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

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

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

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..

Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.

Shorten :: Shorten (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action..

Slide :: Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

Della Crusca :: Della Crusca () A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language..

Systole :: Systole (n.) The shortening of the long syllable.

O :: O' (prep.) A shortened form of of or on.

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..

Shortening :: Shortening (n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc..

Pa :: Pa (n.) A shortened form of Papa.

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

Detuncate :: Detuncate (v. t.) To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The process of shortening an operation.

Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..

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