n. & a. [ L., a contr. of nihil. ] Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping. A. J. Ellis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nil

n. (computers) A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero. [ PJC ]

Nile

n. [ L. Nilus, Gr. Nei^los. ] The great river of Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nile bird. (Zool.) (a) The wryneck. [ Prov. Eng. ] (b) The crocodile bird. --
Nile goose (Zool.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nilgau

n. (Zool.) see Nylghau. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nill

v. i. To be unwilling; to refuse to act. [ 1913 Webster ]

The actions of the will are “velle” and “nolle, ” to will and nill. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he, nill he, whether he wills it or not; usually contracted to willy-nilly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nill

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nilled p. pr. & vb. n. Nilling. ] [ AS. nilan, nyllan; ne not + willan to will. See No, and Will. ] Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nill

n. [ Cf. Ir. & Gael. neul star, light. Cf. Nebula. ] 1. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Scales of hot iron from the forge. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nilometer

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; Nei^los the Nile + &unr_; measure: cf. F. nilomètre. ] An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niloscope

n. [ Gr. Nei^los; Nei^los the Nile + &unr_; to observe. ] A Nilometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

nile

(n) the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization, Syn. Nile River

nilgai

(n) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns, Syn. Boselaphus tragocamelus, nylghai, blue bull, nylghau

nilgiri hills

(n) hills in southern India

nilo-saharan

(n) a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania, Syn. Nilo-Saharan language

nilotic

(n) a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group, Syn. Nilotic language

nilotic

(adj) of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it

nilotic

(adj) of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages, Example:Nilotic syntax

nilpotent

(adj) equal to zero when raised to a certain power

nilsson

(n) Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918), Syn. Marta Brigit Nilsson, Brigit Nilsson

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

尼罗河

[尼罗河 / 尼羅河, Ní luó hé] Nile (river) #43929

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

児童

[じどう, jidou] (n) children; juvenile; (P) #165

無;无

[む, mu] (n) (1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (pref) (2) un-; non- #687

少年

[しょうねん, shounen] (n) boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad; (P) #939

溝

[みぞ(P);どぶ, mizo (P); dobu] (n) (obsc) 10^32; hundred nonillion (American); (obs) hundred quintillion (British) #7118

マニラ

[manira] (n) Manila; (P) #10886

番長

[ばんちょう, banchou] (n) leader of a group of juvenile delinquents #12507

雛

[ひな(P);ひよこ(P), hina (P); hiyoko (P)] (n) (1) young bird; chick; (2) (ひな only) doll; (3) (ひよこ only) green; wet behind the ears; juvenile; (P) #13151

鮬

[せいご;セイゴ, seigo ; seigo] (n) (uk) (See 鱸) juvenile Japanese sea perch (under two years of age and 25 cm in length)

すっからかん

[sukkarakan] (adj-na, n) (1) flat out (of); completely empty; (2) out of money; penniless; broke

すってんてん

[suttenten] (adj-na) flat broke; cleaned out; penniless

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Nilosring { m } [ techn. ]

Nilos ring

Nilpotenzindex { m } [ math. ]

index of nilpotence

nilpotent { adj } [ math. ]

nilpotent

Nilgans { f } [ ornith. ]

Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Nilgiritaube { f } [ ornith. ]

Nilgiri Wood Pigeon

Nilghiripieper { m } [ ornith. ]

Nilgiri Pipit

Nilghirischnäpper { m } [ ornith. ]

Nilgiri Verditer Flycatcher

Nil { m }

Nile

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