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

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

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..

Shortening :: Shortening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shorte.

Shortcake :: Shortcake (n.) An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked..

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

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..

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

Dock :: Dock (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages..

Welk :: Welk (v. t.) To contract; to shorten.

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

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.

Esquire :: Esquire (n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire..

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..

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

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

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

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

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold..

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