(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
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
adsmithing
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
afterglide
aftergrind
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
agapetidae
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
algidities
algidities
noun
plural of algidity
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
antedating
antedating
noun
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
The action of marking with an earlier date.
verb
present participle of antedate
antidoting
antidoting
verb
present participle of antidote
argentamid
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
bidigitate
bidigitate
adj
Having two fingers or finger-like projections.
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bridgwater
bridgwater
Proper noun
a market town in Somerset, England.
cardington
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
castigated
castigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castigate
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
centigrado
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
citigradae
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
coatbridge
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
colligated
colligated
adj
logically connected
tied together
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colligate
cotingidae
daggletail
daigneault
darlington
darlington
Proper noun
A town in Indiana
An unincorporated community in Maryland
A city in Missouri
A borough in Pennsylvania
A settlement in Prince Edward Island
A city in South Carolina
A city and town in Wisconsin, the city is the county seat of
A town in County Durham, northeast England.
Noun
A pair of transistors with the emitter of one connected to the base of the other and the collectors connected together, acting as a transistor with greater amplification.
darrington
datelining
datelining
verb
present participle of dateline
dauntingly
dauntingly
adv
In a daunting manner.
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
deadweight
deadweight
noun
Alternative spelling of dead weight
deaerating
deaerating
verb
present participle of deaerate
debatingly
debatingly
adv
In the manner of a debate.
decalogist
decalogist
noun
One who explains the Decalogue.
decatizing
decatizing
verb
present participle of decatize
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
dedicating
dedicating
verb
present participle of dedicate
defatigate
defatigate
adj
(obsolete, rare) Weary; fatigued
verb
(rare) To tire or make weary
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
delegating
delegating
verb
present participle of delegate
delegation
delegation
noun
(computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
(law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
An act of delegating.
delegative
deligation
deligation
noun
(surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
delignated
delignated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delignate
demihagbut
demilegato
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
denegation
denegation
noun
(obsolete) A denial.
denigrated
denigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denigrate
denigrates
denigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate
denigrator
denigrator
noun
One who denigrates.
denudating
denudating
verb
present participle of denudate
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
deratizing
deratizing
verb
present participle of deratize
derogating
derogating
verb
present participle of derogate
derogation
derogation
noun
(law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
An act which belittles; disparagement.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
designated
designated
adj
Having a specified designation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of designate
designates
designates
noun
plural of designate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of designate
designator
designator
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
A person who, or term that, designates.
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
destaining
destaining
noun
The removal of a stain from a biological sample
verb
present participle of destain
detonating
detonating
verb
present participle of detonate
detracting
detracting
noun
detraction; slander
verb
present participle of detract
detraining
detraining
verb
present participle of detrain
dewatering
dewatering
noun
An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
verb
present participle of dewater
diagenetic
diagenetic
adj
(geology) of, or relating to diagenesis
diaglyptic
diagnostic
diagnostic
adj
(education) Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
(medicine) Characteristic of a particular disease.
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
noun
(computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
That by which anything is known; a symptom.
diagometer
diagometer
noun
A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
diallagite
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
digammated
digammated
adj
Containing the old Greek letter digamma.
digenetica
digitalein
digitalism
digitalism
noun
A medical condition caused by digitalis poisoning.
The condition of living in a digital culture, with computer technology.
digitalize
digitalize
verb
(computing, transitive) Synonym of digitize
(medicine) To administer digitalis.
digitately
digitately
adv
In a digitate fashion.
digitation
digitation
noun
(obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers.
(zoology, botany) Any of various finger-like processes (outgrowths) found in plant and animal tissues.
digladiate
digladiate
verb
(rare) To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.
diisatogen
diisatogen
noun
(chemistry) A synthetic red crystalline nitrogenous substance which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dilatingly
dilatingly
adv
In a dilating manner.
diligentia
diplotegia
disaugment
discanting
discanting
verb
present participle of discant
disgallant
disgregate
disgregate
verb
(obsolete) To disperse; to scatter.
dismasting
dismasting
noun
The act by which a ship is dismasted.
verb
present participle of dismast
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispergate
disseating
disseating
verb
present participle of disseat
distaining
distaining
verb
present participle of distain
distancing
distancing
noun
Short for social distancing.
The process of becoming or making distant.
verb
present participle of distance
distasting
distasting
verb
present participle of distaste
distillage
distillage
noun
(rare) Distillation.
distraught
distraught
adj
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
Mad; insane.
distringas
distringas
noun
(law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
disvantage
ditrigonal
ditrigonal
adj
Being trigonal in two different ways on the same axis; e.g., of a six-sided object, having only the alternate interfacial angles equal
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
divagating
divagating
verb
present participle of divagate
divagation
divagation
noun
(medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
Straying off from a course or way.
divagatory
divulgated
divulgated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divulgate
divulgater
divulgater
noun
(obsolete) One who divulges.
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
dogmatical
dogmatical
adj
Alternative form of dogmatic
dogmatised
dogmatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogmatise
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dogmatisms
dogmatisms
noun
plural of dogmatism
dogmatists
dogmatists
noun
plural of dogmatist
dogmatized
dogmatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogmatize
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
dominating
dominating
verb
present participle of dominate
dragontail
dragontail
noun
Either of two papilionid butterflies of the genus Lamproptera, having long projections on their hindwings.
draughtier
draughtier
adj
comparative form of draughty: more draughty
draughtily
draughtily
adv
In a draughty manner.
draughting
draughting
verb
present participle of draught
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
drugeteria
drugeteria
noun
(US) A drugstore; a pharmacy.
dynamiting
dynamiting
noun
The act of blowing something up with dynamite.
verb
present participle of dynamite
effigiated
effigiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of effigiate