| ABACUS | • abacus n. (Historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. • abacus n. A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed… • abacus n. (Architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in… |
| ABATTU | • ABATTU adj. (French) cast down, dejected. |
| ABLAUT | • ablaut n. (Phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification… • ablaut v. (Intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel. • ablaut v. (Transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel. |
| ABULIA | • abulia n. (Psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. • ABULIA n. (Greek) abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions, also ABOULIA. |
| ABUNAS | • abunas n. Plural of abuna. • ABUNA n. (Amharic) an Ethiopian patriarch. |
| AUBADE | • aubade n. (Music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning. • aubade n. (Music) A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors. • AUBADE n. (French) a song or poem greeting the dawn or about lovers parting at dawn. |
| AUCUBA | • aucuba n. Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba. • AUCUBA n. a shrub of the dogwood family. |
| BABACU | • BABACU n. (Tupi) a Brazilian palm tree, also BABASSU. |
| BACULA | • bacula n. Plural of baculum. • BACULUM n. (Latin) the bone in the penis of certain mammals. |
| BATEAU | • bateau n. A small, flat-bottomed type of boat. • BATEAU n. (Canadian) a boat; especially a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers, also BATTEAU. |
| BAUERA | • Bauera prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cunoniaceae – certain flowering plants endemic to eastern Australia. • BAUERA n. a kind of evergreen shrub with pink flowers. |
| KUBASA | • kubasa n. (Canada) A smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe. • KUBASA n. (Russian) a Ukrainian sausage, also KIELBASA, KOLBASI, KOLBASSA, KOLBASSI, KULBASA. |
| OUBAAS | • OUBAAS n. (South African) someone senior in years or rank. |
| SAUBAS | • saubas n. Plural of sauba. • SAUBA n. (Tupi) a South American leafcutter ant. |
| TABULA | • tabula n. A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved. • tabula n. A table, index, or list of data. • tabula n. A legal record. |