10-letter words containing ab
- abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- abstenance — Misspelling of abstinence (by confusion with abstention).
- abstenious — Misspelling of abstemious (or possibly of abstentious.).
- abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
- abstergent — cleansing or scouring
- abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing
- abstersive — a cleansing substance
- abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
- abstinency — the quality of being abstinent
- abstracted — Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
- abstracter — One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. (First attested in the late 17th century.).
- abstractly — in an abstract manner, theoretically
- abstractor — a person who abstracts or makes an abstract
- abstractum — (philosophy, usually, in the plural) Something which is abstract or exists abstractly. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- abstrusely — In an abstruse manner. (First attested in the early 17th century.)0.
- abstrusity — the quality of being abstruse
- abstrusive — (rare) Of abstruse quality. (First attested in the mid 17th century.).
- absumption — (obsolete) Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away.
- absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- abu hanifa — a.d. 699–767, Islamic scholar and founder of one of the schools of Islamic law.
- abu simbel — a former village in S Egypt: site of two temples of Rameses II, which were moved to higher ground (1966–67) before the area behind the Aswan High Dam was flooded
- abundances — Plural form of abundance.
- abundantly — If something is abundantly clear, it is extremely obvious.
- abyssinian — a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
- acceptable — Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal.
- acceptably — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- accessable — Misspelling of accessible.
- accordable — (obsolete) Agreeing.
- acetabular — Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
- acetabulum — the deep cuplike cavity on the side of the hipbone that receives the head of the thighbone
- achievable — If you say that something you are trying to do is achievable, you mean that it is possible for you to succeed in doing it.
- acquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- actability — capable of being acted or suitable for acting: He has written a very actable, well-structured play.
- actionable — If something that you do or say to someone is actionable, it gives them a valid reason for bringing a legal case against you.
- actionably — In an actionable manner.
- actuatable — Able to be actuated.
- adjustable — If something is adjustable, it can be changed to different positions or sizes.
- adjustably — In a way that is adjustable.
- admissable — Alternative spelling of admissible.
- admittable — having the ability to be admitted
- adsorbable — Able to be adsorbed.
- adviseable — Alternative spelling of advisable.
- affability — pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
- affectable — having the ability to be influenced or affected by something
- affiliable — having the ability to be attributed to
- affirmable — having the ability to be verified or confirmed
- affordable — If something is affordable, most people have enough money to buy it.
- affordably — in an affordable or reasonably priced manner
- aggregable — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.