abscess
— Noun
– English
～ symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
abscessed
— Adjective
– English
～ infected and filled with pus; "an abscessed tooth"
abscise
— Verb
– English
～ shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
abscise
— Verb
– English
～ remove or separate by abscission
abscissa
— Noun
– English
～ the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
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"
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