(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
aglobulism
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
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.
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
assembling
assembling
noun
A gathering or assembly.
verb
present participle of assemble
bantingism
bantingism
Noun
A method of weight loss by avoiding food containing large amounts of farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter.
basigamous
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
bedimpling
bedimpling
verb
present participle of bedimple
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beglooming
beglooming
verb
present participle of begloom
begrimming
bejumbling
bejumbling
verb
present participle of bejumble
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
bemingling
bemingling
verb
present participle of bemingle
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
bemuzzling
bepimpling
bergsonism
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bigamistic
bigamistic
adj
bigamous
bigamizing
bigamizing
verb
present participle of bigamize
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bigeminate
bigeminies
bigeminies
noun
plural of bigeminy
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bigwiggism
bigwiggism
noun
Alternative form of bigwigism
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.
biophagism
birdliming
birdliming
verb
present participle of birdlime
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.
blemishing
blemishing
verb
present participle of blemish
bloomingly
bloomingly
adv
In a blooming manner.
blossoming
blossoming
noun
The act or process by which something blossoms.
verb
present participle of blossom
boanergism
bodymaking
bogomilian
bogomilism
bogomilism
Noun
the beliefs and practices of the Bogomils
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombarding
bombarding
noun
bombardment
verb
present participle of bombard
bombsights
bombsights
noun
plural of bombsight
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.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
borborygmi
borborygmi
noun
plural of borborygm.
plural of borborygmus.
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.
bridegroom
bridegroom
noun
A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
brigandism
brigandism
noun
The criminal operations of brigands.
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
brimmering
brimmingly
brimmingly
adv
(often figurative) So as to brim or overflow.
bromindigo
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
bulldogism
bumblingly
bumblingly
adv
In a bumbling manner
bumsucking
burlingame
burlingham
bushmaking
calombigas
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.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combwright
crumblings
crumblings
noun
plural of crumbling
cymballing
demihagbut
disembargo
disembogue
disembogue
verb
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
elegiambic
elegiambus
embargoing
embargoing
verb
present participle of embargo
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
embezzling
embezzling
verb
present participle of embezzle
embosoming
embosoming
verb
present participle of embosom
emboweling
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embraciveg
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
embroglios
embroglios
noun
plural of embroglio
embroiling
embroiling
verb
present participle of embroil
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
emmarbling
emmarbling
verb
present participle of emmarble
emmitsburg
enmarbling
enmarbling
verb
present participle of enmarble
fumblingly
fumblingly
adv
In a fumbling manner; while fumbling.
galliambic
galliambic
adj
(poetry) Relating to a galliambus.
galliambus
galliambus
noun
(poetry) A verse consisting of four Ionics a minore, with variations and substitutions.
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
gimbawawed
gombeenism
gombeenism
noun
The practice of depending on gombeens, or money-lenders.
gonimolobe
grobianism
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hemiglobin
hemoglobic
hemoglobin
hemoglobin
noun
(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).
himinbjorg
humblingly
humblingly
adv
In a humbling way.
humbugging
humbugging
noun
An act of one who humbugs (in all senses, for example, swindling, fighting, etc.).
verb
present participle of humbug.
humbuggism
humbuggism
noun
Alternative form of humbugism
iambelegus
iambelegus
noun
(prosody) A verse consisting of an iambic dimeter and half an elegiac pentameter.
imaginable
imaginable
adj
Able to be imagined; conceivable
imaginably
imaginably
adv
In an imaginable manner.
imbosoming
imbosoming
verb
present participle of imbosom
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrangled
imbrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbrangle
imbroglios
imbroglios
noun
plural of imbroglio
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
impregable
impugnable
impugnable
adj
That can be impugned; open to (verbal) attack, open to question.
jumblingly
jumblingly
adv
So as to jumble or confuse.
lambasting
lambasting
noun
A beating or thrashing.
A harsh reprimand.
verb
present participle of lambast
present participle of lambaste
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
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
malebolgic
mangabeira
mangabeira
noun
Any plant of the genus Hancornia.
miamisburg
middelburg
middleburg
mingleable
mingleable
adj
That can be mingled.
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
misbandage
misbiasing
misbilling
misbilling
verb
present participle of misbill
misbinding
misbinding
verb
present participle of misbind
mobilising
mobilising
verb
present participle of mobilise
mobilizing
mobilizing
verb
present participle of mobilize
molligrubs
molligrubs
noun
Alternative form of mulligrubs
mulligrubs
mulligrubs
noun
(obsolete) colic
(regional) low spirits, mild depression, the blues