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Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started in 1991 by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut, with a strong leaning towards Electronic, abstract hip-hop, instrumental hip hop, Nu-Jazz, drum and bass, and chillout music.
Ninjaforce Ninjaforce is a group of German computer enthusiasts, which was active during the early 1990's on the Apple IIGS computer. (Some members originate from other computer systems, like the Commodore Amiga or the Apple Macintosh).
Ninjaken The Ninjaken (忍者剣) (also called shinobigatana) is the more correct term for "ninjato," or the sword a ninja would have carried. According to the book "Ninjutsu History and Tradition" by Masaaki Hatsumi, Soke (Headmaster) of the Bujinkan Dojo system, these swords came in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Ninjam Ninjam is a collaborative musical jamming software system which has pioneered the concept of "virtual-time" jamming (as opposed to "real-time"). Groups using Ninjam connect to a common server, and as the jam goes on each user plays a measure.
Ninjas and Superspies Ninjas and Superspies is a Role-playing game by Erick Wujcik released in 1988 by Palladium Books, and uses the same game mechanics as their other releases. This game does not use Palladium's Mega-Damage system.
Ninjask are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Ninjask in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Ninjatō Ninjatō (忍者刀) is a Japanese sword used by ninja that was similar to the katana, though there were some differences. For instance, they tended to be straighter, and were generally not made of pattern welded metal.
Ninjō Ninjō (人情) or "human emotion or compassion" in Japanese, is human feeling that complements and opposes the value of giri, or social obligation, within the Japanese worldview. Broadly speaking, ninjo is said to be the human feeling that inescapably springs up in conflict with social obligation.
Ninjor Ninjor is a fictional character from the Power Rangers universe, appearing in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series. He is the American counterpart of Ninjaman from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, in which Season 3 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers miniseries is based off of.
Ninna-ji is a large Omura-ha Shingon Buddhist temple complex in eastern Kyoto, Japan, founded in 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ninnis Glacier Ninnis Glacier () is a large, heavily hummocked and crevassed glacier descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on George V Coast in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Lieutenant B.
Nino Benvenuti Giovanni Benvenuti (born April 26, 1938 in Isola, Istria, now Izola, Slovenia), better known as Nino Benvenuti, is an Italian former boxer who is considered by many, including noted boxing writer Brian Doogan, to be the greatest boxer ever from Italy.
Nino Burjanadze Nino Burjanadze (Georgian: ნინო ბურჯანაძე) (born on July 16, 1964 in Kutaisi, Georgia) was the interim President of Georgia from November 23, 2003 to January 25, 2004. She is a jurist and politician.
Nino Escalera Saturnino Cuadrado Escalera (born December 1, 1929 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder/first baseman who played for the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1954. The 24-year-old rookie stood 5'10" and weighed 165 lbs.
Nino Espinosa Arnulfo Acevedo Espinosa (August 15, 1953 - December 24, 1987) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1974 to 1981 for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Toronto Blue Jays. Espinosa died of a heart attack at age 34 on Christmas Eve in 1987.
Nino Ferrer Nino Ferrer (born Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari in Genoa, Italy, August 15, 1934, died in Quercy Blanc, Saint-Cyprien Lot, Montcuq, August 13, 1998) was a famous French - Italian singer, actor and jazz musician.
Nino Frank Nino Frank (born 1904) is a French film critic and writer who was most active in the 1930s and 1940s. Frank is best known for being the first film critic to use the term "film noir" to refer to 1940s US crime drama films such as The Maltese Falcon.
Nino Chavchavadze Princess Nino Chavchavadze (; also known as Nina Griboyedova in a Russian manner) (November 4, 1812-June 28, 1857), was a daughter of the famous Georgian Prince and poet Alexander Chavchavadze and wife of Russian diplomat and playwright Alexandr Griboyedov.
Nino Pršeš Nino Pršeš (born Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a Bosnian singer. Upon completion of Music High School he continued to pursue his studies at the Sarajevo Academy of Music, Department of Music Theory and Pedagogy.
