(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
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
adsmithing
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aftergrind
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
antedating
antedating
noun
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
The action of marking with an earlier date.
verb
present participle of antedate
antegarden
antidoting
antidoting
verb
present participle of antidote
argentamid
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bedighting
bedighting
verb
present participle of bedight
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedlington
bednighted
bedticking
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
cardington
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
centigrado
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
coddington
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
condignity
condignity
noun
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
conducting
conducting
verb
present participle of conduct
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate
contending
contending
noun
contention
verb
present participle of contend
cotingidae
daigneault
damagement
damagement
noun
(rare) damage
danglement
darlington
darlington
Proper noun
A town in Indiana
An unincorporated community in Maryland
A city in Missouri
A borough in Pennsylvania
A settlement in Prince Edward Island
A city in South Carolina
A city and town in Wisconsin, the city is the county seat of
A town in County Durham, northeast England.
Noun
A pair of transistors with the emitter of one connected to the base of the other and the collectors connected together, acting as a transistor with greater amplification.
darrington
datelining
datelining
verb
present participle of dateline
dauntingly
dauntingly
adv
In a daunting manner.
deadtongue
deaerating
deaerating
verb
present participle of deaerate
debatingly
debatingly
adv
In the manner of a debate.
decatizing
decatizing
verb
present participle of decatize
decentring
decentring
noun
The process by which something is decentred.
verb
present participle of decentre
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
decongests
decongests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decongest
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
dedicating
dedicating
verb
present participle of dedicate
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
degenerate
degenerate
adj
(mathematics, of an eigenvalue) Having multiple different (linearly independent) eigenvectors.
(of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
(of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal; an immoral or corrupt person.
(physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
noun
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.
verb
(intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
delegating
delegating
verb
present participle of delegate
delegation
delegation
noun
(computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
(law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
An act of delegating.
deligation
deligation
noun
(surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
delighting
delighting
verb
present participle of delight
delignated
delignated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delignate
delimiting
delimiting
adj
That serves to delimit.
noun
The act or point of something being delimited.
verb
present participle of delimit
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
denegation
denegation
noun
(obsolete) A denial.
denigrated
denigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denigrate
denigrates
denigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate
denigrator
denigrator
noun
One who denigrates.
dentiloguy
denudating
denudating
verb
present participle of denudate
deontology
deontology
noun
(ethics) Ethics.
(ethics) The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
deratizing
deratizing
verb
present participle of deratize
dermatogen
dermatogen
noun
(botany) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
derogating
derogating
verb
present participle of derogate
derogation
derogation
noun
(law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
An act which belittles; disparagement.
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
designated
designated
adj
Having a specified designation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of designate
designates
designates
noun
plural of designate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of designate
designator
designator
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
A person who, or term that, designates.
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
designment
designment
noun
(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
destaining
destaining
noun
The removal of a stain from a biological sample
verb
present participle of destain
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
destuffing
detergence
detergence
Noun
The active property of a detergent
detergency
detergency
noun
The active property of a detergent
detergents
detergents
noun
plural of detergent
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
detonating
detonating
verb
present participle of detonate
detracting
detracting
noun
detraction; slander
verb
present participle of detract
detraining
detraining
verb
present participle of detrain
dewatering
dewatering
noun
An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
verb
present participle of dewater
diagenetic
diagenetic
adj
(geology) of, or relating to diagenesis
diagnostic
diagnostic
adj
(education) Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
(medicine) Characteristic of a particular disease.
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
noun
(computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
That by which anything is known; a symptom.
diffugient
digenetica
digestions
digestions
noun
plural of digestion
digestment
digitalein
digitation
digitation
noun
(obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers.
(zoology, botany) Any of various finger-like processes (outgrowths) found in plant and animal tissues.
digitising
digitising
verb
present participle of digitise
digitizing
digitizing
verb
present participle of digitize
digoneutic
digoneutic
adj
(entomology) Having two broods per season.
digredient
diisatogen
diisatogen
noun
(chemistry) A synthetic red crystalline nitrogenous substance which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dilatingly
dilatingly
adv
In a dilating manner.
diligentia
diligently
diligently
adv
In a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully.
diminuting
dingthrift
dingthrift
Noun
A spendthrift.
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
disaugment
discanting
discanting
verb
present participle of discant
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
disgallant
disgruntle
disgruntle
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
disgusting
disgusting
adj
Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
verb
present participle of disgust
disjecting
disjecting
verb
present participle of disject
dismasting
dismasting
noun
The act by which a ship is dismasted.
verb
present participle of dismast
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
disporting
disporting
noun
The act of one who disports.
verb
present participle of disport
disrooting
disrooting
verb
present participle of disroot
disrupting
disrupting
adj
That disrupts; disruptive.
verb
present participle of disrupt
disseating
disseating
verb
present participle of disseat
dissecting
dissecting
noun
A dissection; a taking apart.
verb
present participle of dissect
dissenting
dissenting
adj
Showing a strongly different opinion, belief, or viewpoint.