A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
abbotsun
abductor
abductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
abeokuta
abeokuta
Proper noun
A city in southwest Nigeria.
ablution
ablution
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
abluvion
abluvion
noun
(obsolete, rare) That which is washed off.
aboideau
aboideau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
aboiteau
aboiteau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) Alternative form of aboideau
abomasum
abomasum
noun
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
abomasus
abomasus
noun
Alternative form of abomasum
aboulias
aboulias
noun
plural of aboulia
abounded
abounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abound
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abourezk
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
abscound
absolute
absolute
adj
(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
(especially philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
(law, postpositive, formal) Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or (sometimes contextually) certain kinds of occurrence.
(mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
(mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
(obsolete) Absolved; free.
(of Celtic languages) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
(of a comparative or superlative) Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
(of a usually transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
(of an adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
(very occasionally postpositive) Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
noun
(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
absonous
absonous
adj
(obsolete) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
abusious
abusious
adj
Alternative form of abusive
abutilon
abutilon
noun
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
aerobium
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
albumoid
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ammobium
amoebeum
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
arborous
arborous
adj
Formed by trees; filled or covered with trees.
arboured
arboured
adj
Containing or situated close to trees.
aubusson
autobahn
autobahn
noun
By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
autoboat
auxobody
babouche
babouche
noun
A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
baculoid
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
baikonur
baikonur
Proper noun
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
bailouts
bailouts
noun
plural of bailout
ballahou
ballahou
noun
Alternative form of ballahoo
bamboula
bamboula
noun
A dance accompanied by such drums.
A drum made from giant bamboo.
barbacou
barbudos
barocius
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
barquero
battutos
baudouin
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
beaucoup
beaucoup
adv
In abundance.
det
(US, informal) Much, many, a lot of.
beaudoin
beauford
beaufort
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
beauvoir
beclouds
beclouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud
bedouins
bedouins
noun
plural of bedouin
beehouse
beehouse
noun
A beehive or apiary.
befavour
befouled
befouled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befoul
befouler
befouler
noun
One who befouls.
belabour
belabour
verb
(British spelling, transitive) To attack someone verbally.
(British spelling, transitive) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.
(British spelling, transitive) To discuss something unduly or repeatedly; to harp on.
(British spelling, transitive) To explain or elaborate at length or in excessive detail; overelaborate.
(transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently.
belamour
belamour
noun
(obsolete) A loved one; a darling, lover.
belcourt
beliquor
berairou
berloque
berouged
berouged
adj
Wearing rouge.
berthoud
bescours
beshouts
beshouts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshout
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
besmouch
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bespouse
bespouse
verb
(transitive) To marry
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
betrough
beyrouth
bhojpuri
bhumibol
bibulous
bibulous
adj
Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
Very absorbent.
bicolour
bicolour
adj
(British spelling) Having two colours
noun
(British spelling) A flag with such colours, consisting of two stripes that are either vertical or horizontal.
(British spelling) A flower, cat etc., that has two colours.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
bifolium
bifolium
noun
(geometry) A quartic plane curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is (x²+y²)²=ax²ʸ.
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bigamous
bigamous
adj
(of a marriage) involving bigamy
(of a spouse) guilty of bigamy
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bihourly
bihourly
adj
Occurring once every two hours.
adv
Once every two hours.
bijugous
bijugous
adj
(botany, archaic) bijugate
bimanous
bimanous
adj
(biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
bimodule
bimodule
noun
(mathematics) An abelian group that is both a left and a right module, such that the left and right multiplications are compatible
binnogue
binodous
biovular
biovular
adj
(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
biparous
biparous
adj
producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning
biporous
biramous
biramous
adj
Branching in two, composed of two branches.
bisetous
bisetous
adj
Alternative form of bisetose
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
blackout
blackout
noun
(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A temporary loss of consciousness.
A temporary loss of memory.
An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
verb
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black out
blauboks
blauboks
noun
plural of blaubok
blauwbok
blauwbok
noun
The bluebuck (extinct mammal).
blockout
blockout
noun
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
blousier
blousier
adj
comparative form of blousy: more blousy
blousily
blousily
adv
In a blousy manner.
blousing
blousing
verb
present participle of blouse
blousons
blousons
noun
plural of blouson
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowouts
blowouts
noun
plural of blowout
blowtube
blowtube
noun
(rare) A blowgun.
A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.).
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bluebook
bluebook
noun
A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.
verb
(law) To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.
bluecoat
bluecoat
noun
(Britain) A traditional dress code at certain prestigious British schools
(US history) A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War
(dated) A policeman
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.