Nino Randazzo Nino Randazzo (born 1937), Italian-Australian politician, was born in the Aeolian Islands and emigrated to Australia in 1952. As a young man in Melbourne he was a member of the anti-communist Democratic Labor Party (DLP), and was a parliamentary candidate for the DLP in 1964.
Nino Valdez Nino Valdez (Geraldo Ramos Ponciano Valdez) (December 5, 1924-June 3, 2001) was the Cuban heavyweight boxing champion during the 1950's. He was a top contender for Rocky Marciano's title in early 1950's, although he never received a title shot due to his mixed fighting results.
Ninomiya Sontoku Ninomiya Sontoku (二宮 尊徳), born Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎, 1787-1856), was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher,moralist and economist who was born to a poor peasant family but became a great landowner through a hard working. He invented an original poverty reduction program out of his own experience.
Ninon de l'Enclos Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos (November 10, 1620 – October 17, 1705) was a French author, courtesan and patron of the arts. At the time of her death, in 1705, Saint-Simon primly summed up her career: "A shining example of the triumph of vice, when directed with intelligence and redeemed by a little virtue.
Ninon Vallin Ninon Vallin (September 8, 1886 - November 22 1961) was a French soprano who achieved considerable popularity in opera, operetta, and recitals during a career which lasted for more than four decades. [Note: her birthday is also sometimes given as September 7 or September 9.
Ninotchka Rosca Ninotchka Rosca (born in the Philippines in 1946) is a Filipina feminist, author and human rights activist who is active in GABRIELA Network USA, a sister organization of the militant women's organization, GABRIELA Philippines.
Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger , translated into English as Stealth Wind Squadron Hurricanger , was Toei Company Limited's 26th production of the Super Sentai television series. Its footage was used in the Americanized Power Rangers: Ninja Storm.
Ninsun Poli Ninsun Poli is a 21 year-old Assyrian singer and songwriter raised Botkyrka, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. This Soul and R&B artist made her debut at Hultsfred Festival 2004 in Sweden followed by performances at Stockholm's Berns, Lydmar, Alcazar and Nalen and at Malmo Festival in Malmo in summer of 2006.
Nintendo 64 controller The Nintendo 64 Controller is the standard game controller included with the Nintendo 64. Released by Nintendo in late 1996 (Japan and North America) and 1997 (Europe), it features ten buttons, one analog stick and a directional pad, all laid out in a "M" shape.
Nintendo Cereal System Nintendo Cereal System was a breakfast cereal produced by Ralston Cereals in 1988. The name of the cereal was based on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and promoted two of the most popular games for the NES: Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo Comics System The Nintendo Comics System was a series of comic books published by Valiant Comics in 1990 and 1991. It was part of a licensing deal with Nintendo, featuring characters from their video games and the cartoons based on them.
Nintendo development divisions Nintendo is organized into several internal divisions that stand for many of the world's most highly regarded games. These divisions are split into different groups, some of who create the hardware which is used to play the software other divisions create.
Nintendo DS booting tools Running DS homebrew using a 1st generation storage device requres a booting tool. A booting tool is not required for 2nd generation devices, but many users still install FlashMe for its trojan protection feature.
Nintendo DS Memory Expansion Pak The Memory Pak, much like the Rumble Pak for the Nintendo DS is a DS Option Pak that resembles a Game Boy Advance cartridge, but will not function with official Game Boy Advance hardware. When inserted into a DS's GBA slot, the Memory Pak is the DS counterpart of the Expansion Pak for the Nintendo 64 in that it adds RAM to the system.
Nintendo DS Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Super Music Collection Nintendo DS Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Super Music Collection is a two-disc soundtrack featuring music from Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl by Hitomi Satō & Junichi Masuda. It was released on 22 December, 2006 and is priced at ¥2520.
Nintendo DS storage devices Since the DS is not sold with a storage medium; a storage device is required to store homebrew. There are two main classes of storage devices: those that require a running tool (1st generation) and those that don't (2nd generation).
