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- ABLUENTWashing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
- ABLUSHBlushing; ruddy.
- ABLUTIONThe act of washing something. Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or
- ABLUTIONARYPertaining to ablution.
- ABLYIn an able manner; with great ability.
- ABMHOA unit of measurement (10 mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
- ABNEGATETo deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
- ABNEGATOROne who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
- ABNORMALNot conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
- ABNORMALITYThe state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
- ABNORMITYAlternative form of abnormality
- ABNORMOUSAbnormal; irregular; misshapen.
- ABOARDOn board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
- ABODEAct of waiting; delay.
- ABODEMENTA foreboding; an omen.
- ABODINGA foreboding.
- ABOHMA unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10 ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ABOIDEAUA tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
- ABOILIn a boil; boiling.
- ABOLISHTo end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
- ABOLISHERAgent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
- ABOLISHMENTThe act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
- ABOLITIONThe act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
- ABOLITIONARYRelating to or favoring abolition.
- ABOMAAny of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.
- ABOMINABLEWorthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
- ABOMINABLYIn an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
- ABOMINATEAbominable; detested.
- ABOMINATOROne who abominates.
- ABOONAbove.
- ABORALSituated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
- ABORALLYIn an aboral way; away from the mouth.
- ABORDThe act of approaching or arriving; approach.
- ABORIGINALFirst according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
- ABORIGINEA native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
- ABORIGINESplural of aborigine
- ABORTAn early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- ABORTEDStopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger.
- ABORTEEThat which was aborted.
- ABORTICIDEThe act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
- ABORTIONThe expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage. An induced abortion.
- ABORTIONALPertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
- ABORTIVEProduced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
- ABORTIVELYIn an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
- ABORTUSAn abortion.
- ABOULICAlternative form of abulic
- ABOUTIn a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- ABOUTSAbout.
- ABOVEPhysically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- ABOVEGROUNDAlternative spelling of above ground.
- ABOVESPhysically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- ABRADETo rub or wear off; erode.
- ABRAIDTo wrench (something) out.
- ABRAMAuburn.
- ABRASIONThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- ABRASIVEProducing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
- ABRASIVELYIn an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
- ABREACTTo eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
- ABREACTIONThe re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
- ABREACTIVECapable of producing abreaction.
- ABREASTSide by side and facing forward.
- ABRIa shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
- ABRIDGETo deprive; to cut off.
- ABRIDGEMENTAlternative form of abridgment.
- ABRIDGMENTThe act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
- ABRIMBrimming, full to the brim.
- ABRINA toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius).
- ABROACHTo set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
- ABROADBeyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- ABROADSBeyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- ABROGATETo annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
- ABROGATIONThe act of abrogating. A repeal by authority; abolition.
- ABROGATIVETending or designed to abrogate.
- ABROSIAAbstinence.
- ABRUPTBroken away (from restraint).
- ABRUPTIONA sudden termination or interruption.
- ABRUPTLYIn an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
- ABSCINDTo cut off.
- ABSCONDTo flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- ABSCONDERA person who absconds.
- ABSEILTo descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body.
- ABSENCEA state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
- ABSENTBeing away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; missing.
- ABSENTEEA person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
- ABSENTEROne who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
- ABSENTLYIn an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
- ABSEYABC; alphabet.
- ABSINTHEThe herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
- ABSITFormal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
- ABSOLUTEFree of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimi
- ABSOLUTELYIn an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
- ABSOLUTIONAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
- ABSOLVETo set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- ABSOLVENTAbsolving.
- ABSOLVERAgent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
- ABSOLVITORA decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
- ABSORBANCYAlternative form of absorbency
- ABSORBEDFully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
- ABSORBENCYThe quality of being absorbent.
- ABSORBENTHaving the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.