Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nit

2 senses of nit

Sense 1
nit -- (a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source)
       => luminance unit -- (a measure of luminance)

Sense 2
nit -- (egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing)
       => egg -- (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)