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Aborting
- verb - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
- terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
Adopting
- verb - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
- take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
Adorning
- verb - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
Amoebina
- noun - the animal order including amoebas
Apocrine
- adjective - (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion"
Arousing
- verb - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
- cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
- stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
- to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
Avoiding
- verb - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
- refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
- stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
Bloating
- verb - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
- make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
Blobbing
- verb - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"