abscission
— Noun
– English
~ the act of cutting something off
abscission
— Noun
– English
~ shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
abscond
— Verb
– English
~ run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
abseil
— Verb
– English
~ descend by means of a rappel; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
abseil
— Noun
– English
~ (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
abseiler
— Noun
– English
~ a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point
absence
— Noun
– English
~ the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy