| abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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| abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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| abdication | (noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers | Synonyms: stepping down |
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| (noun) the act of abdicating | Synonyms: stepping down |
| abdicator | (noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility | - |
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| abdomen | (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: belly, stomach, venter |
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| (noun) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm | Synonyms: abdominal cavity |
| abdominal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
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| (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
| abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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| abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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| abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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| abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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| abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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| abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: adduce, cite |
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| abducens | (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
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| abducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducting |
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| (noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | Synonyms: abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve |
| abduct | (verb) pull away from the body | - |
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| (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: kidnap, nobble, snatch |
| abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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| abduction | (noun) the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife | - |
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| (noun) (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | - |
| abductor | (noun) a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line | Synonyms: abductor muscle |
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| (noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | Synonyms: kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher |
| bdellium | (noun) aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh | - |
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| cabdriver | (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living | Synonyms: cabby, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan |
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| hebdomad | (noun) any period of seven consecutive days | Synonyms: week |
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| hebdomadal | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadary, weekly |
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| hebdomadally | (adverb) without missing a week | Synonyms: each week, every week, weekly |
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| hebdomadary | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadal, weekly |
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| labdanum | (noun) a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative | Synonyms: ladanum |
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| (noun) a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses | Synonyms: gum labdanum |
| lambda | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull | - |
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| (noun) the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
| lambdacism | (noun) speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l' | - |
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| molybdenite | (noun) a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds | - |
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| molybdenum | (noun) a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel | Synonyms: atomic number 42, Mo |
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| obduracy | (noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible | Synonyms: adamance, unyieldingness |
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| obdurate | (adjective) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | Synonyms: flint, flinty, granitic, stony |
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| (adjective) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing | Synonyms: cussed, obstinate, unrepentant |
| obdurately | (adverb) in a stubborn unregenerate manner | Synonyms: cussedly, mulishly, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly |
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| rhabdomancer | (noun) someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water | Synonyms: dowser, water witch |
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| rhabdomancy | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowse, dowsing |
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| rhabdomyoma | (noun) benign tumor of striated muscle | - |
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| rhabdomyosarcoma | (noun) a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle | Synonyms: rhabdosarcoma |
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| rhabdosarcoma | (noun) a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle | Synonyms: rhabdomyosarcoma |
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| rhabdovirus | (noun) any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies | - |
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| rubdown | (noun) the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes | - |
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| subdeacon | (noun) a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
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| subdimension | (noun) a partial dimension that constitutes the entire dimension of a given object. | - |
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| subdirectory | (noun) (computer science) a directory that is listed in another directory | - |
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| subdivide | (verb) divide into smaller and smaller pieces | - |
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| (verb) form into subdivisions | - |
| subdivider | (noun) someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites) | - |
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| subdivision | (noun) the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided | - |
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| (noun) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | Synonyms: subsection |
| (noun) a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) | Synonyms: section |
| (noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization | Synonyms: arm, branch |
| (noun) an area composed of subdivided lots | - |
| subdominant | (noun) (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale | - |
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| subduable | (adjective) susceptible to being subjugated | Synonyms: subjugable |
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| subduction | (noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate | - |
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| subdue | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, tame |
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| (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, suppress |
| (verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subordinate |
| (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, surmount |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, mortify |
| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subjugate |
| subdued | (adjective) lacking in light; not bright or harsh | Synonyms: dim |
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| (adjective) not brilliant or glaring | Synonyms: soft |
| (adjective) restrained in style or quality | Synonyms: low-key, low-keyed |
| (adjective) in a softened tone | Synonyms: hushed, muted, quiet |
| (adjective) quieted and brought under control | - |
| subduedness | (noun) the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity | Synonyms: dimness |
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| (noun) a disposition to be patient and long suffering | Synonyms: meekness |
| subduer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: overcomer, surmounter |
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| subdural | (adjective) below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges | - |
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| unsubdivided | (adjective) (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions | Synonyms: simple |
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| unsubduable | (adjective) impossible to subdue | Synonyms: indomitable, never-say-die |
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| unsubdued | (adjective) not brought under control | - |
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