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.
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
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.]
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.
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
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.
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
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.
ametrous
amounter
amourist
amourist
noun
Alternative form of amorist
androuet
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
araguato
araguato
noun
A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).
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).
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.
asarotum
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.
auntrous
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
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
beaufort
belcourt
berthoud
betrough
beyrouth
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
botaurus
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
bountree
bourette
bourtree
bouteria
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
bromuret
bromuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A bromide.
bronteum
brotulid
brouette
broughta
brownout
brownout
noun
(Philippines, some other countries) A blackout, regardless of time of day.
A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
bruceton
brushton
brutedom
brutedom
noun
The condition of being a brute; brutality.
budworth
bullwort
bullwort
noun
A plant, bishop's weed, Ammi majus.
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
burgouts
burhmoot
burnouts
burnouts
noun
plural of burnout
burritos
burritos
noun
plural of burrito
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burrito
burrknot
bursitos
burstone
buttoner
buttoner
noun
(slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.
A manufacturer of buttons.
Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
One who buttons something.
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
butyrous
butyrous
adj
Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing butter, buttery
calutron
calutron
noun
(physics) A form of mass spectrometer used to separate the isotopes of uranium.
carryout
carryout
noun
(US, Scotland) An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand; a takeaway.
(US, Scotland) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
cartouch
cartouch
noun
Alternative form of cartouche
causator
causator
noun
(obsolete) One who causes something; a causer.
choultry
choultry
noun
Alternative form of choltry
citreous
citreous
adj
Of the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish.
clotured
clotured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cloture
clotures
clotures
noun
plural of cloture
clouters
clouters
noun
plural of clouter
clubroot
clubroot
noun
(phytopathology) A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike.
A root thus affected.
coauthor
coauthor
noun
An author who collaborates with another to write something.
verb
To write something in collaboration with another author.
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
colature
colature
noun
(obsolete) A strainer.
(obsolete) The matter that is strained.
(obsolete) The process of straining.
commuter
commuter
noun
(Philippines) Using public transport.
(US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.
(transport) Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2)
One who commutes (etymology 1).
computer
computer
noun
(by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
construe
construe
noun
A translation.
verb
(grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
(grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
(transitive) To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
(transitive) To translate.
To infer.
contours
contours
noun
plural of contour
contrude
coquetry
coquetry
noun
(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
cornuate
cornuate
adj
(medicine, zoology) Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus.
cornuted
cornuted
adj
Bearing horns; horned.
Horn-shaped.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornute
cornutin
cornutos
cornutos
noun
plural of cornuto
cornutus
corrupts
corrupts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt
corythus
costumer
costumer
noun
(informal) A costume drama.
A person who designs, makes or supplies theatrical costumes; a costumier.
A person who wears a costume or takes part in cosplay.
cosuitor
cosurety
cosurety
noun
One who is surety with another.
cotarius
cotenure
cotenure
noun
(rare) joint tenure
cothurni
cothurni
noun
plural of cothurnus
cothurns
cothurns
noun
plural of cothurn
coturnix
coulters
coulters
noun
plural of coulter
counters
counters
noun
plural of counter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counter
countour
countree
countree
noun
(archaic, poetic) Alternative form of country, used when poetic meter demands a stress on the final syllable.
countrie
countrie
noun
Obsolete spelling of country
courante
courante
noun
(music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
(music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)
couranto
couranto
noun
Alternative form of coranto
courants
courants
noun
plural of courant
courtage
courtepy
courtepy
noun
(historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
courters
courters
noun
plural of courter
courtesy
courtesy
adj
Given or done as a polite gesture.
Supplied free of charge.
noun
(countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
(law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
(uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
(uncountable) Polite behavior.
(uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
A curtsey.
verb
Alternative form of curtsey
courtier
courtier
noun
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.
A person in attendance at a royal court.
A person who flatters in order to seek favour.
courting
courting
noun
courtship; amorous advances
verb
present participle of court
courtlet
courtlet
noun
A petty court.
courtman
courtnay
courtney
courtney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
courtois
courtrai
courtund
couthier
couthier
adj
comparative form of couthie: more couthie
coutures
coutures
noun
plural of couture
couverte
cowbrute
cricotus
croquets
croquets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croquet
crosscut
crosscut
noun
(mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
A crosscut saw.
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
verb
(film) To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut across something.
crotalum
crotalum
noun
(music) A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
crotalus
crotopus
croutons
croutons
noun
plural of crouton
crudwort
crumpton
crustose
crustose
adj
(lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
cryptous
cuartino
cubatory
cuneator
curation
curation
noun
(archaic) The act of curing or healing.
(databases) The manual updating of information in a database.
The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.