(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
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adsmithing
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
agathaumas
agmatology
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
agrostemma
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
allegement
allegement
noun
(archaic) Allegation.
almightily
almightily
adv
In a way or manner that is almighty.
amagansett
amalgamate
amalgamate
adj
Coalesced; united; combined.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
(transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
amalgamist
amatungula
amatungula
noun
Carissa macrocarpa, a shrub native to Southern Africa.
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
ampulating
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
amygdalate
amygdalate
adj
Of or pertaining to almonds.
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) almond milk
(organic chemistry, countable) Any salt or ester of amygdalic acid.
anastigmat
anastigmat
noun
(photography) An anastigmatic lens.
angiometer
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
anglesmith
antagonism
antagonism
noun
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antiegoism
antilogism
antilogism
noun
(logic) A false syllogism in which two premises contradict the third
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
antimixing
antimixing
adj
Preventing or opposing mixing.
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
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”.
armaturing
armaturing
verb
present participle of armature
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.
astigmatic
astigmatic
adj
(medicine) Suffering from astigmatism.
noun
(medicine) One who has astigmatism.
ataxiagram
atmologist
atmologist
noun
One who is versed in atmology.
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
augmenters
augmenters
noun
plural of augmenter
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.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autogamous
autogamous
adj
self-fertilizing
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
avengement
avengement
noun
(rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
bamangwato
bantingism
bantingism
Noun
A method of weight loss by avoiding food containing large amounts of farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter.
battambang
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bigamistic
bigamistic
adj
bigamous
bigeminate
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
binghamton
binghamton
Proper noun
a city and a town in New York, USA, the city is the county seat of The town was named after
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombsights
bombsights
noun
plural of bombsight
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
brontogram
camletting
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
catagmatic
catagmatic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.
catamiting
catamiting
verb
present participle of catamite
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
changement
chattermag
comagmatic
comagmatic
adj
(geology, of rocks) Derived from the same magma.
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combwright
cometology
cometology
noun
The branch of astronomy that deals with comets.
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
commenting
commenting
noun
The making of a comment; commentary.
verb
present participle of comment
committing
committing
noun
The act by which something is committed.
verb
present participle of commit
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
contemning
contemning
verb
present participle of contemn
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cumanagoto
cummington
cumulating
cumulating
verb
present participle of cumulate
damagement
damagement
noun
(rare) damage
danglement
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
delimiting
delimiting
adj
That serves to delimit.
noun
The act or point of something being delimited.
verb
present participle of delimit
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demihagbut
demilegato
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
dermatagra
dermatogen
dermatogen
noun
(botany) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
designment
designment
noun
(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.
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.
digammated
digammated
adj
Containing the old Greek letter digamma.
digestment
digitalism
digitalism
noun
A medical condition caused by digitalis poisoning.
The condition of living in a digital culture, with computer technology.
digitiform
digitiform
adj
Having the shape of a finger.
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
diglottism
diglottism
noun
bilingualism
diminuting
disaugment
dismasting
dismasting
noun
The act by which a ship is dismasted.
verb
present participle of dismast
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
dramaturge
dramaturge
noun
(rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.
(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge.
dramaturgy
dramaturgy
noun
(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.
draughtman
draughtman
noun
Archaic form of draughtsman. (one who draws architectural or engineering plans)
dutymonger
dynamiting
dynamiting
noun
The act of blowing something up with dynamite.
verb
present participle of dynamite
eglomerate
eglomerate
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
egualmente
eighteenmo
eighteenmo
noun
octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
elargement
eloignment
eloignment
noun
(obsolete) Removal to a distance; withdrawal.
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.
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
embryotega
emendating
emendating
verb
present participle of emendate
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.
emigrative
emigratory
emigratory
adj
Synonym of migratory
emmetsburg
emmitsburg
engagement
engagement
noun
(countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.
(countable, uncountable) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
(countable, uncountable) The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.
(fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
(uncountable) Connection or attachment.
(uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
engouement
engouement
noun
An infatuation; an irrational liking for something.