NICTATE

PRONUNCIATION: (NIK-tayt)

MEANING: verb intr.: To wink or blink.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nictare (to wink or blink). Earliest documented use: 1755.
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NICHATE (pronounced "NEESH-ate") - pigeonhole

NICTOTE - what you have to do when Santa Claus sprains his ankle on Christmas Eve

NICTASE - the enzyme that detoxifies cigarette smoke