A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
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.
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abourezk
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accutron
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
acounter
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.
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
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.
adoretus
adulator
adulator
noun
One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.
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.
aetosaur
aetosaur
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order Aetosauria
aglauros
agoraeus
agraulos
ailuroid
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
ajourise
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
allosaur
allosaur
noun
Any of several huge carnivorous dinosaurs, of the superfamily Allosauroidea, from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods
allround
allusory
allusory
adj
allusive; making allusion
almuerzo
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.
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ametrous
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amounter
amourist
amourist
noun
Alternative form of amorist
amurcous
amurcous
adj
(archaic) Smelly; stinky.
androuet
anomural
anomuran
anomuran
adj
(zoology) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen.
noun
(zoology) Any of the Anomura.
anoplura
anorchus
anourous
anourous
adj
Alternative form of anurous
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
anserous
anserous
adj
resembling a goose
silly
apronful
apronful
noun
as much as an apron will hold
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
apurpose
apurpose
adv
(dialect) on purpose; deliberately
aquiform
aquiform
adj
Resembling water; watery, liquid
araceous
araceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.
araguato
araguato
noun
A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).
araneous
araneous
adj
Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
araucano
arborous
arborous
adj
Formed by trees; filled or covered with trees.
arboured
arboured
adj
Containing or situated close to trees.
ardurous
argonaut
argonaut
noun
An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
arguendo
arguendo
adv
(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
(law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.
arhauaco
armoured
armoured
adj
(military) Equipped with armoured vehicles.
Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of armour
armourer
armourer
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of armorer
arousals
arousals
noun
plural of arousal
arousers
arousers
noun
plural of arouser
arousing
arousing
adj
Causing arousal.
noun
(rare) An act or occurrence in which something is aroused
verb
present participle of arouse
arsenous
arsenous
adj
(chemistry) of, related to, or derived from arsenic, especially in an oxidation state of three; arsenious
arsinous
arsinous
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A chemical containing arsenic in oxidation state +3. Now replaced by IUPAC term arsenic(III).
arsonium
arsonium
noun
(chemistry) The univalent AsH₄⁺ cation, derived from arsine.
arsonous
arsonous
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to the arsonous acids or their derivatives
Of or relating to arson.
arthrous
arthrous
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
(specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.
arugolas
asarotum
asperous
asperous
adj
bitter, cruel, severe
rough, rugged, uneven
asperugo
asporous
asporous
adj
(botany) That does not have spores
assurors
assurors
noun
plural of assuror
athrough
atropous
atropous
adj
(botany) Not inverted; orthotropous.
attourne
auditors
auditors
noun
plural of auditor
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
augurous
augurous
adj
(obsolete) Full of augury; foreboding.
auntrous
aureolae
aureolae
noun
plural of aureola
aureolas
aureoled
aureoled
adj
Surrounded by a corona or halo.
aureoles
aureoles
noun
plural of aureole
aureolin
aureolin
noun
A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.
aureolin:
auriculo
auriform
auriform
adj
Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
aurorean
aurorean
adj
Belonging to the dawn, or resembling it in brilliant hue.
aurorian
aurorian
adj
(poetic) Of or relating to the dawn.
aurorium
ausforms
ausforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ausform
authored
authored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of author
authorly
authorly
adj
In the manner of an author.
autocarp
autocrat
autocrat
noun
A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.
An absolute ruler with infinite power.
Until the 20th century, a favorable description of a ruler who was connected with the concept of lack of conflicts of interest and an indication of grandeur and power.
autogiro
autogiro
noun
(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
autogram
autogram
noun
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.
autogyro
autogyro
noun
Alternative spelling of autogiro
autoharp
autoharp
noun
A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
autopore
autorail
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
axoneure
aznavour
azoturia
azoturia
noun
(medicine) An increase in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine
(veterinary medicine) A condition that affects the muscles of horses, ranging from stiffness and mild cramps to the horse becoming unable to stand, with discoloured urine
azureous
azureous
adj
of a fine blue color; azure.
baikonur
baikonur
Proper noun
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
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
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
beauford
beaufort
beauvoir
befavour
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
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
betrough
beyrouth
bhojpuri
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
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bihourly
bihourly
adj
Occurring once every two hours.
adv
Once every two hours.
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.
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
blousier
blousier
adj
comparative form of blousy: more blousy
boanbura
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.