English words: above ground to absentee vote

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English words above ground to absentee vote

above ground adjective, prepositional phrase /əˈbʌvˌɡɹaʊnd/: On or above the surface of the ground.
above-line adverb: Alternative form of above the line.
above measure prepositional phrase: Beyond measure.
above-mentioned adjective /əˈbʌvˌmɛnʃn̩d/: Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
above-named adjective /əˈbʌvˌneɪmd/: Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
above one's bend prepositional phrase: Beyond one's power or ability.
above one's huckleberry prepositional phrase: Synonym of above one's bend (“beyond one's power or ability”).
above one's pay grade prepositional phrase: Synonym of beyond one's pay grade.
above one's paygrade prepositional phrase: Not suitable for one in one's current rank in an organization; suitable for someone more senior, implying that one is not competent enough or not paid well...
above one's station prepositional phrase: Of higher social status than suitable for one's position, standing, or rank.
above oneself prepositional phrase: Acting with an undue opinion of one's own importance or abilities.
above par prepositional phrase: Better than the average or normal standard.
above proof prepositional phrase /əˈbʌv pɹʊf/: Overproof; containing more alcohol than proof spirit.
above-quoted adjective /əˈbʌvˌkwoʊt.əd/: Quoted before in the prior portion of the text.
above-said adjective: Alternative form of abovesaid.
above-specified adjective: Specified before.
above stairs adjective, adverb, noun, prepositional phrase /əˌbʌv ˈstɝs/: Alternative form of above stairs.
above the board prepositional phrase: Dated form of above board.
above the curve prepositional phrase: With above average innovative performance or quality, especially a trailblazer developing advances before competitors.
above the fold adjective, prepositional phrase: Situated in the upper half of the front page of a broadsheet newspaper, and thus more prominent, as the lower half is not usually visible when the folded...
above the fray prepositional phrase: Uninvolved in a difficult argument or struggle.
above the law prepositional phrase: Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
above the line adverb: In the part of the score sheet in bridge that is reserved for honors, penalty, and premiums; a score that does not count towards game.
above the neck rule noun: A guideline for deciding whether to exercise when sick, which posits that if symptoms (like a runny nose, sneezing, or mild sore throat) are only "above the...
above the rim prepositional phrase: [handing the ball] higher than the rim of the basket (such as during a slam dunk or alley oop)
above the salt prepositional phrase: Of high standing or honor.
above the table prepositional phrase: Outside the fictional reality of the game; in real life.
above water adjective, prepositional phrase /əˈbʌv ˈwɑ.tɚ/: Out of difficulty, especially financially.
above-written adjective /əˈbʌvˌɹɪt.n̩/: Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
aboveboard adjective: Alternative form of above-board.
abovecited adjective: Alternative form of above-cited.
abovedeck adjective, adverb, noun: On deck.
abovedescribed adjective: Described earlier in the same document.
aboveground adjective: Alternative spelling of above ground.
abovelisted adjective: Listed earlier in a document.
abovementioned adjective /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/: mentioned above
abovenamed adjective: Alternative spelling of above-named.
aboveness noun: The quality of being above.
aboveproof adjective: Alternative form of above proof.
abovequoted adjective: Alternative form of above-quoted.
aboves'd adjective: Contraction of abovesaid.
abovesaid adjective /əˈbʌvˌsɜd/: Mentioned or recited before.
abovesigned noun: Synonym of oversigned.
abovestairs adjective, adverb, noun: Alternative form of above stairs.
abovestated adjective: Stated earlier in a document.
abovestreet adjective: Higher than street level.
abox adjective, adverb /əˈbɑks/: Braced aback
Aboyne proper noun: A village on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5298).
Aboyne dress noun: The dance costume prescribed for females performing the Scottish National dances in competitions at Highland games gatherings. It consists of a dark bodice...
abozzo noun /əˈbɔt.soʊ/: Alternative form of abbozzo.
abp noun: Abbreviation of archbishop.
ABPA noun: Initialism of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
ABPI noun: Initialism of ankle-brachial pressure index.
