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Look up: nocturnal

  1. nocturnal
    Active only at night.
    Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl

  2. Nocturnal
    Active at night
    Found on http://www.wolfsource.org/?page_id=63

  3. Nocturnal
    active at night.
    Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.asp?p

  4. Nocturnal
    Active at night.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  5. nocturnal
    [adj] - of or relating to or occurring in the night 2. [adj] - of or during or relating to the night 3. [adj] - (biology) belonging to or active during the night
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Nocturnal
    A bird or animal that comes out after dark.
    Found on http://www.nbpc.co.uk/glossary.htm

  7. nocturnal
    lowering of temperature associated with nocturnal radiation. Category: The cosmos • anomaly of vision in which there is a pronounced inadequacy or complete absence of dark-adaptation Category: Medicine • 2.myopia or an increase in ocular refraction occurring in low levels of illumination,as in twilight or at night Category: Medicine • epilepsy in which the attac...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. nocturnal
    A 16th and 17thC circular navigating instrument for use at night. The number of hours before or after midnight was measured by the difference between two pointers - one set to the date and hour on the instrument scale, the other directed at the pole star. Nocturnals are found in wood or brass; metal ones often have 'teeth' on the scale so the hours ...
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  9. Nocturnal
    Noc·tur'nal adjective [ Latin nocturnalis , nocturnus , from nox , noctis , night. See Night , and confer Nocturn .] 1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal . Dryden. 2. Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/26

  10. Nocturnal
    Noc·tur'nal noun An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea. I. Watts.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/26

  11. nocturnal
    Pertaining to, occurring at or active at night. ... Origin: L. Nocturnus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. nocturnal
    adjective belonging to or active during the night; `nocturnal animals are active at night`; `nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Nocturnal
    • (a.) Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal. • (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea. • (a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects. • (n.) An instru...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. nocturnal
    (L. nocturnus) pertaining to, occurring at, or active at night.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  15. nocturnal
    nocturnal 1. Of or pertaining to the night; done, held, or occurring by night. 2. Active during the hours of darkness or lasting only one night as opposed to diurnal, 'daylight'. 3. Used to describe animals that are active at night rather than during the day. 4. A reference to flowers that open at night and close during the day. 5. An astronomical inst...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  16. nocturnal
    Pertaining to the hours of darkness; opposite of diurnal (1). [L. nocturnus, of the night]
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23 November 2009

This day in history:
At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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