| ABRACHIAS | • abrachias n. Plural of abrachia. • ABRACHIA n. a congenital lack of arms. |
| ABRADABLE | • abradable adj. That may be abraded. • ABRADABLE adj. capable of being abraded (worn away by friction). |
| ABRADANTS | • abradants n. Plural of abradant. • ABRADANT n. a material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc. |
| ABRAIDING | • abraiding v. Present participle of abraid. • ABRAID v. (Spenser) to awake, arouse. |
| ABRASAXES | • ABRASAX n. a mystic word, also ABRAXAS. |
| ABRASIONS | • abrasions n. Plural of abrasion. • ABRASION n. a graze on the skin. |
| ABRASIVES | • abrasives n. Plural of abrasive. • ABRASIVE n. an abrasive substance. |
| ABRAXASES | • abraxases n. Plural of abraxas. • ABRAXAS n. a gem engraved with a mystical word and bearing a human-animal figure, also ABRASAX. |
| ABREACTED | • abreacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of abreact. • ABREACT v. to resolve a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ABRICOCKS | • abricocks n. Plural of abricock. • ABRICOCK n. (obsolete) an apricot, also APRICOCK. |
| ABRIDGERS | • abridgers n. Plural of abridger. • ABRIDGER n. one who abridges. |
| ABRIDGING | • abridging v. Present participle of abridge. • ABRIDGE v. to shorten. |
| ABROGABLE | • abrogable adj. Capable of being abrogated. • ABROGABLE adj. that can be abrogated. |
| ABROGATED | • abrogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of abrogate. • ABROGATE v. to repeal (a law, custom, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally. |
| ABROGATES | • abrogates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate. • ABROGATE v. to repeal (a law, custom, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally. |
| ABROGATOR | • abrogator n. Agent noun of abrogate; one who abrogates. • ABROGATOR n. one who abrogates, abolishes authoritatively or formally. |
| ABROOKING | • abrooking v. Present participle of abrook. • ABROOKE v. an erroneous spelling of Shakespeare's "abrook" (to brook; to tolerate or endure) found in late 20th century editions of Chambers. |
| ABRUPTEST | • abruptest adj. Superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt. • ABRUPT adj. sudden. |
| ABRUPTION | • abruption n. (Archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. • abruption n. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. • ABRUPTION n. a sudden, violent separation. |