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- ABSOLUTORYServing to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
- ABSOLVETo set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- ABSOLVEDsimple past and past participle of absolve
- ABSOLVENTAbsolving.
- ABSOLVERAgent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
- ABSOLVINGpresent participle and gerund of absolve
- ABSOLVITORA decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
- ABSORBANCYAlternative form of absorbency
- ABSORBANTAlternative spelling of absorbent.
- 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.
- ABSORPTIONThe act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- ABSORPTIVEHaving power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
- ABSTAINKeep or withhold oneself.
- ABSTAINEDsimple past and past participle of abstain
- ABSTAINEROne 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.
- ABSTEMIOUSRefraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
- ABSTEMIOUSLYMarked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
- ABSTERGETo make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
- ABSTERGEDsimple past and past participle of absterge
- ABSTERGENTCleansing, detergent.
- ABSTRUSEDifficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
- ABSTRUSELYIn an abstruse manner.
- ABSTRUSERcomparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
- ABSURDContrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridicul
- ABSURDISTAn advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
- ABSURDITYThat which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
- ABSURDLYIn an absurd fashion.
- ABTHANEA title used in medieval Scotland.
- ABUELA
- ABUELAS
- ABUELITA
- ABUJA
- ABULIAAbsence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
- ABULIASplural of abulia
- ABULICRelating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
- ABUNAThe Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
- ABUNDANCYA state of plentifulness.
- ABUNDANTFully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
- ABUNEAlternative form of aboon
- ABURSTIn a bursting condition.
- ABUS
- ABUSEImproper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- ABUSEDsimple past and past participle of abuse
- ABUSEROne who abuses someone or something.
- ABUSINGpresent participle and gerund of abuse
- ABUSIONMisuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
- ABUSIVEProne to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
- ABUSIVELYIn an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
- ABUTTo 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)
- ABUTILONAny of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
- ABUTILONSplural of abutilon
- ABUTMENTThe point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
- ABUTMENTSplural of abutment
- ABUTSthird-person singular simple present indicative of abut
- ABUTTEDsimple past and past participle of abut
- ABUTTINGFacing each other, front to front.
- ABVOLTA unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10 volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ABVOLTSplural of abvolt
- ABWATTA unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10 watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ABWEHR
- ABYEAlternative form of aby.
- ABYEINGpresent participle and gerund of abye
- ABYINGpresent participle and gerund of aby
- ABYS
- ABYSMHell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
- ABYSMALPertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
- ABYSSHell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
- ABZU
- ACAD
- ACADEMEThe garden in Athens where the academics met.
- ACADEMESplural of academe
- ACADEMIE
- ACADEMIESplural of academy
- ACADEMISTAn academic philosopher.
- ACADEMYAn institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
- ACAIAny of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
- ACAISplural of acai
- ACAJOUThe cashew tree.
- ACAJOUSplural of acajou
- ACALEPHA member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
- ACALEPHEAlternative form of acaleph.
- ACALEPHESA member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
- ACALEPHSplural of acaleph
- ACANTHAcanthus.
- ACANTHIplural of acanthus
- ACANTHINstrontium sulfate, the main constituent of the skeletons of the Acantharea
- ACANTHOIDHaving the shape of a spine or thorn
- ACANTHOUSSynonym of spinous.
- ACANTHSplural of acanth
- ACANTHUSA 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
- ACARBOSEAn 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
- ACARIplural of acarus
- ACARIDAny parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.
- ACARIDSplural of acarid
- ACARINEOf or caused by acari or mites.
- ACARINESplural of acarine
- ACAROIDShaped like or resembling a mite.
- ACAROLOGIESThe study of ticks and mites.