| one-night stand | a performance in one place on one night only |
deposit
deposition | the act of putting something somewhere |
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 |
body bag
personnel pouch
human remains pouch | a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed |
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 |
| cash bar | a counter at a large party where you can purchase drinks by the glass |
cash machine
cash dispenser
automated teller machine
automatic teller machine
automated teller
automatic teller
ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
cash register
register | a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions, used in shops to add up the bill |
depository
deposit
depositary
repository | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| diplomatic pouch | a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office |
| mailbag mail pouch | pouch used in the shipment of mail |
| 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 |
| pouch | a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things |
safe-deposit
safe-deposit box
safety-deposit
safety deposit box
deposit box
lockbox | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables |
| Saturday night special | a cheap handgun that is easily obtained |
| tobacco pouch | a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco |
pouch
pocket | (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) |
| cheek pouch | a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher) |
night vision
night-sight
scotopic vision
twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
moneymaker
money-spinner
cash cow | a project that generates a continuous flow of money |
| night letter | a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day |
| good night | a conventional expression of farewell |
| deposit | a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met |
| 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 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
| night school | a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day |
alluvial sediment
alluvial deposit
alluvium
alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
sediment
deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
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 |