English Words Starting With A

• abirritate

  verbverb-transitiveC2/Rare/Technical
  /æbˈɪr.ɪ.teɪt/to soothe or reduce irritation or sensitivity (often in a medical or physiological context)
• abishag

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈæbɪʃæɡ/A Biblical name, specifically a young woman from Shunem who served as King David's companion and attendant in his old age.
• abitibi

  nounVery Low
  /ˌæbɪˈtɪbi/A proper noun referring primarily to a large region in western Quebec, Canada, named after Lake Abitibi.
• abjad

  nounC1
  /ˈabdʒad/A writing system, like Arabic or Hebrew, where each character represents a consonant, and vowels are either not marked or indicated with optional diacritics.
• abjection

  nounC2
  /æbˈdʒɛk.ʃən/A state of extreme humiliation, degradation, or being cast out. It describes the condition of being brought low, made wretched, or treated as an outcast.
• abjunction

  nounVery Low (Technical/Specialist)
  /æbˈdʒʌŋk.ʃən/The act of cutting off or separating, especially in biology/fungi when a spore is separated by a septum.
• abjuration

  nounLow (Rare, formal/legal/historical)
  /ˌæbdʒʊˈreɪʃən/The act of renouncing or rejecting something formally or under oath; a solemn repudiation.
• abjure

  verbverb-transitiveC2
  /əbˈdʒʊə(r)/To formally and solemnly reject, renounce, or give up something (like a belief, cause, or claim). It implies a public and absolute abandonment.
• abkhaz

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
  /æbˈkɑːz/A member of a people native to the region of Abkhazia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea; the Caucasian language spoken by this people.
• abkhazia

  nounLow
  /æbˈkɑːziə/A partially recognized, de facto independent state in the South Caucasus, internationally considered part of Georgia.
• abkhazian

  nounC1
  /æbˈkɑːziən/Relating to Abkhazia, its people, or their language.
• ablactate

  verb-transitiveC2
  /æbˈlæk.teɪt/to wean (an infant or young mammal) from its mother's milk by ceasing to nurse it.
• ablactation

  nounC2 / Very Low Frequency / Specialised
  /ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃən/The process or act of weaning a child or young mammal from its mother's milk.
• ablate

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1/C2
  /əˈbleɪt/to remove or erode material, especially from a surface or mass, by melting, vaporisation, or other destructive processes.
• ablation

  nounC2
  /əˈbleɪ.ʃən/The surgical removal of body tissue.
• ablative

  adjectivenounLow/Very Low
  /ˈæblətɪv/A grammatical case (primarily in Latin and some other languages) indicating movement away, separation, source, or instrument.
• ablative absolute

  nounC2
  /ˈæb.lə.tɪv ˈæb.sə.luːt/A Latin grammatical construction, usually consisting of a noun and a participle in the ablative case, that functions as an independent clause expressing circumstances of time, cause, or condition.
• ablator

  nounRare
  /əˈbleɪtə(r)/A material designed to erode or vaporize in a controlled way to absorb heat and protect a structure (like a spacecraft) during high-temperature entry into an atmosphere.
• ablaut

  nounVery Low (C2/Expert)
  /ˈɑːblaʊt/A systematic vowel change within the root of a word (or related words) that indicates grammatical function, such as tense, number, or case.
• able

  adjectivenounHigh
  /ˈeɪ.bəl/Having the skill, power, means, or opportunity to do something.

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