(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
acrider
acrider
adj
comparative form of acrid: more acrid
adelric
adermia
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
adjiger
adjiger
noun
(India) The snake Python molurus.
admired
admired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admire
admirer
admirer
noun
One who admires.
One who is romantically attracted to someone.
admires
admires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
adrenin
adriaen
adriane
adriell
adriena
adriene
adviser
adviser
noun
one who advises
aerides
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
aindrea
airdate
airdate
noun
The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast.
airdrie
airdrie
Proper noun
A town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
A city in Alberta, Canada.
airhead
airhead
noun
(by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
(mining, archaic) Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”)
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
airshed
airshed
noun
Alternative spelling of air shed
airthed
aleardi
amerind
amerind
Noun
An American Indian.
Adjective
Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to the Eskimo-Aleut or the Na-Dene.
andrien
andrite
aneroid
aneroid
adj
Not using or containing fluid
noun
An aneroid barometer.
antired
antired
adj
(particle physics) One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to red in a quark.
araneid
araneid
noun
(zoology) A spider; now specifically a member of the family Araneidae; an orb weaver.
arcidae
ardelia
ardelio
ardelis
ardenia
ardoise
arenoid
arenoid
adj
Resembling sand.
ariadne
aridest
aridest
adj
superlative form of arid: most arid
arietid
ariidae
arilled
arilled
adj
(botany) Having an aril.
aroides
arrided
arrided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arride
arridge
arrived
arrived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arrive
arylide
aspired
aspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspire
astride
astride
adv
With one’s legs on either side.
prep
Extending across (something).
With one’s legs on either side of.
atridae
attired
attired
adj
(heraldry) Said of the horns of a stag when they are of a different tincture to its head.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attire
aurited
aurited
adj
(zoology) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.
avodire
avodire
noun
The wood of the tree Turraeanthus africana.
avoider
avoider
noun
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
badiner
bardier
bawdier
bawdier
adj
comparative form of bawdy: more bawdy
beadier
beadier
adj
comparative form of beady: more beady
beardie
beardie
noun
(Scotland) A fish, the bearded loach or stone loach, Barbatula barbatula.
(informal) Alternative form of beardy
bedirty
bedirty
verb
(archaic) to dirty, soil; make dirty.
bedrail
bedrail
noun
A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
bedrite
bedrite
noun
The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, UK dialectal) To befoul with ordure; bedirt.
begirds
begirds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begird
bemired
bemired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemire
bepride
berimed
berimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berime
beroida
berried
berried
adj
Bearing berries.
Consisting of a berry; baccate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berry
berwind
berycid
berycid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.
bestrid
bewired
bidders
bidders
noun
plural of bidder
biddery
bilders
binders
binders
noun
plural of binder
bindery
bindery
noun
A workshop or factory where books are bound.
birched
birched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birch
birdeen
birdeen
noun
(Ireland) A little bird.
birdell
birders
birders
noun
plural of birder
birdeye
birdeye
noun
A flowering herbaceous perennial, Veronica chamaedrys.
A partially woody spurge (Caperonia castaneaefolia) found in wet soils in the southeastern U.S.; Mexican weed; Texas weed.
A position looking down from above, either literally or figuratively (providing an overview).
A reverse twill weave, or cloth made with that weave.
A small hole that appears in knitted or woven fabric, where the threads have separated.
A small rounded deposit in a calcite matrix.
A small spot or knot in finished lumber.
A type of small, extremely hot chili (Capsicum frutescen); piri piri.
A variety of string bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.
An eye that is birdlike, especially one with an unblinking stare or with very keen eyesight.
birdied
birdied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birdie
birdies
birdies
noun
plural of birdie
plural of birdy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdie
birdlet
birdlet
noun
A small bird.
birdmen
birdmen
noun
plural of birdman
birthed
birthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birth
bistred
bistred
adj
Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
blinder
blinder
adj
comparative form of blind: more blind
noun
(Britain, slang) An exceptional performance.
(slang) A bout of heavy drinking, a bender.
(theater) A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change.
A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.
Something that blinds.
verb
(transitive) To fit (a horse) with blinders.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To obstruct the vision of.
boreiad
borides
borides
noun
plural of boride
braided
braided
adj
(of a stream) Divided into several channels
Plaited, woven, entwined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of braid
braider
braider
noun
One who, or that which, braids.
brailed
brailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brail
brained
brained
adj
(in combination, sometimes figurative) Having a particular kind or number of brain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brain
braised
braised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of braise
brandie
brendin
brendis
briared
briared
adj
Covered in briars.
bricked
bricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brick
bridale
bridely
bridely
adj
Of or pertaining to a bride; nuptial.
bridged
bridged
adj
Equipped with a bridge (in many contexts).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bridge
bridger
bridger
noun
One who bridges, or connects two previously separate things.
One who builds bridges
One who plays bridge (card game)
bridges
bridges
noun
plural of bridge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bridge
bridget
bridget
Noun
An Irish housemaid.
bridled
bridled
adj
(chiefly ornithology) Having bridle-shaped marks.
Equipped with a bridle; controlled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bridle
bridler
bridler
noun
One who bridles.
One who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.
bridles
bridles
noun
plural of bridle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bridle
briefed
briefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brief
briered
briered
adj
Set with briers.
brigade
brigade
noun
(Internet slang) Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
(derogatory) A group of people who share views or a specific characteristic.
(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
A group of people organized for a common purpose.
verb
(Internet slang) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.
To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
brigued
brigued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brigue
brimmed
brimmed
adj
Having a brim.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brim
brinded
brinded
adj
(archaic, dialect) Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
(dialect) Frowning, looking sour or angry.
brindle
brindle
adj
Having such a colouration; brindled
noun
A streaky colouration in animals.
An animal so coloured.
verb
To form streaks of a different color.
bringed
bringed
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of bring
brisked
brisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisk
broddie
broiden
broider
broider
verb
(archaic) To embroider.
broiled
broiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broil
bromide
bromide
noun
(by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.
(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
(photography) A print made on bromide paper.
A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
A platitude.
bruised
bruised
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of debruised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bruise
bruited
bruited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bruit
builder
builder
noun
(rare, bodybuilding) A bodybuilder.
(trade) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
A person who builds or constructs things.
Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of automated output.
burdies
burdine
cairned
cairned
adj
Possessed of a cairn.
candier
carbide
carbide
noun
(chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
(chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
(chemistry) The monatomic ion C⁴⁻, or any of its salts.
(chemistry) The polyatomic ion C₂²⁻, or any of its salts.
(chemistry) Tungsten carbide.
(cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.
cardiae
caribed
caridea
carnied
carnied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carny
carried
carried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carry
cedrine
cedrine
adj
Of or relating to the cedar tree.
cedrium
cervoid
cervoid
adj
Characteristic of deer or other cervids
chaired
chaired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chair
cherida
chiders
chiders
noun
plural of chider
childre
chirked
chirked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirk
chirmed
chirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirm
chirped
chirped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirp
chirred
chirred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirr
simple past tense and past participle of chirre
choired
choired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choir
cinders
cinders
noun
(geology) fragments of lava; scoria
plural of cinder
cindery
cindery
adj
covered in cinders
circled
circled
adj
Having the form of a circle; round.
Marked with a surrounding circle or ellipse; ringed.