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British geologist (born 1949)
Nigel Press (born 8 March 1949) is a British geologist who pioneered the development of commercial applications of satellite earth observation technology
Nigel_Press
Male given name
Nigel (/ˈnaɪdʒəl/ NY-jəl) is an English masculine given name. The English Nigel is found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used
Nigel
British politician and broadcaster (born 1964)
Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964) is a British politician who has been Leader of Reform UK and Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton since 2024. He
Nigel_Farage
Malaysian comedian and YouTuber (born 1991)
Nigel Ng (/ʌŋ/ UNG; Chinese: 黃瑾瑜; born March 15, 1991) is a Malaysian comedian and YouTuber based in the United States. He is best known for co-creating
Nigel_Ng
geological and environmental applications. In 1972 geologist Nigel Press founded Nigel Press Associates (NPA), a company focused on satellite mapping for
Viridien_Satellite_Mapping
British film critic
Nigel Andrews FRSA (born 3 April 1947) is a British film critic best known for being the long-time chief film critic of the Financial Times. Andrews was
Nigel_Andrews
British Anglican priest and theologian (born 1955)
Nigel John Biggar, Baron Biggar (born 14 March 1955) is a British Anglican priest, theologian, ethicist, and life peer. From 2007 to 2022, he was Regius
Nigel_Biggar
English actor (1924–1972)
Nigel McGown Green (15 October 1924 – 15 May 1972) was an English actor. Because of his strapping build, commanding height (6 ft 4 in or 1.93 m) and regimental
Nigel_Green
British racing driver (born 1953)
Nigel Ernest James Mansell (/ˈmænsəl/; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. He won the
Nigel_Mansell
New Zealand Scrabble champion (born 1967)
Nigel Richards (born 1967) is a New Zealand Scrabble player. Widely regarded as the greatest Scrabble player of all time, he became World Champion in
Nigel_Richards
English actor (1929–2001)
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey
Nigel_Hawthorne
Norman lord and baron (died 1129)
Nigel d'Aubigny (Neel d'Aubigny or Nigel de Albini, died 1129), was a Norman Lord and English baron who was the son of Roger d'Aubigny and Amice or Avice
Nigel_d'Aubigny
English film director and producer (born 1949)
Nigel Lythgoe OBE (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/; born 9 July 1949) is an English television and film director and producer, television dance competition judge, former dancer
Nigel_Lythgoe
English novelist and screenwriter (1908–1970)
Nigel Marlin Balchin (3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970) was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately
Nigel_Balchin
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conductor Moses Alexandrovich Press (1861–1901), Russian engineer Natalie Press (born 1980), English actress Nigel Press (born 1949), British geologist
Press_(surname)
British politician (1932–2023)
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby (11 March 1932 – 3 April 2023) was a British politician, journalist and climate change denier. A member of the Conservative
Nigel_Lawson
British writer (1941–2007)
Nigel Richard Patton Dempster (1 November 1941 in Calcutta, India – 12 July 2007 in Ham, Surrey) was a British journalist. Best known for his celebrity
Nigel_Dempster
Novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early phase of the Hundred Years' War, spanning the years 1350 to 1356. It was written by British author
Sir_Nigel
English businessman; founder of Trafalgar House
Sir Nigel Broackes (21 July 1934 – 29 September 1999) was an English businessman and the founder of Trafalgar House, one of the United Kingdom's largest
Nigel_Broackes
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Air Commodore Nigel James Phillips, CBE (born 10[citation needed] May 1963) is a British diplomat, former Royal Air Force officer and former Governor
Nigel_Phillips
English food writer and broadcaster (born 1956)
Nigel Slater OBE (born 9 April 1956) is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written a column for The Observer Magazine for more
Nigel_Slater
British politician and writer
Nigel Nicolson OBE (19 January 1917 – 23 September 2004) was an English writer, publisher and politician. Nicolson was the second son of writers Sir Harold
Nigel_Nicolson
Political party in the United Kingdom
twenty-six local councils. It is to the right of the Conservative Party. Nigel Farage has been leader of Reform UK since June 2024. Co-founded by Farage
Reform_UK
British writer, journalist, editor and broadcaster (born 1944)
