10-letter words starting with ab
- abominator — One who abominates. (First attested in the late 17th century.).
- abonnement — a subscription
- aboriginal — An Aboriginal is an Australian Aborigine.
- aborigines — one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
- aboriginie — Misspelling of aborigine.
- aborticide — the killing of an unborn fetus
- abortively — unsuccessfully
- aboundance — (obsolete) abundance.
- about time — If you say it is about time that something was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.
- about-face — An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
- about-ship — to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack
- about-turn — An about-turn is the same as an about-face.
- aboveboard — An arrangement or deal that is aboveboard is legal and is being carried out openly and honestly. A person who is aboveboard is open and honest about what they are doing.
- abranchial — (zoology) Lacking gills.
- abrasively — in an abrupt manner
- abreaction — the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
- abreactive — relating to abreaction
- abreast of — If you are abreast of someone or something, you are level with them or in line with them.
- abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
- abrogating — Present participle of abrogate.
- abrogation — the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.
- abrogative — having the property of abrogating
- abruptions — Plural form of abruption.
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- abscessing — Present participle of abscess.
- abscession — A separating; removal.
- abscission — the separation of leaves, branches, flowers, and bark from plants by the formation of an abscission layer
- absconders — Plural form of absconder.
- absconding — running away, esp from an open prison or to avoid prosecution or punishment
- absentness — The quality of being absent-minded. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- absinthian — a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
- absinthism — a diseased condition resulting from excessive drinking of absinthe
- absistence — (obsolete) A standing aloof.
- absit omen — may the presentiment not become real or take place
- absolutely — Absolutely means totally and completely.
- absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
- absolutism — Absolutism is a political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country.
- absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- absolutive — the grammatical case in an ergative language that is used for the direct object of a transitive verb and the subject of an intransitive verb
- absolutize — to make absolute
- absolutory — giving absolution.
- absolvitor — a legal decision in favour of the defendant
- absorbable — to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
- absorbance — a measure of the light-absorbing ability of an object, expressed as the logarithm to base 10 of the reciprocal of the internal transmittance
- absorbancy — absorbance
- absorbedly — deeply interested or involved; preoccupied: He had an absorbed look on his face.
- absorbency — capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
- absorbents — Plural form of absorbent.
- absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
- absorptive — able or tending to absorb; absorbent.