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (or EAD; formerly Research & Development Team 4) is the largest division inside Nintendo of Japan, under the management of Shigeru Miyamoto. This team mostly focuses on the development of games.
Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Entertainment System (often referred to as NES or simply Nintendo), is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia in 1985. Its Japanese equivalent is known as the
Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone Owing to the popularity and longevity of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES; known in Asia as the Family Computer, or Famicom), the system would become one of the world's most cloned video game consoles. Such clones are colloquially called Famiclones (a portmanteau of "Famicom" and "clone"), and are electronic hardware devices designed to replicate the workings of, and play games designed for, the NES.
Nintendo GameCube Microphone The Nintendo GameCube Microphone is an accessory for the Nintendo GameCube that allows on-screen events to be controlled via voice. It was first released with Mario Party 6 and is approximately four inches long, one inch in diameter, and made of matte grey plastic.
Nintendo GameCube-Game Boy Advance cable The Nintendo GameCube-Game Boy Advance Cable is a cable used to connect the Nintendo GameCube (GCN) and the Game Boy Advance (GBA) to trade information. Small games can be downloaded into the GBA, the GBA may be used as an extra screen to supplement gameplay, or the GBA can be a separate controller.
Nintendo M82 The Nintendo M82 was a demonstration unit for the Nintendo Entertainment System to allow customers to try games in-store before purchasing them. The full title on the machine was the M82 Game Selectable Working Product Display NES World - M82 (Accessed June 9 2006) .
Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) Nintendo Magazine System was the official Nintendo magazine of Australia. In publication for seven years until 2000, the magazine was a branch of Nintendo Official Magazine, the UK's official Nintendo magazine, which was also called Nintendo Magazine System at the time.
Nintendo Player's Guide The Nintendo Player's Guide is a series of strategy magazines from Nintendo based on Nintendo Power magazine. The first Player's Guide was simply called The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, featuring dozens of different NES games.
Nintendo Power (cartridge) The Nintendo Power flash RAM cartridge was a Japan-only peripheral produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom and the Game Boy, which allowed owners to download Super Famicom/Game Boy games onto a special flash RAM cartridge for cheaper than the full cartridge would have been.
Nintendo Power Awards The Nintendo Power Awards, once called the Nester Awards (after the cartoon character featured in early issues of Nintendo Power), are the magazine's annual ceremony of recognition for the previous calendar year's games. The awards are nominated by the staff members, and the awards are voted on by the readers.
Nintendo SA-1 The Nintendo SA-1 (Super Accelerator 1) is a microprocessor developed by Nintendo for use in Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game cartridges. At its base, the SA-1 is an upgraded 65816-compatible coprocessor that runs alongside the SNES's 5A22 CPU (also a 65816-based processor).
Nintendo Seal of Quality The Nintendo Seal of Quality is a gold seal that was first used by Nintendo of America and later adopted by Nintendo Europe which places it on any game licensed for use on one of its video game consoles, denoting that the game has been properly licensed by Nintendo (and in theory, been checked for quality). It is a golden starburst seal that says inside "Original Nintendo Seal of Quality" for PAL regions or just "Official Nintendo Seal" in NTSC regions.
Nintendo Software Technology Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (often just Nintendo Software Technology, or "NST") is an American-based first-party developer for Japanese video game corporation Nintendo. NST was created to specifically create titles for Nintendo systems for the North American market.
Nintendo Wars Nintendo Wars (Japanese: ファミコンウォーズ Famicom Wars) is a series of military turn-based and real-time strategy video games (See wargame), developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. The series debuted in Japan on August 12, 1988.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is an online service run by Nintendo to facilitate free Internet play in compatible Nintendo DS and Wii games. Both systems can connect to the service through a Wi-Fi connection, and the Wii also has the ability to connect to the service through Ethernet.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Wiki The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Wiki is a wiki dedicated to the Nintendo Wi-fi Connection where users can post friend codes, find information about Wi-Fi connection enabled games, and get help setting their connection up. It was created to be a place where people can find people to play with, create friends, and get information for games.
Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector The Nintndo Wi-Fi USB Connector is an accessory, developed jointly by Nintendo and Buffalo Technology, which allows Nintendo DS and Wii users without a Wi-Fi connection or compatible Wi-Fi network to establish one via a broadband-connected PC. Inserted into the host PC's USB port, the connector functions as a wireless access point for the Nintendo DS and Wii, permitting the user to connect to the internet and play Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection games online.
Nintendo World Cup Nintendo World Cup is a football (soccer) video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, developed by Technos and released in 1990. It is a localization of , the fourth Kunio-kun game released for the Famicom.
Nintendo World Championship In 1990 Nintendo held a special video game competition. The competition dubbed Nintendo World Championship was based on scoring points in three Nintendo Entertainment System games within a timelimit of six minutes 21 seconds.
Nintendo World Store Nintendo World, located in New York City at Rockefeller Center, is Nintendo's flagship specialty store. It sells all sorts of Nintendo video games and merchandise, including apparel, hardware, and accessories that are exclusive to the store.
Nintendocore Nintendocore, also known as Gamecore and Ataricore is a genre of music inspired by the music or soundtracks which accompany 8-bit video games, most notably those on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is characterized by the intensity of metalcore music joined with keyboard parts that sound similar to 8-bit video game music but is occasionally remixed techno variations of old NES video game themes.
Nintendogs Nintendogs is a pet simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS video game console. Nintendogs takes advantage of the Nintendo DS' touchscreen and was the third (WarioWare: Touched!
Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland The Ninth Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the constitution of the Republic of Ireland, extended the right to vote in elections to Dáil Éireann (the lower house of parliament) to certain non-Irish citizens. It was effected by the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1984, which was approved by referendum on 14 June 1984 and signed into law on the 2 August of the same year.
Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line) Ninth Avenue is a bi-level express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and 39th Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the train (all times), and by the train (rush hours).
Ninth Avenue (Manhattan) Ninth Avenue / Columbus Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs downtown (southbound) along its full length, and in both directions between 14th and 16th Streets.
Ninth Avenue Line (Manhattan surface) The Ninth Avenue Line is a public transit line in Manhattan, New York City, United States, running mostly along Ninth Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue from Lower Manhattan to Manhattanville (earlier Lincoln Square). Originally a streetcar line, it is now the M11 bus, operated by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority out of the Manhattanville Bus Depot.
Ninth Cambridge survey at 15GHz The 9C survey at 15GHz (9C) is an astronomical catalogue generated from the radio observations of the Ninth Cambridge survey at 15GHz. It was published in 2003 by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group of the University of Cambridge.
Ninth Fort The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northwest section of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas. When the city was controlled by the Soviets, the stronghold was used as a prison and way-station for prisoners being transported to the GULAG.
Ninth Letter Ninth Letter is a literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. An interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Art+Design and the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ninth Malaysia Plan Ninth Malaysian Plan abbreviated as '9MP', is a comprehensive blueprint prepared by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department and the Finance Ministry of Malaysia with approval by the Cabinet of Malaysia to allocate the national budget from the year 2006 to 2010 to all economic sectors in Malaysia.
Ninth Texas Legislature The Ninth Texas Legislature met from 4 November 1861 to 7 March 1863 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1861.
Ninth Ward of New Orleans The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana that is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. It is the most famous in name and geographically the largest of the 17 Wards of New Orleans.
Ninth-of-May Constitution The Ninth-of-May (1948) Constitution was a constitution of Czechoslovakia in force from 1948 to 1960. It came into force on June 9, shortly after the communist seizure of power in the country on 25 February 1948.
Ninurta Ninurta in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology was the god of Nippur, identified with Ningirsu with whom he may always have been identical. In older transcriptions the name is rendered Ninib and in older commentary he is sometimes seen as a solar deity.
Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (Ninurta-tukultī-Aššur) was briefly King of Assyria in 1133 BC. He succeeded his father, the long-reigning Ashur-dan I, but the throne was very quickly usurped by his brother, Mutakkil-Nusku.
