| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| abacist | noun | One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. |
| abactor | noun | One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. |
| abaculi | plural | of Abaculus |
| abaddon | noun | The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; — the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus., Hell; the bottomless pit. |
| abaiser | noun | Ivory black or animal charcoal. |
| abalone | noun | A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks. |
| abandon | verb t. | To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject., To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender., Reflexively: To give (one’s self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one’s self) unrestrainedly; — often in a bad sense., To relinquish all claim to; — used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against., Abandonment; relinquishment., A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease. |
| abandum | noun | Anything forfeited or confiscated. |
| abasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Abase |
| abashed | imp. & past participle | of Abash |
| abassis | noun | A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents. |
| abating | present participle & vb. noun | of Abate |
| abattis | noun | A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy. |
| abature | noun | Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. |
| abaxial | adjective | Alt. of Abaxile |
| abaxile | adjective | Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. |
| abdomen | noun | The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity., The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda. |
| abduced | imp. & past participle | of Abduce |
| abelian | noun | Alt. of Abelonian |
| abelite | noun | Alt. of Abelonian |
| abetted | imp. & past participle | of Abet |
| abettal | noun | Abetment. |
| abetter | noun | Alt. of Abettor |
| abettor | noun | One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. |
| abeyant | adjective | Being in a state of abeyance. |
| abiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Abide, Continuing; lasting. |
| abietic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. |
| abietin | noun | Alt. of Abietine |
| abigail | noun | A lady’s waiting-maid. |
| ability | noun | The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; — in the plural, faculty, talent. |
| abjudge | verb t. | To take away by judicial decision. |
| abjured | imp. & past participle | of Abjure |
| abjurer | noun | One who abjures. |
| ablepsy | noun | Blindness. |
| abluent | adjective | Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent., A detergent. |
| aboding | noun | A foreboding. |
| abolish | verb t. | To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; — said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly., To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. |
| aborted | adjective | Brought forth prematurely., Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. |
| abought | imp. & p. p. of Aby., of Abye | |
| abraded | imp. & past participle | of Abrade |
| abraxas | noun | A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved. |
| abreast | adverb | Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, “Two men could hardly walk abreast.”, Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel’s beam; — with of., Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science., At the same time; simultaneously. |
| abregge | verb t. | See Abridge. |
| abridge | verb t. | To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights., To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary., To deprive; to cut off; — followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights. |
| abroach | verb t. | To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap., Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped., Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. |
| abscess | noun | A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. |
| abscind | verb t. | To cut off. |
| absciss | noun | See Abscissa. |
| abscond | verb i. | To hide, withdraw, or be concealed., To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one’s self; — used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor., To hide; to conceal. |
| absence | noun | A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; — opposed to presence., Want; destitution; withdrawal., Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. |
| absinth | noun | Alt. of Absinthe |
| absolve | verb t. | To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment., To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); — said of the sin or guilt., To finish; to accomplish., To resolve or explain. |
| absorpt | adjective | Absorbed. |
| abstain | verb i. | To hold one’s self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; — with from., To hinder; to withhold. |
| abusage | noun | Abuse. |
| abusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Abuse |
| abusion | verb t. | Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat. |
| abusive | adjective | Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied., Given to misusing; also, full of abuses., Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow., Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous., Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating. |
| abutted | imp. & past participle | of Abut |
| abuttal | noun | The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. |
| abutter | noun | One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river. |
| abysmal | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. |
| abyssal | adjective | Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. |