Nigel Christopher Fountain (born 1944) is a British writer, journalist, editor and broadcaster. He has been a contributor to many publications including
Nigel_Fountain
British television filmmaker (1953–2011)
Nigel George Farrell, born on 22 January 1953 in London, died 24 September 2011, was a television documentary film-maker who was a pioneer in what has
Nigel_Farrell
British horticulturalist and academic (1963–2026)
Nigel Paul Dunnett (23 January 1963 – 26 April 2026) was a British horticulturalist and academic who was a professor of planting design and urban horticulture
Nigel_Dunnett
British engineer (1876–1941)
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers
Nigel_Gresley
New Zealand psychologist and broadcaster (1967–2025)
Nigel Raymond Latta ONZM (3 July 1967 – 30 September 2025) was a New Zealand clinical psychologist, author and broadcaster. He had often been described
Nigel_Latta
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City. He played
Nigel_Worthington
1979 single by XTC
"Making Plans for Nigel" is a song by English rock band XTC, released by Virgin Records as the lead single from their 1979 album Drums and Wires. It was
Making_Plans_for_Nigel
Manx Anglican priest (born 1951)
Very Rev. Nigel Philip’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online
Nigel_Godfrey
English musician (born 1956)
Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English musician and composer. He plays the violin, viola and piano. His early career was primarily spent
Nigel_Kennedy
English football manager and former player
Nigel Howard Clough (born 19 March 1966) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Mansfield Town. Playing predominantly
Nigel_Clough
English-New Zealand producer (1941–2017)
Robert William Nigel Hutchinson (13 July 1941 – 23 March 2017) was an English-born New Zealand film producer and commercial director best known for co-producing
Nigel_Hutchinson
Particle physicist, Fermilab director
Nigel Stuart Lockyer OBE (born 5 November 1952) is a British-American experimental particle physicist. He is the current director of the Cornell Laboratory
Nigel_Lockyer
Publishing arm of the University of Oxford
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was
Oxford_University_Press
English actor-manager (1874–1934)
Sir Nigel Ross Playfair (1 July 1874 – 19 August 1934) was an English actor and director, known particularly as actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Nigel_Playfair
English lutenist, musicologist, and pedagogue
Nigel North (born 5 June 1954) is an English lutenist, musicologist, and pedagogue. He studied guitar on a scholarship to the junior department of the
Nigel_North
British diplomat (born 1966)
Nigel Marcus Baker OBE MVO (born 9 September 1966) is a British diplomat, who was formerly Ambassador to Bolivia and Ambassador to the Holy See. He was
Nigel_Baker
British design researcher (born 1942)
Nigel Cross (born 1942) is a British academic, a design researcher and educator, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies at The Open University, United Kingdom
Nigel_Cross
British actor (1895–1953)
William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was an English actor on stage and screen. He portrayed Dr. Watson in a series of films and
Nigel_Bruce
Views and voting record of the British politician
Nigel Farage is a British politician and broadcaster who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton and the Leader of Reform UK since 2024, having
Political positions of Nigel Farage
Political_positions_of_Nigel_Farage
British mathematician and professor
Nigel (1980). Computability: An Introduction to Recursive Function Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521294652. Capinski, Marek; Nigel Cutland
Nigel_Cutland
English cricketer
the Year 1991. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 1244. ISBN 978-0-521-43468-3. "First-Class Matches played by Nigel Sinker". CricketArchive. Retrieved
Nigel_Sinker
2023 UK banking controversy
Coutts closed the account held by the British politician and broadcaster Nigel Farage, triggering controversy. NatWest, the owner of Coutts, initially
Nigel Farage Coutts bank scandal
Nigel_Farage_Coutts_bank_scandal
British writer
Nigel Trevithick Tangye (24 April 1909 – 2 June 1988) was a British airman, novelist, journalist and the writer of various books about Cornwall. He worked
Nigel_Tangye
British politician (born 1957)
suspended due to legal accusations, days after criticising Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Rupert James Graham Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in Oxford.
