blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement, all the clues led the police into blind alleys, so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley |
one-night stand | a performance in one place on one night only |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
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 |
blind stitching | stitching that is not easily seen or noticed |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
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 |
amphiuma congo snake congo eel blind eel | aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet, of still muddy waters in the southern United States |
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 |
blind snake worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes |
western blind snake Leptotyphlops humilis | burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States |
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 |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
blind | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters), he waited impatiently in the blind |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving |
blind curve blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
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 |
roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
Saturday night special | a cheap handgun that is easily obtained |
Venetian blind | a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed |
window blind | a blind for privacy or to keep out light |
blind spot optic disc optic disk | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina, not sensitive to light |
cecum caecum blind gut | the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens, the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum |
night vision night-sight scotopic vision twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment, golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it |
night letter | a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day |
good night | a conventional expression of farewell |
subterfuge blind | something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity, he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge, the holding company was just a blind |
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 |
blind | people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group, he spent hours reading to the blind |
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 |
blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |