| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| abacinate | verb t. | To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. |
| abaciscus | noun | One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus. |
| abactinal | adjective | Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; — opposed to actinal. |
| abaisance | noun | Obeisance. |
| abandoned | imp. & past participle | of Abandon, Forsaken, deserted., Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain. |
| abandonee | noun | One to whom anything is legally abandoned. |
| abandoner | noun | One who abandons. |
| abasement | noun | The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. |
| abashedly | adverb | In an abashed manner. |
| abashment | noun | The state of being abashed; confusion from shame. |
| abatement | noun | The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof., The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed., A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon., The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. |
| abattoirs | plural | of Abattoir |
| abbatical | adjective | Abbatial. |
| abbotship | noun | The state or office of an abbot. |
| abdicable | adjective | Capable of being abdicated. |
| abdicated | imp. & past participle | of Abdicate |
| abdicator | noun | One who abdicates. |
| abdominal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity., Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes., A fish of the group Abdominales. |
| abducting | present participle & vb. noun | of Abduct |
| abduction | noun | The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away., The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body., The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress., A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
| abearance | noun | Behavior. |
| abecedary | adjective | Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary., A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. |
| abelonian | noun | One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel. |
| aberrance | noun | Alt. of Aberrancy |
| aberrancy | noun | State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. |
| abhominal | adjective | Inhuman. |
| abhorring | present participle & vb. noun | of Abhor, Detestation., Object of abhorrence. |
| abhorrent | adjective | Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts., Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; — followed by to., Detestable. |
| abidingly | adverb | Permanently. |
| abietinic | adjective | Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid. |
| abiliment | noun | Habiliment. |
| abilities | plural | of Ability |
| abjection | noun | The act of bringing down or humbling., The state of being rejected or cast out., A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. |
| ablactate | verb t. | To wean. |
| abnegated | imp. & past participle | of Abnegate |
| abnegator | noun | One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. |
| abnormity | noun | Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. |
| abnormous | adjective | Abnormal; irregular. |
| abodement | noun | A foreboding; an omen. |
| abolished | imp. & past participle | of Abolish |
| abolisher | noun | One who abolishes. |
| abolition | noun | The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc. |
| abominate | verb t. | To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. |
| abortment | noun | Abortion. |
| abounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Abound |
| abovedeck | adjective | On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. |
| abovesaid | adjective | Mentioned or recited before. |
| abrahamic | adjective | Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant. |
| abram-man | noun | One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. |
| abreption | noun | A snatching away. |
| abreuvoir | noun | The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. |
| abridging | present participle & vb. noun | of Abridge |
| abrogable | adjective | Capable of being abrogated. |
| abrogated | imp. & past participle | of Abrogate |
| abrogator | noun | One who repeals by authority. |
| abruption | noun | A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. |
| abscesses | plural | of Abscess |
| abscision | noun | See Abscission. |
| abscisses | plural | of Absciss |
| abscissas | plural | of Abscissa |
| abscissae | plural | of Abscissa |
| absconded | imp. & past participle | of Abscond |
| absconder | noun | One who absconds. |
| absenting | present participle & vb. noun | of Absent |
| absinthic | adjective | Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it. |
| absinthin | noun | The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). |
| absolving | present participle & vb. noun | of Absolve |
| absolvent | adjective | Absolving., An absolver. |
| absorbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Absorb, Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. |
| absorbent | adjective | Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive., Anything which absorbs., Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts., The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. |
| abstained | imp. & past participle | of Abstain |
| abstainer | noun | One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors. |
| abstinent | adjective | Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate., One who abstains., One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century. |
| abstorted | adjective | Wrested away. |
| abstringe | verb t. | To unbind. |
| absurdity | noun | The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment., That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. |
| abundance | noun | An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: — strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. |
| abusively | adverb | In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language. |
| abysmally | adverb | To a fathomless depth; profoundly. |