(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
affirmable
affirmable
adj
Able to be affirmed.
amalbergas
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
amboceptor
amboceptor
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of hemolysin
ambodexter
ambodexter
noun
Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
amerceable
amerceable
adj
Liable to be amerced.
amerciable
amerciable
adj
Alternative form of amerceable
amoebiform
amoebiform
adj
Alternative form of amebiform
anaerobism
anaerobism
noun
The property of being anaerobic.
anaerobium
antenumber
arboretums
armbruster
assemblers
assemblers
noun
plural of assembler
asssembler
bacteremia
bacteremic
bacteremic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)
bamboozler
bamboozler
noun
One who bamboozles; a trickster.
bandmaster
bandmaster
noun
(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
barometers
barometers
noun
plural of barometer
barometric
barometric
adj
Made or done with a barometer
Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
barthelemy
bartholemy
bartolomeo
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
bathometer
bathometer
noun
An instrument that measures the depth of water, used especially to measure the depth of ocean water.
bathometry
bathroomed
bathroomed
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having (the specified kind or number of) bathrooms.
bathymeter
bathymeter
noun
Alternative form of bathometer
bathymetry
bathymetry
noun
The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.
batteryman
baumeister
beachlamar
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beclamored
beclamored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclamor
bedchamber
bedchamber
noun
(archaic) A bedroom.
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellarmine
bellarmine
noun
A stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
bellmaster
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
bergamasca
bermudians
bersiamite
bescramble
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
betrayment
betrayment
Noun
betrayal
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
bicamerist
bicamerist
noun
An advocate of bicameralism (of two legislative chambers)
bichelamar
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
biedermann
bilamellar
bilamellar
adj
Having two lamellae
bimestrial
bimestrial
adj
Occurring once every two months
biometrika
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blasphemer
blasphemer
noun
One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
blastoderm
blastoderm
noun
(embryology) The germination point in an ovum from which the embryo develops.
blastomere
blastomere
noun
(biology) Any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg.
blepharism
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blubberman
boanergism
boatmaster
boatmaster
noun
(nautical) A person officially qualified to be in charge of a vessel of a specified category.
bohmerwald
bombardier
bombardier
noun
(Canada, Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
(Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
(entomology) A bombardier beetle.
An artilleryman; a gunner.
bombardmen
bombardmen
noun
plural of bombardman
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookmarker
bookmarker
noun
A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
boomerangs
boomerangs
noun
plural of boomerang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boomerang
bordermark
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
brachtmema
brachycome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
bradyseism
bradyseism
noun
(volcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas
brahmaness
brahmaness
noun
Alternative form of brahminess
brahmanize
brainstems
brainstems
noun
plural of brainstem
brakemaker
brakemaker
noun
A manufacturer of brakes.
brambliest
brambliest
adj
superlative form of brambly: most brambly
brandamore
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breakerman
breakermen
breastbeam
breastbeam
noun
Part of a loom.
breastmark
brewmaster
brewmaster
noun
A person in charge of beer production at a brewery
brickmaker
brickmaker
noun
A maker of bricks.
bridesmaid
bridesmaid
noun
(sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
verb
To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
bromacetic
bromaurate
bromegrass
bromegrass
noun
Any of various North American grasses, of the genus Bromus, that are used for forage.
brominated
brominated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with bromine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with bromine or hydrobromic acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brominate
broommaker
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
bugbeardom
bumgardner
burlingame
burthenman
bushhammer
bushhammer
noun
Alternative form of bush hammer
verb
To dress with bush hammer.
bushmaster
bushmaster
noun
A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
byeworkman
cablegrams
cablegrams
noun
plural of cablegram
camberwell
cambresine
cambresine
noun
Alternative form of cambrasine
caramboled
caramboled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carambole
carbonemia
cerambycid
cerambycid
noun
(coleopterology, entomology) Any member of the family Cerambycidae of longhorn beetles.
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
chamberino
chamberlet
chamberlet
noun
A little chamber.
chamberlin
chamberlin
noun
Obsolete form of chamberlain.
chambertin
chambranle
chambranle
noun
(architecture) In architecture, the case or frame used on three sides around a chamber door, large window, or fireplace mantel, and the border decorations.
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
coimbatore
coimbatore
Proper noun
The second-largest city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
comparable
comparable
adj
(grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.
(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
(often with to) Able to be compared (to).
(often with to) Similar (to); like.
noun
Something suitable for comparison.
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
corymbiate
crossbeams
crossbeams
noun
plural of crossbeam
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cymbaeform
cynocrambe
debarkment
deformable
deformable
adj
Capable of being reshaped.
demibarrel
demurrable
demurrable
adj
That may be demurred to.
dermatobia
dermoblast
disbarment
disbarment
noun
(law) The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
disembargo
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
disembrace
drumbeater
drumbeater
noun
(figuratively) A propagandist.
One who beats a drum.
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.