A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
abatjours
abatjours
noun
plural of abatjour
abject
abject
adj
(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
noun
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
abjectedness
abjectedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abjected.
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
abjuratory
abjuratory
adj
Involving abjuration.
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
adjustability
adjustability
noun
The state or condition of being adjustable.
adjustable
adjustable
adj
capable of being adjusted
noun
Anything that can be adjusted.
adjustably
adjustably
adv
In a way that is adjustable.
assubjugate
assubjugate
verb
(obsolete) To bring into subjection.
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
bajulate
banjoist
banjoist
noun
One who plays a banjo.
banjoists
banjoists
noun
plural of banjoist
baviaantje
bejant
bejant
noun
A first-year male student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
bejesuit
bejesuit
verb
(rare, transitive) To subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
bemajesty
benjaminite
benjaminite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.
benjamite
benjamite
Noun
A Benjaminite.
betjeman
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
bijectively
bijectively
adv
In a bijective manner.
bijouterie
bijouterie
noun
Small articles of jewellery, trinkets, etc.
bijouteries
bijouteries
noun
plural of bijouterie
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
bitolj
bjart
blatjang
blatjang
noun
(South Africa) A spicy South African chutney.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejoint
bojite
bojite
noun
A type of hornblendic gabbro.
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
bootjacks
bootjacks
noun
plural of bootjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootjack
bostanji
bostanji
noun
(historical) One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
bstj
butterjags
conjecturable
conjecturable
adj
Able to be conjectured upon.
conjecturableness
conjecturably
conjecturably
adv
In a conjecturable manner
conjubilant
conjubilant
adj
(archaic) Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together.
cosubject
counterobjection
counterobjection
noun
A legal objection raised in response to an earlier objection.
countersubject
countersubject
noun
(music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music
djibouti
djibouti
Proper noun
in Eastern Africa, official name: Republic of Djibouti
capital city of Djibouti.
dubbeltje
dubbeltje
noun
(South Africa, historical) An English penny, worth the same as the Dutch coin.
(historical) A former Dutch coin, originally of silver, worth one tenth of a guilder.
ejectable
ejectable
adj
Able to be ejected.
noun
(aerospace) Any object that is ejected by a satellite while it is in space.
enjambement
enjambement
noun
Alternative form of enjambment
enjambements
enjambements
noun
plural of enjambement
enjambment
enjambment
noun
A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
enjambments
enjambments
noun
plural of enjambment
inadjustability
inadjustable
injectable
injectable
adj
(pharmacy) Capable of being (or designed to be) injected
noun
(pharmacy, cosmetics, pharmacology) A liquid, such as a medicine or a Botox solution, which is injected using a needle and syringe.
injectables
injectables
noun
plural of injectable
injustifiable
insubjection
insubjection
noun
Lack of subjection or obedience.
interobjective
interobjective
adj
Between objects.
intersubjective
intersubjective
adj
Accessible to or capable of being established for two or more subjects.
Involving or occurring between separate conscious minds.
intersubjectively
intersubjectively
adv
(philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects
intersubjectivity
intersubjectivity
noun
The state or condition of being intersubjective.
irrejectable
irrejectable
adj
That cannot be rejected; irresistible.
jabarite
jabberment
jabberment
noun
(dialect or archaic) jabber
jabot
jabot
noun
A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.
jaboticaba
jaboticaba
noun
Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.
The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
jaboticabas
jaboticabas
noun
plural of jaboticaba
jabots
jabots
noun
plural of jabot
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.
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jackboots
jackboots
noun
plural of jackboot
jackrabbit
jackrabbit
noun
any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus
verb
(US) To make a sudden, rapid movement
jackrabbits
jackrabbits
noun
plural of jackrabbit
jacobethan
jacobethan
Adjective
Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
jacobinisation
jacobinization
jacobite
jacobitely
jacobitiana
jacobitic
jacobitic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
jacobitical
jacobitical
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
jacobitically
jacobitish
jacobitish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
jacobitishly
jacobitism
jacobitism
Noun
The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.
jacobsite
jacobsite
noun
(mineralogy) A manganese iron oxide mineral, a magnetite spinel.
jailbait
jailbait
noun
(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being "temptingly" attractive and/or seductive.
jalbert
jambart
jambarts
jambstone
jambstone
noun
The stone forming the jamb of a doorway.
jarbot
jastrzebie
jatoba
jatoba
noun
Courbaril, a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril
The wood of the courbaril tree, highly desirable for flooring and specialty uses because of its hardness.
jawbation
jawbation
noun
Alternative spelling of jobation
jebat
jebusite
jebusitic
jebusitical
jebusitish
jerrybuilt
jerrybuilt
adj
Shoddily built; ill-constructed.
jestbook
jestbook
noun
joke book
jetbead
jetbead
noun
Alternative form of jet bead
jetbeads
jetbeads
noun
plural of jetbead
jettisonable
jettisonable
adj
Capable of being jettisoned.
jibouti
jibstay
jibstay
noun
(nautical) A stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached
jibuti
jitterbug
jitterbug
noun
(colloquial) A nervous or jittery person.
(dance) An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
(jazz) A jazz musician or aficionado.
Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”)
verb
To dance the jitterbug.
jitterbugged
jitterbugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug
jitterbugger
jitterbugger
noun
A person who dances the jitterbug.
jitterbugging
jitterbugging
verb
present participle of jitterbug
jitterbugs
jitterbugs
noun
plural of jitterbug
jobation
jobation
noun
An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
jobbet
jobcentre
jobcentre
noun
Alternative spelling of Jobcentre
joblots
jobmaster
jobmaster
noun
Alternative spelling of job master
jobmistress
jobmistress
noun
(UK, historical) A female job master (one who lets out horses and carriages).
jobsite
jobsite
noun
A physical location where work is done, especially construction work.
jobsmith
jobsmith
noun
(historical) A blacksmith who performs various work other than shoeing horses, such as the making of agricultural equipment.
jobstown
johnboat
johnboat
noun
a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off
johnboats
johnboats
noun
plural of johnboat
joubert
jubartas
jubartes
jubate
jubate
adj
Having a mane.
Having hair in the style of a mane.
jubilant
jubilant
adj
In a state of elation.
jubilantly
jubilantly
adv
With jubilation or triumph.
jubilate
jubilate
verb
To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
jubilated
jubilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jubilate
jubilates
jubilates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate