| ABBREVIATE | • abbreviate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details. • abbreviate v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner. • abbreviate v. (Transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. |
| ABREACTIVE | • abreactive adj. Capable of producing abreaction. • ABREACTIVE adj. relating to abreaction, the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ABSTERSIVE | • abstersive adj. Cleansing; purging; abstergent. • abstersive n. (Now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. • ABSTERSIVE adj. serving to cleanse or purge. |
| BEAVERTAIL | • beavertail n. (North American) Any object like a beaver’s tail, oval or tear-drop in plan, usually broad and flat;… • beavertail n. (North American) A fried-dough pastry of such shape; usually beaver tail or Beaver Tail. • beavertail n. A species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia basilaris. |
| BREVETCIES | • brevetcies n. Plural of brevetcy. • BREVETCY n. an honorary military rank. |
| BREVETTING | • brevetting v. Present participle of brevet. • BREVET v. to confer an honorary military rank upon. |
| DIVERTIBLE | • divertible adj. Alternative form of divertable. • DIVERTIBLE adj. capable of being diverted. |
| INVERTIBLE | • invertible adj. Capable of being inverted or turned. • invertible adj. (Mathematics, especially of a function or matrix) Able to be inverted, having an inverse. • invertible adj. (Chemistry) Capable of being changed or converted. |
| OVERBEATEN | • overbeaten v. Past participle of overbeat. • OVERBEAT v. to beat too much. |
| OVERBETTED | • overbetted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overbet. • OVERBET v. to bet too much. |
| OVERSUBTLE | • oversubtle adj. Excessively subtle. • OVERSUBTLE adj. too subtle. |
| REVERTIBLE | • revertible adj. Able to be reverted. • REVERTIBLE adj. capable of being reverted; as, a revertible estate. |
| REVIBRATED | • revibrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of revibrate. • REVIBRATE v. to vibrate again. |
| REVIBRATES | • revibrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revibrate. • REVIBRATE v. to vibrate again. |
| SUBREPTIVE | • subreptive adj. (Obsolete) surreptitious. • SUBREPTIVE adj. surreptitious. |
| SUBVERTERS | • subverters n. Plural of subverter. • SUBVERTER n. one who, or that which, subverts. |
| VERBERATED | • verberated v. Simple past tense and past participle of verberate. • VERBERATE v. (archaic) to beat. |
| VERBERATES | • verberates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of verberate. • VERBERATE v. (archaic) to beat. |
| VERTEBRATE | • vertebrate adj. Having a backbone. • vertebrate n. An animal having a backbone. • VERTEBRATE n. a backboned animal, one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. |
| VIBROMETER | • vibrometer n. Any of several engineering devices that measure the characteristics of a vibrating structure. • VIBROMETER n. an instrument for measuring vibrations. |