in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
adairville
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adrenaline
adrenaline
noun
(biochemistry) epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Excitement; thrills.
adrenalize
adrenalize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
adrianople
adterminal
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
aedilberct
aeluroidea
afterglide
ailuroidea
alderflies
alderflies
noun
plural of alderfly
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
aleixandre
alessandri
alexandria
alexandria
Proper noun
A city and port in Egypt.
A census-designated place in Alabama, USA
A city in Monroe Township, Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city and the parish seat of Louisiana, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A village in Nebraska, USA
A town in New Hampshire, USA
A town in New York, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Tennessee, USA
An independent city in Virginia, USA
A city in South Dakota, USA
A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
almoravide
alodiaries
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
antebridal
aperulosid
arecolidin
arendalite
armillated
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
asteroidal
asteroidal
adj
Of or pertaining to an asteroid
auletrides
auletrides
noun
plural of auletris
autodialer
autodialer
noun
(computing) malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balladries
balladries
noun
plural of balladry
balourdise
banderilla
banderilla
noun
(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
barleybird
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
baudelaire
becrippled
bedriveled
begirdling
begirdling
verb
present participle of begirdle
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
bellbinder
belverdian
bepillared
bepillared
adj
Furnished with pillars.
bewildered
bewildered
adj
Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewilder
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
biliverdic
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
billholder
billholder
noun
A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
One who holds a bill or acceptance.
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
bordelaise
bordelaise
adj
(postpositive) Served with Bordelaise sauce.
noun
Ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
borderline
borderline
adj
Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
Showing bad taste.
nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
adv
Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.
noun
(countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.
(countable) An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
(uncountable) Short for borderline personality disorder.
verb
(transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
bottlebird
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
bowdlerise
bowdlerise
verb
Alternative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bowdlerize
bowdlerize
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
bowldering
bradylexia
bradylexia
noun
An unusual slowness in reading
bradytelic
bradytelic
adj
Of or relating to bradytely.
bradyville
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bridalveil
bridgeable
bridgeable
adj
(figurative) Possible to reconcile.
Able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge.
bridgeland
bridgeless
bridgeless
adj
(graph theory) Having no bridges.
(of a body of water) Having no bridges.
That cannot be bridged.
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgewall
bridleless
bridleless
adj
Without a bridle.
bridlewise
bridlewise
adj
(of a horse) Responsive to the bridle.
brierfield
briggsdale
brookfield
broomfield
brotulidae
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brunnhilde
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
brutalized
brutalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutalize
burchfield
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
calendaric
calendaric
adj
Alternative form of calendrical
calibrated
calibrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calibrate
callipered
callipered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calliper
carbolised
carbolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolise
carbolized
carbolized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolize
carbuilder
carbuilder
noun
(rail transport, US) A manufacturer of railroad cars.
cardiocele
cardueline
cardueline
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.
carnalized
carnalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnalize
cartelized
cartelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cartelize
cavaliered
cavaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalier
cedarville
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.
Of or pertaining to a centroid.
chandelier
chandelier
noun
(obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
(surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
charladies
charladies
noun
plural of charlady
chelydroid
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.
chloralide
chloralide
noun
(organic chemistry) The lactone 2,5-bis(trichloromethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-one
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
chlorazide
chlorazide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The pseudohalogen chlorine azide ClN₃
chloridate
chloridate
verb
(transitive) To treat or prepare with a chloride.
chloridize
chloridize
verb
(dated, transitive) To chloridate.
chlorodize
chordeiles
chronicled
chronicled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chronicle
ciliograde
ciliograde
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of cilia or similar organs.
cinderella
cinderella
noun
Alternative form of Cinderella
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
circulated
circulated
adj
distributed about a circuit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circulate
clairfield
clarkfield
clearfield
cloistered
cloistered
adj
Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
Furnished with cloisters.
Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
Naive, lacking in worldliness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cloister
clubridden
clydesider
coislander
coislander
noun
An inhabitant of the same island.
colubridae
corallidae
cordeliere
cordeliere
noun
(heraldry) A decorative cord surrounding a blazon used to display a woman's own coat of arms.
cordeliers
cordelling
cordialize
cordialize
verb
(intransitive) To become friendly; to fraternize.
(transitive) To make cordial.
(transitive) To make into a cordial.
cordillera
cordillera
noun
(geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.
coresidual
coresidual
noun
(mathematics) Any of four points on the common chord of a cubic curve intercepted by a cone
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
corriedale
corriedale
Noun
A sheep of a dual-purpose breed that is a cross between Merino and Lincoln sheep.
corrodible
corrodible
adj
Readily corroded
corydaline
corydaline
noun
(biochemistry) A bioactive isoquinoline alkaloid.
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
cradleside
cradleside
noun
A position at the side of an infant's cradle.
cradletime
credential
credential
adj
Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
noun
(chiefly in the plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
verb
to furnish with credentials
creditable
creditable
adj
Credible or believable.
That brings credit or honour; respectable.
That can be assigned; assignable.
creditably
creditably
adv
In a creditable manner; reputably, without disgrace.
creditless
creditless
adj
Without credit (financially).
creedalism
creedalist
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
crocodiles
crocodiles
noun
plural of crocodile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crocodile
crotalidae
curdsville
cylindered
cylindered
adj
Having a specified kind or number of cylinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cylinder
cylinderer
cylinderer
noun
One who cylinders or calenders.
cylindrite
cylindrite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders.