1: temporary cessation or suspension [syn: {suspension}]

1: temporarily inactive [syn: {inactive}, {in abeyance(p)}, {suspended}]

1: a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads

1: a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry

1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: {loathe}, {abominate}, {execrate}] [also: {abhorring}, {abhorred}]

{abhor}

1: hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abomination}, {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}, {odium}]

1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: {detesta...

1: a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of Parliament were condemned and abhorred

{abhor}

1: acting according to certain accepted standards [syn: {conformity}, {conformation}, {compliance}] [ant: {disobedience}, {nonconformity}] 2: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: {residency}, {residen...

1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {bide}, {stay}] 2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant c...

1: act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" [syn: {comply}, {follo...

1: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn: {enduring}, {imperishable}]

1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast

1: (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object [ant: {adience}]

1: characterized by avoidance or withdrawal [ant: {adient}]

1: true firs [syn: {genus Abies}]

1: tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and gray bark [syn: {European silver fir}, {Christmas tree}]

1: medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed [syn: {amabilis fir}, {white fir}, {Pacific silver fir}, {red silver fir}...

1: medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees [syn: {balsam fir}, {balm of Gilead}, {Canada balsam}]

1: a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines [syn: {Santa Lucia fir}, {bristlecone fir}, {Abies venusta}]

1: medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood [syn: {white fir}, {Colorado fir}, {California white fir}, {Abies lowiana}]

1: small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves [syn: {Fraser fir}]

1: lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves [syn: {lowland fir}, {lowland white fir}, {giant fir}, {grand fir}]

1: medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown [syn: {Alpine fir}, {subalpine fir}]

1: medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood [syn: {white fir}, {Colorado fir}, {California white fir}, {Abies concolor}]

1: a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines [syn: {Santa Lucia fir}, {bristlecone fir}, {Abies bracteata}]

1: a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules [syn: {Jebel Musa}, {Abyla}]

1: a city in central Texas 2: a town in central Kansas west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower

1: the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment [ant: {inability}] 2: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to...

1: a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter [syn: {autogenesis}, {autogeny}, {spontaneous generation}]

1: originating by abiogenesis

1: a believer in abiogenesis

1: a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury

1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [s...

1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: {abasement}, {degradation}]

1: in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly" [syn: {resignedly}]

1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: {retraction}, {recantation}]

1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {recant}, {forswear}, {retract},...

1: a member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea [syn: {Abkhaz}]

1: a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz people [syn: {Abkhazian}]

1: a member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea [syn: {Abkhas}] 2: an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability...

1: an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability [syn: {Abkhaz}]

1: a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz people [syn: {Abkhasian}]

1: gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk" [syn: {wean}]

1: the cessation of lactation 2: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: {weaning}]

1: wear away through erosion or vaporization 2: remove an organ or bodily structure

1: made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield" 2: removed or taken away by cutting or erosion or melting or evaporation; "my ablated appendix"

1: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: {extirpation}, {cutting out}, {excision}] 2: the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

1: relating to the ablative case 2: tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone" n : the case indicating the agent in passive sente...

1: a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier

1: the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb [syn: {ablative}]

1: a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)

1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {aflame}, {aroused}, {turned on(p)}] 2: lighted ...

1: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car";...

1: a seaman in the merchant navy; trained in special skills [syn: {able-bodied seaman}]

1: having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army" [syn: {able}]

1: a seaman in the merchant navy; trained in special skills [syn: {able seaman}]

1: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied [syn: {ableism}, {ablism}, {able-bodism}]

1: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied [syn: {ableism}, {ablism}, {able-bodiedism}]

1: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied [syn: {ablism}, {able-bodiedism}, {able-bodism}]

1: a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete)

1: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied [syn: {ableism}, {able-bodiedism}, {able-bodism}]

1: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: {efflorescent}, {flowering}]

1: a bachelor's degree in library science [syn: {Bachelor of Arts in Library Science}]

1: the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels

1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: {cleansing}]

1: in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: {competently}, {aptly}, {capably}, {with competence}] [ant: {incompetently}]

1: a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles; "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs" [syn: {antiballistic missile}]

1: a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot peoples

1: deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" [syn: {deny}] 2: surrender; "The King abnegated his power to the ministers" 3: ...

