Midnight: alternatives and connections

In the night time; at night.

The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil…

A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, an…

A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch fro…

of Dozen

One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Euro…

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. I…

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or lat…