(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
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
biometrika
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
brainstems
brainstems
noun
plural of brainstem
brambliest
brambliest
adj
superlative form of brambly: most brambly
bromacetic
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
chambertin
coimbatore
coimbatore
Proper noun
The second-largest city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
corymbiate
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
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
imbreviate
imbricated
imbricated
adj
Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
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
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
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).
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
proambient
remittable
remittable
adj
Capable of being remitted
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
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.
timberyard
timberyard
noun
Alternative spelling of timber yard
traymobile
traymobile
noun
A wheeled trolley for transporting food to the table.