nis

noun

1. A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.

   “No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.”

   “The people of the Feroes call the Nisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring luck to any place where they take up their abode.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Network Information Service.

contraction

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete)Contraction of ne is

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of new in shrink.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of National Intelligence Service, the current South Korean counterintelligence agency.