8-letter words containing a, b
- abounded — to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
- about to — on the point of; intending to
- abrachia — the congenital condition of having no arms
- abradant — abrading
- abrading — Present participle of abrade.
- abraided — Simple past tense and past participle of abraid.
- abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
- abrasive — Someone who has an abrasive manner is unkind and rude.
- abration — Misspelling of abrasion.
- abricock — an apricot
- abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
- abridger — One who abridges. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abridges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge.
- abristle — Bristling.
- abrocome — Either of the ratlike rodents that from the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
- abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- abrupted — Simple past tense and past participle of abrupt.
- abruptly — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- abscisic — Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives. (First attested in the mid 20th century.).
- abscisin — a plant hormone that plays a major role in adapting plants to suit different weather conditions
- abscissa — the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis
- absconds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscond.
- abseiled — Simple past tense and past participle of abseil.
- abseiler — Someone who abseils.
- absences — state of being away or not being present: I acted as supervisor in his absence. Your absence was noted on the records.
- absented — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absentee — An absentee is a person who is expected to be in a particular place but who is not there.
- absentia — Absence.
- absently — in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner; inattentively
- absinthe — Absinthe is a very strong alcoholic drink that is green and tastes bitter.
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- absolved — Simple past tense and past participle of absolve.
- absolver — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- absolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve.
- absonant — inharmonious
- absorbed — If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
- absorber — a person or thing that absorbs
- abstains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstain.
- absterge — to wipe clean or cleanse
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- abstrict — to make (a spore) undergo abstriction
- abstrude — (transitive) To thrust away.
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- absurder — Comparative form of absurd.
- absurdly — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- absurdum — An illogical conclusion or state. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- abu zaby — Abu Dhabi
- abu-bakr — a.d. 573-634; successor of Mohammed & 1st caliph of Islam ( a.d. 632-634): father of Aisha
- abu-bekr — 573–634 ad, companion and father-in-law of Mohammed; the first caliph of Islam
- abumeron — Avenzoar.