Nice vs. Gneiss

Niceadjective

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Niceadjective

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Niceadjective

Respectable; virtuous.

Niceadjective

With "and", shows that the given adjective is desirable: pleasantly.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Niceadjective

Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Niceadjective

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

Niceadverb

(colloquial) Nicely.

Niceinterjection

Used to signify a job well done.

Niceinterjection

Used to signify approval.

Nicenoun

niceness.

Niceverb

To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Niceadjective

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

Niceadjective

Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.

Niceadjective

Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

Niceadjective

Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

Niceadjective

Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

Niceadjective

Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

Niceadjective

Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Niceadjective

Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

Niceadjective

Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.

Nicenoun

a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Niceadjective

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;

Niceadjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;

Niceadjective

done with delicacy and skill;

Niceadjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

Niceadjective

noting distinctions with nicety;

Niceadjective

exhibiting courtesy and politeness;

Niceadjective

giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive

Niceadjective

(of a person) good-natured; kind

Niceadjective

not good; unpleasant

Niceadjective

(especially of a difference) slight or subtle

Niceadjective

requiring careful consideration

Niceadjective

fastidious; scrupulous.

Nicenoun

a resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).

Nice

Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).

Gneissnoun

(geology) A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.

Gneissnoun

A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic gneiss or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

Gneissnoun

a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite

Gneiss

Gneiss ( nyse) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. Gneiss is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocks.