A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
abattoir
abattoir
noun
A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
abbotric
abbotric
noun
(obsolete) An abbacy.
abditory
abditory
noun
(rare) A concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
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.
abettors
abettors
noun
plural of abettor
aborters
aborters
noun
plural of aborter
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abortion
abortion
noun
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abortive
abortive
adj
(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
(medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
(obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
abrastol
abrogate
abrogate
adj
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
verb
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
acrobats
acrobats
noun
plural of acrobat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acrobat
aerobate
aerobate
verb
(aviation) To perform aerobatics.
aeroboat
aeroboat
noun
(archaic) A form of hydroaeroplane; a flying boat.
airboats
airboats
noun
plural of airboat
albatros
albatros
noun
Obsolete form of albatross.
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
arabitol
arabitol
noun
(biochemistry) A sugar alcohol derived from the pentose arabinose
arboreta
arboreta
noun
plural of arboretum
arborist
arborist
noun
A person in the practice of arboriculture; a tree surgeon
arbroath
arbroath
Proper noun
a coastal town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
babracot
backwort
bakerton
balatron
balatron
noun
A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
balewort
balloter
balloter
noun
One who votes by ballot.
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
barbiton
barbiton
noun
an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre
barbitos
barbitos
noun
An ancient stringed musical instrument from Greece, apparently a type of lute or lyre.
barbotte
barbotte
noun
A Canadian dice game akin to craps.
barcroft
bareboat
bareboat
adj
Being or pertaining to a charter for the hire of a boat without any crew or provisions included.
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
baritone
baritone
noun
(linguistics) Alternative form of barytone.
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass
The male voice between tenor and bass
The musical range between tenor and bass
a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn
barometz
barometz
noun
(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
barostat
barostat
noun
A device used to maintain a constant (atmospheric) pressure
barotaxy
barrator
barrator
noun
(archaic) A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully.
(maritime, admiralty law) A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.
(obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.
A judge who accepts bribes.
One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
barretor
barretor
noun
Alternative form of barrator
barryton
barstool
barstool
noun
Alternative form of bar stool
bartelso
barthold
bartonia
bartosch
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathrobe
bathrobe
noun
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.
bathroom
bathroom
noun
(chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
bathroot
bathwort
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
bearcoot
bearfoot
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beaufort
bedoctor
bedoctor
verb
(transitive) To address as 'doctor'.
(transitive) To care for in the manner of a doctor.
(transitive) To confer a doctoral degree upon.
bedworth
beetroot
beetroot
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.
(usually uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.
belcourt
bellport
bellwort
bellwort
noun
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
Any of various plants in the Campanulaceae family.
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
berryton
berteroa
berthold
berthold
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
berthoud
bertolde
besotter
bestower
bestower
noun
One who bestows.
bestrode
bestrode
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestride
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bestrows
bestrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestrow
betailor
betatron
betatron
noun
(physics) A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
bethorns
bethroot
bethroot
noun
Alternative form of birthroot
betorcin
betroths
betroths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betroth
betrough
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
beyrouth
bibitory
bibitory
adj
Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.
biborate
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
billroth
biltmore
bimotors
bimotors
noun
plural of bimotor
biometer
biometer
noun
(biology) A device that is used to detect the presence of life by detecting and measuring minute amounts of evolved carbon dioxide.
biometry
biometry
noun
(dated) The measurement of biological data.
The analysis of biological statistics; biostatistics.
The application of biostatistics to security; biometrics.
biotrons
biotrons
noun
plural of biotron
birdshot
birdshot
noun
A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.
A small lead or steel shot, or ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
birrotch
birthdom
birthdom
noun
Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
The land of one's birth.
bisector
bisector
noun
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
bistorta
bistorts
bistorts
noun
plural of bistort
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
bistroic
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
blaewort
bloaters
bloaters
noun
plural of bloater
blotters
blotters
noun
plural of blotter
blottier
blottier
adj
comparative form of blotty: more blotty
boarcite
boasters
boasters
noun
plural of boaster
boatward
boatward
adv
Toward a boat.
boatyard
boatyard
noun
(rare) A shipyard.
A place where boats are built and repaired.
bockeret
boettner
boithrin
bolewort
boloroot
bolsters
bolsters
noun
plural of bolster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolster
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
boltwork
bonewort
bonitary
bonitary
adj
beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil
bonneter
bookrest
bookrest
noun
A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
boomster
boomster
noun
One engaged in booming the market or a political candidate for office; one who works up a boom.
boosters
boosters
noun
plural of booster
boracite
boracite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite, with the chemical formula Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl.
borating
borating
noun
treatment or reaction with a borate
borchert
borities
bornites
bornites
noun
plural of bornite
bornitic
bornitic
adj
(mineralogy) Of or relating to bornite.
borschts
borschts
noun
plural of borscht
borstall
borstall
noun
Alternative form of borstal (“way up a hill”)
borstals
borstals
noun
plural of borstal
bosworth
bosworth
Proper noun
A city/town in Missouri, US.
botargos
botaurus
botchers
botchers
noun
plural of botcher
botchery
botchery
noun
An act of botching.
Something botched; clumsy or careless workmanship.
botchier
botchier
adj
comparative form of botchy: more botchy
boteroll
bothered
bothered
adj
Caused to show discomposure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bother
botherer
botherer
noun
Agent noun of bother; one who bothers.
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
bothrops
botrylle
botryoid
botryoid
noun
(botany) A determinate inflorescence, similar to a raceme, taking the form of flowers arranged alongside an axis.
botryose
botryose
adj
Having the form of a cluster of grapes.
Of the racemose or acropetal type of inflorescence
botrytis
botrytis
noun
Any fungus of the genus Botrytis, especially Botrytis cinerea which is responsible for the formation of noble rot on grapes.