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NIST-F1
NIST-F1 is a laser-cooled cesium fountain atomic clock at NIST in Boulder, Colorado, serving as the United States primary frequency standard from 1999 and defining the SI second.
Nistos
Nistos is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in Occitanie, southwestern France, in the Pyrenean foothills near the Neste and Barousse valleys, promoted for heritage and outdoor tourism.
Nistru
Nistru, formally Fotbal Club Nistru Otaci, was a Moldovan football club from the town of Otaci, founded in 1953, best known for winning the 2005 Moldovan Cup.
Nisyros (Νίσυρος)
Nisyros (Νίσυρος) is a Greek Dodecanese volcanic island south of Cos with a 3.8 km caldera, thirteen historical phreatic eruptions (last 1888), 1996 unrest, and UNESCO Global Geopark status in 2026.
Nita A Farahany
Nita A Farahany is an Iranian American legal scholar and philosopher at Duke Law School who argues for cognitive liberty, a human right over one's own brain and mental experiences.
Nita Ambani (नीता मुकेश अंबानी)
Nita Ambani, born Nita Dalal, is an Indian businesswoman and philanthropist who founded Reliance Foundation, co-owns the Mumbai Indians, and became the first Indian woman elected to the International Olympic Committee in 2016.
Nita Neary
Nita Neary, Chi Omega sorority resident and eyewitness in the Ted Bundy murders trial, saw a club-wielding man leaving the house on January 15, 1978, and identified Bundy at the 1979 Miami trial.
Nita Prose
Nita Prose, pen name of Nita Pronovost (born 1972), is a Toronto-based Canadian novelist and former Simon & Schuster Canada editorial director, creator of the #1 NYT-bestselling Molly the Maid series: The Maid (2022), The Mystery Guest, The Mistletoe Mystery, and The Maid's Secret.
Nita Strauss
Nita Strauss (Vinita Sandhya Strauss, born 1986) is a Los Angeles rock guitarist, Alice Cooper's touring guitarist since 2014, a Sumerian Records solo artist, first female Ibanez signature artist, and Los Angeles Rams in-house guitarist.
Nita Talbot
Nita Talbot (born Anita Sokol, August 8, 1930, New York City; also Ginger Grey) is an American retired actress, Emmy-nominated as Russian spy Marya on Hogan's Heroes, active 1949–1997, last surviving Hogan's Heroes cast-connected actor.
Nitanshi Goel
Nitanshi Goel (born 2007) is an Indian actress from Noida, best known as the lead, Phool Kumari, in Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies (2024), for which she won the 2025 IIFA Award for Best Actress.
Nitash Balsara
Nitash P. Balsara is a chemical engineer who has been a professor at UC Berkeley since 2000 and studies block copolymer electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries; he co-founded the battery companies Seeo and Blue Current.
Nitazenes
Nitazenes (2-benzyl benzimidazole opioids, benzimidazole-opioids) are synthetic mu-opioid receptor agonists developed by CIBA in the 1950s, never medically approved, and illicit since 2019; some analogues exceed fentanyl in potency.
Nitazoxanide
Nitazoxanide (Alinia) is a thiazolide antiparasitic prodrug converted to tizoxanide, inhibiting PFOR. FDA-approved in 2002 for Cryptosporidium and Giardia diarrhea in immunocompetent patients; ineffective in HIV patients.
Nite Owl
Nite Owl, the Watchmen superhero name held by Hollis Mason (Nite Owl I) and Dan Dreiberg (Nite Owl II), created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for DC's 1986 Watchmen, inspired by Charlton's Blue Beetle.
Niteesh K. Choudhry
Niteesh K. Choudhry is a Canadian-trained physician and pharmacoepidemiologist, professor at Harvard Medical School, known for the 2011 MI FREEE trial eliminating copayments for heart medications.
Nitenpyram
Nitenpyram, sold as Capstar, is a neonicotinoid insecticide given orally to kill adult fleas on dogs and cats within 30 minutes; it is also used in agriculture.
Niter
Niter, also spelled nitre, is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, known historically as saltpeter. Found in caves and arid soils, it was the oxidizer in black gunpowder.
Niterói
Niterói (Nictheroy), Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, city on Guanabara Bay founded 1573 by Araribóia; state capital 1834-1975; 481,749 people (2022), IDHM 0.837, Rio-Niterói bridge, Niemeyer's MAC.
Niterói circus fire
The Niterói circus fire was an arson attack on the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in Niterói, Brazil, on 17 December 1961, killing 503 people by the official count.
Niterói, Revista Brasiliense
Niterói, Revista Brasiliense was a periodical published in Paris in 1836 by young Brazilian intellectuals, issued twice and taken as the starting point of Brazilian Romanticism.
Niterra
Niterra Co., Ltd. (日本特殊陶業株式会社), founded in 1936 as NGK Spark Plug, is a Nagoya-based Japanese manufacturer of automotive ignition products, exhaust sensors, and technical ceramics.
Nitesh Narayan Rane
Nitesh Narayan Rane is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who serves as a Maharashtra minister holding the fisheries and ports portfolios, representing Kankavli.
Nitesh Tiwari
Nitesh Tiwari, Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer; IIT Bombay 1996, ex-Leo Burnett CCO. Directed Chillar Party, Dangal (over ₹2,000 crore), Chhichhore, Bawaal, and the Ramayana films (2026–2027).
Nitham Oru Vaanam
Nitham Oru Vaanam (நித்தம் ஒரு வானம்), also known as Aakasham in Telugu, is a 2022 Tamil romantic drama directed by Ra. Karthik, starring Ashok Selvan in a triple role with Ritu Varma and Aparna Balamurali; released 4 November 2022, positive reviews but average box office.
Nithan
Nithan (និទាន) is the Khmer word for a tale and the broad genre of storytelling, oral and written, that is one of the foundations of Cambodian literature.
Nithiin (నితిన్ కుమార్ రెడ్డి)
Nithiin (Nithin Kumar Reddy, నితిన్ కుమార్ రెడ్డి), Telugu actor-producer born 1983 in Nizamabad; debut Jayam (2002) won Filmfare Best Male Debit – South; known for Dil, Sye, Ishq, A Aa, Bheeshma; distinct from namesake Nithiin Sanaka.
Nithilan Saminathan
Nithilan Saminathan (Nithilan Swaminathan), Tamil film director and screenwriter born 1982 in Vellore; Naalaiya Iyakkunar winner, debut Kurangu Bommai (2017), breakthrough nonlinear thriller Maharaja (2024) with Vijay Sethupathi, one of 2024's highest-grossing Tamil films.
Nithin Kaimal
Nithin Kaimal is an Indian venture capital and private equity investor who serves as Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and Chief Operating Officer of BVP India.
Nithin Kamath
Nithin Kamath is an Indian trader and entrepreneur who co-founded the stock brokerage Zerodha in 2010 with his brother Nikhil, pioneering flat-fee discount broking capped at Rs 20 per trade.