| ABDICANT | • abdicant adj. (Rare) Abdicating; renouncing. • abdicant n. One who abdicates. • ABDICANT n. one who abdicates. |
| ABDICATE | • abdicate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. • abdicate v. (Transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. • abdicate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To depose. |
| ABDOMENS | • abdomens n. Plural of abdomen. • ABDOMEN n. in mammals, the part between diaphragm and pelvis; in arthropods, the hind-body. |
| ABDOMINA | • abdomina n. Plural of abdomen. • ABDOMEN n. in mammals, the part between diaphragm and pelvis; in arthropods, the hind-body. |
| ABDUCENS | • abducens n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve. • ABDUCENS n. (Latin) a cranial nerve. |
| ABDUCENT | • abducent adj. (Obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. • abducent n. That which abducts. • abducent n. (Neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve. |
| ABDUCING | • abducing v. Present participle of abduce. • ABDUCE v. to draw or conduct away. |
| ABDUCTED | • abducted v. Simple past tense and past participle of abduct. • abducted adj. Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction. • ABDUCT v. to carry someone away with force; to kidnap. |
| ABDUCTEE | • abductee n. An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. • ABDUCTEE n. one who is abducted. |
| ABDUCTOR | • abductor n. One who abducts; a kidnapper. • abductor n. (Anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body. • ABDUCTOR n. a person who abducts. |
| HABDALAH | • Habdalah prop.n. Alternative form of Havdalah. • HABDALAH n. (Hebrew) a Jewish ceremony or prayer marking the close of a Sabbath, also HAVDALAH, HAVDOLOH. |
| LABDANUM | • labdanum n. A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume. • LABDANUM n. (Latin) a gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus, also LADANUM. |
| RHABDOID | • rhabdoid adj. Shaped like a rod. • rhabdoid n. A spindle-shaped body chemically related to the plastids, found in the cells of certain plants. • RHABDOID n. a rodlike body. |
| RHABDOME | • rhabdome n. In sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome. • RHABDOME n. (Greek) a rodlike structure in the retinula, also RHABDOM. |
| RHABDOMS | • rhabdoms n. Plural of rhabdom. • RHABDOM n. (Greek) a rodlike structure in the retinula, also RHABDOME. |