work as superior :ONE, SOME - used to indicate an unspecified object 2. antiaircraft abbr: 1. able-bodied seaman or grooves prep: to the rear of n: 1. a thorough yielding to natural impulses syn - profligate, dissolute 2. to decrease in amount, number, or degree 2. an amount abated the enemy 2: an abbey church esp: to reduce to an abbreviation 2: a shortened form of a word or phrase used for brevity esp. in writing 2: RUDIMENTS 2: the part of the body posterior to the thorax in an arthropod : KIDNAP 2: failure of a mirror or lens to produce exact point-to-point 2: assist 2: BEAR, ENDURE : POWER, SKILL : CRINGING 2: to abstain from expressing typically the relation of seperation and source : BLAZING 2: marked by skill or efficiency 2: DENY, RENOUNCE 2: ALONGSIDE 2: HOME, RESIDENCE : LOATHE, DETEST 2: DISCUST, LOATHING : NATIVE 2: to terminate prematurely [a spaceflight] also: an induced expulsion of a fetus 2: to be fully supplied prep: 1: on ever side of 2: near to prep: 2: superior to 3: more than : EXCEEDING : OPENLY 2: GIBBERISH 2: to wear down in spirit : causing irritation 2: up to a standard or level [esp.] of knowledge 2: out of doors 3: so quick as to seem rude to the horizontal axis 2: the natural separation of flowers, fruits, or leaves from plants 2: WANT, LACK vb: to keep (oneself) away : INATTENTIVE 3: lacking grammatical connection with any other word in a sentence esp: a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance 2: government by an absolute ruler or authority syn: pardon, confess, shrive 2: to suck up or take in in the manner of a sponge 2: concentration of attention syn: refrain, forbear : TEMPERATE 2: expressing a quality apart from an object 2: an abstract idea syn: copious, plentiful n: 1: a corrupt practice 2: MISUSE 3: MISTREATMENT (as at the end of a bridge) 2: an immeasurable depth symbol: actinium flower clusters also; academic environment 2: literary or general rather than technical academy or movement 2: a society of scholars or artists 2: an ornamentation (as on a column) representing the leaves of the acanthus 2: to express approval 2: to speed up : QUICKEN 2: a foot operated pedal to control the speed of a motor vehicle engine 2: prominence given to one syllable of a word esp. by stress 2: to agree to 2: the state of being accepted or acceptable 2: a way of approach : ENTRANCE 2: increase by something added 2: a person who though not present abets or assists in the commission 2: CHANCE [met by] 2: happening without intent or through carelessness 2: to declare by acclamation 2: an overwhelming affirmative vote by shouting or applause rather than 2: to become acclimated 2: HARMONIZE, RECONCILE 2: the act of accommodating : ADJUSTMENT esp: subordinate music to support a principal voice or instrument 2: to play an accompaniment for syn: achieve, effect, fulfill, discharge, execute, perform 2: EXPERT, SKILLED 2: something completed or effected 2: AGREE, HARMONIZE 2: the act of granting 2: CONSEQUENTLY, SO adj: folding like the bellows of an accordion [pleats] supply credit 3: NARRATIVE, REPORT 4: WORTH 2: EXPLICABLE 2: an explanation of one's behavior 2: CREDIT 2: a product of accretion 2: to be added by periodic growth blended patterns 2: the process by which one acquires the culture syn: amass, gather, collect EXACT, PRECISE 2: DAMNABLE, EXECRABLE of a verb or the object of a preposition in tennis) won by a single stroke 3: a golf score of one stroke on a derived from cellulose and acetic acid also: a plastic of similar transmission of nerve impulses 2: LONG, YEARN syn: accomplish, fulfill, effect n: 1: a sour substance 2: a usu. water-soluble chemical compound that has 2: to change into an acid : SOURISH