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Abalone
- noun - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
Abature
- - Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Abaxile
- - Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.
Abience
- noun - (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
Abilene
- noun - a city in central Texas
- a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abjudge
- - To take away by judicial decision.
Abridge
- verb - Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of the county town of Chelmsford.
- lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Abscise
- verb - remove or separate by abscission
- shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
Absence
- noun - failure to be present
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
- the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"