All nib synonyms
nib
N n noun nib
- beak β A bird's beak is the hard curved or pointed part of its mouth.
- cape β A cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea from the coast.
- claw β The claws of a bird or animal are the thin, hard, curved nails at the end of its feet.
- dagger β A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
- foreland β a cape, headland, or promontory.
- headland β a promontory extending into a large body of water.
- jag β a period of unrestrained indulgence in an activity; spree; binge: a crying jag; a talking jag.
- prick β a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- promontory β a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- spike β an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
- spine β the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- sticker β a person or thing that sticks.
- stiletto β a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
- summit β a city in NE New Jersey.
- sword β a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
- thorn β German name of ToruΕ.
- tine β a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tooth β (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
- colour β The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
- color β the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- coloration β The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it.
- hue β a seaport in central Vietnam: former capital of Annam.
- tint β a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tone β (Theobald) Wolfe, 1763β98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence.
- cast β The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- colouring β The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is.
- coloring β The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
- dye β a coloring material or matter.
- dyestuff β a material yielding or used as a dye.
- pigment β a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- shade β the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- stain β a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tincture β Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- wash β to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- colourant β A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour.
- colorant β A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- intimation β the act of intimating, or making known indirectly.
- pinch β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- smack β Arthur, 1863β1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- smattering β slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- sprinkling β the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- streak β a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- suggestion β the act of suggesting.