Nife
/nʌɪf/(also NIFE, NiFe, nife)
noun
Geology. Nickel-iron; specifically the earth's core or the material composing it.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Hertha Sollas (d. 1911). From German Nife from the chemical symbols Ni and Fe (from classical Latin ferrum iron: see ferro-); compare quot. 1909 at main sense.
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- beluga caviar
- belvedere
- Belyando spew
- belying
- Belém
- BEM
- bema
- be made of money
- be made of sterner stuff
- be made up
- be man enough to do (or for)
- Bemba
- be meat and drink to
- be mentioned in dispatches
- be miles away
- bemire
- bemoan
- be more than (or not) just a pretty face
- bemuse
- bemusedly
- bemusement
- be my guest
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