Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Ablation (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.
(2) - Ablation (n.) Extirpation.
(3) - Ablation (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal.

(1) - Ablative () The ablative case.
(2) - Ablative (a.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
(3) - Ablative (a.) Taking away or removing.

(1) - Ablaut (n.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.

(1) - Ablaze (adv. & a.) In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
(2) - Ablaze (adv. & a.) On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.