7-letter words containing a, b
- abreact — to alleviate (emotional tension) through abreaction
- abreast — If people or things walk or move abreast, they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- abroach — (of a cask, barrel, etc) tapped; broached
- abrooke — to bear or tolerate
- abrosia — the practice of refraining from eating
- abruzzi — a region of S central Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic. Capital: Aquila. Pop: 1 273 284 (2003 est). Area: 10 794 sq km (4210 sq miles)
- absalom — the third son of David, who rebelled against his father and was eventually killed by Joab (II Samuel 15–18)
- abscess — An abscess is a painful swelling containing pus.
- abscind — to cut off
- abscise — to separate or be separated by abscission
- abscond — If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- abseils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abseil.
- absence — Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there.
- absents — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absenty — (obsolete) absence.
- absinth — Alternate form of absinthe.
- absolue — Obsolete typography of absolve.
- absolut — (slang) absolute, usually in reference to something represented as trendy, popular, or cutting-edge.
- absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
- absorbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absorb.
- absorpt — (archaic) Past participle of absorb.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- abthane — a territorial possession of the early Scottish church
- abu qir — a village of N Egypt, in the Nile River delta: Battle of the Nile near here (1798).
- abubble — (of liquids) bubbling
- abusage — wrong or improper use
- abusers — Plural form of abuser.
- abusing — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- abusion — morally wrong, corrupt, or deceptive use
- abusive — Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way towards other people.
- abustle — Showing much activity. (First attested in the mid 20th century.).
- abuttal — abuttals. those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands; boundaries. Also, buttals. Law. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands.
- abutted — to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
- abutter — the owner of adjoining property
- abvolts — Plural form of abvolt.
- abwatts — Plural form of abwatt.
- abysmal — If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.
- abyssal — of or belonging to the ocean depths, esp below 2000 metres (6500 feet)
- abysses — Plural form of abyss.
- abyssus — (obsolete) alternate form of abyss.
- accable — dejected or beaten
- acerbic — sour in taste
- acrobat — a person noted for his frequent and rapid changes of position or allegiances
- actable — that can be acted
- addable — in a state where addition is possible
- adhibit — to administer or apply
- adiabat — a line on a thermodynamic chart relating the pressure and temperature of a substance undergoing an adiabatic change.
- adsorbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adsorb.
- adverbs — any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, as modifiers of adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases, as very in very nice, much in much more impressive, and tomorrow in She'll write to you tomorrow. They relate to what they modify by indicating place (I promise to be there), time (Do your homework now!), manner (She sings beautifully), circumstance (He accidentally dropped the glass when the bell rang), degree (I'm very happy to see you), or cause (I draw, although badly). See also sentence adverb.