A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You"ll get your chance in court," said the sergeant.
"No, no no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I"ve been trying to do that for years!"
n. - natural or (esp.) Induced expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently.
- stunted or deformed creature or thing.
- failed project or action. abortionist n.
- n. - natural or (esp.) Induced expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently.
- stunted or deformed creature or thing.
- failed project or action. abortionist n.
ABORTIVE
adj. Fruitless, unsuccessful.
ABRASION
n. - scraping or wearing away (of skin, rock, etc.).
- resulting damaged area.
ABRASIVE
—adj. - a tending to rub or graze. B capable of polishing by rubbing or grinding.
- harsh or hurtful in manner. —n. Abrasive substance.
ABROGATE
v. (-ting) repeal, abolish (a law etc.). abrogation n. [latin rogo propose a law]
ABSENTEE
landlord n. One who lets a property while living elsewhere.
- n. Person not present.
ABSOLUTE
majority n. Majority over all rivals combined.
- pitch n. Ability to recognize or sound any given note.
- temperature n. One measured from absolute zero.
- zero n. Theoretical lowest possible temperature calculated as –273.15° c (or 0° k).
- —adj. - complete, utter (absolute bliss).
- unconditional (absolute authority).
- despotic (absolute monarch).
- not relative or comparative (absolute standard).
- gram. A (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table. B (of an adjective or transitive verb) without an expressed noun or object (e.g. The deaf, guns kill).
- (of a legal decree etc.) Final. —n. Philos. (prec. By the) that which can exist independently of anything else. [latin: related to *absolve]
ABSTRACT
—adj. - a of or existing in thought or theory rather than matter or practice; not concrete. B (of a word, esp. A noun) denoting a quality, condition, etc., not a concrete object.
- (of art) achieving its effect by form and colour rather than by realism. —v. - (often foll. By from) extract, remove.
- summarize. —n. - summary.
- abstract work of art.
- abstraction or abstract term. [latin: related to *tract1]
ABSTRUSE
adj. Hard to understand, profound. [latin abstrudo -trus- conceal]
ABUNDANT
adj. - plentiful.
- (foll. By in) rich (abundant in fruit). abundantly adv.
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