ABPM noun: Initialism of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
abporal adjective: Located to the side of an ectoaperture such as a pore. Typically used in reference to an abporal lacuna or hemisphere.
abr adjective, noun, verb: Initialism of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber.
abra noun /ˈæbɹə/: a narrow mountain or mesa pass
abra-cadabra noun: Alternative spelling of abracadabra.
abracadabra interjection, noun /ˌæbɹəkəˈdæbɹə/: A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word.
abracadabrangle noun /ˌæb.ɹə.kəˈdæb.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/: A representation of the word "abracadabra" in the visual form of a triangle, used as an amulet or charm.
abracadabrant adjective: ludicrous, preposterous
abracadabric adjective: mystical; magic; occult
abrachia noun /əˈbɹeɪ.ki.ə/: The congenital absence of both arms
abrachiocephalia noun /əˈbɹeɪ.ki.oʊ.sɛˌfeɪ.li.ə/: acephalobrachia; abrachiocephaly; a congenital absence of arms and head.
abrachiocephaly noun: congenital absence of arms and head
abradable adjective: That may be abraded
abradant adjective, noun /əˈbɹeɪd.n̩t/: A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.
abrade verb /əˈbɹeɪd/: To rub or wear off; erode.
abrader noun /əˈbɹeɪ.dɚ/: Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading.
abradial adjective: Relating to the outer radius
abradially adverb: In an abradial manner.
abradingly adverb: In a manner that abrades.
Abraham noun /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/: A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.
Abraham cove noun: Synonym of Abraham man.
Abraham Lincoln noun: An emancipator or analogous reformer.
Abraham Lincoln hat noun: A black stovepipe hat of the kind worn by US president Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham man noun /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm mæn/: A mentally ill beggar.
Abraham Newland noun: A British banknote.
Abraham's balsam noun: death by hanging.
Abraham's willing noun: A shilling.
Abrahamian proper noun: A surname from Armenian.
Abrahamic adjective, noun /eɪ.bɹəˈhæm.ɪk/: Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Abrahamical adjective: Like or pertaining to Abraham.
Abrahamically adverb: In an Abrahamic manner or context.
Abrahamism noun: The Abrahamic religions, sects, or denominations, considered collectively; Abrahamic henotheism.
Abrahamist noun: One who follows or believes in an Abrahamic religion.
Abrahamite noun: A member of a ninth-century group of Antiochean Paulicians led by a monk named Abraham who were supressed by the Patriarch Quriaqos of Tagrit.
Abrahamitic adjective: Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
Abrahamitical adjective: Alternative form of Abrahamitic.
Abrahamize verb: To make Abrahamic
Abrahamman noun /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæmˌmæn/: Alternative form of Abraham man
Abrahamson proper noun: A surname.
abraid adverb, verb /əˈbɹeɪd/: To wrench (something) out.
abram adjective, noun /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/: Auburn.
Abram cove noun: Synonym of Abraham man.
Abram man noun: Alternative form of Abraham man.
Abramman noun /ˈeɪ.bɹəmˌmæn/: Alternative form of Abraham man
Abramo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Abramoff proper noun: A surname of Russian origin.
Abramov proper noun: A surname from Russian.
Abramovich proper noun: A surname.
abramovite noun: A very rare mineral with chemical formula Pb₂SnInBiS₇, found in tiny elongated lamellar crystals.
Abramowitz proper noun: A surname.
Abramsky proper noun: A surname of Russian and Polish origin.
Abramson proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
abranchial adjective /eɪˈbɹæŋ.ki.l̩/: Lacking gills.
abranchialism noun /ˌeɪˈbɹæŋ.ki.l̩.ɪz.m̩/: The condition of being without gills.
abranchiata noun /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌɑ.tə/: An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
abranchiate adjective, noun /eɪˈbɹæŋ.ki.ɪt/: Without gills.
abranchious adjective /ˈeɪˌbɹæŋ.ki.əs/: Having no gills
Abrantes proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
abrasable adjective /əˈbɹeɪzəbəl/: abradable
Abrasax noun /əˈbɹæsəks/: A gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
Abrasax stone noun: A gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
abrase adjective, verb /əˈbɹeɪz/: Rubbed smooth or blank.
abraser noun /əˈbɹeɪ.zɚ/: A tool or machine for abrading; abrader.
abrash noun /ˈɑ.bɹəʃ/: A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
abrasin oil noun /ˈæ.bɹə.zən/: An oil from the tung tree that is used in paints and varnishes; tung oil.
abrasiometer noun /əˌbɹeɪ.ziˈɑm.ə.tɚ/: A device which measures the resistance of surfaces to abrasion.
