Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.
Shortened; made briefer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
abdicative
abdicative
adj
(rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
noun
(logic) A reasoning from the negative
abditive
abditive
adj
(rare) Having the quality of hiding
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
aberdavine
aberdevine
aberdevine
noun
(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
aboveboard
aboveboard
adj
Alternative form of above-board
abovedeck
abovedeck
adj
(nautical) Located on deck.
adv
(nautical) On deck.
noun
The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
abovesaid
abovesaid
adj
Mentioned or recited before.
absolved
absolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolve
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
advanceable
advanceable
adj
That can be advanced, as of a tax credit that may be brought forward for immediate use rather than being reclaimed at the end of the year.
adverb
adverb
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
(modifying a verb)
(programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb
(rare) To make into or become an adverb.
adverbial
adverbial
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
noun
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
adverbialize
adverbialize
verb
(American spelling) To use as or change into an adverb.
adverbially
adverbially
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
adverbiation
adverbless
adverbless
adj
Without an adverb or adverbs.
adverbs
adverbs
noun
plural of adverb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adverb
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertizable
advertizable
adj
Alternative spelling of advertisable
advisabilities
advisabilities
noun
plural of advisability
advisability
advisability
noun
(countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability.
(uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent.
advisable
advisable
adj
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
(of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
advisableness
advisableness
noun
Synonym of advisability
advisably
advisably
adv
Wisely, in an advisable manner.
archvagabond
avoidable
avoidable
adj
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
noun
Something that can or should be avoided.
avoidably
avoidably
adv
In a manner so as to be avoidable.
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
baldwinsville
baldwinville
bandhava
barnardsville
barneveld
barneveldt
basinerved
bavardage
bavardage
noun
chatter, banter
beaverboard
beaverboard
noun
A form of fiberboard made of wood pulp compressed into sheets.
beaverboards
beaverboards
noun
plural of beaverboard
beaverdale
beavered
beavered
adj
(historical) Having or wearing a beaver (part of a helmet covering the lower face).
Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
Synonym of bearded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beaver
beaverwood
beaverwood
noun
Celtis occidentalis, the common hackberry, a large deciduous tree native to North America.
bedravel
bedstaves
bedstaves
noun
plural of bedstaff
behaved
behaved
adj
(in combination) Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behave
behaviored
belavendered
belverdian
benavides
berdyaev
berdyayev
bereaved
bereaved
adj
having suffered the death of a loved one
bernardsville
berreaved
beslaved
beslaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslave
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
bivalved
bivalved
adj
Having two valves.
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bivocalized
bivouaced
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blanchardville
blandinsville
blandville
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
boddhisattva
boddhisattva
noun
Alternative form of bodhisattva
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bodhisattvas
bodhisattvas
noun
plural of bodhisattva
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
borodankov
bougainvilliidae
boulevard
boulevard
noun
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardiers
boulevardiers
noun
plural of boulevardier
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
boulevards
boulevards
noun
plural of boulevard
bouvard
bouvardia
bovard
bovenland
bovidae
braddyville
bradenville
bradfordsville
bradleyville
bradyville
brainardsville
brandonville
brandsville
bravade
bravade
noun
Obsolete form of bravado.
bravado
bravado
noun
(obsolete) A swaggerer; a braggart.
A false show of courage.
A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To swagger; to brag.
bravadoed
bravadoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bravado
bravadoes
bravadoes
noun
plural of bravado
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
bravadoism
bravados
braved
braved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brave
bravehearted
bravoed
bravoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bravo
brevard
brevicauda
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
brevicipitidae
breviradiate
bridalveil
broadleaves
broadleaves
noun
plural of broadleaf
broadview
broadwives
brodheadsville
brooklandville
bsadv
cabdriver
cabdriver
noun
One who drives a carriage for a living.
One who drives a taxi for a living.
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cuddebackville
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
davisboro
davisburg
debilitative
debilitative
adj
Causing or relating to debilitation.
deceivability
deceivability
Noun
The state or quality of being deceivable.
deceivable
deceivable
adj
Able to be deceived; gullible.
deceivableness
deceivableness
noun
The state or quality of being deceivable.
deceivably
deceivably
adv
In a deceivable way.
defibrillative
deliberative
deliberative
adj
That deliberates, considers carefully.
noun
A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
deliberatively
deliberatively
adv
In a deliberative manner.
deliberativeness
deliberativeness
noun
The state or quality of being deliberative.
deliverability
deliverability
noun
The quality of being deliverable; allowing the possibility of being delivered.
deliverable
deliverable
adj
Able to be delivered.
noun
(business, management) The tangible end product; that which will be delivered.
deliverables
deliverables
noun
plural of deliverable
demivambrace
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
derivability
derivability
noun
The condition of being derivable
derivable
derivable
adj
able to be derived, deducible
derivably
derivably
adv
Such that it can be derived; by derivation.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developable
developable
adj
(geometry, of a surface) Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
(photography, of a latent image) Which can be developed into a visible image.
Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
noun
(geometry) A developable surface.
deverbal
deverbal
adj
(grammar, linguistics) Derived from a verb.
noun
(grammar, linguistics) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb.
deverbative
deverbative
adj
(linguistics, grammar, rare) Derived from a verb.
noun
(linguistics, grammar, rare) A word or a component of a word that is derived from a verb.