scotophase
/ˈskə(ʊ)təʊˌfeɪz/noun
Chiefly Biology. A period of darkness, especially one that is artificially imposed; an artificial night.
Origin
1930s (in an earlier sense). From scoto- + phase.
- rightmost
- rightness
- righto
- right of abode
- right of appearance
- right-of-centre
- right of common
- right off the bat
- right of primogeniture
- right of search
- right of way
- right-of-way man
- right on
- right out of the box
- right prismatic
- right-reading
- Right Reverend
- right-sided
- right side tool
- rights issue
- rightsize
- right smart
- rights of man
- right sphere
- right stuff