(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
administrating
administrating
verb
present participle of administrate
admiring
admiring
adj
Feeling or showing admiration.
noun
admiration
verb
present participle of admire
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
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
agromyzid
agromyzid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.
agromyzidae
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amygdalothripsis
amygdonitrile
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
androgametangium
androgonidium
androgonidium
noun
An androspore
androgonium
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
angiochondroma
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiohydrotomy
angiomyocardiac
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
archdogmatist
ardhamagadhi
ardhamagadhi
Proper noun
A Middle Indian language used in Jain texts.
argentamid
argentamide
armageddonist
audiogram
audiogram
noun
A graphical representation of the hearing ability of a person
audiograms
audiograms
noun
plural of audiogram
autodiagrammatic
autoradiogram
autoradiogram
noun
Synonym of autoradiograph
balladmongering
balladmongering
noun
The work of a balladmonger, selling or composing ballads.
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
begrimmed
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
birdliming
birdliming
verb
present participle of birdlime
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
bombarding
bombarding
noun
bombardment
verb
present participle of bombard
bradysphygmia
braggadocianism
braggardism
braggardism
noun
Boastfulness; tendency to brag.
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
bridegroom
bridegroom
noun
A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
bridegrooms
bridegrooms
noun
plural of bridegroom
bridegroomship
bridesmaiding
bridesmaiding
noun
Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.
verb
present participle of bridesmaid
bridgehampton
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
bridgeman
bridgemaster
bridgemen
bridgman
brigandism
brigandism
noun
The criminal operations of brigands.
bromindigo
cambridge
cambridge
Proper noun
A city in England famous for its university.
Cambridge University.
A village in Illinois, USA
A city in Maryland, USA
A city in Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of and the It was formerly one of the county seats.
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Ohio, USA
A town and a village in Vermont, USA.
cambridgeport
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
caprimulgidae
cardiagram
cardiogram
cardiogram
noun
(cardiology) The visual output an electrocardiograph produces
cardiograms
cardiograms
noun
plural of cardiogram
cardiomegalia
cardiomegaly
cardiomegaly
noun
megalocardia
cardiopneumograph
cardiosphygmogram
cardiosphygmograph
cardiosphygmograph
noun
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
chairmending
chondroangioma
chromdiagnosis
chromidiogamy
circumducing
circumducing
verb
present participle of circumduce
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
coadmiring
comicotragedy
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
commandeering
commandeering
verb
present participle of commandeer
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehendingly
comprehendingly
adv
In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
coredeeming
coredeeming
verb
present participle of coredeem
corrigendum
corrigendum
noun
(usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections.
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
costodiaphragmatic
costodiaphragmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.
counterdisengagement
counterdogmatism
counterdogmatism
noun
Synonym of antidogmatism
countermanding
countermanding
noun
The act of something being countermanded.
verb
present participle of countermand
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
curmudgeonish
dacryocystosyringotomy
daemonurgist
dampproofing
dampproofing
noun
Alternative spelling of damp proofing
daydreaming
daydreaming
noun
An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
verb
present participle of daydream
decigram
decigram
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹ grams. Symbol: dg
decigramme
decigramme
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of decigram
decigrams
decigrams
noun
plural of decigram
decompressing
decompressing
verb
present participle of decompress
decrementing
decrementing
verb
present participle of decrement
decriminalizing
decriminalizing
verb
(rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
deforming
deforming
verb
present participle of deform
degerminate
degerminator
degerminator
noun
(agriculture) A device that separates the germ from the husk of a cereal grain.
degerming
degerming
verb
present participle of degerm
deglamorization
deglamorization
noun
The process of deglamorizing.
deglamorize
deglamorize
verb
To make less glamorous
deglamorized
deglamorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize
deglamorizes
deglamorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deglamorize
deglamorizing
deglamorizing
verb
present participle of deglamorize
demagnetiser
demagnetiser
noun
Alternative form of demagnetizer
demagnetizer
demagnetizer
noun
Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
demagogueries
demagogueries
noun
plural of demagoguery
demarcating
demarcating
verb
present participle of demarcate
demargarinate
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
dematerialising
dematerialising
verb
present participle of dematerialise
dematerializing
dematerializing
verb
present participle of dematerialize
demegoric
demegoric
adj
Related to public speaking, especially as a style of rhetoric.
demergering
demergering
verb
present participle of demerger
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demibrigade
demibrigade
noun
A half brigade.
demifarthing
demifigure
demigardebras
demigorge
demigorge
noun
(military) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the centre of the bastion.
demigrate
demigrate
verb
(obsolete) To emigrate.
To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).
demigriffin
demigroat
demilitarising
demilitarising
verb
present participle of demilitarise
demilitarizing
demilitarizing
verb
present participle of demilitarize
demineralizing
demineralizing
verb
present participle of demineralize
demioctangular
demiourgoi
demiourgos
demisacrilege
demisovereign
demiurge
demiurge
noun
(Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
(Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
(figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
(historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.
demiurgeous
demiurges
demiurges
noun
plural of demiurge.
demiurgic
demiurgic
adj
Relating to a demiurge.
demiurgical
demiurgical
adj
Synonym of demiurgic
demiurgically
demiurgically
adv
In the manner of a demiurge
demiurgism
demiurgos
demiurgos
noun
(more common in earlier works) Alternative form of demiurge.