abducent
— Adjective
– English
～ especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
abducent
— Noun
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～ a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
abduct
— Verb
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～ take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
abduct
— Verb
– English
～ pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
abducting
— Adjective
– English
～ especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
abduction
— Noun
– English
～ (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
abduction
— Noun
– English
～ the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
abductor
— Noun
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～ a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
abductor
— Noun
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～ someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
abeam
— Adverb
– English
～ at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane
abecedarian
— Adjective
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～ alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
Abecedarian
— Noun
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～ a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
abecedarian
— Noun
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～ a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
abecedarius
— Noun
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～ a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order
Abel
— Noun
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～ (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain
Abel
— Noun
– English
～ Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
Abelard
— Noun
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～ French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142)
abele
— Noun
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～ a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
abelia
— Noun
– English
～ any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico