English English Dictionary

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Abdominals (pl. )

of Abdominal

Abdominoscopy (n.)

Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.

Abdominothoracic (a.)

Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

Abdominous (a.)

Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

Abduce (v. t.)

To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

Abduced (imp. & p. p.)

of Abduce

Abducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Abduce

Abduct (v. t.)

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

Abduct (v. t.)

To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

Abducted (imp. & p. p.)

of Abduct

Abducting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Abduct

Abduction (n.)

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

Abduction (n.)

The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Abduction (n.)

The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

Abduction (n.)

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

Abductor (n.)

One who abducts.

Abductor (n.)

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

Abeam (adv.)

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

Abear (v. t.)

To bear; to behave.

Abear (v. t.)

To put up with; to endure.