| 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. |
| BEDIMMINGS | • BEDIMMING n. the act of making dim. |
| BEDIMPLING | • bedimpling v. Present participle of bedimple. • BEDIMPLE v. to make a small impression in. |
| BEMADAMING | • bemadaming v. Present participle of bemadam. • BEMADAM v. to call by the title of madam. |
| BEMEDALING | • bemedaling v. Present participle of bemedal. • BEMEDAL v. (archaic) to decorate with medals. |
| BEMUDDLING | • bemuddling v. Present participle of bemuddle. • BEMUDDLE v. (archaic) to confuse, muddle. |
| BESMUDGING | • besmudging v. Present participle of besmudge. • BESMUDGE v. to cover with smudges. |
| EMBEDDINGS | • embeddings n. Plural of embedding. • EMBEDDING n. the technique by which specimens are embedded in a supporting medium in preparation for sectioning with a microtome and viewing with a microscope. |
| EMBIGGENED | • embiggened v. Simple past tense and past participle of embiggen. • EMBIGGEN v. to make bigger or more expansive. |
| EMBOUNDING | • embounding v. Present participle of embound. • EMBOUND v. (Shakespeare) to enclose. |
| EMBRAIDING | • embraiding v. Present participle of embraid. • EMBRAID v. (Spenser) to braid, also EMBREAD. |
| EMBRANGLED | • embrangled v. Simple past tense and past participle of embrangle. • EMBRANGLE v. (archaic) to embroil or entangle, also IMBRANGLE. |
| EMBREADING | • embreading v. Present participle of embread. • EMBREAD v. (Spenser) to braid, also EMBRAID. |
| IMBRANGLED | • imbrangled v. Simple past tense and past participle of imbrangle. • IMBRANGLE v. (archaic) to confuse or perplex, also EMBRANGLE. |
| MINIBUDGET | • minibudget n. A small budget. • minibudget n. (Chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving… • mini-budget n. Alternative form of minibudget. |