| ABRANCHIAL | • abranchial adj. (Zoology) Lacking gills. • ABRANCHIAL adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIATE. |
| ABRASIVELY | • abrasively adv. In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people’s feelings. • abrasively adv. Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner. • ABRASIVE adv. capable of grinding away another material. |
| ABREACTING | • abreacting v. Present participle of abreact. • ABREACT v. to resolve a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ABREACTION | • abreaction n. (Psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. • ABREACTION n. the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ABREACTIVE | • abreactive adj. Capable of producing abreaction. • ABREACTIVE adj. relating to abreaction, the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ABRIDGABLE | • abridgable adj. Capable of being abridged. • ABRIDGABLE adj. that can abridged, also ABRIDGEABLE. |
| ABRIDGMENT | • abridgment n. (US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation. • abridgment n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. • abridgment n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. |
| ABROGATING | • abrogating v. Present participle of abrogate. • ABROGATE v. to repeal (a law, custom, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally. |
| ABROGATION | • abrogation n. The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. • ABROGATION n. the act of abrogating, formally annulling. |
| ABROGATIVE | • abrogative adj. Tending or designed to abrogate. • ABROGATIVE adj. relating to annulment. |
| ABROGATORS | • abrogators n. Plural of abrogator. • ABROGATOR n. one who abrogates, abolishes authoritatively or formally. |
| ABRUPTIONS | • abruptions n. Plural of abruption. • ABRUPTION n. a sudden, violent separation. |
| ABRUPTNESS | • abruptness n. The state of being abrupt or broken. • abruptness n. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence. • ABRUPTNESS n. the quality of being abrupt. |