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Abdominal
- adjective - of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles"
- the muscles of the abdomen
Abducents
- noun - a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
Abducting
- verb - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Abduction
- noun - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
- the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
Abductors
- noun - a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
- someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
Abecedary
- - Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Abelmosks
- noun - bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
Abelonian
- - One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.
Abernethy
- unknown - Crisp biscuit, named after their Scottish inventor Dr John Abernethy.