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.
abjugate
abjugate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
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.
adjoints
adjoints
noun
plural of adjoint
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
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
ajutment
alentejo
alentejo
Proper noun
A traditional region in southern Portugal.
bajulate
banjoist
banjoist
noun
One who plays a banjo.
bejesuit
bejesuit
verb
(rare, transitive) To subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
betjeman
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.
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.
cajaputs
cajeputs
cajuputs
coadjust
coadjust
verb
To adjust by mutual adaptations.
coadjute
coadjute
verb
To cooperate (with)
conjoint
conjoint
adj
joined together; combined; joint
conjunct
conjunct
adj
Acting together; collaborative.
Conjoined.
noun
(linguistics) An adjunct that supplements a sentence with information, connecting the sentence with previous parts of the discourse. Not considered to be an essential part of the propositional content.
(logic) Either term of a conjunction.
dejected
dejected
adj
Sad and dispirited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deject
dejectly
dejectly
adv
(obsolete) In a dejected manner.
dejerate
disjects
disjects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disject
disjoint
disjoint
adj
(set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
verb
(obsolete) To fall into pieces.
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
disjunct
disjunct
adj
(botany) Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
noun
(linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
(linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
(logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
djagatay
djakarta
djibouti
djibouti
Proper noun
in Eastern Africa, official name: Republic of Djibouti
capital city of Djibouti.
ejecting
ejecting
verb
present participle of eject
ejection
ejection
noun
That which is ejected.
The act of ejecting.
ejective
ejective
adj
Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.
noun
(phonetics) A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly.
ejectors
ejectors
noun
plural of ejector
ejicient
fjelsted
fridtjof
gjetosts
gujarati
ijussite
ijussite
noun
(mineralogy) A kind of mafic teschenite mineral.
injected
injected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inject
injector
injector
noun
(object-oriented programming) An object that realizes a dependency injection.
An apparatus by which a stream of water is forced into a steam boiler.
Any of various devices that are used to inject something.
One who injects (himself or herself with) psychoactive drugs.
injustly
injustly
adv
(rare and dated or now nonstandard) Unjustly, unfairly.
jabarite
jacaltec
jacconet
jacconet
noun
Alternative form of jaconet
jacconot
jacintha
jacinthe
jacinths
jacinths
noun
plural of jacinth
jacitara
jacitara
noun
The jacitara palm
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.
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
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.
jacobite
jacolatt
jaconets
jaconets
noun
plural of jaconet
jactance
jactance
noun
(formal) Boasting; bragging; showing off.
jactancy
jactancy
noun
(obsolete) boasting; bragging
jacteleg
jactivus
jaculate
jaculate
verb
To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.
jadeites
jadeites
noun
plural of jadeite
jagataic
jaggiest
jaggiest
adj
superlative form of jaggy: most jaggy
jaghatai
jahrzeit
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.
jailmate
jailmate
noun
An acquaintance in prison; a person imprisoned at the same time.
jakfruit
jalpaite
jalpaite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, silver, and sulfur.
jambarts
jamtland
janitors
janitors
noun
plural of janitor
janitrix
janitrix
noun
A female janitor.
janthina
janthina
noun
Alternative form of ianthina
japhetic
japhetic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible.
Of or pertaining to the supposed languages spoken by the descendants of Japheth.
jaqitsch
jaquette
jarietta
jarosite
jarosite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, KFe₃³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.
jatropha
jatropha
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
jatulian
jauntier
jauntier
adj
comparative form of jaunty: more jaunty
jauntily
jauntily
adv
In a dapper or stylish manner.
In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
jaunting
jaunting
noun
The act of taking a jaunt.
verb
present participle of jaunt
javitero
jawsmith
jawsmith
noun
(US, slang) A union organizer; later especially of the International Workers of the World.
(US, slang) An orator, especially a demagogue.
jaxartes
jazerant
jazerant
noun
(historical) A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
This kind of armor taken generally.
jazziest
jazziest
adj
superlative form of jazzy: most jazzy
jcanette
jeanette
jeanette
noun
A coarse jean fabric, used for linings.
jebusite
jeffcott
jehovist
jehovist
Proper noun
The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
Noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; opposed to adonist.
A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Anyone who uses the word "Jehovah" as the name of God in worship.
jejunity
jejunity
noun
Jejuneness.
jelotong
jelutong
jelutong
noun
Dyera costulata, a tree of the oleander subfamily.
The resin derived from this tree, once sometimes used in the production of rubber.
jennette
jephthah
jephthah
Proper noun
A judge described in the Book of Judges of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
jerkiest
jerkiest
adj
superlative form of jerky: most jerky
jestbook
jestbook
noun
joke book
jestings
jestings
noun
plural of jesting
jestwise
jestword
jesuited
jesuited
Adjective
Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.
jesuitic
jesuitic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
cunning; deceitful; crafty
jesuitry
jesuitry
Noun
Jesuitism; subtle argument.
jetbeads
jetbeads
noun
plural of jetbead
jetliner
jetliner
noun
(aviation) A jet-propelled airliner.
jetports
jetports
noun
plural of jetport
jettiest
jettiest
adj
superlative form of jetty: most jetty
jettison
jettison
noun
(countable) The action of jettisoning items.
(uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
verb
(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
jettying
jettying
noun
A technique used in mediaeval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below.
verb
present participle of jetty
jewstone
jewstone
noun
A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine
jezekite
jingoist
jingoist
adj
Jingoistic; extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy.
noun
One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
jirkinet
jirkinet
noun
An outer jacket or jerkin worn by women.
jitneuse
jitneyed
jittered
jittered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jitter
jiujitsu
jiujutsu
joannite
jobation
jobation
noun
An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
jobsmith
jobsmith
noun
(historical) A blacksmith who performs various work other than shoeing horses, such as the making of agricultural equipment.
jobstown
jocatory
jockette
jockette
noun
(US, slang) The female equivalent of a jock.
(informal, dated) A female jockey.
jocosity
jocosity
noun
(countable) A jocose utterance.
(uncountable) The state of being jocose.
jocteleg
jocteleg
noun
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Pocketknife.
jogglety
jogglety
intj
Synonym of jigglety
johathan
johnboat
johnboat
noun
a flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off
johnette
johnsten
johnston
johnston
Proper noun
A Scottish habitational surname from a place in Dumfriesshire, meaning "John's town".
An English surname, variant of Johnson.
jointage
jointage
noun
(geology) The presence or formation of joints (fractures in which the strata are not offset).
jointers
jointers
noun
plural of jointer
jointing
jointing
noun
(uncountable) The characteristic of having joints.
The act of making a joint.
The initial grinding of the teeth of a cutting tool, prior to sharpening.