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- abactinal — (of organisms showing radial symmetry) situated away from or opposite to the mouth; aboral
- abafungin — A broad-spectrum antifungal agent with a novel mechanism of action for the treatment of dermatomycosis.
- abamperes — Plural form of abampere.
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- abandonee — a person to whom something is formally relinquished, esp an insurer having the right to salvage a wreck
- abandoner — a person or thing that abandons
- abasement — to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- abashedly — ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted: My clumsiness left me abashed.
- abashless — unabashed
- abashment — to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed: to abash someone by sneering.
- abat-jour — a device, as a skylight or reflector, for diverting light into a building.
- abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
- abattoirs — Plural form of abattoir.
- abbatical — (obsolete) alternate form of abbatial (Attested from the mid 17th century until the mid 19th century.).
- abbeville — a town in N France: brewing, sugar-refining, and carpet industries. Pop: 24 567 (1999)
- abc algol — (language) An extension of ALGOL 60 with arbitrary data structures and user-defined operators, for symbolic mathematics.
- abcoulomb — the cgs unit of electric charge in the electromagnetic system; the charge per second passing any cross section of a conductor through which a steady current of 1 abampere is flowing: equivalent to 10 coulombs
- abd allah — 1846–99, Sudanese leader; he led the uprising against the Egyptian government of Sudan; defeated by Kitchener in 1898
- abdicable — to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
- abdicated — Simple past tense and past participle of abdicate.
- abdicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate.
- abdicator — to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
- abdominal — Abdominal is used to describe something that is situated in the abdomen or forms part of it.
- abductees — Plural form of abductee.
- abducting — Present participle of abduct.
- abduction — the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping
- abductive — (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. (Mid 19th century.).
- abductors — Plural form of abductor.
- abecedary — abecedarian.
- abelmosks — Plural form of abelmosk.
- abernathy — Ralph David1926-90; U.S. clergyman & civil rights leader
- abernethy — a crisp unleavened biscuit
- aberrance — departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
- aberrancy — departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
- abeyances — Plural form of abeyance.
- abhenries — Plural form of abhenry.
- abhorrent — If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
- abhorreth — Archaic third-person singular form of abhor.
- abhorring — to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- abideable — Capable of being abided.
- abidingly — In an abiding manner; permanently. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.).
- abilities — power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
- abimelech — a king of Gerar, who made a peace agreement with Abraham. Gen. 20, 21.
- abiogenic — not resulting from the activity of living organisms.
- abjection — an abject state or condition
- abjective — tending to degrade, humiliate, or demoralize: the abjective influences of his early life.
- abkhazian — a Caucasian language of Abkhazia, best known for its rich consonantism.
- ablactate — to wean.
- ablations — Plural form of ablation.
- ablatival — relating to the ablative case