NiNa NiNa are a six-piece group formed in 1999 containing Kate Pierson (a member of the B52s), bassist Mick Karn (from the British group Japan), vocalist YUKI (from the Japanese rock band Judy and Mary), Takemi Shima and Masahide Sakuma, Japanese musicians from the Plastics, and Steven Wolf, the session drummer. Sakuma Masahide composed most of the music with input from Pierson and Yuki who also wrote the lyrics.
Nio Kongōrikishi or Niō are two wrath-filled and muscular guardians of the Buddha, standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in Japan and Korea under the appearance of frightening wrestler-like statues. They are manifestations of the Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi protector deity and are part of the Mahayana pantheon. According to Japanese tradition, they travelled with the historical Buddha to protect him.
Nio, Kagawa Nio (仁尾町; -cho) was a town located in Mitoyo District, Kagawa, Japan. On January 1, 2006 the town merged with six other towns from the district forming the city of Mitoyo and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Niobe A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe (Νιόβη), daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the wife of Amphion, boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (the Niobids), seven male and seven female,The number varies. Aelian (Varia Historia xii.
Niobe (The Matrix) Niobe (played by actress Jada Pinkett Smith) is a fictional character in the video game Enter the Matrix and the two feature films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Niobe also appears in the MMORPG The Matrix Online.
Niobid Painter The Niobid Painter was named after a krater which on one side shows the god Apollo and his sister Artemis killing the children of Niobe who were collectively called the Niobids. There is some confusion as to what is being depicted on the opposite side as none of the figures are labelled.
Niobium carbide Niobium carbide (NbC and Nb2C) is an extremely hard refractory ceramic material, commercially used in tool bits for cutting tools. It is usually processed by sintering and is a frequent additive in cemented carbides.
Niobium-tin Niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) is a metallic chemical compound of niobium (Nb) and tin (Sn), used industrially as a type II superconductor. It is more expensive than niobium-titanium (NbTi), but can withstand magnetic field intensity values up to 30 T, whereas NbTi can withstand only up to roughly 10 T.
Niobrara National Scenic River The Niobrara National Scenic River is located in north-central Nebraska, United States, approximately 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Omaha. In 1991, Congress set aside 76 miles (120 km) along two stretches of the Niobrara River for preservation under the management of the National Park Service.
Niobrara State Park Niobrara State Park, located on the outskirts of Niobrara, Nebraska in Northeastern Nebraska. The park is embedded into the bluffs which seem to rise from the shores of the Missouri and Niobrara Rivers which converge together to continue on as the Missouri River.
Nion Nion is the Irish name of the fifth letter of the Ogham alphabet, , probably meaning "fork". In Old Irish, the letter name was Nin, a name which is notable for referring both to a specific letter, and to any of the Ogham letters in general.
Niourk Niourk (published 1957) is a science fiction novel by the French writer Stefan Wul. It first appeared as one of the Fleuve Noir "Anticipation" novels, a series published in France from 1951 to 1960 which reflected the authors' attitudes towards the supposed post war rise of a "technocracy" in the countrypresents an Earth where the oceans have gone dry] and humans are [[hunter-gatherer bands.
Nioxin Nioxin Research Laboratories is a manufacturer of head and scalp cleansers, conditioners and treatment systems. Nioxin products are sold primarily by professional salons and are typically marketed to people with thinning hair or baldness problems.
Nip Fung Nip Fung () or more conveniently known as Wind is one of the two main characters in the popular Fung Wan comic series. Being the fastest man in the martial world, he specialises in using legs and sabres to fight.
Niphad Niphad is the name of a town, and of the taluka and Sub-Division headquartered there, in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. The Marathi name signifies a place without mountains; indeed, the taluka's topography is fairly level with hardly even any hills.
Nipigon River The Nipigon River is about 48 km (30 miles) long and 50 to 200 m (165 to 656 ft) wide in Ontario, Canada. The river drains Lake Nipigon into Nipigon Bay in Lake Superior, dropping from an elevation of 260 m (853 ft) to 183 m (600 ft).
