abaca
— Noun
– English
～ a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
abaca
— Noun
– English
～ Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
abacinate
— Verb
– English
～ blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes; "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"
aback
— Adverb
– English
～ by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
aback
— Adverb
– English
～ having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"
abactinal
— Adjective
– English
～ (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
abacus
— Noun
– English
～ a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
abacus
— Noun
– English
～ a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
Abadan
— Noun
– English
～ a port city in southwestern Iran
abaft
— Adverb
– English
～ at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
abalone
— Noun
– English
～ any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
abamp
— Noun
– English
～ a unit of current equal to 10 amperes
abampere
— Noun
– English
～ a unit of current equal to 10 amperes
abandon
— Verb
– English
～ forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
abandon
— Verb
– English
～ leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
abandon
— Verb
– English
～ leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
abandon
— Verb
– English
～ stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
abandon
— Verb
– English
～ give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
abandon
— Noun
– English
～ a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
abandon
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"