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.
acapulco
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acaulose
acaulose
adj
acaulous
acaulous
acaulous
adj
(botany) acaulescent
accouche
accouche
verb
(transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
accounts
accounts
noun
plural of account
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accouple
accouple
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accustom
accustom
noun
(obsolete) Custom.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
(transitive, often passive or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. [+ to (object)]
accutron
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
achelous
achelous
Proper noun
a river in western Greece
Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
achesoun
achilous
achilous
adj
(botany, anatomy) without a lip.
acholous
acholous
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile.
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
acoelous
acoelous
adj
(zoology) Without a coelom.
acolhuan
acolytus
aconitum
aconitum
noun
Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
acontium
acontium
noun
An Ancient Greek weapon similar to a javelin
One of a series of threads of a septum of some actinians
acontius
acounter
acousmas
acoustic
acoustic
adj
(architecture) (of building materials) Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.
(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.
(of a device or system) Utilizing sound energy in its operation.
(weaponry) (of an explosive mine or other weapon) Able to be set off by sound waves.
noun
(medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
(usually in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.
Clipping of acoustic guitar.
actuator
actuator
noun
(computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
Something that actuates something else.
acuation
acuation
noun
(rare) The act of sharpening.
acuerdos
adductor
adductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
adipsous
adipsous
adj
(medicine) thirst-quenching
adjourns
adjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn
adjurors
adjurors
noun
plural of adjuror
adjustor
adjustor
noun
Alternative form of adjuster
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adolphus
adoretus
adulator
adulator
noun
One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.
adultoid
adultoid
noun
(sociology) An adolescent who engages in activities that symbolize adult status.
(zoology) A premature adult form of an insect.
aduncous
aduncous
adj
curved inwards; hooked
adustion
adustion
noun
(obsolete) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
(surgery, obsolete) Cauterization.
aeluroid
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
aerobium
aeroduct
aeroduct
noun
A proposed form of ramjet that harnesses charged particles in the upper atmosphere
aeronaut
aeronaut
noun
A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
aestuous
aestuous
adj
Full of passion; agitated.
aetosaur
aetosaur
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order Aetosauria
affusion
affusion
noun
A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
aglauros
aglucone
aglucone
noun
The aglycone of a glucoside
agnostus
agoraeus
agouties
agouties
noun
plural of agouty
agraulos
ahousaht
aidoneus
ailuroid
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
aissaoua
ajourise
albumoid
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alcinous
alehouse
alehouse
noun
A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
aleikoum
aleurone
aleurone
noun
(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm.
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
alguifou
alinotum
aliquots
aliquots
noun
plural of aliquot
alkalous
allmouth
allmouth
noun
Any of the order Lophiiformes of anglerfish, such as Lophius piscatorius.
allocute
allocute
verb
(chiefly US, law) To make an allocution.
allodium
allodium
noun
(dated or historical) Freehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.
allosaur
allosaur
noun
Any of several huge carnivorous dinosaurs, of the superfamily Allosauroidea, from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods
allround
allusion
allusion
noun
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned
allusory
allusory
adj
allusive; making allusion
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
almuerzo
aloisius
alopecus
alouatta
alouatte
alouatte
noun
(now rare) A South American howler monkey (of the genus Alouatta).
alouette
aloysius
aloysius
Proper noun
name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.
alquifou
alquifou
noun
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used to give a green glaze to pottery.
although
although
conj
But, except.
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
alumroot
alumroot
noun
Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Heuchera, native to North America.
Flowering plants of genus Geranium, also called wild geraniums or cranesbills.
alunogen
alunogen
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium sulfate mineral often found on the walls of mines and quarries.
alveolus
alveolus
noun
(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ametrous
ammobium
ammonium
ammonium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH₄⁺ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any similar cation formed by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl radicals
amoebeum
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amounted
amounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amount
amounter
amourist
amourist
noun
Alternative form of amorist
ampongue
ampoules
ampoules
noun
plural of ampoule
amurcous
amurcous
adj
(archaic) Smelly; stinky.
amyelous
amyelous
adj
(medicine) Lacking the spinal cord.
analogue
analogue
adj
(mostly Commonwealth) Alternative form of analog
ancohuma
anconeus
anconeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
androuet
anemious
anemious
adj
Pertaining to anemia.
anginous
anginous
adj
Of or pertaining to angina, especially to angina pectoris
angulose
angulose
adj
Alternative form of angulous
angulous
angulous
adj
(archaic) angular; having corners
anhelous
anhelous
adj
Short of breath; panting.
aniakudo
announce
announce
verb
(transitive) to give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
(transitive) to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
annoyous
annoyous
adj
(obsolete) troublesome; annoying
annuloid
annuloid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
annulosa
annulose
annulose
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ring-like segments; ringed.
anomural
anomuran
anomuran
adj
(zoology) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen.
noun
(zoology) Any of the Anomura.
anoplura
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
anorchus
anourous
anourous
adj
Alternative form of anurous
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
anserous
anserous
adj
resembling a goose
silly
anticous
anticous
adj
(botany) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.