(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
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
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).
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adriamycin
adriamycin
noun
An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
adterminal
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
almoravide
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.
ameiuridae
amerindian
amerindian
Noun
An American Indian.
amidrazone
amidrazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of nitrogen derivatives of carboxylic acids having a tautomeric structure represented by the general formulas RC(=NH)NHNH₂ and RC(NH₂)=NNH₂
amidstream
amyraldism
amyraldism
Noun
A form of Protestant belief also known as four-point Calvinism.
amyraldist
anacardium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromania
anhydremia
anhydremic
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
archidamus
archimedes
archimedes
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer.
A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.
arcimboldi
argentamid
arillodium
armadillos
armadillos
noun
plural of armadillo
armchaired
armchaired
adj
Based on general knowledge or theory rather than data.
Furnished with armchairs.
Seated in an armchair.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of armchair
armillated
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatized
aromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatize
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
attermined
audiograms
audiograms
noun
plural of audiogram
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
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bermudians
besmirched
besmirched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmirch
biedermann
birdliming
birdliming
verb
present participle of birdlime
birnamwood
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
boedromion
boedromius
bombardier
bombardier
noun
(Canada, Britain) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
(Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
(entomology) A bombardier beetle.
An artilleryman; a gunner.
bombarding
bombarding
noun
bombardment
verb
present participle of bombard
bondminder
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bottomried
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bradyseism
bradyseism
noun
(volcanology) A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas
bravadoism
bridegroom
bridegroom
noun
A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
bridesmaid
bridesmaid
noun
(sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
verb
To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
brigandism
brigandism
noun
The criminal operations of brigands.
bromhydric
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
bromindigo
bromiodide
bromoiodid
broomfield
brundisium
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
calamaroid
cardiagram
cardiatomy
cardiogram
cardiogram
noun
(cardiology) The visual output an electrocardiograph produces
cardiotomy
cardiotomy
noun
(surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
cerambycid
cerambycid
noun
(coleopterology, entomology) Any member of the family Cerambycidae of longhorn beetles.
ceramidium
ceramidium
noun
(phycology) In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp
chairmaned
childermas
childermas
Proper noun
A day to commemorate the killing of the Holy Innocents. Variously held on 28th December in the Western Church and 29th December in the Eastern Church. In Spanish-speaking countries this is often a prank-filled day like April Fools' Day.
chimaeroid
chimaeroid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the suborder Chimaeroidei
chironomid
chironomid
noun
(entomology) Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
Fossil chironomids have proven useful as indicators of climatic change.
chloramide
chloramide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound NHCl₂; part of the chloramine class.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine
chondrioma
chondriome
chondriome
noun
(biology) The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
chromatoid
chromatoid
adj
Resembling chromatin.
noun
(cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed.
chromidial
chromidial
adj
Relating to chromidia
chromidium
chromidium
noun
A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
chytridium
circumdate
circumduce
circumduce
verb
(archaic, law, Scotland, transitive) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
circumduct
circumduct
verb
(anatomy) To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.
(law) Alternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”)
(law, obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.
(obsolete) To lead about or astray.
coadmiring
commandrie
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
coriandrum
cradletime
creedalism
criminated
criminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of criminate
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
crymodynia
cycadiform
cylindroma
cylindroma
noun
A tumor with nests of cells that resemble a cylinder in cross section.
cytioderma
dairymaids
dairymaids
noun
plural of dairymaid
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
dbridement
decametric
decametric
adj
Of, relating to, or measured using a decameter/decametre; especially of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between one and ten decameters.
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.
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decigramme
decigramme
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of decigram
decimeters
decimeters
noun
plural of decimeter
decimetres
decimetres
noun
plural of decimetre
decinormal
decinormal
adj
(chemistry) Having a concentration one tenth that of a normal solution
declaimers
declaimers
noun
plural of declaimer
decompiler
decompiler
noun
(computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
delimiters
delimiters
noun
plural of delimiter
delirament
delirament
noun
(obsolete) A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demibarrel
demicircle
demicircle
noun
A semicircle.
An instrument for measuring angles in surveying etc., resembling a protractor with an alidade, sights, and compass.