Absolutistic :: Absolutistic (a.) Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence..
Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat..
Acoustics :: Acoustics (n.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws..
Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto..
Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.