abrasion noun /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒən/: The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
abrasion platform noun: A sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone, that was created by...
abrasional adjective /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩.l̩/: Pertaining to abrasion; formed by abrasion.
abrasionally adverb: In an abrasional manner.
abrasionless adjective: Without abrasion.
abrasive adjective, noun /əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/: Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
abrasive blasting noun: Synonym of sandblasting.
abrasive disc noun: A disc of abrasive material that rotates in a tool such as a sander.
abrasive paper noun: An abrasive material made by gluing grains of a coarse abrasive to a cloth or paper surface.
abrasively adverb /əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv.li/: In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
abrasiveness noun: The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
abrasivity noun: The condition or degree of being abrasive; abrasiveness.
abrasor noun: Synonym of abrader.
abrastol noun: The calcium salt of naphthosulphuric acid, once used as a food preservative.
abrasure noun: Abrasion, abrading.
abraum noun /ˈɑˌpɹaʊm/: A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
Abraum salts noun: a mixture of carnallite, kieserite and sylvite found in Prussia; chemically, mixed sulphates and chlorides of potassium, sodium and calcium
abraxane noun: A form of paclitaxel combined with an albumin
abraxas noun /əˈbɹæk.səs/: A transcription of Abrasax.
abrazo noun /əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/: A Latin American embrace.
Abre proper noun: A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.
abreact verb /ˌæb.ɹiˈækt/: To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
abreaction noun /ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/: The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abreactive adjective /ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.tɪv/: Capable of producing abreaction.
abreactively adverb: In an abreactive manner.
abread adverb: Abroad.
abreast adjective, adverb, preposition /əˈbɹɛst/: Side by side and facing forward.
Abrego proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Abrek noun: A North Caucasian highlander, a guerrilla fighter during Russian expansion in the North Caucasus in the 19th century.
abreneurin noun: Alternative form of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
abrenounce verb /ˌæbɹiˈnaʊnts/: To renounce; to contradict.
abrenunciation noun /ˌæb.ɹi.nʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃn̩/: Absolute renunciation; repudiation; retraction.
abreption noun: A snatching away.
Abreu proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
abreugraphy noun: chest photofluorography: a screening technique for tuberculosis using a miniature photograph of a roentgenographic fluoroscopy of the thorax
abreuvoir noun /əbɹuːˈvwɑː(ɹ)/: A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like...
abrew adjective /əˈbɹuː/: brewing, developing, coming into being
abrezekimab noun: Biologic drug for severe inflammatory conditions.
abri noun /əˈbɹiː/: a shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
Abri Audit adjective /əˈbɹi/: Of or belonging to the prehistoric culture between the late Mousterian and Aurignacian.
abridgable adjective: Capable of being abridged.
abridge verb /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/: To deprive; to cut off.
abridgeable adjective: Alternative form of abridgable.
abridged adjective, verb /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/: Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
abridgedly adverb: in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgement noun /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/: Alternative form of abridgment.
abridger noun /əˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɚ/: One who abridges, a person who shortens written works.
abridging noun, verb /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/: An abridgment.
abridgment noun /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/: The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
Abrigo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Abrikosov proper noun: A surname.
Abrikosov lattice noun: A lattice formed by the vortices of type II superconductors fluxons.
abrilumab noun: An investigational drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
abrim adjective, adverb /əˈbɹɪm/: Brimming, full to the brim.
abrin noun /ˈeɪ.bɹən/: A toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius).
abrine noun /ˈeɪ.bɹin/: An toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans; C₁₂H₁₄N₂O₂, that is different than abrin.
abrineurin noun: Synonym of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
abristle adjective /əˈbɹɪ.sl̩/: Bristling.
abroach adjective, adverb, verb /əˈbɹoʊt͡ʃ/: To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
abroad adjective, adverb, noun, preposition /əˈbɹɔːd/: Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
abroadness noun: The state or quality of being abroad.
abroahs noun: A kind of cotton cloth from India.
abrocitinib noun: A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.
abrocome noun /ˈæb.ɹəˌkoʊm/: Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
abrocomid noun: Any of the caviomorph rodents of the family Abrocomidae of chinchilla rats.
abrogable adjective /ˈæb.ɹə.ɡə.bl̩/: capable of being abrogated.
abrogate adjective, verb /ˈæb.ɹəʊ.ɡeɪt/: To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
abrogation noun /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/: A repeal by authority; abolition.
abrogationism noun: A policy of abrogation.
abrogationist noun /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩.ɪst/: One who abrogates.
abrogative adjective: Tending or designed to abrogate.
abrogator noun /ˈæb.ɹəˌɡeɪ.tɚ/: One who abrogates.
abrokyire noun: Foreign parts; the world beyond Ghana.
abronia noun /əˈbɹəʊ.niː.ə/: A plant of the genus Abronia.
abrood adjective, adverb /əˈbɹud/: Upon a brood; on a hatch.
abrook verb /əˈbɹʊk/: To brook; to endure.
abrosexual adjective, noun /ˌæb.ɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/: Having a changing or fluid sexual orientation, one that changes over time.
abrosexuality noun: The state of being abrosexual.
abrosia noun /ˌeɪˈbroʊʒə/: Abstinence.
abrotanum noun /əˈbɹɑt.n̩.əm/: A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer, southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abrotine noun /ˈæ.bɹəˌtin/: A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
abrupt adjective, noun, verb /əˈbɹʌpt/: Broken away (from restraint).
abrupt appearance noun: Ellipsis of abrupt appearance theory.
abrupt appearance theory noun: A neo-creationist hypothesis which claims that the first life and the universe appeared abruptly, and that plants and animals appeared abruptly in complex form.
abruptedly adverb: Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
abruptic adjective: Characterised by an abrupt change in texture.
abruptio noun: An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
abruptio placentae noun /əˈbɹʌp.ʃiˌoʊ pləˈsɛnˌti/: A premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall.
abruption noun /əˈbɹʌp.ʃn̩/: A sudden termination or interruption.
abruptive adjective: Relating to abruption
abruptively adverb: In an abruptive manner
abruptly adverb /əˈbɹʌp.li/: In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
abruptly-pinnate adjective: pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
abruptness noun /əˈbɹʌp.nəs/: The state of being abrupt or broken
Abruzzese adjective: Of, from or relating to the region of Abruzzo in Italy.
Abruzzi proper noun /ɑˈbɹut.tsi/: A former mountainous region in central Italy that borders the Adriatic Sea; properly Abruzzi e Molise; now separated into Abruzzo and Molise.
Abruzzi ware noun /ɑˈbɹut.si ˈwɛɚ/: Ornate Italian pottery from the 15th century.
Abruzzian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Abruzzo in Italy.
Abruzzo proper noun: An administrative region in central Italy.
Abruzzo-Erickson syndrome noun: A rare disorder characterized by deafness, protruding ears, coloboma, cleft palate or palatal rugosity, radial synostosis, and short stature.
abs adjective, adverb, noun, prefix, verb /æbz/: Abbreviation of abstract.
ABS brake noun: Antilock brake.
abs. feb. adverb: Abbreviation of absente febre; in the absence of fever.
Absáalooke noun: Alternative form of Apsáalooke
Absalom proper noun /ˈæb.sə.ləm/: The third son of David, king of Israel.
Absalon proper noun: A surname.
absampere noun: Alternative form of abampere.
Absaroka noun /æbˈsɑ.ɹə.kə/: A member of a Siouan people from between the Platte and the Yellowstone Rivers; the Crow.
Absaroke noun /æbˈsɑ.ɹə.ki/: Alternative form of Absaroka.
Absarokee noun /æbˈsɑ.ɹə.ki/: Alternative form of Absaroka.
absarokite noun: A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
absatively adverb /ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/: Absolutely and positively.
Abscam proper noun: A code name for a sting operation set up by the FBI in the 1970s to thwart bribery in Congress.
abscess noun, verb /ˈæbsɛs/: A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.
abscess root noun /ˈæb.sɛs ɹut/: A perennial, blue-flowered herb from the eastern United States, Polemonium reptans.
abscessation noun: The formation or development of an abscess
abscessed adjective, verb: Affected by an abscess.
abscession noun: A separating; a removal; a going away.
abscessogenic adjective: That leads to the production of abscesses
abscind verb /əbˈsɪnd/: To cut off.
abscisate noun: Any salt or ester of abscisic acid
abscise verb /əbˈsaɪz/: To cut off.
abscisic adjective /æbˈsɪ.sɪk/: Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives.
abscisic acid noun /ˌæbˈsɪz.ɪk ˈæ.sɪd/: A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission.
abscisin noun /ˈæb.sə.sən/: Alternative spelling of abscissin.
