ABSTEMIOUS | • abstemious adj. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. • abstemious adj. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. • abstemious adj. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation. |
ABSTENTION | • abstention n. (Obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. • abstention n. The act of abstaining or refraining (from). • abstention n. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue. |
ABSTERGENT | • abstergent adj. Cleansing, detergent. • abstergent n. A substance used to cleanse; a detergent. • ABSTERGENT adj. serving to cleanse, detergent. |
ABSTERGING | • absterging v. Present participle of absterge. • ABSTERGE v. to cleanse by wiping. |
ABSTERSION | • abstersion n. (Archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. • ABSTERSION n. the act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. |
ABSTERSIVE | • abstersive adj. Cleansing; purging; abstergent. • abstersive n. (Now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. • ABSTERSIVE adj. serving to cleanse or purge. |
LOBSTERERS | • lobsterers n. Plural of lobsterer. • LOBSTERER n. a person who catches lobsters. |
LOBSTERING | • lobstering v. Present participle of lobster. • LOBSTERING n. fishing for lobsters. |
LOBSTERMAN | • lobsterman n. A fisherman (male or female) for lobsters. • lobsterman n. (Fiction) A fictional alien or monster that looks like a lobster/human hybrid. • LOBSTERMAN n. a fisherman who catches lobsters. |
LOBSTERMEN | • lobstermen n. Plural of lobsterman. • LOBSTERMAN n. a fisherman who catches lobsters. |
OBSTETRICS | • obstetrics n. (Medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy. • OBSTETRICS n. the care of women during pregnancy. |
SUBSTELLAR | • substellar adj. (Astronomy, of an object) Having a mass less than the minimum necessary mass for hydrogen fusion. • SUBSTELLAR adj. directly under a star. |
SUBSTERNAL | • substernal adj. (Anatomy) under the sternum. • SUBSTERNAL adj. positioned below the breastbone. |