(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
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
bartramian
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
beminstrel
bemirement
bemirement
noun
The condition of being bemired.
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.
brimstones
brimstones
noun
plural of brimstone
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
combinator
combinator
noun
(computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
dbridement
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.
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
imbarkment
imbruement
imbruement
noun
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
minirobots
montbliard
montbretia
montbretia
noun
Any plant of the genus Crocosmia (once called Montbretia).
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
proambient
rumbustion
tabaniform
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
terminable
terminable
adj
Having an ending; finite.
terminably
theobromin
theobromin
noun
Dated form of theobromine.
thumbprint
thumbprint
noun
A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
timberland
timberland
noun
Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
timberline
timberline
noun
The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.