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1. Aalenian, n. and adj. View full entry 1882
...A stage at the lowest level of the Middle Jurassic, lying next below the Bajocian; the geological age corresponding to this stage....
2. abactinal, adj. View full entry 1857
...Designating the part or surface of an echinoderm or other radiate animal that is furthest from the mouth (as the upper side of a starfish); relating to this part; = aboral...
3. abapical, adj. View full entry 1866
...Designating a side or part that is furthest from or opposite to an apex....
4. abasic, adj.1 View full entry 1889
...Affected with abasia; of or relating to abasia....
5. abasic, adj.2 View full entry 1982
...Of a nucleotide: lacking a purine or pyrimidine base. Of DNA, or a specific site in a sequence of nucleotides: containing a nucleotide or nucleotides of this type....
6. abaxial, adj. View full entry 1835
...Designating the surface of an organ, esp. a leaf, which during development initially faces away from the main axis or stem (usually the underside or outer surface); of or relating to such...
7. abaxile, adj. View full entry 1847
...Of a plant embryo: positioned off the main axis or central line; = abaxial2Obs....
8. abbreviated, adj. View full entry c1487
...That has been abbreviated (in various senses); shortened, contracted; cut short. Also: reduced in size; small....
9. abdominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the abdomen (abdomen1); located on or in the abdomen....
10. 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....
11. abducted, adj. View full entry 1623
...That has been taken away by force or deception; kidnapped. Cf. abduct2a....
12. abductive, adj. View full entry 1803
...Characterized by leading or drawing away; tending toward withdrawal or removal. Now rare....
13. Abelian, adj. View full entry 1846
...Designating concepts associated with Abel or arising from his work; of the nature of or relating to such a concept....
14. Abernethian, adj. View full entry 1819
...Of, relating to, or associated with the surgeon John Abernethy or his theories of medicine; spec. designating a blunt manner of speaking reminiscent of that attributed to Abernethy (now ...
15. aberrant, adj. View full entry c1536
...Subject to or characterized by aberration; abnormal, deviant, nonstandard; deviating or diverging from (formerly also †fro) a recognized course, standard, or norm....
16. aberrational, adj. View full entry 1831
...Of, relating to, or characterized by aberration; eccentric, irrational, unsound. Also: aberrant, abnormal, diverging from the norm....
17. abfrontal, adj. View full entry 1903
...Designating the surface of an organ or structure which faces away from the front, or is on the opposite side from the surface designated as frontal; of or relating to such a...
18. abient, adj. View full entry 1931
...Designating a response of withdrawal from or avoidance of a stimulus; characterized by or exhibiting such a response; avoidant. Opposed to adient...
19. abietic, adj. View full entry 1826
...a terpenoid acid which is the main constituent of rosin; (also) any of a group of resin acids having structures closely related to this....
20. abietinic, adj. View full entry 1863
...a dibasic acid obtained from resin, said to have the formula C44H64O5;(in later use) = abietic acidabietic...
