(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
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
afterglide
aftergrind
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
aggravated
aggravated
adj
(criminology) Of or characterized by factors that increase the heinousness or offensiveness of the criminal offense.
Having become more severe, dangerous or worse than usual before.
Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggravate
aggregated
aggregated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggregate
agostadero
antegarden
argentamid
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
astrogated
astrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astrogate
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
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.
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
begartered
begartered
adj
(archaic) Wearing garters.
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
blightbird
bridgebote
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
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.
bridgetree
bridgetree
noun
The beam that supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
bridgwater
bridgwater
Proper noun
a market town in Somerset, England.
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
brightwood
cardington
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
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
citigradae
coastguard
coastguard
noun
Alternative spelling of coast guard
coatbridge
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
corrugated
corrugated
adj
Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corrugate
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
daughterly
daughterly
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
deaerating
deaerating
verb
present participle of deaerate
decentring
decentring
noun
The process by which something is decentred.
verb
present participle of decentre
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
deflagrate
deflagrate
verb
(physics) To burn with intense light and heat.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
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.
degraduate
delegatory
delegatory
adj
Holding a delegated position.
Of or pertaining to delegation
demeriting
demeriting
verb
present participle of demerit
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
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.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
deratizing
deratizing
verb
present participle of deratize
deregister
deregister
verb
to unregister
to unsubscribe
deregulate
deregulate
verb
(transitive) To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.
dermatagra
dermatogen
dermatogen
noun
(botany) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
derogately
derogately
adv
(archaic) In a derogatory manner.
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.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
derogatory
derogatory
adj
(law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
(usually with to) Tending to derogate:
Disparaging.
Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
noun
A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.
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.
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
detergence
detergence
Noun
The active property of a detergent
detergency
detergency
noun
The active property of a detergent
detergents
detergents
noun
plural of detergent
detergible
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
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
dextrogyre
dextrogyre
adj
(chemistry) Dextrorotatory.
diagometer
diagometer
noun
A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
digitiform
digitiform
adj
Having the shape of a finger.
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
digredient
dilligrout
dilligrout
noun
Alternative form of dillegrout
dingthrift
dingthrift
Noun
A spendthrift.
disgregate
disgregate
verb
(obsolete) To disperse; to scatter.
disgruntle
disgruntle
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispergate
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
disserting
disserting
verb
present participle of dissert
distorting
distorting
adj
That distorts.
verb
present participle of distort
distraught
distraught
adj
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
Mad; insane.
distringas
distringas
noun
(law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
disturbing
disturbing
adj
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
verb
present participle of disturb
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
ditrigonal
ditrigonal
adj
Being trigonal in two different ways on the same axis; e.g., of a six-sided object, having only the alternate interfacial angles equal
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
divagatory
divulgater
divulgater
noun
(obsolete) One who divulges.
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
dogcatcher
dogcatcher
noun
A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
doghearted
doghearted
adj
Alternative form of dog-hearted
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
dogtrotted
dogtrotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogtrot
downgrowth
downgrowth
noun
A downward growth
dragonroot
dragonroot
noun
The plant green dragon.
dragontail
dragontail
noun
Either of two papilionid butterflies of the genus Lamproptera, having long projections on their hindwings.
dragonwort
dragonwort
noun
A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.
A perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris.
dramaturge
dramaturge
noun
(rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.
(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge.
dramaturgy
dramaturgy
noun
(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.
draughtier
draughtier
adj
comparative form of draughty: more draughty
draughtily
draughtily
adv
In a draughty manner.
draughting
draughting
verb
present participle of draught
draughtman
draughtman
noun
Archaic form of draughtsman. (one who draws architectural or engineering plans)
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
droughtier
droughtier
adj
comparative form of droughty: more droughty
drugeteria
drugeteria
noun
(US) A drugstore; a pharmacy.
druggeting
druggeting
noun
Coarse, hard-wearing, woollen cloth, usually woven in narrow strips, used as an underlay or protective covering, especially for carpets.
druggister
drugstores
drugstores
noun
plural of drugstore
dutymonger
enstranged
eradiating
eradiating
verb
present participle of eradiate
ergatandry
ergodicity
ergodicity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is ergodic.
(uncountable) The condition of being ergodic.
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
farsighted
farsighted
adj
Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.
federating
federating
verb
present participle of federate
fitzgerald
footbridge
footbridge
noun
A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
foredating
foredating
verb
present participle of foredate
fragmented
fragmented
adj
broken into fragments
composed of fragments
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fragment
fregatidae
frightened
frightened
adj
Afraid; suffering from fear.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frighten
fulgurated
fulgurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fulgurate
gadgeteers
gadgeteers
noun
plural of gadgeteer
gadgetries
gadgetries
noun
plural of gadgetry
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gastrodisc
gastrodisk
gastropoda
gastropods
gastropods
noun
plural of gastropod
gatetender
gatetender
noun
The person in charge of a floodgate.
gatteridge
geometroid
geometroid
noun
Any moth of the superfamily Geometroidea.
germinated
germinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of germinate