(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
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambisporangiate
baggagemaster
baggagemaster
noun
(US, historical) A person in charge of the baggage at a railway station.
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
bargemaster
bargemaster
noun
The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
barnstorming
barnstorming
adj
(especially of a performance) Highly theatrical.
noun
The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches.
verb
present participle of barnstorm
barometrograph
barometrograph
noun
A form of barometer capable of recording the variations of atmospheric pressure onto paper.
barometrography
barothermogram
barothermograph
barothermograph
noun
An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere.
barothermohygrogram
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
basibregmatic
basibregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the basion and the bregma
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
bathythermogram
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
beleaguerment
beleaguerment
noun
The fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
benightmare
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
bergamots
bergamots
noun
plural of bergamot
bergmannite
bhaktimarga
bimarginate
bimarginate
adj
Having a double margin.
borborygmatic
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
brachygnathism
brachygnathism
noun
An underbite caused by a shortening of the upper mandible (in animals)
braggartism
braggartism
noun
boasting, boastfulness
brainstorming
brainstorming
noun
A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.
verb
present participle of brainstorm
branglement
branglement
noun
(obsolete) squabble; brangle
brantingham
bregmata
bregmata
noun
plural of bregma
bregmate
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
bridgehampton
bridgemaster
brightman
bromargyrite
bromargyrite
noun
(mineralogy) A natural mineral form of silver bromide.
bromating
bromating
verb
present participle of bromate
bromatology
bromatology
noun
The study of food.
bromgelatin
brominating
brominating
verb
present participle of brominate
bromogelatin
bromogelatin
noun
(photography) A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
brontogram
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burghermaster
burghermaster
noun
Alternative form of burgomaster
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burgomaster
burgomaster
noun
The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
burgomasters
burgomasters
noun
plural of burgomaster
burgomastership
burgomastership
noun
The role or status of a burgomaster.
buttermaking
cambridgeport
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
cervicobregmatic
cervicobregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anterior fontanelle and the junction of the neck with the floor of the mouth.
circumambulating
circumambulating
verb
present participle of circumambulate
counterembargo
counterembargo
noun
An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
counterembargos
countergambit
countergambit
noun
(chess) A gambit offered by the black (non-starting) player.
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
drumbeatings
drumbeatings
noun
plural of drumbeating
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embranglement
embranglement
noun
embroilment, entanglement; the state of being or getting embrangled
embrocating
embrocating
verb
present participle of embrocate
embryopathology
embryopathology
noun
(pathology) The pathology of embryos
embryotega
embryotegae
enbranglement
fibroligamentous
fimbriating
fimbriating
verb
present participle of fimbriate
gambart
gastroalbuminorrhea
gastrolobium
gastrotubotomy
gelatinobromide
germanophobist
germinability
germinability
noun
Ability to germinate.
gilbertianism
grumbletonian
grumbletonian
noun
(obsolete, UK) A grumbler; originally a member of the 17th century Country Party and later a member of the opposition
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hamletsburg
imbreviating
imbricating
imbricating
verb
present participle of imbricate
impervestigable
impregabilities
impregability
impregnability
impregnability
noun
The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.
interembracing
intermarriageable
intermarriageable
adj
Among whom intermarriage is possible.
manganbrucite
manganhedenbergite
marginability
marriageability
marriageability
noun
The condition of being marriageable.
martinsburg
martinsburg
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States of America:
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
a small city in Missouri.
an extinct town in Missouri.
a small village in Nebraska.
a town in New York.
a village in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a city in West Virginia
mastigobranchia
mastigobranchial
masturbating
masturbating
verb
present participle of masturbate
matchboarding
matchboarding
noun
A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings.
megakaryoblast
megakaryoblast
noun
(cytology) A precursor cell in hematopoiesis which gives rise to the promegakaryocyte, which in turn gives rise to the megakaryocyte.
megalobatrachus
membranocartilaginous
membranocartilaginous
adj
Composed of, or relating to, membrane and cartilage.
mentobregmatic
mentobregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the mentum and the bregma.
mesobregmate
metagrobolize
metagrobolize
verb
(humorous, rare, intransitive) To puzzle, mystify.
(humorous, rare, transitive) To figure out.
metalbearing
metalbearing
adj
Yielding metal.
methemoglobinuria
methemoglobinuria
noun
The occurrence of methemoglobin in the urine.
mistranscribing
mistranscribing
verb
present participle of mistranscribe
mortgageable
mortgageable
adj
That can be mortgaged.
motorboating
motorboating
noun
(slang) The act of placing one's head between a woman's breasts and making the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side.
The act of travelling in a motorboat.
verb
present participle of motorboat
nasiobregmatic
nonabridgment
nonabridgment
noun
Failure to abridge something.
nonimbricating
nonimbricating
adj
Not imbricating.
nonmarriageability
obumbrating
obumbrating
verb
present participle of obumbrate
occipitobregmatic
occipitobregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the bregma.
orbitozygomatic
organobismuth
organobismuth
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to bismuth bond
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of bismuth
perambulating
perambulating
verb
present participle of perambulate
pietermaritzburg
platybregmatic
precombating
programmabilities
programmabilities
noun
plural of programmability
programmability
programmability
noun
The abstract capability of being programmable.
pterygomandibular
rammelsbergite
rammelsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A nickel arsenide mineral.
resublimating
rhomborectangular
steamburg
stenobragmatic
stenobregma
sturmabteilung
sturmabteilung
Noun
A paramilitary division under the German Nazi Party, operating from 1921 until being disbanded in 1934. Abbreviated to SA.
subadministrating
subdemonstrating
subdiaphragmatic
subdiaphragmatic
adj
Below the diaphragm
subdiaphragmatically
subemarginate
subemarginate
adj
Almost or imperfectly emarginate.
subemarginated
subgeometrical
subgeometrically
subintegumentary
submarginate
submarginate
adj
Almost or imperfectly marginate.
subminiaturizing
submortgage
subtegumentary
subtegumentary
adj
beneath a tegument
relating to a subtegument
tamberg
tambourgi
tambouring
tambouring
verb
present participle of tambour
thermobarograph
thermobarograph
noun
An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.