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Abbacies
- noun - the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess
- the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
Abbatial
- adjective - of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess
Ablating
- verb - remove an organ or bodily structure
- wear away through erosion or vaporization
Ablation
- noun - surgical removal of a body part or tissue
- the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
Ablative
- adjective - relating to the ablative case
- tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone"
- the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
Abrading
- verb - rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
- wear away
Abrasion
- noun - an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- erosion by friction
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Abrasive
- adjective - a substance that abrades or wears down
- causing abrasion
- Rough
- sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"