| ABRIDGMENT | • abridgment n. (US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation. • abridgment n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. • abridgment n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. |
| AMBAGITORY | • ambagitory adj. (Obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory. • AMBAGITORY adj. (Scott) ambagious, circuitous. |
| BESTORMING | • BESTORM v. to assail with storms. |
| BETRIMMING | • betrimming n. (Dated) gerund of betrim: an act of adorning, decking, or embellishing. • betrimming v. Present participle of betrim. • BETRIM v. to deck with trimmings. |
| BLOGSTREAM | • BLOGSTREAM n. the alternative news and information network growing up around weblogs. |
| BRIGHTSOME | • brightsome adj. (Archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining. • BRIGHTSOME adj. bright; clear; brilliant. |
| GRUMBLIEST | • grumbliest adj. Superlative form of grumbly: most grumbly. • GRUMBLY adj. muttering in discontent. |
| IGNIMBRITE | • ignimbrite n. (Geology) A deposit left by the pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli… • IGNIMBRITE n. a hard rock formed by fusion of the volcanic fragments and dust of a nuee ardente. |
| LIMBURGITE | • limburgite n. A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish… • LIMBURGITE n. a volcanic rock composed of olivine and augite in a fine-grained or glassy groundmass. |
| TAMBOURING | • tambouring v. Present participle of tambour. • TAMBOUR v. to embroider on a round wooden frame. |
| THIMBLERIG | • thimblerig n. A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized… • thimblerig n. One operating such a game. • thimblerig v. (Intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game. |
| THROMBOGEN | • THROMBOGEN n. a protein present in blood that is essential for the formation of thrombin. |
| TIMBERINGS | • timberings n. Plural of timbering. • TIMBERING n. timber collectively; work in timber. |
| TIMBROLOGY | • timbrology n. (Rare, obsolete) philately (the study or collection of stamps). • TIMBROLOGY n. the study of postage stamps. |
| TREMBLINGS | • tremblings n. Plural of trembling. • TREMBLING n. the act of trembling. |