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 |
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 |
goggles | tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes |
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 |
imagination imaginativeness vision | the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses, popular imagination created a world of demons, imagination reveals what the world could be |
sight vision visual sense visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
achromatic vision | vision using the rods |
binocular vision | vision involving the use of both eyes |
central vision | vision using the fovea and parafovea, the middle part of the visual field |
color vision chromatic vision trichromacy | the normal ability to see colors |
distance vision | vision for objects that afeet or more from the viewer |
foveal vision | vision with the fovea |
monocular vision | vision with only one eye |
near vision | vision for objects feet or closer to the viewer |
night vision night-sight scotopic vision twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
daylight vision photopic vision | normal vision in daylight, vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived |
peripheral vision | vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina |
stereoscopic vision stereoscopy | three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina |
vision visual sensation | the perceptual experience of seeing, the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision, he had a visual sensation of intense light |
vision | a vivid mental image, he had a vision of his own death |
visual field field of vision field of regard | all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment |
night letter | a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day |
good night | a conventional expression of farewell |
vision | a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance, he had a vision of the Virgin Mary |
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 |
line of sight line of vision | an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks |
Nox Night | Roman goddess of night, daughter of Erebus, counterpart of Greek Nyx |
fly-by-night | a debtor who flees to avoid paying |