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"
absconder
— Noun
– English
~ a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
abscondment
— Noun
– English
~ the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)
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
absence
— Noun
– English
~ the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"
absence
— Noun
– English
~ the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
absent
— Verb
– English
~ go away or leave; "He absented himself"
absent
— Adjective
– English
~ not being in a specified place
absent
— Adjective
– English
~ lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
absent
— Adjective
– English
~ nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
absentee
— Noun
– English
~ one that is absent or not in residence
absenteeism
— Noun
– English
~ habitual absence from work
absently
— Adverb
– English
~ in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently"
absentminded
— Adjective
– English
~ lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
absentmindedly
— Adverb
– English
~ in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently"