14-letter words starting with ab
- abarticulation — (anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
- abbe condenser — a microscope condenser invented by Ernst Abbe (1840-1905), German physicist
- abdominopelvic — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvis.
- abdominoplasty — the surgical removal of excess skin and fat from the abdomen
- abducens nerve — cranial nerve
- abducent nerve — either one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that innervate the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
- abdul-hamid ii — 1842–1918, sultan of Turkey (1876–1909), deposed by the Young Turks, noted for his brutal suppression of the Armenian revolt (1894–96)
- aberdeen angus — a black hornless breed of beef cattle originating in Scotland
- abiotic factor — a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it: Abiotic factors can determine which species of organisms will survive in a given environment.
- abominableness — the state or quality of being abominable; loathsomeness
- aboriculturist — One skilled in arboricultural matters; one who plants, tends and maintains trees.
- abortifacients — Plural form of abortifacient.
- above all else — Above all else is used to emphasize that a particular thing is more important than other things.
- above reproach — perfect; beyond criticism
- above the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- above-the-line — denoting entries printed above the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account separating the entries that show how the profit (or loss) was made from the entries showing how the profit is to be distributed
- abovementioned — mentioned or written above: The role was sung by the abovementioned Mr. Phillips.
- abraham cowley — Abraham, 1618–67, English poet.
- absaroka range — a range in S Montana and NW Wyoming: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, 13,140 feet (4005 meters).
- absentee voter — a voter who votes in advance because of being unable to go to the polling place.
- absentmindedly — so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
- absolute music — music that is not designed to depict or evoke any scene or event
- absolute pitch — the ability to identify exactly the pitch of a note without comparing it to another
- absolute scale — temperature (absolute temperature) as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero (absolute zero) as the Kelvin scale.
- absolute space — space that is not affected by what occupies it or occurs within it and that provides a standard for distinguishing inertial systems from other frames of reference.
- absolute value — the positive real number equal to a given real but disregarding its sign. Written | x |. Where r is positive, | r | = r = | –r |
- absorbefacient — a medicine or other agent that promotes absorption
- absorbing well — a well for draining off surface water and conducting it to absorbent earth underground.
- absorptiometer — an instrument that measures absorption of light, esp by a solution
- absorptiometry — (chemistry) Analysis using an absorptiometer.
- absorptiveness — the quality of being absorptive
- absquatulating — Present participle of absquatulate.
- absquatulation — to flee; abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.
- abstemiousness — sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
- abstract class — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a class designed only as a parent from which sub-classes may be derived, but which is not itself suitable for instantiation. Often used to "abstract out" incomplete sets of features which may then be shared by a group of sibling sub-classes which add different variations of the missing pieces.
- abstract music — absolute music.
- abstract space — a space whose elements are not geometric points, especially a function space.
- abstractedness — The state of being abstracted; abstract character. (First attested in the mid 17th century.).
- abstractionism — the theory and practice of the abstract, esp of abstract art
- abstractionist — a person who produces abstract works of art.
- abyssinian cat — a variety of cat with a long body and a short brown coat with black or dark brown markings
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