(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
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
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.
ambodexter
ambodexter
noun
Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
bandmaster
bandmaster
noun
(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
bathroomed
bathroomed
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having (the specified kind or number of) bathrooms.
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
blastoderm
blastoderm
noun
(embryology) The germination point in an ovum from which the embryo develops.
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bottomried
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
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
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
dbridement
debarkment
debordment
decembrist
decembrist
Noun
A participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt.
Adjective
According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.
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.
dithyrambs
dithyrambs
noun
plural of dithyramb
drumbeater
drumbeater
noun
(figuratively) A propagandist.
One who beats a drum.
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
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.
embittered
embittered
adj
Deeply hostile, resentful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embitter
embrittled
embrittled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrittle
embrocated
embrocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrocate
fimbriated
fimbriated
adj
(biology) Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
(heraldry) Having a narrow borderline, typically of a specified tincture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fimbriate
imbittered
imbittered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbitter
imbricated
imbricated
adj
Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
matchboard
matchboard
noun
(carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system
(sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two parts (the cope and the drag) of a molding box or flask, to which board patterns are attached in some casting methods.
mitchboard
montbliard
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
obumbrated
obumbrated
adj
(obsolete, rare) Overshadowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obumbrate
stormbound
stormbound
adj
(of a ship) Caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.
strombidae
temsebread
thrombosed
thrombosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thrombose
timberhead
timberhead
noun
(nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
timberland
timberland
noun
Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
timberwood
timberyard
timberyard
noun
Alternative spelling of timber yard
timbrelled
timbrelled
adj
Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
tribromide
tribromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing three bromine atoms in each molecule