1: the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity" 2: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others [syn: {self-abnegation}, {denial}, {self...

1: one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something

1: a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube; used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target

1: not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food" [ant: {...

1: an abnormal condition [syn: {abnormality}, {abnormalcy}] [ant: {normality}]

1: the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior [syn: {psychopathology}]

1: an abnormal condition [syn: {abnormality}, {abnormal condition}] [ant: {normality}]

1: an abnormal condition [syn: {abnormalcy}, {abnormal condition}] [ant: {normality}] 2: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence [syn: {mental defectiveness}] 3: marked...

1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low"

1: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: {Aborigine}, {Aboriginal}, {native Australian}, {Australian Aborigine}]

1: blood type antibodies

1: a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O [syn: {ABO system}, {ABO group}]

1: a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O [syn: {ABO blood group system}, {ABO system}]

1: a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O [syn: {ABO blood group system}, {ABO group}]

1: on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle [syn: {onboard}] 2: on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" [syn: {on base}] 3: side by side; "anchored close aboard ...

1: the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting

{abide}

1: a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm

{aboideau}

{aboiteau}

1: do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" [syn: {get rid of}] [ant: {establish}]

1: capable of being abolished

1: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" [syn: {abolition}]

1: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" [syn: {abolishment}]

1: relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery

1: the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

1: a reformer who favors abolishing slavery [syn: {emancipationist}]

1: relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants)

1: the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place [syn: {fourth stomach}]

1: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: {detestable}, {execrable}, {odio...

1: large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas [syn: {yeti}]

1: in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" [syn: {detestably}, {repulsively}, {odiously}] 2: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: {te...

1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {execrate}]

1: a person who is loathsome or disgusting 2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}, {odium}] 3: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arous...

1: one who hates or loathes [syn: {loather}]

1: little known Kamarupan languages [syn: {Miri}, {Mirish}, {Dafla}]

1: away from the mouth or oral region [ant: {orad}]

1: opposite to or away from the mouth; "the aboral surface of a starfish" [ant: {oral}]

1: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: {native}] [ant: {nonnative}] 2: having existed from the beginning...

1: the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines [syn: {Australian}]

1: the earliest known inhabitants of a region 2: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: {Abo}, {Aboriginal}, {native Australian}, {Australian Aborig...

1: in the process of being born or beginning; "our own revolutionary war almost died aborning through lack of popular support"- William Randolph Hearst [ant: {dying(a)}]

1: terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer" 2: terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

1: a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn: {abortifacient}, {abortion-inducing drug}] 2: the act of destroying a fetus [syn: {feticide}]

1: causing abortion n : a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn: {aborticide}, {abortion-inducing drug}]

1: termination of pregnancy 2: failure of a plan [syn: {miscarriage}]

1: an abortion-inducing drug (trade name Mifepristone) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the ...

1: a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn: {abortifacient}, {aborticide}]

1: a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies

1: failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" [syn: {stillborn}, {unsuccessful}]

1: in an unfruitful manner

1: a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body

{aby}

1: a loss of will power [syn: {abulia}]

1: suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions [syn: {abulic}]

1: be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities 2: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: {burst}, {bristle}...

1: exist in large quantity [syn: {teem in}, {pullulate with}]

1: existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore" [syn: {galore(ip)}]

1: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: {about(p)}, {astir(p)}] adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour";...

1: act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation [syn: {about-face}]

1: act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation [syn: {about turn}] 2: a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy" [syn: {volte-face}, {r...

{about-ship}

{about-ship}

1: appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation" adv 1: at an earlier place; "see above" [syn: {supra}] [ant: {below}] 2: in or to a place that is higher [syn: {higher up}, {...

1: above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" [syn: {most importantly}, {most especially}] 2: taking everything together; "she was first and last a scientist" [syn:...

1: mentioned or named earlier in the same text [syn: {above-named}]

1: mentioned or named earlier in the same text [syn: {above-mentioned}]

1: without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs" [syn: {straightforward}] adv : in an honest manner; "in he can't ge...

1: on or above the surface of the ground; "aboveground nuclear testing"; "surface instruments for detecting oil deposits"; "surface transportation"

1: gibberish and nonsense

1: the condition of having no arms

1: a substance that abrades or wears down [syn: {abrasive}, {abrasive material}] 2: a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing [syn: {abrader}]

1: wear away [syn: {corrade}, {abrase}, {rub down}, {rub off}] 2: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: {scour}] 3: strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now...

1: having the skin scraped off; "skinned knees and scraped elbows" [syn: {scraped}, {skinned}]

1: a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing [syn: {abradant}]

1: a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader

1: the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abrah...

1: 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) [syn: {Lincoln}, {President Lincoln}, {President Abraham ...

1: Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) [syn: {Stoker}, {Bram Stoker}]

1: the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death [syn: {bosom of Abraham}]

1: European fishes [syn: {genus Abramis}]

1: European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food [syn: {European bream}]

1: having no gills [syn: {abranchiate}, {abranchious}, {gill-less}] [ant: {branchiate}]

1: having no gills [syn: {abranchial}, {abranchious}, {gill-less}] [ant: {branchiate}]

1: having no gills [syn: {abranchiate}, {abranchial}, {gill-less}] [ant: {branchiate}]

1: wear away [syn: {abrade}, {corrade}, {rub down}, {rub off}]

1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: {scratch}, {scrape}, {excoriation}] 2: erosion by friction [syn: {attrition}, {corrasion}, {detrition}] 3: the wearing down of rock particle...

1: causing abrasion [syn: {scratchy}] 2: sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character" [syn: {harsh}] n : a substance that abrades or wears down [syn: {abr...

1: a substance that abrades or wears down [syn: {abrasive}, {abradant}]

1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn: {harshness}, {scratchiness}] 2: the quality of being sharply disagreeable

1: discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization

1: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: {catharsis}, {katharsis}]

1: alongside each other, facing on the same direction

1: being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on th...

1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {foreshorten}, {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] [ant: {elaborate}]

1: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version" [ant: {unabridged}]

1: a shortened version of a written work [syn: {condensation}, {abridgment}, {capsule}]

1: one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work [syn: {abbreviator}]

1: a shortened version of a written work [syn: {condensation}, {abridgement}, {capsule}]

1: of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach" [syn: {broached}]

1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets" [syn: {overseas}] adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled abroad" 2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; ...

1: abrocomes [syn: {genus Abrocoma}]

1: ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes [syn: {chinchilla rat}, {rat chinchilla}]

1: revoke formally

1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: {repeal}, {annulment}]

1: an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal

1: genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers [syn: {genus Abronia}]

1: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions [syn: {snowball}, {sweet sand verbena}]

1: taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers [syn: {sweet sand verbena}]

1: plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia [syn: {yellow sand verbena}]

1: plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico [syn: {beach pancake}]

1: prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California [syn: {beach sand verbena}, {pink sand verbena}]

1: soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to ...

1: marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" [syn: {disconnected}] 2: exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather" 3: ...

1: a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus

1: an instance of breaking off suddenly [syn: {breaking off}]

1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: {suddenly}, {short}, {dead}]

1: of a leaf shape; pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex [syn: {even-pinnate}, {paripinnate}]

1: pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex [syn: {even-pinnate leaf}]

1: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: {brusqueness}, {curtness}, {gruffness}, {shortness}] 2: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep [syn: {precipitousness}, {steepness}] [ant: {gradual...

1: a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic [syn: {Abruzzi e Molise}]

1: a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic [syn: {Abruzzi}]

1: any of a class of plastics based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers

1: symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

1: infected and filled with pus; "an abscessed tooth"

1: an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth

1: shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue 2: remove or separate by abscission

1: the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis [also: {abscissae} (pl)]