'NIT' definitions:
Definition of 'nit'
(from WordNet)
noun
A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
noun
Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
Definition of 'Nit'
From: GCIDE
- Nit \Nit\ (n[i^]t), n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. Gr. koni`s, koni`dos, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zool.) The egg of a louse or other small insect. [1913 Webster]
- Nit grass (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chile. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adverse criticism,
- animadversion,
- aspersion,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- cat flea,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- chigoe,
- cockroach,
- crab,
- criticism,
- dog flea,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- flak,
- flea,
- grayback,
- hairsplitting,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- imputation,
- jigger,
- knock,
- louse,
- mite,
- nagging,
- nay,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit-picking,
- nix,
- no,
- nope,
- obloquy,
- overcriticalness,
- parasite,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- priggishness,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- red bug,
- reflection,
- reproachfulness,
- roach,
- sand flea,
- slam,
- stricture,
- swipe,
- taking exception,
- trichoschistism,
- vermin,
- weevil
Acronyms for 'nit'
From: V.E.R.A.
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