(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
acidimeter
acidimeter
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adterminal
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.
amidstream
amyraldist
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
antadiform
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
argentamid
armillated
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatized
aromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatize
attermined
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
autodermic
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
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
cardiatomy
cardiotomy
cardiotomy
noun
(surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
chromatoid
chromatoid
adj
Resembling chromatin.
noun
(cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed.
circumdate
cradletime
criminated
criminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of criminate
cytioderma
decametric
decametric
adj
Of, relating to, or measured using a decameter/decametre; especially of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between one and ten decameters.
delirament
delirament
noun
(obsolete) A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.
demivotary
democratic
democratic
adj
(US, politics) Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party”)
Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
noun
(chiefly in the plural, dated) Synonym of democrat (“a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France)”)
derailment
derailment
noun
(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
dermatitis
dermatitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the skin.
dermatobia
dermatomic
dermatomic
adj
(pathology) Relating to a dermatome
dermatosis
dermatosis
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the skin.
diagometer
diagometer
noun
A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
diathermal
diathermal
adj
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
diathermia
diathermia
noun
diathermy
diathermic
diathermic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to diathermy
That allows the free passage of heat
diatropism
diatropism
noun
(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
(organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
diparentum
dirtfarmer
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.
dismantler
dismantler
noun
One who dismantles.
disparatum
dithyrambs
dithyrambs
noun
plural of dithyramb
ditremidae
diumvirate
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
dominators
dominators
noun
plural of dominator
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
dramatical
dramatical
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre.
dramaticle
dramatised
dramatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dramatise
dramatiser
dramatiser
noun
Alternative form of dramatizer
dramatists
dramatists
noun
plural of dramatist
dramatized
dramatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dramatize
dramatizer
dramatizer
noun
One who dramatizes.
dramatizes
dramatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize
dreariment
dreariment
noun
(obsolete) dreariness
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.
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
dynametric
dynamitard
dynamitard
noun
(archaic or historical) A political dynamiter.
dynamiters
dynamiters
noun
plural of dynamiter
endermatic
endermatic
adj
endermic
endometria
endometria
noun
plural of endometrium
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
formicated
formicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formicate
germinated
germinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of germinate
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
hydromatic
idemfactor
imbricated
imbricated
adj
Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
immigrated
immigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of immigrate
immoderate
immoderate
adj
Not moderate; excessive.
impetrated
impetrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impetrate
imprecated
imprecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprecate
incremated
incremated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incremate
intermazed
intermedia
intermedia
noun
interdisciplinary activities between media, such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre
intradermo
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
lymantriid
lymantriid
noun
(zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
magistrand
magistrand
noun
A student in the fourth year of a Masters degree.
malladrite
malladrite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing fluorine, silicon, and sodium.
mallardite
mallardite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
marginated
marginated
adj
Having a distinct margin.
mariticide
mariticide
noun
A woman who has killed her husband.
The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
martialled
martindale
martyrised
martyrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of martyrise
martyrized
martyrized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of martyrize
mastermind
mastermind
noun
A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
verb
To act in the role of mastermind.
matricidal
matricidal
adj
Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
matricides
matricides
noun
plural of matricide
matronized
matronized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of matronize
mediatress
mediatress
noun
A female mediator; a mediatrix.
mediatrice
medicaster
medicaster
noun
(dated, now chiefly literary) A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
medicatory
medicatory
adj
Serving to medicate; medicinal.
medithorax
meliorated
meliorated
adj
made better; improved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of meliorate
mercaptide
mercaptide
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) thiolate
mercaptids
metameride
metricated
metricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of metricate
metrodynia
metrodynia
noun
(medicine) Synonym of metralgia
micturated
micturated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of micturate
mideastern
mideastern
Adjective
Middle Eastern
midfrontal
midfrontal
adj
In the middle of a frontal area
midrashoth
midstreams
midstreams
noun
plural of midstream
midventral
midventral
adj
In the middle of a ventral region
miniatured
miniatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miniature
misaddrest
misaltered
misaltered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misalter
miscreated
miscreated
adj
Created unnaturally or wrongly; deformed, misshapen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miscreate
misgrafted
misgrafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misgraft
misnatured
misnatured
adj
Of a bad or wrong nature; malformed.
misrelated
misrelated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misrelate
misstarted
misstarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misstart
mistreated
mistreated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistreat
mitchboard
mithridate
mithridate
noun
(figurative, now rare) Synonym of cure.
(historical medicine) Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
(rare, obsolete) Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.: pepperwort (L. campestre), pennycress (T. arvense), or candytuft (Iberis).
mitterrand
moderating
moderating
verb
present participle of moderate
moderation
moderation
noun
An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
The process of moderating a discussion
The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
moderatism
moderatism
noun
A doctrine of moderation in any field.
moderatist
moderatist
noun
A proponent of moderation; a moderate.
moderatrix
moderatrix
noun
A female moderator.
modularity
modularity
noun
The property of being modular.
montbliard
mordanting
mordanting
noun
The use of mordant to fix a dye to a fibre.
verb
present participle of mordant
mortalized
mortalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mortalize
mosandrite
multiarmed
multiarmed
adj
Having several arms or projections.
multigrade
multigrade
adj
(education) Relating to students of differing grade levels
Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil)