Nit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The egg or young of a parasitic insect, such as a louse.
  • n. A unit of illuminative brightness equal to one candle per square meter, measured perpendicular to the rays of the source.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A candela per square meter.
  • n. The egg of a louse.
  • n. A young louse.
  • n. A fool, a nitwit.
  • n. A nitpicker
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The egg of a louse or other small insect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The egg of a louse or some similar insect.
  • n. A small spot, speck, or protuberance.
  • n. In mining. See knit, 3.
  • n. A small insect; a gnat or fly: applied contemptuously to persons.
  • No; not; not at all.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
  • n. egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    luminance unit    egg   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brit    Grit    Kit    Pitt    Pritt    Schlitt    Schmidt    Split    Whit    Witt   
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    berhaupt    erholt    meer    vor    neuste    piace    leider    Tex.    croprocessor    fam'ly