(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
angiometer
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
argentamid
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
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.
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.
ergotamine
ergotamine
noun
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
garmenting
garmenting
noun
(archaic) clothing
verb
present participle of garment
geometrina
germinated
germinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of germinate
germinates
germinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate
germinator
germinator
noun
A container in which plants may be germinated
hamrongite
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
kentigerma
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
lighterman
lighterman
noun
(nautical) One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
macerating
macerating
verb
present participle of macerate
magnetiser
magnetiser
noun
Alternative form of magnetizer
magnetizer
magnetizer
noun
(now historical) A practitioner of animal magnetism; a hypnotist.
Someone or something that imparts magnetism.
margenting
margenting
verb
present participle of margent
marginated
marginated
adj
Having a distinct margin.
marketings
marketings
noun
plural of marketing
martingale
martingale
noun
(fencing) A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.
(mathematics) A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value.
(nautical) A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.
A gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.
A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
verb
To employ the martingale strategy in gambling.
masterings
masterings
noun
plural of mastering
masterling
masterling
noun
A young, little, or petty master; a lordling.
menagerist
menagerist
noun
The keeper of a menagerie of animals.
moderating
moderating
verb
present participle of moderate
nightmares
nightmares
noun
plural of nightmare
numerating
numerating
verb
present participle of numerate
permeating
permeating
verb
present participle of permeate
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
premiating
premiating
verb
present participle of premiate
regainment
regainment
noun
An instance of regaining.
regimental
regimental
adj
(military) Relating to a regiment
Overly strict; rigid
rematching
rematching
verb
present participle of rematch
remigation
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
ringmaster
ringmaster
noun
(Internet) The person who maintains a webring.
The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.
verb
(figurative) To control (a group of people).
To act as ringmaster.
smartening
smartening
verb
present participle of smarten
smattering
smattering
noun
A small number or amount of something.
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
verb
present participle of smatter
stammering
stammering
noun
The act of one who stammers.
verb
present participle of stammer
steamering
steamering
verb
present participle of steamer
streamling
streamling
noun
A kind of Baltic herring.
A little stream; a streamlet.
tergeminal
tergeminal
adj
tergeminate
tiremaking
tramelling
trammeling
trammeling
noun
A hindrance or impediment.
verb
present participle of trammel
treemaking
trigeminal
trigeminal
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve).