| abracadabra | (noun) gibberish and nonsense | - |
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| abrachia | (noun) the condition of having no arms | - |
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| abradant | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abrader |
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| (noun) a substance that abrades or wears down | Synonyms: abrasive, abrasive material |
| abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
| abrader | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abradant |
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| abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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| abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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| abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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| abrase | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| abrasion | (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: attrition, detrition, grinding |
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| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: attrition, corrasion, detrition |
| (noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: excoriation, scrape, scratch |
| abrasive | (adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous | Synonyms: harsh |
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| (adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: scratchy |
| (noun) a substance that abrades or wears down | Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material |
| abrasiveness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: harshness, scratchiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable | - |