Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 74 compound words that contain nit. The most common are listed below. Open nit in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- nit combA fine-toothed comb used to remove nits from the hair.
- nit-pickingAlternative spelling of nitpicking: The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
- nit combsplural of nit comb: A fine-toothed comb used to remove nits from the hair.
- nit-pickerAlternative spelling of nitpicker: One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
- nit-pickyAlternative spelling of nitpicky: Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- nit-pickersplural of nit-picker: One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
- nit-noidA small and inconsequential detail.
- nit-noidsplural of nit-noid: A small and inconsequential detail.
- nit nurseA nurse who periodically checked schoolchildren's hair for lice.
- nit nursesplural of nit nurse: A nurse who periodically checked schoolchildren's hair for lice.
- nit-keeperSomeone, usually a criminal, who keeps watch; a lookout
- nit-keepersplural of nit-keeper: Someone, usually a criminal, who keeps watch; a lookout
Compound words 74
- nittyFull of nits.
- nitpickTo correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- nitpickingThe painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
- nitwitA scatterbrained or stupid person.
- nitskyNothing.
- NITianAn alum of one of the National Institutes of Technology.
- nitgrassGastridium ventricosum, a European annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets.
- nitterA louse that deposits nits on horses.
- nitrateAny salt or ester of nitric acid.
- nitrousPertaining to or composed of nitre; having the properties of nitre, bitter.