(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
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amphigaean
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anemologic
angiometer
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
anglesmith
antiegoism
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
argentamid
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
assembling
assembling
noun
A gathering or assembly.
verb
present participle of assemble
assignment
assignment
noun
(LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(law) A document that effects this transfer.
(law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
A position to which someone is assigned.
An assigned task.
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
augmenting
augmenting
verb
present participle of augment
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellingham
bellingham
Proper noun
a city in Washington state, USA
a suburb in London, England
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bemadaming
bemadaming
verb
present participle of bemadam
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bigeminate
boanergism
burlingame
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
camerlingo
camletting
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
champaigne
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
cinemagoer
cinemagoer
noun
One who visits a cinema in order to watch a film.
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
compagnies
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
dagusmines
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
declaiming
declaiming
noun
declamation
verb
present participle of declaim
defamingly
defamingly
Adverb
In a defamatory manner.
demisangue
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
diamidogen
diaminogen
dimagnesic
disaugment
disimagine
disimagine
verb
(transitive) To banish from the imagination.
dreamingly
dreamingly
Adverb
In a dreamy manner.
earmarking
earmarking
noun
An earmark (funding designation).
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
verb
present participle of earmark
edgemaking
edgemaking
noun
The manufacture of the edges of shoes.
emaciating
emaciating
verb
present participle of emaciate
emarginate
emarginate
adj
(botany, mycology) Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point.
(botany, of leaves) With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
(mineralogy) Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face.
(zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.
verb
(intransitive) To lose the margin.
(transitive) To take away the margin of.
To marginalize.
emarginula
embargoing
embargoing
verb
present participle of embargo
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
emendating
emendating
verb
present participle of emendate
emigrating
emigrating
verb
present participle of emigrate
emigration
emigration
noun
A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
emmarbling
emmarbling
verb
present participle of emmarble
empaneling
enamelling
enamelling
noun
An application of enamel.
verb
(Britain) present participle of enamel
enamouring
enamouring
verb
present participle of enamour
endamaging
endamaging
verb
present participle of endamage
endogamies
endogamies
noun
plural of endogamy
engelmanni
englishman
englishman
Noun
A male native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, ie the red-legged partridge).
enigmatist
enigmatist
noun
One who indulges in enigmas, especially one who often makes such enigmas.
enigmatize
enigmatize
verb
(intransitive) To make or talk in enigmas; to deal in riddles.
(transitive) To make into an enigma; to make mysterious.
enmagazine
enmarbling
enmarbling
verb
present participle of enmarble
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
ergomaniac
ergomaniac
noun
A person who is obsessed with working hard.
ergotamine
ergotamine
noun
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
estimating
estimating
verb
present participle of estimate
evangelism
evangelism
noun
Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it.
The process of evangelizing.
evangelium
exclaiming
exclaiming
noun
exclamation
verb
present participle of exclaim
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
facemaking
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
filemaking
filemaking
noun
The manufacture of files (rasping tools).
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
flamingoes
flamingoes
noun
plural of flamingo
forearming
forearming
verb
present participle of forearm
formagenic
gambeering
gametangia
gametangia
noun
plural of gametangium
gaminesque
gaminesque
adj
Like a gamin or gamine; mischievously charming without sophistication.
gaminesses
ganomalite
ganomalite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
garmenting
garmenting
noun
(archaic) clothing
verb
present participle of garment
geminately
geminately
adv
In a geminate manner.
geminating
geminating
verb
present participle of geminate
gemination
gemination
noun
(phonetics) The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.
A doubling.
geminative
geminative
adj
Relating to, or producing gemination.
generalism
generalism
noun
Generalization: lack of specialization.
gentamicin
gentamicin
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol.
geodynamic
geodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to geodynamics.
geomancies
geomancies
noun
plural of geomancy
geometrina
germanical
germanious
germanised
germaniser
germaniums
germaniums
noun
plural of germanium
germanized
germanizer
germinable
germinable
Adjective
Having the ability to germinate
germinally
germinally
adv
By or involving germ cells.
germinance
germinancy
germinated
germinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of germinate
germinates
germinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate
germinator
germinator
noun
A container in which plants may be germinated
gitanemuck
gleaminess
gleaminess
noun
The quality of being gleamy.
gleamingly
gleamingly
adv
While gleaming, or so as to gleam.
gleemaiden
gleemaiden
noun
A female gleeman or minstrel.
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
gormandise
gormandize
gormandize
verb
Alternative spelling of gourmandise
gossampine
gramineous
gramineous
adj
Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).
grandeeism
grandeeism
noun
grandeeship
grangerism
grangerism
Noun
The practice of illustrating a book with engravings collected from other books.
grecomania
grimesland
grinderman
gymnadenia
gymnotidae
gymnurinae
gynostemia
gynostemia
noun
plural of gynostemium
hairmonger
hairmonger
noun
(historical) A person who traded in hair for stuffing cushions etc.
hamrongite
heatmaking
heelmaking
hemangioma
hemangioma
noun
(pathology) A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells.
highwaymen
highwaymen
noun
plural of highwayman
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.