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adj
Initialism of airborne.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
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adj
Initialism of antiballistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
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adj
Initialism of at bat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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adv
Abbreviation of about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Initialism of Artium baccalaureus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Aryan Brotherhood, a US white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Synonyms: 12
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name
Initialism of Anheuser-Busch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Av.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Clipping of abdominal muscle .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
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noun
An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Abbreviation of abortion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of afterburner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of aid to the blind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of airbase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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noun
Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of antibody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of artificial breeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of assembly bill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, law, politics
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noun
A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
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noun
A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
A person with this blood type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Initialism of adult baby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of asymmetric bars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable
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noun
Symbol for antibody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, symbol
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: Ig, immunoglobulin
Antonyms: Ag, antigen
noun
In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Abbreviation of Abbot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Qualifier: title
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prep
Abbreviation of about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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verb
To abseil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Abbreviation of abort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: type AB, group AB
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Broader terms: blood group, blood type
noun
the muscles of the abdomen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: abdominal, abdominal muscle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle
Narrower terms: external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique, transversus abdominis muscle, transverse muscle of abdomen, musculus transversalis abdominis, transversus abdominis
noun
a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens
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Broader terms: bachelor's degree, baccalaureate
noun
the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Av
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Broader terms: Jewish calendar month
History
Abbreviations.
Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).
Short form of Abner.
Abbreviation of abscess.
From the spelling books and the fact that it was the first of the letter combinations.
The first letter of each of the two syllables of antibody.
From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1.
Abbreviation.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
