abeam
abeam (adv.)\\\"at right angles to the mainmast,\\\" 1826, nautical, literally \\\"on beam;\\\" see...
aberrant
aberrant (adj.)1798, originally in natural history, from Latin aberrantem (nominative aberrans), pre...
aberration
aberration (n.)1590s, \\\"a wandering, straying,\\\" from Latin aberrationem (nominative aberratio)...
abet
abetabet: see baitabet (v.)late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter \\\"to bait, to h...
abeyance
abeyance (n.)1520s, from Anglo-French abeiance \\\"suspension,\\\" also \\\"expectation (especially...
abhor
abhorabhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (fr...