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  • ABSORPTIONnounLatin19 findersThe act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  • ABSORPTIVEadjective15 findersHaving power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
  • ABSTAINverbLatin20 findersKeep or withhold oneself.
  • ABSTAINERnounMiddle English2 findersOne who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
  • ABSTERGEverbLatin7 findersTo make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
  • ABSTERGENTadjectiveLatin2 findersCleansing, detergent.
  • ABSURDadjectiveLatin19 findersContrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridicul
  • ABSURDITYnounLatin24 findersThat which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
  • ABSURDLYadverb11 findersIn an absurd fashion.
  • ABTHANEnounLatin1 finderA title used in medieval Scotland.
  • ABULIAnounAncient Greek11 findersAbsence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
  • ABULICadjective7 findersRelating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
  • ABUNAnounArabic1 finderThe Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
  • ABUNDANCYnoun40 findersA state of plentifulness.
  • ABUNDANTadjectiveLatin21 findersFully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
  • ABURSTadjective1 finderIn a bursting condition.
  • ABUSEnounLatin5 findersImproper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
  • ABUSERnoun5 findersOne who abuses someone or something.
  • ABUSIONnounLatin5 findersMisuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
  • ABUSIVEadjectiveLatin18 findersProne to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
  • ABUSIVELYadverb14 findersIn an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
  • ABUTverbLatin79 findersTo touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
  • ABUTILONnounLatin8 findersAny of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
  • ABUTMENTnounOld French1 finderThe point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
  • ABUTTINGadjective4 findersFacing each other, front to front.
  • ABVOLTnoun3 findersA unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10 volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
  • ABWATTnoun5 findersA unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10 watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
  • ABYSMnounAncient Greek19 findersHell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
  • ABYSMALadjective128 findersPertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
  • ACADEMEnounAncient Greek11 findersThe garden in Athens where the academics met.
  • ACADEMISTnounFrench8 findersAn academic philosopher.
  • ACADEMYnounAncient Greek48 findersAn institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
  • ACAInounPortuguese45 findersAny of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  • ACAJOUnounFrench8 findersThe cashew tree.
  • ACALEPHnounAncient Greek3 findersA member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
  • ACALEPHESnounAncient Greek1 finderA member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
  • ACANTHOIDadjective12 findersHaving the shape of a spine or thorn
  • ACANTHOUSadjective2 findersSynonym of spinous.
  • ACANTHUSnounAncient Greek27 findersA member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia
  • ACARBOSEnoun3 findersAn antidiabetic drug C25H43NO18 (trademark Precose) that is taken orally as a tablet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is an oligosaccharide produced by fermentation of a bac
  • ACARIDnounAncient Greek1 finderAny parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.
  • ACARINEadjective7 findersOf or caused by acari or mites.
  • ACAROIDadjectiveLatin7 findersShaped like or resembling a mite.
  • ACAROLOGIESnounAncient Greek4 findersThe study of ticks and mites.
  • ACAROLOGISTnoun7 findersA specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
  • ACAROLOGYnounAncient Greek12 findersThe study of ticks and mites.
  • ACAROPHILYnoun3 findersThe condition of being acarophilous
  • ACARPOUSadjectiveAncient Greek6 findersNot producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
  • ACATERnounOld French2 findersA caterer.
  • ACAULINEadjective1 finderHaving no stem or stalk, acaulescent.
  • ACAULOSEadjective2 findersacaulous
  • ACCEDEverbLatin6 findersTo agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
  • ACCENDverbLatin1 finderTo set on fire; to kindle.
  • ACCENTnounLatin2 findersA higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
  • ACCESSnounLatin2 findersA way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
  • ACCIDENTnounLatin6 findersAn unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
  • ACCIDIESnounAncient Greek1 finderSloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
  • ACCOUNTnounLatin18 findersA registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
  • ACCOUNTANTnounMiddle French44 findersOne who renders account; one accountable.
  • ACCOYverbMiddle French3 findersTo soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
  • ACCRETEverb2 findersTo grow together, combine; to fuse.
  • ACCRUEverbLatin3 findersTo increase, to rise
  • ACCUBATIONnounLatin6 findersThe act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
  • ACCURSEDadjectiveOld English9 findersHateful; detestable, loathsome.
  • ACEDIAnounAncient Greek52 findersSpiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to despe
  • ACEDIASnounAncient Greek7 findersSpiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to despe
  • ACENTRICadjectiveAncient Greek1 finderNot centered; without a centre.
  • ACEPHALOUSadjectiveAncient Greek20 findersHaving no head.
  • ACEQUIAnounArabic2 findersAn irrigation ditch, chiefly with reference to Mexico or the southwestern US.
  • ACERnounLatin21 findersA plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
  • ACERBadjectiveLatin13 findersSour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
  • ACERBATEadjectiveLatin3 findersEmbittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
  • ACERBITYnounLatin7 findersSourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
  • ACEROLAnounSpanish4 findersAny tree of species Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and northern South America.
  • ACEROSEadjectiveLatin4 findersHaving the nature of chaff; chaffy.
  • ACEROUSadjective8 findersAlternative spelling of acerose.
  • ACERVATEadjectiveLatin2 findersHeaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
  • ACERVATELYadverb1 finderIn an acervate manner.
  • ACERVATIONnounLatin2 findersA heaping up; accumulation
  • ACERVULUSnounLatin6 findersA small cluster, as of fungi appearing on bark or leaves.
  • ACETABULUMnounLatin4 findersThe bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur.
  • ACETALnoun11 findersAny diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' is not H).
  • ACETICadjectiveLatin10 findersOf, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
  • ACETIFYverbLatin6 findersTo convert into acid or vinegar.
  • ACETOMETERnoun1 finderAlternative form of acetimeter.
  • ACETONEnoun50 findersA colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.
  • ACETONEMIAnoun1 finderPresence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.
  • ACETONITRILEnoun3 findersThe simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH3CN, formally derived from acetic acid
  • ACETONURIAnoun1 finderA form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
  • ACETONURIASnoun1 finderA form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
  • ACETOUSadjectiveLatin7 findersHaving a sour taste; sour; acid.
  • ACETUMnounLatin2 findersVinegar, sometimes medicated.
  • ACETYLnounAncient Greek44 findersThe univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid.
  • ACETYLENEnounFrench4 findersAny organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
  • ACETYLIDEnoun1 finderAny organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
  • ACHAGESnoun2 findersThe state or condition of having aches.
  • ACHARnounPersian5 findersA spicy and salty pickle in Indian cuisine.
  • ACHEverbProto-Indo-European10 findersTo suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • ACHENEnounAncient Greek7 findersA small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
  • ACHENIALadjective2 findersPertaining to an achene.

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