| abscess | (noun) symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue | - |
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| abscissa | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis | - |
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| abscission | (noun) the act of cutting something off | Synonyms: cutting off |
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| (noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | - |
| absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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| abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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| abseil | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: rappel |
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| abseiler | (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | Synonyms: rappeller |
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| absence | (noun) failure to be present | - |
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| (noun) the state of being absent | - |
| (noun) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: absence seizure |
| (noun) the time interval during which something or somebody is away | - |
| absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
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| absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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| absinthe | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinth |
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| (noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | Synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man |
| absolute | (noun) something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative | - |
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| absoluteness | (noun) the quality of being absolute | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: starkness, utterness |
| absolution | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: remission, remission of sin, remittal |
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| (noun) the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance | - |
| absolutisation | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutization |
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| absolutism | (noun) the doctrine of an absolute being, often related to idealism in philosophy. | - |
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| (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: totalism, totalitarianism |
| (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
| (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: despotism, tyranny |
| absolutist | (noun) one who advocates absolutism | - |
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| absolutization | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutisation |
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| absolver | (noun) someone who grants absolution | - |
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| absorbance | (noun) (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: optical density, photographic density, transmission density |
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| absorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed | - |
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| absorbency | (noun) the property of being absorbent | - |
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| absorbent | (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | Synonyms: absorbent material |
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| absorber | (noun) (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | - |
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| absorptance | (noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber | Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption |
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| absorption | (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
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| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: concentration, engrossment, immersion |
| (noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid | Synonyms: soaking up |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: assimilation |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | - |
| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: assimilation |
| absorptivity | (noun) (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body | Synonyms: absorption factor |
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| abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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| (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| abstention | (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstinence |
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| abstinence | (noun) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | - |
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| (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstention |
| abstinent | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, nondrinker |
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| abstract | (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
| abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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| abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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| (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
| (noun) an abstract painting | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
| (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
| abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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| (noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
| abstractionist | (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
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| abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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| abstractor | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstracter |
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| abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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| (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
| abstrusity | (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
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| absurd | (noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | Synonyms: the absurd |
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| absurdity | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness |
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| (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness |
| absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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