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Abietene
- - A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.
Abietine
- - A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
Abietite
- - A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).
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
Ablution
- noun - the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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"
Abortion
- noun - failure of a plan
- termination of pregnancy
Abortive
- adjective - failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"