(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
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
admeasuring
admeasuring
verb
present participle of admeasure
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterswarming
aggiornamenti
aggiornamento
aggiornamento
noun
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
airmonger
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
allomerizing
ambisporangiate
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
americanising
americanizing
amphicarpogenous
amphisporangiate
amygdonitrile
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatize
anagrammatize
verb
Alternative spelling of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anapterygotism
androgametangium
anemobiagraph
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angelinformal
angiemphraxis
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiometer
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
antemarginal
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigrammaticalness
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
antimerging
antinegroism
antinegroism
noun
A prejudice against black people.
antiparallelogram
antiparallelogram
noun
A quadrilateral in which the pairs of nonadjacent sides are congruent, but in which two opposite sides intersect and are therefore not parallel.
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
argentamid
argentamide
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
argentamine
argentamine
noun
A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.
argentometric
argentometric
adj
Relating to argentometry.
argentometrically
argentometrically
adv
By means of argentometry.
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
argillomagnesian
argumentation
argumentation
noun
An exchange of arguments
Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.
The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.
argumentatious
argumentatious
adj
Tending to argue; disputatious.
argumentative
argumentative
adj
Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
Prone to argue or dispute.
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
argumentativeness
argumentativeness
noun
the state of being argumentative
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
armageddonist
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
arraignment
arraignment
noun
(law) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.
arraignments
arraignments
noun
plural of arraignment
arthromeningitis
attempering
attempering
verb
present participle of attemper
augmentationer
augmentationer
noun
(historical) An officer of the Court of Augmentations.
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
beclamoring
beclamoring
verb
present participle of beclamor
becriming
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beglamoring
beglamoring
verb
present participle of beglamor
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
begriming
begriming
verb
present participle of begrime
begrimming
bemiring
bemiring
verb
present participle of bemire
bemurmuring
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benightmare
berengarianism
bergmannite
bergsonism
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
beriming
beriming
verb
present participle of berime
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
bessemerizing
bessemerizing
verb
present participle of bessemerize
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
beworming
bimarginate
bimarginate
adj
Having a double margin.
birminghamize
birminghamize
Verb
To make ersatz
bloomingrose
boanergism
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boomeranging
boomeranging
verb
present participle of boomerang
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
brakemaking
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breaming
breaming
verb
present participle of bream
bribemonger
bridesmaiding
bridesmaiding
noun
Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.
verb
present participle of bridesmaid
bridgehampton
bridgemaking
bridgeman
bridgemen
brightsomeness
brightsomeness
noun
The quality of being brightsome.
brimmering
brisingamen
bromeigon
bromgelatin
bromogelatin
bromogelatin
noun
(photography) A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
bronchohemorrhagia
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
burlingame
buttermaking
cambering
cambering
noun
A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber.
verb
present participle of camber
camerlingo
camerlingos
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.