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Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..

Missing :: Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..

Absentation :: Absentation (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..

Elvish :: Elvish (a.) Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish..

Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Absentaneous :: Absentaneous (a.) Pertaining to absence.

Musard :: Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person.

Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.

Absentment :: Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.

Wanting :: Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..

Absence :: Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..

Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..

Muse :: Muse (n.) To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.

Obrok :: Obrok (n.) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.

Furlough :: Furlough (a.) Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence..

Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..

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