(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
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
amblygonal
amblygonal
adj
(obsolete) obtuse-angled
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
assembling
assembling
noun
A gathering or assembly.
verb
present participle of assemble
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
baggageman
baggageman
noun
(US) A railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
bamangwato
bantingism
bantingism
Noun
A method of weight loss by avoiding food containing large amounts of farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter.
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
battambang
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
bellingham
bellingham
Proper noun
a city in Washington state, USA
a suburb in London, England
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bemadaming
bemadaming
verb
present participle of bemadam
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bigamizing
bigamizing
verb
present participle of bigamize
bigeminate
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.
birmingham
birmingham
Proper noun
A city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, with a population of over one million.
A city in Alabama, United States
A city in Michigan, United States.
blancmange
blancmange
noun
(historical) A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
boanergism
bodymaking
bogomilian
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombarding
bombarding
noun
bombardment
verb
present participle of bombard
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
boomerangs
boomerangs
noun
plural of boomerang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boomerang
boomslange
boomslange
noun
Dated form of boomslang.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
boulangism
boulangism
Noun
The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with (1837–1891), who promoted an aggressive nationalism which opposed Germany and called for the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) to be avenged.
brigandism
brigandism
noun
The criminal operations of brigands.
brontogram
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bumgardner
burlingame
burlingham
bushmaking
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
cymballing
embargoing
embargoing
verb
present participle of embargo
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
embrangled
embrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrangle
emmarbling
emmarbling
verb
present participle of emmarble
enmarbling
enmarbling
verb
present participle of enmarble
gabblement
gabblement
noun
Foolish or confused talk; gabble.
gabelleman
gambeering
gambolling
gambolling
noun
The act of one who gambols.
verb
(Britain) present participle of gambol
germinable
germinable
Adjective
Having the ability to germinate
gimballing
greenebaum
grobianism
imaginable
imaginable
adj
Able to be imagined; conceivable
imaginably
imaginably
adv
In an imaginable manner.
imbrangled
imbrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrangle
impugnable
impugnable
adj
That can be impugned; open to (verbal) attack, open to question.
lambasting
lambasting
noun
A beating or thrashing.
A harsh reprimand.
verb
present participle of lambast
present participle of lambaste
longbowman
longbowman
noun
An archer who uses a longbow.
mabinogion
mabinogion
Proper noun
The earliest prose literature of Britain, compiled in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions by medieval Welsh authors.
mainesburg
manageable
manageable
adj
Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.
Capable of being managed or controlled.
manageably
manageably
adv
In a manageable manner.
mangabeira
mangabeira
noun
Any plant of the genus Hancornia.
mingleable
mingleable
adj
That can be mingled.
misbandage
misbiasing
naumburgia
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
plumbagine
preambling
preambling
verb
present participle of preamble
ramblingly
ramblingly
adv
In a rambling manner.
regambling
samgarnebo
scrambling
scrambling
adj
(botany) Having a stem too weak to support itself, instead attaching to and relying on the stems or trunks of stronger plants.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
noun
The act by which something is scrambled.
verb
present participle of scramble
senegambia
senegambia
Proper noun
The a loose confederation between the West African countries of Senegal and the Gambia.