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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)