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Abraxas
- - A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
Abscess
- noun - symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
Abseils
- noun - (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
- lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
Absents
- verb - go away or leave; "He absented himself"
Absorbs
- verb - assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"
- become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
- cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
- consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- Soak up, incorporate.
- suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
- take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
Absurds
- noun - a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
Abusers
- noun - someone who abuses