Nipigon, Ontario Nipigon (2001 population 1,964) is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located on the most northern point of Lake Superior and situtated along the west side of the Nipigon River and north of the small lake running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. The bay is situated to the north and has several islands.
Nipissing—Timiskaming Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern portion of the former Timiskaming—Cochrane riding.
Nipkow disk A Nipkow disk (sometimes Anglicized as Nipkov disk) is a mechanical, geometrically operating image scanning device, invented by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. This scanning disk was a fundamental component in mechanical television through the 1920s.
Nipmuck Nation Nipmuck Nation is a self-identifier used by Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Most of the 500+ members of this group live in and around Chaubunagungamaug Reservation, Hassanamisco Reservation and the city of Worcester.
Nipper (comic) Nipper was a British comic book that ran from the issues dated 31 January to 12 September 1987, when it merged with Buster. Unlike most British comics by this time, which had A4 paper size, this was an A5 comic, which meant it was half the size of all the others, hence the name 'Nipper'.
Nipper (disambiguation) Nipper is the mascot dog on RCA Records and Media associated with the phrase His Master's Voice. In the late 1800's, a virtually unknown artist named Francis Barraud of London saw his little dog, Nipper, sitting attentively in front of the talking machine.
Nipper (tool) A nipper or tile nipper (like a pair of scissors or pliers} is a tool used to "nip" or remove small amounts of a hard material, such as pieces of a tile which needs to be fitted around an odd or irregular shape.
Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio is the University of Cincinnati's football stadium, home to their Bearcats football team in rudimentary form since 1902, and as a complete stadium since 1924. There are only six major college football stadiums still in use older than Nippert Stadium: Penn's Franklin Field (1895), Harvard Stadium (1903), Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd/Grant Field (1914), Mississippi State's Davis Wade/Scott Field (1914), the Yale Bowl (1914), Ohio Stadium (1922) and Cornell's Schoellkopf Stadium (1915).
Nipple Ring Ring Goes to Foster Care "Nipple Ring Ring Goes to Foster Care" is an upcoming episode of the animated series Drawn Together. It is scheduled to air during the second half of the show's third season, which is projected to begin in October 2007.
Nipple shield (breastfeeding) A nipple shield is a nipple-shaped sheath worn over the areola and nipple the during breastfeeding. Modern nipple shields are made of soft, thin, flexible silicone and have holes at the end of the nipple section to allow the breast milk to pass through.
Nipple shield (jewelry) A nipple shield (a term often used interchangeably with 'nipple covers', 'breast petals', 'petal tops', and other variations) is a piece of body jewelry worn on the nipple, partially or fully covering the areola. The shield part of the jewelry encircles the nipple, and can be held in place by various means, such as adhesive, suction, or friction, but is most often held in place by a Nipple piercing.
Nippleus Erectus Nippleus Erectus was a drummer of GWAR (played by former White Cross member Rob Mosby), who did all the drumming for Hell-O. He is also credited for the drums on Scumdogs of the Universe, though it was Jizmak Da Gusha who played them.
Nipplewort The Nipplewort (Lapsana communis), also known as Dock-cress, is an annual yellow-flowered composite herb that gets its name from its closed flower buds, which resemble nipples. It is a member of the Aster family, and is considered an invasive species in the United States.
Nippo Jisho The Nippo Jisho (日葡辞書, literally the “Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary”) or Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam was a Japanese to Portuguese dictionary published in Nagasaki, Japan in 1603. It contains entries for 32,293 Japanese words in Portuguese. Only four copies of the original 1603 edition exist. Facsimile editions were published in Japan in 1960 by Iwanami Shoten and again in 1973 and 1975 by Benseisha. The Benseisha reproduction is generally considered the clearer and more legible. A 1630 translation into Spanish published in Manila, an 1869 translation into French, and a 1980 translation into Japanese (by Iwanami Shoten) also exist. There is no translation into English.
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