(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
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
admeasuring
admeasuring
verb
present participle of admeasure
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
agglomerated
agglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglomerate
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
agramed
agromyzidae
ahmednagar
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdonitrile
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgamone
angadreme
angadresma
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
argentamid
argentamide
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.
armageddonist
balladmonger
balladmonger
noun
A seller or composer of ballads.
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
beggardom
beggardom
noun
The realm or state of beggars.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
begrimmed
bergdama
bloodmonger
bloodmonger
noun
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
boomeranged
boomeranged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boomerang
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
bridegroom
bridegroom
noun
A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
bridegrooms
bridegrooms
noun
plural of bridegroom
bridegroomship
bridesmaiding
bridesmaiding
noun
Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.
verb
present participle of bridesmaid
bridgehampton
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
bridgeman
bridgemaster
bridgemen
bugbeardom
bumgardner
burgessdom
burgessdom
noun
The role or status of burgess.
burgherdom
cambridge
cambridge
Proper noun
A city in England famous for its university.
Cambridge University.
A village in Illinois, USA
A city in Maryland, USA
A city in Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of and the It was formerly one of the county seats.
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Ohio, USA
A town and a village in Vermont, USA.
cambridgeport
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
caprimulgidae
cardiomegalia
cardiomegaly
cardiomegaly
noun
megalocardia
cardiopneumograph
chairmending
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
comicotragedy
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
commandeering
commandeering
verb
present participle of commandeer
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehendingly
comprehendingly
adv
In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
conglomerated
conglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate
coredeeming
coredeeming
verb
present participle of coredeem
corrigendum
corrigendum
noun
(usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections.
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
counterdisengagement
counterdogmatism
counterdogmatism
noun
Synonym of antidogmatism
countermanding
countermanding
noun
The act of something being countermanded.
verb
present participle of countermand
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
curmudgeon
curmudgeon
noun
(archaic) A miser.
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
curmudgeonery
curmudgeonery
noun
Alternative form of curmudgeonry
curmudgeonish
curmudgeonly
curmudgeonly
adj
Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
curmudgeons
curmudgeons
noun
plural of curmudgeon
daemonurgist
daemonurgy
damager
damager
noun
Somebody or something that damages.
damagers
damagers
noun
plural of damager
dangersome
dangersome
adj
Characterised or marked by danger; dangerous
daydreaming
daydreaming
noun
An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
verb
present participle of daydream
decagram
decagram
noun
(geometry) A regular ten-pointed star shape.
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10¹ grams. Symbol: dag
decagramme
decagramme
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of decagram
decagrams
decagrams
noun
plural of decagram
decigram
decigram
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹ grams. Symbol: dg
decigramme
decigramme
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of decigram
decigrams
decigrams
noun
plural of decigram
decompressing
decompressing
verb
present participle of decompress
decrementing
decrementing
verb
present participle of decrement
decriminalizing
decriminalizing
verb
(rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
deforming
deforming
verb
present participle of deform
degerm
degerm
verb
To remove the germ from a cereal grain etc.
degermed
degermed
adj
(of a cereal grain etc) From which the germ has been removed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of degerm
degerminate
degerminator
degerminator
noun
(agriculture) A device that separates the germ from the husk of a cereal grain.
degerming
degerming
verb
present participle of degerm
degerms
degerms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degerm
deglamorization
deglamorization
noun
The process of deglamorizing.
deglamorize
deglamorize
verb
To make less glamorous
deglamorized
deglamorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize
deglamorizes
deglamorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deglamorize
deglamorizing
deglamorizing
verb
present participle of deglamorize
degradement
degradement
noun
Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
degummer
degummer
noun
A gum-removing agent.
dekagram
dekagram
noun
Alternative form of decagram
dekagramme
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
demagnetiser
demagnetiser
noun
Alternative form of demagnetizer
demagnetizer
demagnetizer
noun
Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
demagogueries
demagogueries
noun
plural of demagoguery
demagoguery
demagoguery
noun
Rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people.
The actions of a demagogue.
demarcating
demarcating
verb
present participle of demarcate
demargarinate
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
dematerialising
dematerialising
verb
present participle of dematerialise
dematerializing
dematerializing
verb
present participle of dematerialize
demegoric
demegoric
adj
Related to public speaking, especially as a style of rhetoric.
demerge
demerge
verb
(business) To separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger.
(obsolete) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
demerged
demerged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demerge
demerger
demerger
noun
A partial or complete reversal of a previous merger.
The disposal of subsidiaries or divisions of a company.
verb
Synonym of demerge (“to reverse a business merger”)
demergering
demergering
verb
present participle of demerger
demerges
demerges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demerge
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demibrigade
demibrigade
noun
A half brigade.
demifarthing
demifigure
demigardebras
demigorge
demigorge
noun
(military) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the centre of the bastion.
demigrate
demigrate
verb
(obsolete) To emigrate.
To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).
demigriffin
demigroat
demilitarising
demilitarising
verb
present participle of demilitarise
demilitarizing
demilitarizing
verb
present participle of demilitarize
demineralizing
demineralizing
verb
present participle of demineralize
demioctangular
demiourgoi
demiourgos
demisacrilege
demisovereign
demiurge
demiurge
noun
(Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
(Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
(figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
(historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.
demiurgeous
demiurges
demiurges
noun
plural of demiurge.
demiurgic
demiurgic
adj
Relating to a demiurge.
demiurgical
demiurgical
adj
Synonym of demiurgic
demiurgically
demiurgically
adv
In the manner of a demiurge
demiurgism
demiurgos
demiurgos
noun
(more common in earlier works) Alternative form of demiurge.