Rupert_Lowe
English footballer
Nigel Philip Spink (born 8 August 1958) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper from 1976 until 2001
Nigel_Spink
English chess grandmaster (born 1965)
Nigel David Short MBE (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development
Nigel_Short
Canadian mathematician (born 1963)
K-Homology Oxford University Press, 2000 with John Roe Surveys in Noncommutative Geometry, 2000 with John Roe Library of Congress Nigel Higson at the Mathematics
Nigel_Higson
English footballer
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 220. ISBN 0-356-17911-7. "Nigel Batch". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z
Nigel_Batch
Australian rules footballer, born 1976
Nigel Lappin (born 21 June 1976) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. Lappin is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Geelong
Nigel_Lappin
British television and film actor (1919–2000)
Nigel Fraser Neilson (12 December 1919 – 3 June 2000) was a British television and film actor of the 1940s and 50s. Neilson was born in Aldershot in Hampshire
Nigel_Neilson
English football manager (born 1963)
Nigel Graham Pearson (born 21 August 1963) is an English football manager and former professional player. He last managed Championship club Bristol City
Nigel_Pearson
Anglo-Norman bishop and treasurer (c. 1100–1169)
Nigel (c. 1100–1169) was an Anglo-Norman clergyman and administrator who served as Bishop of Ely from 1133 to 1169. He came from an ecclesiastical family;
Nigel_(bishop_of_Ely)
English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer (born 1955)
"Monty on Nigel". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. "Dogs". Monty Don. Don, Monty (22 September 2016). Nigel: my family and other dogs. John Murray Press. ISBN 9781473641723
Monty_Don
British businessman (born 1962)
Nigel Patrick Robertson (born 13 August 1962) is a British entrepreneur and businessman, best known as the founder of FreePages plc (later renamed Scoot
Nigel_Robertson
British particle physicist
Edward William Nigel Glover FRS (born 20 June 1961) is a British particle physicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Durham. He graduated
Nigel_Glover
British historian (1924–2014)
Nigel Groom OBE (April 26, 1924 – March 5, 2014) was a British Arabist, historian, author, soldier, counter-espionage officer in MI5 and perfume expert
Nigel_Groom
British sailor
Nigel Tetley (8 February 1924 – 2 February 1972) was a British sailor who was the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a trimaran. A native
Nigel_Tetley
British mathematician
Vol. 89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27585-7. MR 0808777. Albiac, Fernando; Kalton, Nigel J. (2006). Topics in Banach space theory
Nigel_Kalton
British sociologist (born 1950)
Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert (born 21 March 1950) is a British sociologist and a pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences. He is the
Nigel_Gilbert
South African mountaineer and motivational speaker
Nigel Vardy is an English mountaineer whose experiences of recovering from severe frostbite injuries led him to become a motivational speaker and author
Nigel_Vardy
British human geographer and social scientist
Sir Nigel John Thrift DL FBA FAcSS FRSGS (born 12 October 1949) is a British academic and geographer. In 2018 he was appointed as Chair of the Committee
Nigel_Thrift
1965 British TV series or programme
The Nigel Barton plays are two semi-autobiographical television dramas by Dennis Potter, first broadcast on BBC1 on 8 and 15 December 1965 as part of
Nigel_Barton
Dutch association football player (born 1984)
Nigel de Jong (born 30 November 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director
Nigel_de_Jong
British lieutenant-colonel (born 1952)
Nigel Anthony Collett (born 20 October 1952) is a former lieutenant-colonel in the British Army and author of The Butcher of Amritsar. He is a contributor
Nigel_Collett
British politician (born 1974)
Nigel John Mills (born 1974) is a British politician and former chartered accountant who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley in Derbyshire
Nigel_Mills
British television presenter (born 1960)
Nigel Alan Marven (born 27 November 1960) is a British wildlife TV presenter, naturalist, conservationist, author, and television producer. He is best
Nigel_Marven
English cricketer and cricket administrator
