Word Meanings - ANCHORLIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

• Night-eyed
  Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
• Underfong
  To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
• Undersleeve
  A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,
• ANCHORSHOT
  A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
• NIGHTTERRORS
  A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.
• Nightward
  Approaching toward night.
• Undergraduate
  A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.
• Understandingly
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.
• UNDERLOADSTARTER
  A motor starter provided with an underload switch.
• Singlestick
  In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
• Underhew
  To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain.
• Undertake
  To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
• Anchoritess
  An anchoress.
• WHITEHEADTORPEDOWHITEHEAD
  A form of self-propelling torpedo.
• Sternness
  The quality or state of being stern.
• Underletter
  A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.
• Underverse
  The lower or second verse.
• Internationalist
  One who is versed in the principles of international law.
• Sternway
  The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
• Underministry
  A subordinate or inferior ministry.

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