7-letter words containing ab
- ability — Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
- abinoam — the father of Barak. Judges 4:6; 12; 5:1.
- abiocen — Alternative spelling of abiocoen.
- abioses — the absence or lack of life; a nonviable state.
- abiosis — absence of life
- abiotic — of nonliving substances or environmental factors
- abishag — a young maiden brought to David in his old age as a nurse and companion. I Kings 1:1–4.
- abitibi — a lake in E Ontario and W Quebec, Canada. 369 sq. mi. (956 sq. km).
- abjoint — to cut off part of a mycelium or spore by forming a septum
- abjured — Simple past tense and past participle of abjure.
- abjurer — One who abjures. (late 18th century).
- ablated — Simple past tense and past participle of ablate.
- ablates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablate.
- ablator — the heat shield of a space vehicle, which melts or wears away during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere
- ableism — discrimination against disabled or handicapped people
- ableist — discriminating against disabled or handicapped people
- ablings — possibly; perhaps
- abluent — a substance used for cleansing
- abluted — washed thoroughly
- aboding — (obsolete) A foreboding. (Attested from the late 16th century to the early 18th century.).
- abogado — Counsel; advisor; councilor; barrister.
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abomasa — Plural form of abomasum.
- aborded — Simple past tense and past participle of abord.
- aborted — Carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).
- abortee — a fetus that has been aborted
- aborter — a woman who is having or has had an abortion
- abortus — an aborted human fetus, esp one that is less than 12 weeks old or weighs less than 17 oz
- abought — simple past tense and past participle of aby.
- aboukir — a village of N Egypt, in the Nile River delta: Battle of the Nile near here (1798).
- aboulia — abulia
- abounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound.
- abraded — Simple past tense and past participle of abrade.
- abrader — Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading. (First attested in the late 19th century.).
- abrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrade.
- abraham — the first of the patriarchs, the father of Isaac and the founder of the Hebrew people (Genesis 11–25)
- abrased — Simple past tense and past participle of abrase.
- abraser — a machine for testing the abrasion resistance of a material.
- abraxas — an ancient charm composed of Greek letters: originally believed to have magical powers and inscribed on amulets, etc, but from the second century ad personified by Gnostics as a deity, the source of divine emanations
- abrazos — Plural form of abrazo.
- 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