(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
acrobatism
acrobatism
noun
(dated) The feats of an acrobat; daring gymnastic feats.
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
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).
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
bacteremia
bacteremic
bacteremic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)
barbatimao
barbatimao
noun
A South American mimosa tree, Stryphnodendron adstringens (formerly Stryphnodendron barbatimao), which has an astringent, tannin-rich bark.
barbituism
barometric
barometric
adj
Made or done with a barometer
Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
bartramian
barythymia
barythymia
noun
(medicine, archaic, rare) A depressed state of mind.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
batrachium
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
biorythmic
birkremite
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
bisymmetry
bisymmetry
noun
(mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bitterbump
bitterworm
blattiform
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.
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
botrychium
bottomried
bottomries
bottomries
noun
plural of bottomry
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
brahmanist
brahmanist
Noun
An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.
brahminist
brainstems
brainstems
noun
plural of brainstem
brainstorm
brainstorm
noun
(Britain) An unexpected mental error.
(US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”)
verb
To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
To participate in a brainstorming session.
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
britishism
britishism
Noun
A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Great Britain.
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
broomstick
broomstick
noun
(slang, rare) A gun.
A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
verb
(intransitive) To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.
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
combinator
combinator
noun
(computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
combwright
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.
dithyrambs
dithyrambs
noun
plural of dithyramb
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
fimbriatum
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
imbibitory
imbibitory
adj
(archaic) absorptive
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.
imbroccata
imbroccata
noun
(obsolete) A hit or thrust.
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
impartibly
impartibly
adv
So as not to be parted or divided.
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.
importably
importably
adv
(obsolete) Insupportably; unbearably.
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.
marimbaist
marimbaist
noun
(rare) Synonym of marimbist
materiable
metrizable
metrizable
adj
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.
measurable, quantifiable
microbiota
microbiota
noun
The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
microblast
microburet
minirobots
mirabilite
mirabilite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of sodium sulfate, with the chemical formula Na₂SO₄·10H₂O.
mitchboard
mobocratic
mobocratic
adj
Of or pertaining to mobocracy.
montbliard
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.
multibirth
multibirth
adj
Relating to more than one birth.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
multilobar
multilobar
adj
Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
orbitotomy
orbitotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the orbit of the eye
presbytism
presbytism
noun
Presbyopia.
proambient
problemist
problemist
noun
(chess) One who composes chess problems for other players to attempt to solve.
prohibitum
remittable
remittable
adj
Capable of being remitted
rumbustion
smithsburg
sombrerite
sombrerite
noun
(mineralogy) A hard impure calcium phosphate.
strabismal
strabismal
adj
Relating to strabismus.
strabismic
strabismic
adj
Afflicted with, or pertaining to, strabismus.
noun
A person who has strabismus.
strabismus
strabismus
noun
A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
strombidae
sublimator
submuriate
sybaritism
sybaritism
noun
luxury; wantonness; voluptuousness
tabaniform
tabetiform
tabetiform
adj
Resembling or characteristic of tabes.
tabularium
tabuliform
tabuliform
adj
table-shaped
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.
tambouring
tambouring
verb
present participle of tambour
tambourins
tambourins
noun
plural of tambourin
tambourist
tambourist
noun
A musician who plays the tambour.
tamburitza
tamburitza
noun
(music) Any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.
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.
thrombosis
thrombosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
thrombotic
thrombotic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or caused by thrombosis