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knight (NIGHT) (noun)
A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder: The knight fought for his king on a horse while wearing armor.
night (NIGHT) (noun)
The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness: Jillian had a great night at the opera and then spent a good night sleeping.
In the evening, if a man were to see a soldier in shining armor, he might be tempted to say, "Good night, Knight."
Economic advisers to a king suggested that, "To shrink the deficit, we recommend a knight tax which can be titled a sir-charge."
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group K; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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Night: Nyx, Nox
Greek: Nyx (goddess)
Latin: Nox (goddess)
Latin: Nox (goddess)
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gods and goddesses from Greek and Latin Myths
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“night”
bruxing appliance or "night guard"
A plastic guard which is usually placed over the lower teeth so the upper and lower teeth will not grind against each other and so it prevents bruxism.
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bruxo-, brux- +
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dark night
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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Human excrement collected from non-flushable toilets or cesspools when it is dark outside: Night soil is especially use as fertilizer.
night vision, scotopic vision
1. The ability to see in reduced illumination; as in moonlight.
2. Seeing in dim light or a type of vision that occurs at very low levels of illumination, and it can detect differences of brightness but not of hue.
3. The ability to see in the dark.
2. Seeing in dim light or a type of vision that occurs at very low levels of illumination, and it can detect differences of brightness but not of hue.
3. The ability to see in the dark.
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vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu-
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nocturnal-night vampires
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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