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.

• 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.
• NIGHTTERRORS
  A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.
• 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.
• UNDERLOADSTARTER
  A motor starter provided with an underload switch.
• Sternway
  The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
• Underministry
  A subordinate or inferior ministry.
• Underwritten
  of Underwrite
• Lengthy
  Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.
• WHITEHEADTORPEDOWHITEHEAD
  A form of self-propelling torpedo.
• Underbearer
  One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
• Underpinned
  of Underpin
• White-blaze
  See White-face.
• Light-foot
  Alt. of Light-footed
• Underclay
  A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.

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