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Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.

Aphetize :: Aphetize (v. t.) To shorten by aphesis.

Aphetic :: Aphetic (a.) Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form..

Short :: Short (v. t.) To shorten.

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation..

Al- :: Al- (A prefix.) To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.

Apocopated :: Apocopated (a.) Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form..

Pullman Car :: Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card..

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like..

Foreshorten :: Foreshorten (v. t.) Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road..

Shortener :: Shortener (n.) One who, or that which, shortens..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Shortening :: Shortening (n.) The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished..

Alcohate :: Alcohate (n.) Shortened forms of Alcoholate.

Abbreviatory :: Abbreviatory (a.) Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc..

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