abscision noun /æbˈsɪ.ʒn̩/: A cutting away.
absciss noun, verb /ˈæb.sɪs/: Alternative form of abscissa
absciss layer noun /ˈæb.sɪs ˈleɪ.ɚ/: Alternative form of abscission layer
abscissa noun /æbˈsɪs.ə/: The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
abscissin noun /ˈæb.sə.sən/: A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
abscissio infiniti noun /æbˈsɪ.siˌoʊ ɪn.fəˈni.ti/: A logical process of elimination by eliminating successively all of the inapplicable cases.
abscission noun /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/: The act or process of cutting off.
abscission layer noun /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩ ˈleɪ.ɚ/: A layer of cells in a plant that differ from those above and below, and contain abundant starch and dense cytoplasm, which upon disorganization, begin the...
abscission zone noun /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩ ˈzoʊn/: The area in a plant's leaf, stem, or fruit stalk, where the abscission layer if formed along with weakened sclerenchyma, absent collenchyma, and dense...
abscissional adjective: Relating to abscission
absconce noun /ˌæbˈskɒns/: A dark lantern used in church to read prayers etc during a service.
abscond verb /əbˈskɒnd/: To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
abscondancy noun: The act or fact of absconding, especially from the law.
abscondee noun: A person who has absconded.
abscondence noun /æbzˈkɑn.dn̩ts/: The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive.
absconder noun /æbˈskɑn.dɚ/: A person who absconds.
absconding noun, verb: An instance in which someone absconds.
abscondment noun: An act of absconding or escaping
absconsa noun: A kind of dark lantern.
absconsio noun /æbˈskɑn.si.oʊ/: Cavity; fossa.
absconsion noun: The act of absconding.
abscopal adjective /æbˈskoʊ.pl̩/: Denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.
abscotchalater noun: Someone hiding from the police.
ABSD noun: Initialism of advanced base sectional dock.
Absecon proper noun /æbˈsiːkɒn/: A city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
abseil noun, verb /ˈæb.seɪl/: To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body.
abseiler noun /ˈɑpˌzaɪ.lɚ/: Someone who abseils.
abseiling noun, verb: The process or act of abseiling.
absement noun /ˈæb.s(ə).mənt/: A measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement.
absence noun /ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/: A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
absence makes the heart fonder phrase: Alternative form of absence makes the heart grow fonder.
absence makes the heart go yonder proverb: Synonym of long absent, soon forgotten (“separation can result in someone finding other emotional attachments”)
absence makes the heart grow fonder proverb: One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
absence of mind noun: A state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied).
absence seizure noun /ˈæb.sn̩s ˈsi.ʒɚ/: A type of seizure indicative of petit mal epilepsy, usually lasting up to thirty seconds and involving vacantness and lack of awareness, possibly including...
absence without leave noun: The military offense of not being present when expected without proper authority.
absency noun: absence
absent adjective, noun, preposition, verb /ˈæb.sn̩t/: Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
absent-minded adjective /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/: Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.
absent-minded professor noun: A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings.
absent-mindedly adverb /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/: Preoccupiedly; in an absent-minded manner.
absent-mindedness noun /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/: The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied.
absent over leave adjective: Failing to return from leave or liberty on time.
absent referent noun: The condition of a sign which has an empty, absent, non-existent, paradoxical, hypothetical, supernatural, or undefined referent, such as nothing, null,...
absent treatment noun: A (nonscientific or pseudoscientific) form of (alleged) medical therapy in which the practitioner brings about healing despite their being physically...
absent voter noun: Alternative form of absentee voter.
absent without leave adjective: In the armed forces, being absent from one's post without prior authorization.
absentaneous adjective: Pertaining to absence.
absentation noun /ˌæb.sənˈteɪ.ʃn̩/: The act of absenting oneself.
absentative noun: A form of a noun or pronoun indicating that its referent is absent or dead.
absentativity noun: The quality of being absentative.
absente reo phrase /æbˈsɛn.ti ˈɹi.oʊ/: The defendant being absent.
absentee noun /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/: A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
absentee ballot noun: A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.
absentee ownership noun /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti ˈoʊ.nɚˌʃɪp/: Ownership of business or property by parties rarely present.
absentee vote noun /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti voʊt/: A vote cast by a voter by mail because of absence from the precinct during the election, typically military members.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.