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- AALIIA bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.
- AARDWOLFA nocturnal, insectivorous mammal (Proteles cristatus), having yellowish fur with vertical black stripes, and a long mane down the midline of the neck and back; it is related to an
- AARTIA particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.
- AASVOGELVulture.
- ABACSynonym of nomogram.
- ABACIplural of abacus
- ABACKTowards the back or rear; backwards.
- ABACTOROne who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
- ABACUSA table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
- ABAFTBehind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
- ABALONEAn edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
- ABAMPEREUnit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
- ABANDTo desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce.
- ABANDONTo give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
- ABASA cutaneous disease; the scald-head. porrigo
- ABASETo lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- ABASEDHumbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.
- ABASEDLYIn an abased manner; abjectly.
- ABASEMENTThe act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
- ABASEROne who, or that which, abases.
- ABASHTo make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
- ABASHEDLYIn an abashed manner.
- ABASHMENTThe state of feeling abashed; embarrassment from shame; timid shyness as from one's modesty being challenged.
- ABASKIn the sunshine; basking.
- ABATETo lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- ABATEROne who, or that which, abates.
- ABATISA means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently forti
- ABATORa person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
- ABATUREGrass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
- ABBAFather; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the
- ABBACYThe dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
- ABBEYThe office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
- ABBOTThe superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
- ABBOTCYAbbacy; office of abbot (superior of a monastery).
- ABBOTSHIPThe state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
- ABCOULOMBA unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.
- ABDICABLECapable of being abdicated.
- ABDICANTAbdicating; renouncing.
- ABDICATETo disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
- ABDICATIONThe act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
- ABDICATIVECausing, or implying, abdication.
- ABDICATORA person supporting the abdication of another.
- ABDOMENThe fat surrounding the belly.
- ABDOMINALOf or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
- ABDOMINALLYIn the area of the abdomen.
- ABDOMINOUSHaving a protuberant belly; potbellied.
- ABDUCETo draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
- ABDUCENTDrawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
- ABDUCTTo take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- ABDUCTEEAn abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens.
- ABDUCTIONA leading away; a carrying away.
- ABDUCTOROne who abducts; a kidnapper.
- ABEAMOn the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90° or 270° relative.
- ABEARTo put up with; to endure; to bear.
- ABEARINGBehaviour.
- ABEDIn bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
- ABELEThe white poplar (Populus alba).
- ABELIAAny of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia.
- ABELIANOf an algebraic structure (usually a group or algebra), having a commutative defining operation.
- ABELMOSKThe edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
- ABETTo incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
- ABEYANCEExpectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
- ABEYANTBeing in a state of abeyance; suspended.
- ABHENRYA unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ABHORTo regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
- ABIDsimple past and past participle of abide
- ABIDETo endure without yielding; to withstand.
- ABIDEROne who abides, or continues.
- ABIDINGContinuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
- ABIDINGLYIn an abiding manner; permanently.
- ABIESA tree of the genus Abies.
- ABIETICOf, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees
- ABIGAILA lady's maid.
- ABILITYSuitableness.
- ABIOGENETICOf or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
- ABIOGENICNot produced or derived by means of living organisms or their processes.
- ABIOGENISTOne who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
- ABIOTICNonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
- ABIOTROPHICRelating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
- ABIOTROPHYPremature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
- ABJECTExisting in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
- ABJECTIONA low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
- ABJECTLYIn an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
- ABJOINTTo form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
- ABJURATIONA solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
- ABJURETo solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
- ABLATETo remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- ABLATIONA carrying or taking away; removal.
- ABLATIVEApplied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place,
- ABLATORA material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
- ABLAUTThe substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeed
- ABLAZEBurning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
- ABLEHaving the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- ABLEDHaving a range of physical powers as specified.
- ABLEGATETo send abroad.
- ABLEISMDiscrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities.
- ABLEISTExhibiting or relating to ableism.
- ABLINGSAlternative form of aiblins.
- ABLOOMIn or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.
- ABLOWBlossoming, blooming, in blossom.