profile: Nigel Draffan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2020. The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1976. Cambridge University Press. 1976
Nigel_Draffan
Musical artist
Nigel Grainge (4 October 1946 – 11 June 2017) was a British music executive, and the founder of Ensign Records in 1976. Born to Jeanette (née Allen) and
Nigel_Grainge
English journalist
Nigel Harris (born March 1957) is an English journalist and media commentator. He was managing editor of RAIL, a UK rail industry magazine and then became
Nigel_Harris_(editor)
English cricketer (born 1965)
Nigel Charles Windsor Fenton (born 17 November 1965) is an English former cricketer. The son of Charles Fenton and his wife, Shirley Windsor, He was educated
Nigel_Fenton
Scottish writer
Nigel Tranter OBE (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was a Scottish writer of a wide range of books on history and architecture, both fiction and non-fiction
Nigel_Tranter
Stream in the country of Canada
Nigel Creek is a short stream located in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It forms in the glacial meltwaters north of Sunwapta Pass and takes
Nigel_Creek
British astronomer (born 1951)
Stuart Nigel Henbest FRAS (born 6 May 1951) is a British astronomer and science communicator. Born in Manchester and educated in Belfast and at Leicester
Nigel_Henbest
New Zealand actor (born 1947)
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both independent films and
Sam_Neill
British molecular biologist
understanding of DNA repair." Press release, University of Bristol, February 16, 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2010 "Professor Nigel Savery - Our People". www
Nigel_Savery
British science writer
Nigel David McKail Ritchie-Calder (2 December 1931 – 25 June 2014) was a British science writer and climate change skeptic. Nigel Calder was born on 2
Nigel_Calder
English writer and broadcaster
Nigel Rees (born 5 June 1944 near Liverpool) is an English writer and broadcaster, known for devising and hosting the Radio 4 panel game Quote... Unquote
Nigel_Rees
British doctor (born 1941)
Roll). Retrieved 6 June 2019. "Southward, Sir Nigel (Ralph)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 6 June 2019. The
Nigel_Southward
British sociologist (1965–2022)
organizational, and social temporalities. Oxford University Press, 2016. "Professor Nigel Dodd". London School of Economics. Retrieved 16 October 2022
Nigel_Dodd
British-Kenyan influential family
Louis Leakey (1903–1972), archaeologist; son of Harry Leakey and cousin of Nigel and Rea Leakey Mary Leakey (1913–1996), archaeologist; wife of Louis Leakey
Leakey_family
New Zealand earthquake engineer
Michael John Nigel Priestley ONZM (21 July 1943 – 23 December 2014) was a New Zealand earthquake engineer. He made significant contributions to the design
Nigel_Priestley
Fictional character
Nigel Molesworth is a fictional character, the supposed author of a series of books about life in an English prep school named St Custard's. The books
Nigel_Molesworth
Canadian-Kazakh ice hockey player
Nigel Alexander Dawes (born February 9, 1985) is a Canadian–Kazakhstani former professional ice-hockey winger. He played 212 games in five seasons in
Nigel_Dawes
Baronet (1923–2019)
‘SEELY, Sir Nigel (Edward)’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012;
Nigel_Seely
English footballer (born 1963)
Nigel Winterburn (born 11 December 1963) is an English former professional footballer who made 687 appearances in the Football League and Premier League
Nigel_Winterburn
British activist
Nigel Gibson is an activist-intellectual, a scholar specialising in philosophy and author whose work has focussed, in particular, on Frantz Fanon. Edward
Nigel_Gibson
British author and critic (1909–1982)
Podell, Janet; Anzovin, Steven, eds. (1983). "Nigel Gosling". The Annual Obituary, 1982. St. James Press. p. 235-236. ISBN 9780912289014. Clarke, Mary
Nigel_Gosling
British motor racing mechanic (1958–2014)
Nigel Stepney (14 November 1958 – 2 May 2014) was a British mechanic. He worked for several teams in Formula One before being appointed chief mechanic
Nigel_Stepney
British director, writer, and musician
Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953) is an English music video director and filmmaker. Originally from Catterick, North Yorkshire, he is based in Los Angeles
Nigel_Dick
British/American graphic designer, author, and theorist (born 1942)
Nigel Holmes (born 15 June 1942, Swanland, England) is a British/American graphic designer, author, and theorist, who focuses on information graphics
