English Words: A

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

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.

The act of abrogating.

Broken away (from restraint).

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.

A former mountainous region in central Italy that borders the Adriatic Sea; properly Abruzzi e Molise; now separated into Abruzzo and Molise.

An administrative region in central Italy.

Abbreviation of abstract.

The third son of David, king of Israel.

A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.

To flee, often secretly; to steal away.

An instance in which someone absconds.

The process or act of abseiling.

A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.

A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.

The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee.

absence

Alternative form of absent-mindedly.

The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.

Obsolete spelling of absolute.

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

plural of Absolute

An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.

Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).

To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.

Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

Something that absorbs.

Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

Keep or withhold oneself.

The act of restraining oneself.

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.

In an abstract way or manner

Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.

Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.

An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.

That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.