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Absentees
- noun - one that is absent or not in residence
Absenting
- verb - go away or leave; "He absented himself"
Absinthes
- noun - aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
- strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
Absinthic
- - Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
Absinthin
- - The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
Accenting
- verb - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Accentors
- noun - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
Accentual
- adjective - (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"
- of or pertaining to accent or stress
Acceptant
- adjective - accepting willingly; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind"
Accepting
- verb - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
- be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
- consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
- make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
- react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Pleas