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1. Aaronic, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest....
2. abandonable, adj. View full entry 1611
...Capable of being abandoned....
3. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
4. abasing, adj. View full entry 1615
...That abases; humbling, humiliating....
5. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
6. † abastardized, adj. View full entry 1653
...Degenerate, corrupt; bastardized. Cf. abastardize...
7. abating, adj. View full entry 1662
...That abates (in various senses of abate); esp. that decreases or subsides....
8. Abaza, n. and adj. View full entry 1693
...A member of a north-west Caucasian people, inhabiting mainly the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia....
9. Abbasid, n. and adj. View full entry 1664
...A member of a dynasty of caliphs who ruled in Baghdad from 750 to 1258, founded by the descendants of al-῾Abbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāšim (see the...
10. abbatical, adj. View full entry 1655
...= abbatial...
11. abdicant, adj. and n. View full entry 1654
...That is abdicating or has abdicated a position or office. Also fig....
12. abdicated, adj. View full entry a1675
...That has formally renounced an office or position; cf. abdicate3a. Also: that has been deposed from an office or position; cf. abdicate4. Used esp. of a...
13. † abdite, adj. View full entry 1635
...Recondite; abstruse....
14. abdominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the abdomen (abdomen1); located on or in the abdomen....
15. abdominous, adj. View full entry 1640
...Having a large, protruding belly; paunchy....
16. 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....
17. abducted, adj. View full entry 1623
...That has been taken away by force or deception; kidnapped. Cf. abduct2a....
18. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
19. Abenaki, n. and adj. View full entry 1698
...A member of an Algonquian people living chiefly in Maine and Quebec....
20. Aberdonian, adj. and n. View full entry 1615
...Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a person from Aberdeen, a city in north-east Scotland. In later use sometimes depreciative, with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen....
