(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
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
ahmednagar
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angadresma
angiometer
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
argentamid
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
argumental
argumental
adj
(linguistics) Based on arguments; pertaining to arguments.
argumentum
argumentum
noun
(chiefly formal, in law, logic, etc.) Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”.
armageddon
armageddon
noun
(chess) An armageddon round, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.
Any great and crucial conflict.
The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
augmenters
augmenters
noun
plural of augmenter
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beermonger
beermonger
noun
(historical) A seller of beer.
begrimming
bergsonism
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
boanergism
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
boomerangs
boomerangs
noun
plural of boomerang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boomerang
brimmering
bumgardner
burlingame
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlingo
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.
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
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
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
chromogene
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
clubmonger
coalmonger
coalmonger
noun
(dated) A dealer in coal.
comanagers
comanagers
noun
plural of comanager
commercing
commercing
verb
present participle of commerce
commingler
commingler
noun
A device for noiseless heating of water by steam in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
One who, or that which, commingles.
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
cornmonger
cornmonger
noun
(dated) A dealer in corn.
cosmogoner
cosmogoner
noun
One who studies cosmogony.
crimogenic
crimogenic
adj
Producing or leading to crime.
curmudgeon
curmudgeon
noun
(archaic) A miser.
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
daemonurgy
dangersome
dangersome
adj
Characterised or marked by danger; dangerous
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demivirgin
demogorgon
demogorgon
Proper noun
A pagan god or demon, associated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name was taboo; an incubus.
A manufactured horror; a Frankenstein's monster.
dermatogen
dermatogen
noun
(botany) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
dimerizing
dimerizing
verb
present participle of dimerize
dishmonger
draegerman
draegermen
dreamingly
dreamingly
Adverb
In a dreamy manner.
drogherman
dutymonger
earmarking
earmarking
noun
An earmark (funding designation).
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
verb
present participle of earmark
egremoigne
elargement
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
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embrangled
embrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrangle
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
embroiling
embroiling
verb
present participle of embroil
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
embryogeny
embryogeny
noun
(biology) Embryogenesis.
embryogony
embryogony
noun
(biology) The formation of an embryo.
emergences
emergences
noun
plural of emergence
emergently
emergently
adv
In an emergent manner.
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
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
enamouring
enamouring
verb
present participle of enamour
endophragm
enmarbling
enmarbling
verb
present participle of enmarble
enragement
enragement
noun
rage
enregiment
enregiment
verb
(transitive) To form into a regiment.
enterogram
ergomaniac
ergomaniac
noun
A person who is obsessed with working hard.
ergonomics
ergonomics
noun
(economics, rare) Political economy.
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.
ergonomist
ergonomist
noun
An expert in ergonomics.
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.
ermengarde
fadmongery
fellmonger
fellmonger
noun
(Britain) Someone who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
verb
To prepare animal skin for tanning.
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
fermenting
fermenting
verb
present participle of ferment
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
foolmonger
foragement
foragement
noun
The act of foraging
forearming
forearming
verb
present participle of forearm
foreignism
foreignism
noun
A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.
formagenic
fragmental
fragmental
adj
(geology) consisting of fragments
noun
(geology) A fragmentary rock.
fragmented
fragmented
adj
broken into fragments
composed of fragments
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fragment
frightment
frightment
noun
(obsolete) fear; terror
fundmonger
gambeering
gangmaster
gangmaster
noun
a person who employs, and directs the labour of, temporary or migratory labourers, especially for seasonal agricultural work
garmenting
garmenting
noun
(archaic) clothing
verb
present participle of garment
garmenture
garmenture
noun
(archaic) clothing; dress
gastronome
gastronome
noun
a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
geminiform
gendarmery
gendarmery
noun
Alternative spelling of gendarmerie
generalism
generalism
noun
Generalization: lack of specialization.
genyantrum
geometrina
geometrine
geometrine
noun
Any moth of the subfamily Geometrinae
geoprumnon
georgesman
georgesmen
germanhood
germanical
germanious
germanised
germaniser
germaniums
germaniums
noun
plural of germanium
germanized
germanizer
germanness
germanness
Noun
The quality or characteristic of being German
germantown
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
geronomite
glenmorgan
glimmering
glimmering
noun
A glimmer.
verb
present participle of glimmer
gomorrhean
goniometer
goniometer
noun
(medicine) An arthrometer (device for measuring the arc or range of mobility of a joint).
A device used to measure the angles of crystals.
A device used to measure the angles of joints commonly used in orthopedics and physical therapy.
A radio direction finder.
goniometry
goniometry
noun
measurement of angles
gormandise
gormandize
gormandize
verb
Alternative spelling of gourmandise
gourmander
government
government
noun
(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
(uncountable) The management or control of a system.
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
The tenure of a chief of state.
gramaphone
gramineous
gramineous
adj
Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).