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1. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
2. abdominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the abdomen (abdomen1); located on or in the abdomen....
3. abducens, n. View full entry 1615
...An abductor muscle; spec. the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Also abducens muscle. Now rare....
4. abducent, adj. and n. View full entry 1649
...Anat. and Zool. Designating an abductor muscle; of or relating to abduction. Contrasted with adducent1. Now rare....
5. abducted, adj. View full entry 1623
...That has been taken away by force or deception; kidnapped. Cf. abduct2a....
6. abduction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of leading or drawing something away; an instance of this. Obs....
7. abductor, n. View full entry 1615
...Anat. and Zool. Any muscle that draws a part of the body away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Freq. attrib., esp....
8. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1639
...attrib. Of or relating to Aberdeen; spec. designating things originating in, made in, or associated with Aberdeen, as Aberdeen granite, Aberdeen sausage, etc....
9. ablatitious, adj. View full entry 1647
...That is to be subtracted; subtractive. Chiefly Astron.: designating forces which must be subtracted in calculating the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth, the earth on the oceans,...
10. ablatively, adv. View full entry 1653
...Grammar. In the ablative case; as an ablative....
11. abligate, v. View full entry 1615
...To bind; to tie up. Obs....
12. abnet, n. View full entry 1602
...Jewish Hist. A girdle made of fine linen, used esp. by Jewish priests....
13. abomasum, n. View full entry 1678
...The fourth stomach of a ruminant, which secretes acid and digestive enzymes, and corresponds to the stomach of other mammals....
14. abomasus, n. View full entry 1668
...= abomasum...
15. aborted, adj. View full entry 1604
...Of a child: †born prematurely (obs.). In modern use: (spec. of a fetus) extracted or expelled from the womb by abortion; (also, of a pregnancy) ended by abortion....
16. abortus, n. View full entry 1687
...An aborted fetus. Cf. conceptus...
17. abrogative, adj. View full entry 1613
...Having the effect of abrogating something; of the nature of or characterized by abrogation; that repeals, abolishes, or cancels a law, practice, etc. Freq. with of....
18. abscind, v. View full entry 1610
...trans. To cut off; to separate, detach. Now rare and literary....
19. absciss, n. View full entry 1692
...= abscissa1....
20. absciss, v. View full entry 1639
...trans.Surg. To cut off or away; = abscise1. Cf. abscission1. rare....
