(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
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
bacteremia
bacteremic
bacteremic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)
barometric
barometric
adj
Made or done with a barometer
Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
baumeister
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
beetmister
beforetime
beforetime
adv
(archaic) Formerly, previously.
beminstrel
bemirement
bemirement
noun
The condition of being bemired.
bemistress
bersiamite
bicamerist
bicamerist
noun
An advocate of bicameralism (of two legislative chambers)
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
bimestrial
bimestrial
adj
Occurring once every two months
biometrics
biometrics
noun
The automated measurement of biological data.
The automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioural and biological characteristics.
biometries
biometries
noun
plural of biometry
biometrika
biometrist
birkremite
bisymmetry
bisymmetry
noun
(mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bitterbump
bitterworm
bolometric
bolometric
adj
Of or pertaining to bolometry
as measured using a bolometer
boosterism
boosterism
noun
(US) Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
bottomried
bottomries
bottomries
noun
plural of bottomry
brainstems
brainstems
noun
plural of brainstem
brambliest
brambliest
adj
superlative form of brambly: most brambly
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
brimstones
brimstones
noun
plural of brimstone
bromacetic
bromellite
bromellite
noun
(mineralogy) A white oxide mineral containing beryllium.
brominated
brominated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with bromine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with bromine or hydrobromic acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brominate
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
chambertin
coimbatore
coimbatore
Proper noun
The second-largest city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
colbertism
corymbiate
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
dbridement
decembrist
decembrist
Noun
A participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt.
Adjective
According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.
dermatobia
disbarment
disbarment
noun
(law) The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embioptera
embittered
embittered
adj
Deeply hostile, resentful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embitter
embitterer
embitterer
noun
One who embitters.
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
embrittled
embrittled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embrittle
emmitsburg
fimbriated
fimbriated
adj
(biology) Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
(heraldry) Having a narrow borderline, typically of a specified tincture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fimbriate
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
fringed; jagged; fimbriate
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
imbarkment
imbittered
imbittered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbitter
imbitterer
imbitterer
noun
One who, or that which, imbitters.
imbreviate
imbricated
imbricated
adj
Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
imbruement
imbruement
noun
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
immortable
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
impetrable
impetrable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
importable
importable
adj
(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
Capable of being imported.
noun
Something that can be imported.
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
kimberlite
kimberlite
noun
(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
macrobiote
macrobiote
noun
(rare) One who lives for a long time.
materiable
metrizable
metrizable
adj
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.
measurable, quantifiable
microburet
mirabilite
mirabilite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium sulfate, with the chemical formula Na₂SO₄·10H₂O.
montbretia
montbretia
noun
Any plant of the genus Crocosmia (once called Montbretia).
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
muliebrity
muliebrity
noun
(literary) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
(physiology) The state of puberty in a female.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
presbytism
presbytism
noun
Presbyopia.
proambient
problemist
problemist
noun
(chess) One who composes chess problems for other players to attempt to solve.
remittable
remittable
adj
Capable of being remitted
sombrerite
sombrerite
noun
(mineralogy) A hard impure calcium phosphate.
strombidae
submuriate
tabetiform
tabetiform
adj
Resembling or characteristic of tabes.
tambourine
tambourine
noun
A kind of Provençal dance.
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
A tambourine dove.
verb
To make a sound like a tambourine.
To play the tambourine.
tembeitera
terminable
terminable
adj
Having an ending; finite.
terminably
theobromic
theobromin
theobromin
noun
Dated form of theobromine.
thimblerig
thimblerig
noun
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
One operating such a game.
verb
(intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.
timberhead
timberhead
noun
(nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
timberjack
timberland
timberland
noun
Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
timberless
timberless
adj
Without timber.
timberlike
timberlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of timber.
timberline
timberline
noun
The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.
timberling
timberling
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) A small tree.
timbersome
timbersome
adj
Obsolete form of timorsome.
timberwood
timberwork
timberwork
noun
Work made of timbers.
timberyard
timberyard
noun
Alternative spelling of timber yard
timbestere
timbrelled
timbrelled
adj
Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
timbreller
traymobile
traymobile
noun
A wheeled trolley for transporting food to the table.
trembliest
trembliest
adj
superlative form of trembly: most trembly
tribometer
tribometer
noun
(physics) A device that measures the coefficient of friction of a surface.
tribromide
tribromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing three bromine atoms in each molecule
trimembral
trimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, three members.
tuberiform
tuberiform
adj
Resembling a tuber.
untimbered
untimbered
adj
Not timbered.
vibrometer
vibrometer
noun
Any of several engineering devices that measure the characteristics of a vibrating structure