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A Battery
- noun - battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube
- the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube
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)
Abilities
- noun - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
- the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Abjection
- noun - a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
Ablactate
- verb - gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
Abolition
- noun - Cancellation, edification
- the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"
Abruption
- noun - an instance of sudden interruption