A period of darkness that occurs in winter in polar regions north from the Arctic Circle and south from the Antarctic Circle, and during which the sun stays below the horizon.

Alternative spelling of night-blind

(medicine) unable to see clearly in low light; suffering from night blindness.

(US) Alternative form of nightstick

(archaic, euphemistic) Human faeces.

(now only Caribbean) A (night-flying) bat. / (now literary) A ghost, an evil spirit. / (Jamaica) A large nocturnal moth.

plural of night terror

(pathology) A sleeping disorder, where sleep is interrupted by anxiety, panic or screaming.

A regular night on which a couple goes out on a date. For example, a couple may go on a date every Friday night.

A bird that is active in the night; a nocturnal bird. / A human denizen of night.