| ABSTENTIONS | • abstentions n. Plural of abstention. • ABSTENTION n. the act of abstaining. |
| ABSTENTIOUS | • abstentious adj. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint. • ABSTENTIOUS adj. given to abstaining. |
| ABSTERGENTS | • abstergents n. Plural of abstergent. • ABSTERGENT n. an abstergent substance. |
| ABSTERSIONS | • abstersions n. Plural of abstersion. • ABSTERSION n. the act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. |
| ABSTERSIVES | • abstersives n. Plural of abstersive. • ABSTERSIVE n. an abstersive substance. |
| ABSTINENCES | • abstinences n. Plural of abstinence. • ABSTINENCE n. voluntary forbearance esp. from indulgence of an appetite, also ABSTINENCY. |
| ABSTINENTLY | • abstinently adv. With abstinence. • ABSTINENT adv. tending to abstain, esp. from alcohol. |
| ABSTRACTERS | • abstracters n. Plural of abstracter. • ABSTRACTER n. one who abstracts or makes an abstract. |
| ABSTRACTEST | • abstractest adj. (Rare) superlative form of abstract: most abstract. • abstractest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of abstract. • ABSTRACT adj. difficult to understand. |
| ABSTRACTING | • abstracting v. Present participle of abstract. • ABSTRACT v. to draw away. |
| ABSTRACTION | • abstraction n. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away. • abstraction n. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one’s senses. • abstraction n. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics;… |
| ABSTRACTIVE | • abstractive adj. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. • abstractive adj. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. • ABSTRACTIVE adj. able or tending to abstract. |
| ABSTRACTORS | • abstractors n. Plural of abstractor. • ABSTRACTOR n. one who abstracts, also ABSTRACTER. |
| ABSTRICTING | • abstricting v. Present participle of abstrict. • ABSTRICT v. to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
| ABSTRICTION | • abstriction n. (Biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore… • ABSTRICTION n. the act of abstricting. |