| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. [3 definitions] |
| Abe Saperstein |
U.S. creator, owner, and promoter of the renowned basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters; born in London, England (b.1902--d.1966). |
| abet |
to incite, encourage, or aid, esp. in wrongdoing. |
| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. [2 definitions] |
| abhor |
to regard with intense loathing or horror; detest. |
| abhorrence |
a feeling of complete loathing, repulsion, or horror. |
| abhorrent |
causing feelings of extreme loathing or horror; abominable. [3 definitions] |
| abide |
to stay; remain. [6 definitions] |
| abide by |
to comply with; agree to. |
| abiding |
unchanging; enduring. |
| Abidjan |
the seaport capital of the Ivory Coast. |
| -ability |
capacity or fitness for (such) a state, use, or action. |
| ability |
the capacity or power to do something; quality of being able. [2 definitions] |
| abiogenesis |
the production of living organisms from nonliving matter; spontaneous generation. |
| abiotic |
characterized by an absence of living organisms; without life. |
| a bit |
somewhat; rather; to a small extent. |
| abject |
of the lowest or most wretched kind. [3 definitions] |
| abjure |
to repudiate or renounce solemnly, as under oath; forswear. |
| ablactation |
the act or process of weaning a baby. |
| ablate |
to wear away or otherwise remove (a surface), as by heat or erosion. [2 definitions] |
| ablation |
surgical removal of any part of the body. [2 definitions] |