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Look up: nit

  1. Nit
    Nit is slang for a stupid person.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Nit
    Unit of measurement of brightness, details ...
    Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/n/index.

  3. Nit
    A measurement of luminance = 1 candela/ m2.
    Found on http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z0001325/Glossary.

  4. nit
    [n] - a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source 2. [n] - egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Nit
    Egg of the head louse
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  6. Nit
    Nit: Nits are lice eggs. They are hard to see and are often confused with dandruff or hair spray droplets. Nits are found firmly attached to the hair shaft. They are oval and usually yellow to white. Nits take about a week to hatch. All nits must be removed to prevent reinfestation with lice. They can be removed with a special comb or with the fing ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  7. Nit
    Nit noun [ Anglo-Saxon hnitu ; akin to Dutch neet , German niss , Old High German niz ; confer Greek ..., ..., Icelandic gnit , Swedish gnet , Danish gnid , Russian & Pol. gnida , Bohem. hnida, W. nedd .] (Zoology) The egg of a louse or other small insect. Nit grass (Botany) , a pretty annual European gra ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/24

  8. nit
    <zoology> The egg of a louse or other small insect. ... <botany> Nit grass, a pretty annual European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chili. ... Origin: AS. Hnitu; akin to D. Neet, G. Niss, OHG. Niz; cf. Gr, Icel. Gnit, Sw. Gnet, Dan. Gnid, Russ. & Pol. G ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. nit
    noun egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. nit
    noun a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. nit
    (nit) the egg of a louse.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  12. Nit
    • (n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect. • (n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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