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Look up: nycto-

  1. nycto-
    Nyct- ... Night, nocturnal. ... See: noct-. ... Origin: G. Nyx ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  2. nycto-
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. Night, nocturnal.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  3. nyctograph
    nyctograph A device invented by Lewis Carroll with which one can record one’s ideas at night, in the dark, or when not fully awake.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  4. Nyctography
    `Nyctography` is a form of shorthand writing created by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) in 1891. Nyctography is written with a nyctograph (also invented by Carroll) and uses a system of dots and/or strokes all based on a dot placed in the upper left corner. Using the Nyctogr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctography

  5. nyctohemeral
    Both daily and nightly. ... Synonym: nycterohemeral. ... Origin: nycto-+ G. Haemra, day ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. nyctohemeral
    (nik″to-hem´әr-әl) pertaining to both day and night.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. nyctohemeral
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nik-tō-hē′mer-ăl Definitions: 1. Both daily and nightly. Synonyms: nycterohemeral
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  8. nyctohemeral rhythm
    a day and night rhythm.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Nyctohylophobia
    `Nyctohylophobia` is the fear of dark wooded areas or forests at nighttime. It is not a generally-used medical term and is almost entirely confined to phobia word lists. Etymology: Nyctohylophobia comes from the Greek language, nycto- meaning night, hylo- meaning wood, and -phobia being an irrational fear. References :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctohyloph

  10. nyctolope
    nyctolopia, nyctolope Night blindness; failure or imperfection of vision at night or in a dim light, with good vision only on bright days.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. nyctolopia
    nyctolopia, nyctolope Night blindness; failure or imperfection of vision at night or in a dim light, with good vision only on bright days.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. Nyctomyini
    `Nyctomyini` is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Tylomyinae which includes two genera, Nyctomys and Otonyctomys, each with a single species. Both are medium-sized rats with tawny to brownish fur and a hairy tail.<ref name=MC1187>Musser and Carleton, 2005, p.&n...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctomyini

  13. Nyctophile
    Nyc'to·phile noun [ Greek ..., ..., night + ... to love.] (Zoology) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus , having a very simple nasal appendage.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/42

  14. nyctophile
    <zoology> Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage. ... Origin: Gr, night + to love. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  15. Nyctophile
    • (n.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage. • (n.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. nyctophile
    nyctophilia, nyctophile, nyctophily A fondness for night or darkness.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  17. nyctophile
    nyctophilist, nyctophile A person who has an abnormal preference for darkness or night.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  18. nyctophilia
    Preference for the night or darkness. ... Synonym: scotophilia. ... Origin: nycto-+ G. Philos, fond ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  19. nyctophilia
    (nik″to-fil´e-ә) an abnormal preference for darkness or for night; called also scotophilia.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  20. nyctophilia
    nyctophilia 1. In biology, a preference for the dark or for night. 2. An abnormal preference for darkness or night.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  21. nyctophilia
    nyctophilia, nyctophile, nyctophily A fondness for night or darkness.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  22. nyctophilia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nik-tō-fil′ē-ă Definitions: 1. Preference for the night or darkness. Synonyms: scotophilia
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  23. nyctophilist
    nyctophilist, nyctophile A person who has an abnormal preference for darkness or night.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  24. nyctophily
    nyctophilia, nyctophile, nyctophily A fondness for night or darkness.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  25. nyctophobe
    nyctophobe, nyctophobist Someone who has an irrational fear of the dark.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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