Index of English words, starting with "ni"

(1) - Nitrogen (n.) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.

(1) - Nitrous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.
(2) - Nitrous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

(1) - Nitty (a.) Shining; elegant; spruce.
(2) - Nitty (a.) Full of nits.

(1) - Nival (a.) Abounding with snow; snowy.

(1) - Niveous (a.) Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.