Nigel_Holmes
Irish architect
collected in several volumes published by Princeton Architectural Press and Yvon Lambert. "Nigel Peake". Hass, Nancy (4 November 2019). "How an Early 20th-Century
Nigel_Peake
British political activist, financier, and convicted felon
United States in 2017. He is a senior adviser, campaigner and fundraiser for Nigel Farage and leads the political consultancy Geostrategy. Cottrell was born
George_Cottrell
Canadian executive and political staffer (1963–2025)
Nigel Stewart Wright (May 18, 1963 – September 30, 2025) was a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and political aide. He served as the thirteenth chief of
Nigel_S._Wright
English multimedia artist (born 1957)
Nigel Ayers (born 1957 in Tideswell, Derbyshire) is an English multimedia artist. His sound art has included numerous audio releases and live performances
Nigel_Ayers
British biologist (1928–1994)
William Nigel Bonner (15 February 1928 – 27 August 1994) was a British zoologist, Antarctic marine mammal specialist, author and ecologist. The topics
Nigel_Bonner
English footballer
(1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5. Nigel Johnson stats at Neil Brown stat site v t e
Nigel_Johnson_(footballer)
British composer, teacher and aid worker
Nigel Osborne MBE (born 23 June 1948) is a British composer, teacher and aid worker. He served as Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh
Nigel_Osborne
NIGEL PRESS
NIGEL PRESS
Girl/Female
Biblical
Black.
Male
English
Middle English form of Latin Nigellus, NIGEL means "champion."
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, Gaelic, German, Hindu, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Latin, Scandinavian, Tamil
Dark Cloud; Champion; Dark Night; Black
Girl/Female
American, Hindu, Indian, Sikh
Champion; A Beautiful Bird
Boy/Male
German, Swedish
Angel; Bright Angle
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of Hebrew Daniyel, DÀNIEL means "God is my judge."
Boy/Male
Latin American Irish English Scandinavian Gaelic
Dark.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Beauty
Boy/Male
German
Angel.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Presents, Gifts
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Black
Boy/Male
Arabic
Foot. Rigel is a blue star of the first magnitude that marks the hunter's left foot in the Orion...
Boy/Male
Spanish
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Hebrew Daniyel, DÃNIEL means "God is my judge."
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Neil, NIEL means "champion." Compare with another form of Niel.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Calm
Girl/Female
Arabic, Russian
Smart
Boy/Male
German, Spanish
Champion; Form of Niall
Boy/Male
Arabic
Foot; Rigel is a Blue Star of the First Magnitude that Marks the Hunter's Left Foot in the Orion Constellation
Male
French
Anglo-Norman French form of Middle English Nigel, NIHEL means "champion."
NIGEL PRESS
NIGEL PRESS
Male
Greek
(Σοφός) Greek name SOPHOS means "clever, skilled."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shrinitha | à®·à¯à®°à¯€à®¨à®¿à®¤à®¾
Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
Hindu
A short letter, Alphabet
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Tickle
Boy/Male
Danish, Gujarati, Indian, Swedish
God is Gracious
Boy/Male
Indian
The giver of life
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Star
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Recommendation
Boy/Male
Hindu
Honey keeper
Girl/Female
Tamil
Harsita | ஹரà¯à®¸à¯€à®¤à®¾
Happy, Full of Joy
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n.
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
a.
Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
n.
An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
n.
Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
n.
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
n.
The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
n.
A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
n.
A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
n.
One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
n.
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
n.
A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.
n.
The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
n.
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
n.
See Rigel.
n.
Pressure.
a.
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
a.
Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.