| ablate | (verb) wear away through erosion or vaporization | - |
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| (verb) remove an organ or bodily structure | - |
| ablated | (adjective) made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization | - |
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| ablation | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers | - |
| ablative | (adjective) relating to the ablative case | - |
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| (adjective) tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature | - |
| (noun) the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb | Synonyms: ablative case |
| blat | (verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blate, bleat |
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| blatancy | (noun) the property of being both obvious and offensive | - |
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| blatant | (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous |
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| (adjective) without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | Synonyms: blazing, conspicuous |
| blatantly | (adverb) in a blatant manner | - |
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| blate | (adjective) disposed to avoid notice | Synonyms: bashful |
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| (verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blat, bleat |
| blather | (noun) foolish gibberish | Synonyms: blatherskite |
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| (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blether, blither, smatter |
| blatherskite | (noun) foolish gibberish | Synonyms: blather |
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| entablature | (noun) (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof | - |
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| oblate | (adjective) having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles | Synonyms: pumpkin-shaped |
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| (noun) a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life | - |
| oblateness | (noun) the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles | Synonyms: ellipticity |
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| oblation | (noun) the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity | Synonyms: offering |
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| tablature | (noun) a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used | - |
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