(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
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
angiometer
anglesmith
antiegoism
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
argentamid
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
assignment
assignment
noun
(LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(law) A document that effects this transfer.
(law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
A position to which someone is assigned.
An assigned task.
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
augmenting
augmenting
verb
present participle of augment
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bigeminate
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
camletting
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
commenting
commenting
noun
The making of a comment; commentary.
verb
present participle of comment
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
contemning
contemning
verb
present participle of contemn
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
delimiting
delimiting
adj
That serves to delimit.
noun
The act or point of something being delimited.
verb
present participle of delimit
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demihagbut
demilegato
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
designment
designment
noun
(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.
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.
digammated
digammated
adj
Containing the old Greek letter digamma.
digestment
disaugment
dogmatised
dogmatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogmatise
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dogmatized
dogmatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogmatize
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
eighteenmo
eighteenmo
noun
octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
eloignment
eloignment
noun
(obsolete) Removal to a distance; withdrawal.
emaciating
emaciating
verb
present participle of emaciate
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.
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
emendating
emendating
verb
present participle of emendate
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.
emigrative
emigratory
emigratory
adj
Synonym of migratory
emmitsburg
enigmatist
enigmatist
noun
One who indulges in enigmas, especially one who often makes such enigmas.
enigmatize
enigmatize
verb
(intransitive) To make or talk in enigmas; to deal in riddles.
(transitive) To make into an enigma; to make mysterious.
enregiment
enregiment
verb
(transitive) To form into a regiment.
ensignment
ergometric
ergometric
adj
Relating to ergometry.
ergonomist
ergonomist
noun
An expert in ergonomics.
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.
estimating
estimating
verb
present participle of estimate
etymologic
etymologic
adj
Of or pertaining to etymologies; concerning etymology.
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
fermenting
fermenting
verb
present participle of ferment
flemington
flemington
Proper noun
a locality in western New South Wales, Australia.
a suburb of Victoria, Australia, famous for its racecourse.
a rural locality in South New Zealand.
a rural locality in the region of New Zealand.
a built-up area near Scotland
an unincorporated community in Florida, USA.
a small city in Georgia, USA.
a village in Missouri, USA.
a borough in New Jersey, USA
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a small town in West Virginia, USA.
frightment
frightment
noun
(obsolete) fear; terror
frightsome
frightsome
adj
Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
galactemia
gametangia
gametangia
noun
plural of gametangium
gamostelic
ganomalite
ganomalite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
garmenting
garmenting
noun
(archaic) clothing
verb
present participle of garment
gasometric
gasometric
adj
Of or relating to gasometry or gasometrics
geisotherm
geisotherm
noun
Archaic form of geoisotherm.
gematrical
gematrical
adj
gematric
geminately
geminately
adv
In a geminate manner.
geminating
geminating
verb
present participle of geminate
gemination
gemination
noun
(phonetics) The phenomenon of a consonant being pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is normal; an instance of such lengthened pronunciation.
A doubling.
geminative
geminative
adj
Relating to, or producing gemination.
gemitorial
gemologist
gemologist
noun
An expert in gemology.
gemuetlich
gemuetlich
adj
Alternative form of gemutlich
geneticism
geneticism
noun
The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
gentamicin
gentamicin
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol.
genteelism
genteelism
noun
(countable) A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word
Genteel behaviour.
gentiledom
gentiledom
noun
The realm or sphere of non-Jewish people.
geochemist
geochemist
noun
(chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry
geometries
geometries
noun
plural of geometry
geometrina
geometrine
geometrine
noun
Any moth of the subfamily Geometrinae
geometrise
geometrise
verb
Alternative form of geometrize
geometrize
geometrize
verb
(intransitive) To study or use geometry.
(transitive) To convert to geometrical form.
geometroid
geometroid
noun
Any moth of the superfamily Geometroidea.
geothermic
geothermic
adj
geothermal
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
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
geronomite
giacometti
gigglement
gigglement
noun
A state of giggling; laughter.
gimleteyed
gismondite
gismondite
noun
Alternative form of gismondine
gitanemuck
glathsheim
glimmerite
glimmerite
noun
(geology) An igneous rock consisting almost entirely of dark mica
goniometer
goniometer
noun
(medicine) An arthrometer (device for measuring the arc or range of mobility of a joint).
A device used to measure the angles of crystals.
A device used to measure the angles of joints commonly used in orthopedics and physical therapy.
A radio direction finder.
goniometry
goniometry
noun
measurement of angles
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
grammatite
grammatite
noun
(mineralogy) tremolite
gravimeter
gravimeter
noun
(physics) A hydrometer.
(physics) An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
gravimetry
gravimetry
noun
The measurement of gravity (the strength of the gravitational field).
The measurement of specific gravity; hydrometry.
guestimate
guestimate
noun
Alternative spelling of guesstimate
gymnotidae
gynostemia
gynostemia
noun
plural of gynostemium
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hamrongite
heatmaking
hedgesmith
hegemonist
hegemonist
noun
A person, organisation or country that practices hegemony.
hemizygote
hemizygote
noun
(biology) A hemizygous individual
hemologist
hempstring
hermitages
hermitages
noun
plural of hermitage
highermost
highermost
adj
Uppermost; in the highest position.
ignorement
ignorement
noun
(archaic) The act of ignoring something.
imaginated
immigrated
immigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of immigrate
immigrates
immigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immigrate
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
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.
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
impugnment
impugnment
noun
The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.
ingeminate
ingeminate
adj
redoubled
reiterated
verb
(transitive) To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
ingulfment
ingulfment
noun
Archaic form of engulfment.
insignment
insignment
noun
(obsolete) A token, mark, or explanation.
integument
integument
noun
(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
A shell or other outer protective layer.
isogametic
isogametic
adj
Pertaining to, or exhibiting isogamy
jiggermast
jiggermast
noun
(nautical) The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
kentigerma
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
latecoming
latecoming
adj
Arriving late.
leamington
leamington
Proper noun
Royal Leamington Spa, a health resort in Warwickshire, England
A small town in Ontario, Canada
A town in Utah
legitimacy
legitimacy
noun
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
legitimate
legitimate
adj
Authentic, real, genuine.
Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Relating to hereditary rights.
noun
A person born to a legally married couple.
verb
(transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
legitimise
legitimise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.