(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
bedrail
bedrail
noun
A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
beroida
boreiad
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
briared
briared
adj
Covered in briars.
bridale
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.
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
chaired
chaired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chair
cherida
cresida
daffier
daffier
adj
comparative form of daffy: more daffy
daikers
daikers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daiker
daimler
dairies
dairies
noun
plural of dairy
dallier
dallier
noun
One who dallies; a procrastinator.
dampier
dampier
Proper noun
A port in the north-west of Western Australia
dandier
dandier
adj
comparative form of dandy: more dandy
dapifer
dapifer
noun
The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court.
The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household.
The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
darbies
darbies
noun
(UK, slang) handcuffs
plural of darby
dariole
dariole
noun
A dessert consisting of puff pastry filled with almond cream, baked in an oven.
darkies
darkies
noun
plural of darkie
plural of darky
darline
darrein
darrein
adj
(law, historical) In the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier.
dashier
dashier
adj
comparative form of dashy: more dashy
daubier
daumier
deaired
deaired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deair
dearies
dearies
noun
plural of dearie
plural of deary
dearing
dearing
verb
present participle of dear
deciare
deciare
noun
A measure of area, equivalent to one tenth of an are, or ten square metres.
decibar
decibar
noun
A unit of pressure equal to one tenth of a bar
decrial
decrial
noun
a crying down
clamorous condemnation
decuria
decuria
noun
Alternative form of decury
degrain
deipara
deirdra
deliria
deliria
noun
plural of delirium
deloria
demaria
demiram
denarii
denarii
noun
plural of denarius
deraign
deraign
verb
(law, obsolete, transitive) To prove or to refute by proof, especially on threat of combat.
(obsolete) To engage in (battle, combat etc.).
derails
derails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derail
deringa
derinna
deripia
derival
derival
noun
(rare, linguistics, grammar) The derivation of a word.
desirae
desirea
despair
despair
noun
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which causes despair.
That which is despaired of.
verb
(intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
(transitive) To cause to despair.
(transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
detrain
detrain
verb
(of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.
diaderm
dialers
dialers
noun
plural of dialer
dialler
dialler
noun
Alternative form of dialer
diamber
diander
diandre
diantre
diapers
diapers
noun
plural of diaper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diaper
diapery
diaries
diaries
noun
plural of diary
diarize
diarize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To record (events) in a diary.
diasper
diaster
diaster
noun
(biology) A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.
diceras
diedral
diedral
adj
Alternative spelling of dihedral
diehard
diehard
adj
Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
noun
A person with such an attitude.
dietary
dietary
adj
Comprising a food source.
Of, or relating to diet.
noun
(UK, dated) A regulated diet.
dikeria
dilater
dilater
noun
One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
dimeran
dimeran
noun
(zoology, obsolete) One of the two-jointed Dimera, a subdivision of the Coleptera using an obsolete system of classification.
diptera
dipware
disrate
disrate
verb
(nautical) To demote a sailor to a lower rank
To lower a rate or rating
dorelia
dotarie
drailed
drailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drail
drained
drained
adj
Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drain
drainer
drainer
noun
A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.
A perforated rack on which washed dishes, etc. may be placed in order to dry.
A person who explores drains, tunnels, or sewers.
That which drains.
dravite
dravite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.