeard frostweed frost-weed Verbesina virginica | tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers, the eastern United States |
frostweed frost-weed frostwort Helianthemum canadense Crocanthemum canadense | perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers, soalled because ice crystals form on it during first frosts |
lady-of-the-night Brunfelsia americana | West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers |
night jasmine night jessamine Cestrum nocturnum | West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night |