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  • English Word Abhorring Definition Object of abhorrence.
  • English Word Abib Definition The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan.
  • English Word Abid Definition of Abide
  • English Word Abidance Definition The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
  • English Word Abide Definition To wait; to pause; to delay.
  • English Word Abide Definition To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
  • English Word Abide Definition To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
  • English Word Abide Definition To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
  • English Word Abide Definition To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
  • English Word Abide Definition To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
  • English Word Abide Definition To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
  • English Word Abider Definition One who abides, or continues.
  • English Word Abider Definition One who dwells; a resident.
  • English Word Abiding Definition of Abide
  • English Word Abiding Definition Continuing; lasting.
  • English Word Abidingly Definition Permanently.
  • English Word Abies Definition A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.
  • English Word Abietene Definition A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.
  • English Word Abietic Definition Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.
  • English Word Abietin Definition Alt. of Abietine
  • English Word Abietine Definition A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
  • English Word Abietinic Definition Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.
  • English Word Abietite Definition A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).
  • English Word Abigail Definition A lady's waiting-maid.
  • English Word Abiliment Definition Habiliment.
  • English Word Abilities Definition of Ability
  • English Word Ability Definition The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.
  • English Word Abime Definition Alt. of Abyme
  • English Word Abiogenesis Definition The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.
  • English Word Abiogenetic Definition Of or pertaining to abiogenesis.