brain tweaking

a common english word
nine letters long
subtract one letter, it still is an english word.
brush off another, it remains an english word.

nine letters all the way down to one letter- are all english words.
what word is it?
and the subsequent words?

and no cheating!

A Jot and A Tittle

My Holiday:

• Decorating the Church (2)
• Sledding at the Dike
• Running on the River
• Built a Family of Snowmen
• Climbed Mt. Depot
• Fell in Love with the CUTEST baby under the sun
  
• Threw Confetti & drank bubblie
• Created a Fort protected by a watchman and an Amazon Warrior Snowwoman
• Read 8 novels and hundreds of children’s books
• Explored a new world
• Sledded down a vertical drop
• Saw too many movies
• Conversed in Arabic
• Talked with my Sister (in Quito)
• Was attacked by the Treadmill
• Cooked for the Missionaries
• Played games with my Family
  
  
  And so much more.