(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
acromegalia
acromegalia
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of acromegaly.
acromegalic
acromegalic
adj
(pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly.
noun
(pathology) A person affected by acromegaly.
acromegalics
acromegalics
noun
plural of acromegalic
acromegalies
acromegalies
noun
plural of acromegaly
acromegaly
acromegaly
noun
(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
acromelalgia
acromelalgia
noun
(pathology) melalgia of the hands or feet
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
aechmagoras
aerogram
aerogram
noun
(dated) A wireless message.
(dated, rare) A telegram whose transmission included at least one segment sent via airplane.
(medicine, rare) A pneumogram.
A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
aerogramme
aerogramme
noun
Alternative spelling of aerogram
aerogrammes
aerogrammes
noun
plural of aerogramme, the alternative spelling of aerogram.
aerograms
aerograms
noun
plural of aerogram
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
aerometeorograph
aerometeorograph
noun
A meteorograph designed for use in an aircraft or other flying vehicle.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
afterimages
afterimages
noun
plural of afterimage
aftermarriage
afterswarming
agamospermy
agamospermy
noun
(botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds.
agamospore
ageometrical
ageratum
ageratum
noun
Any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
ageratums
ageratums
noun
plural of ageratum
aggiornamenti
aggiornamento
aggiornamento
noun
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerate
agglomerate
adj
collected into a ball, heap, or mass
noun
(geology, volcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
A collection or mass.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
agglomerated
agglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglomerate
agglomerates
agglomerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate
agglomeratic
agglomeratic
adj
(geology) Of or relating to an agglomerate.
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
agglomerative
agglomerative
adj
Having a tendency to agglomerate
agglomerator
agglomerator
noun
A device that agglomerates material.
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
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
aglimmer
aglimmer
adj
Glimmering; gleaming or shining.
agoranome
agoranome
noun
Alternative form of agoranomos
agramed
agrauleum
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agremens
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrichemical
agrichemical
noun
Alternative form of agrochemical
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
agrochemical
agrochemical
adj
Relating to agrochemistry.
noun
(chemistry) A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops.
A compound or product derived from farmed plants.
agromyzidae
agronome
agronome
noun
An agronomist.
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
agrostemma
ahmednagar
aigremore
aigremore
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) charcoal prepared for making gunpowder
airmonger
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
algesimeter
algesimeter
noun
Synonym of algometer
algesiometer
algoesthesiometer
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
algometrically
algometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of algometry.
algometries
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
allegorism
allegorism
noun
(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
The use of allegory.
allomerizing
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alongshoreman
alongshoreman
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman
alteregoism
alteregoism
noun
altruism as a result of the identification of others with oneself
amalberga
amalbergas
amalgamater
amberg
ambergrease
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
ambergrises
ambergrises
noun
plural of ambergris
ambisporangiate
amburgey
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
americanising
americanizing
amerigo
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
amperage
amperage
noun
(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amperages
amperages
noun
plural of amperage
amphicarpogenous
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphisporangiate
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdonitrile
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatize
anagrammatize
verb
Alternative spelling of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
anapterygotism
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgamone
anemobiagraph
anemogram
anemogram
noun
A record made by an anemograph.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemography
anemography
noun
A scientific description of the winds.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
anemometrograph
anemometrograph
noun
(archaic) An anemograph.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angadreme
angadresma
angelinformal
angiemphraxis
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiometer
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
angraecum
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
antemarginal
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature