A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
abjectly
abjectly
adv
In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
abjudged
abjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjudge
abjugate
abjugate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
abjurers
abjurers
noun
plural of abjurer
abjuring
abjuring
verb
present participle of abjure
adjacent
adjacent
adj
(figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
noun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
prep
(figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Next to; beside.
adjoined
adjoined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjoin
adjoiner
adjoints
adjoints
noun
plural of adjoint
adjourns
adjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn
adjudged
adjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjudge
adjudger
adjudger
noun
One who adjudges.
adjudges
adjudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudge
adjugate
adjugate
noun
(mathematics) The transpose of the respective cofactor matrix, for a given matrix. One of the factors in calculating the inverse of a matrix. Commonly notated as adj(A), where A is the given matrix.
verb
(obsolete) To yoke an animal to something
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
adjuntas
adjurers
adjurers
noun
plural of adjurer
adjuring
adjuring
noun
adjuration
verb
present participle of adjure
adjurors
adjurors
noun
plural of adjuror
adjusted
adjusted
adj
Which has been compensated in order to avoid bias.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjust
adjuster
adjuster
noun
One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
adjustor
adjustor
noun
Alternative form of adjuster
adjutage
adjutage
noun
Alternative form of ajutage
adjutant
adjutant
adj
Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.
noun
(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
(zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.
An assistant.
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adjutrix
adjutrix
noun
A female adjutor.
adjuvant
adjuvant
adj
(medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
noun
(agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. [from mid 20th c.]
(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]
(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.]
(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.]
Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
adjuvate
adjuvate
verb
To help; to further
adonijah
ajonjoli
ajourise
ajutment
alentejo
alentejo
Proper noun
A traditional region in southern Portugal.
alforjas
alforjas
noun
plural of alforja
aljamado
aljamiah
alleluja
aparejos
aparejos
noun
plural of aparejo
araquaju
azulejos
azulejos
noun
plural of azulejo
babajaga
bajadero
bajocian
bajocian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
bajonado
bajulate
banerjea
banerjee
banjoist
banjoist
noun
One who plays a banjo.
barkinji
basenjis
bejabers
bejabers
noun
Alternative form of bejabbers
benjamen
benjamin
benjamin
noun
(UK, slang, dated) A kind of upper coat for men.
(US, slang) Alternative form of Benjamin: a US $100 bill.
A balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin.
A type of tree which produces benzoin or has similar properties; specifically, Styrax benzoin, Lindera benzoin a Benjamin bush.
betjeman
biajaiba
bijugate
bijugate
adj
(botany) Of a compound leaf, having two pairs of leaflets
(botany) Of leaf arrangement, having pairs of (opposite) leaves, spirally arranged, producing a double spiral
blatjang
blatjang
noun
(South Africa) A spicy South African chutney.
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejays
bluejays
noun
plural of bluejay (alternative spelling of blue jays).
bogijiab
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
bostanji
bostanji
noun
(historical) One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
brabejum
brinjaul
brujeria
caborojo
cajaputs
cajeputs
cajolers
cajolers
noun
plural of cajoler
cajolery
cajolery
noun
cajolement
cajoling
cajoling
noun
the act of one who cajoles
verb
present participle of cajole
cajuputs
canajong
canajong
noun
Alternative form of canagong
canjilon
carajura
carajura
noun
A Brazilian plant, the cricket-vine (Fridericia chica).
A red pigment extracted from the leaves of this plant.
carcajou
carcajou
noun
Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
carijona
coadjust
coadjust
verb
To adjust by mutual adaptations.
coadjute
coadjute
verb
To cooperate (with)
conjugal
conjugal
adj
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
crackjaw
crackjaw
adj
Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.
dejerate
devaraja
djagatay
djagoong
djailolo
djakarta
djasakid
djasakid
noun
A kind of medicine man among the Chippewa people.
djellaba
djellaba
noun
A loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.
djeloula
doorjamb
doorjamb
noun
Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
earjewel
ejaculum
ejaculum
noun
ejaculation; ejaculate
elmajian
emajagua
emajagua
noun
The flowering plant Hibiscus pernambucensis.
enjambed
enjambed
adj
(grammar, of two syntactic units) continued without a pause
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enjamb
fjarding
flapjack
flapjack
noun
(Britain) A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.
(US) A pancake.
flipjack
foujdary
foujdary
noun
Alternative form of faujdari
frabjous
frabjous
adj
Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
fujiwara
fujiyama
fujiyama
Proper noun
Mount Fuji.
galionji
glenjean
granjeno
granjeno
noun
Celtis ehrenbergiana, a thorny plant with edible orange berries.
guajillo
guajillo
noun
A huajillo (the shrub Senegalia berlandieri, formerly Acacia berlandieri).
A variety of chili, a dried mirasol.
guajiras
gujarati
hamingja
hamingja
noun
(mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.
harijans
hejazian
highjack
highjack
noun
Alternative spelling of hijack
hijacked
hijacked
adj
Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hijack
hijacker
hijacker
noun
(computing) Hijackware.
Someone who hijacks.
huajillo
huajillo
noun
The shrub Senegalia berlandieri, formerly Acacia berlandieri.
jabalina
jabalpur
jabalpur
Proper noun
A large city in India, in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
jabarite
jabbered
jabbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jabber
jabberer
jabberer
noun
One who jabbers.
jaborine
jaborine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, resembling atropine.
jacaltec
jacamars
jacamars
noun
plural of jacamar
jacconet
jacconet
noun
Alternative form of jaconet
jacconot
jacintha
jacinthe
jacinths
jacinths
noun
plural of jacinth
jacitara
jacitara
noun
The jacitara palm
jackaroo
jackaroo
noun
(Australia) A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.
(Australia, Queensland, obsolete) A white man living outside of a white settlement.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a jackaroo.
jackbird
jackbird
noun
A saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
jackboot
jackboot
noun
(informal, by extension) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.
A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
verb
(intransitive) To march in jackboots.
(transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
jackelyn
jackeroo
jackeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of jackaroo
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
jackhead
jackhorn
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
jackpile
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
jackroll
jackroll
verb
(transitive) To rob or mug (a person).
(transitive, South Africa) To perpetrate male gang rape against women (jackrolling).
jackshay
jackshay
noun
(dated, Australia) A pot (incorporating a cup) used to make tea
jackshea
jackstay
jackstay
noun
(nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.
(nautical) A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.
(nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.
(underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.
jackweed
jackwood
jackwood
noun
Cryptocarya glaucescens, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia whose bark is dark brown or reddish-brown and often scaly.
jackyard
jackyard
noun
(nautical) A spar at the top of a mast that supports a topsail
jacobaea
jacobean
jacobean
Adjective
Relating to a Jacob or James.
Relating to or characteristic of the reign of James VI and I (of Scotland and England).