Abrasion :: Abrasion (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins..

Abrasion :: Abrasion (n.) The substance rubbed off.

Abrasion :: Abrasion (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds..

Abscession :: Abscession (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess..

Abscision :: Abscision (n.) See Abscission.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) The act or process of cutting off.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) The state of being cut off.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..

Abstersion :: Abstersion (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

Abstrusion :: Abstrusion (n.) The act of thrusting away.

Abusion :: Abusion (v. t.) Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.

Accension :: Accension (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

Accession :: Accession (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy..

Accession :: Accession (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory..

Accession :: Accession (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf..

Accession :: Accession (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.

Accession :: Accession (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty..

Accession :: Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm..

Accessional :: Accessional (a.) Pertaining to accession; additional.

Addression :: Addression (n.) The act of addressing or directing one's course.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process..

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant..

Admission :: Admission (n.) The act or practice of admitting.

Admission :: Admission (n.) Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

Admission :: Admission (n.) The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.

Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..

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