Words starting with A

AbiathaA male given name.
AbiatharIn the Old Testament, a Hebrew high priest during the reign of King David.
AbibThe first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to the Gregorian April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan.
abibliophobiaFear of running out of things to read.
abichiteSynonym of clinoclase.
abidslave
abidalThe act or condition of abiding; residence, stay.
abidanceThe act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
abideTo endure without yielding; to withstand.
abideablecapable of being abided
abiderOne who abides, or continues.
abidingContinuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
abidinglyIn an abiding manner; permanently.
abidingnessThe state or quality abiding.
AbidjanThe de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast.
AbidjaniOf, from, or pertaining to, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
AbidjanianOf or pertaining to Abidjan, the largest city of Côte d'Ivoire.
AbidjiA language of Côte d'Ivoire.
abidolA form of tramadol
abieA diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from Hebrew.
abienceWithdrawal from, or avoidance of a stimulus.
AbiendaA female given name.
abientCharacterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
abierDead but unburied.
abiesA tree of the genus Abies.
abieslactoneThe triterpenoid lactone (2R)-2-[(2R)-2-[(3R,5R,9S,10R,13R,14R,17R)-3-methoxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]propyl]-4-methyl-2H-furan-5-one present in Abies plants
abietaceousOf or relating to the Abietaceae.
abietadieneAn unsaturated diterpene hydrocarbon related to abietic acid
abietadienicDerived from abietadiene.
abietaneA diterpene hydrocarbon that is the structural basis for many natural products
abietateAny salt or ester of abietic acid; resinate.
abietatrieneThe diterpene (4aS,10aS)-1,1,4a-trimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,9,10,10a-hexahydrophenanthrene related to abietane
abieteneA volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana).
abieticOf, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees
abietinA resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
abietineousOf or relating to the Abietineae.
abietinicOf or pertaining to abietin.
abietiteA substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies alba).
abietolA particular abietane diterpenoid.
AbiezerThe prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12).
AbiezriteA member of a clan descended from the biblical Abiezer.
AbigaelA female given name.
abigailA lady's maid.
AbigailleA female given name, variant of Abigail.
abigailshipThe role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
AbigaleA female given name.
AbigayleA female given name.
abigeatTheft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.
abigeusA thief who steals livestock in large quantities.
AbigorA male given name, of a demon of war in Christian mythology, and of various (often fictional) figures named after him.
AbijahKing of Judah after Rehoboam, the first to begin reign over Judah only; the father of Asa
AbijamAn alternative form of Abijah, the king after Rehoboam (biblical character)
AbikoA city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
abikoviromycinAn antiviral antibiotic piperidine alkaloid produced by Streptomyces abikoensis and Streptomyces rubescens, bearing the molecular formula C₁₀H₁₁O_N discovered in Japan.
AbilaAn ancient city in the Decapolis, situated between Gadara and Capitolias in modern Jordan.
AbileneOf or relating to Abila
AbilenianA person from or resident of Abilene, Texas.
abilitationThe enablement of ability
abilitudeability, capacity; aptitude, competence
abilitySuitableness.
abillaAn oily seed, from the South American plant Fevillea trilobata, used to make candles.
abiloBogo; a Philippine fruit tree, Garuga floribunda, from the family Burseraceae.
AbimelechAny of several Philistine kings.
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AbingananA barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
AbingdonFormer name of Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire, formally renamed in 2012, and now a short form.
AbingerA civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England.
AbingtonThe villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
AbinomnA possible language isolate of Indonesia, with around 300 speakers in 2002.
abintestateinheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will
abiochemicalThat does not involve biochemistry
abiocoenThe non-living components of an environment, such as water, soil, air, etc.
AbiodunA name with Yoruba origin meaning 'born on a festival'
abiogenesisThe origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
abiogenesistA proponent of abiogenesis.
abiogeneticOf or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
abiogeneticallyIn an abiogenetic manner; to have created life without life.
abiogenicNot produced or derived by means of living organisms or their processes.
abiogenicallyCreated in an abiogenic manner; created without assistance of natural organisms or their processes.
abiogenistOne who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenousProduced by spontaneous generation.
abiogenyabiogenesis.
abiologicPertaining to inanimate things; not produced by organisms.
abiologicalPertaining to inanimate things; not produced by organisms.
abiologicallyIn an abiological manner.
abiologyThe sciences, such as geology and astronomy, that collectively deal with inorganic or lifeless bodies.
abionymA proper name of an inanimate being
abiosestonThe non-living particulate matter in lakes and oceans.
abiosisThe absence of life.
abiosphereAll the parts of the Earth in which life is not possible
abioticNonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
abioticallyIn an abiotic manner; in the absence of life.
abiotrophicRelating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abiotrophyPremature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
abirAn aromatic red powder that is used during the Holi festival.
abirateroneA pyridine-substituted sterol used as a drug against prostate cancer.
abirritantActing to diminish irritation; soothing.
abirritateTo diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
abirritationA pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; asthenia; atony.
abirritativeCharacterized by abirritation or debility.
AbiruThe members of the privy council of the monarchy of Rwanda.
abisetaoshiA kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent over backwards by throwing his weight into him from a grappling position.
abishfenugreek seeds
AbishagThe illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
AbiskoA village in Kiruna municipality, Norrbotten County, Lapland, Sweden.
abisselfaThe letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc.
AbitbolA surname from French.
abiteTo bite; eat; devour.
abitesartanA drug that is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist.
AbitibiA member of a certain Algonquin people of Ontario.
AbitibianFrom or related to the Abitibi region of Quebec.
abiturA group of matriculation exams taken in the final year of German secondary school.
abiturientA pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.
abituzumabA humanized monoclonal antibody developed in an attempt to prevent bone lesion metastases in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
abiuA South American tropical fruit tree, Pouteria caimito.
abiuretNot giving the biuret reaction; showing that it does not contain biuret.
abiyuchA tropical Asian and African flowering tree, Crateva religiosa, of the caper family.
abjadA writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
abjadicOf or relating to an abjad (writing system with glyphs for consonants).
abjectExisting in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
abjectedThat has been cast off or rejected.
abjectednessThe state of being abjected.
abjectificationThe act or process of abjectifying someone or something.
abjectifyTo treat or regard as abject.
abjectionA low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjectiveTending to make abject.
abjectlyIn an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
abjectnessThe state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
abjectureabjection; forlornness
abjointTo form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
abjudgeTo confiscate by judicial decision.
abjudicateTo reject by judicial sentence.
abjudicationRejection or confiscation by judicial sentence.
abjugalRelating to the plane or furrow separating the aspidosoma and podosoma in some mites.
abjugateTo unyoke; set free; uncouple.
abjugationThe act of abjugating. An unyoking, freeing, or uncoupling.
abjunctdetached, disconnected
abjunctionThe creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
abjunctiveExceptional, isolated, disconnected, separate,
abjurationA solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
abjuratoryInvolving abjuration.
abjureTo solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
abjuredHaving been renounced, forsworn or rejected.
abjurementRenunciation.
abjurerOne who abjures.
abkarA wine seller; one who is subject to the abkari tax.
abkariThe manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
AbkhazAbkhazian: of or pertaining to Abkhazia, the Abkhazian people, or their language.
AbkhaziaA geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community.
AbkhazianOf or pertaining to Abkhazia, a disputed territory in Georgia.

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