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  • English Word Abrogator Definition One who repeals by authority.
  • English Word Abrood Definition In the act of brooding.
  • English Word Abrook Definition To brook; to endure.
  • English Word Abrupt Definition Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
  • English Word Abrupt Definition Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
  • English Word Abrupt Definition Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
  • English Word Abrupt Definition Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
  • English Word Abrupt Definition An abrupt place.
  • English Word Abrupt Definition To tear off or asunder.
  • English Word Abruption Definition A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
  • English Word Abruptly Definition In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.
  • English Word Abruptly Definition Precipitously.
  • English Word Abruptness Definition The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
  • English Word Abruptness Definition Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
  • English Word Abscess Definition A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.
  • English Word Abscesses Definition of Abscess
  • English Word Abscession Definition A separating; removal; also, an abscess.
  • English Word Abscind Definition To cut off.
  • English Word Abscision Definition See Abscission.
  • English Word Absciss Definition See Abscissa.
  • English Word Abscissa Definition One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.
  • English Word Abscissae Definition of Abscissa
  • English Word Abscissas Definition of Abscissa
  • English Word Abscisses Definition of Absciss
  • English Word Abscission Definition The act or process of cutting off.
  • English Word Abscission Definition The state of being cut off.
  • English Word Abscission Definition A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
  • English Word Abscond Definition To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
  • English Word Abscond Definition To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
  • English Word Abscond Definition To hide; to conceal.