1) abstracted,of abstract-separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.-separated from matter; abstract; ideal.-abstract; abstruse; difficult.-inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

2) after-image,"the impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc."

3) aid,"to support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.-help; succor; assistance; relief.-the person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.-a subsidy granted to the king by parliament; also, an exchequer loan.-a pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.-an aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid."

4) amber room,"a room formerly in the czar's summer palace in russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. the amber was removed by occupying german troops during the second world war and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. the room is being recreated from old photographs by russian artisans."

5) amend,"to change or modify in any way for the better-by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;-by supplying deficiencies;-by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.-to grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve."

6) amidogen,"a compound radical, nh2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido."

7) amovability,liability to be removed or dismissed from office.

8) amove,"to remove, as a person or thing, from a position.-to dismiss from an office or station.-to move or be moved; to excite."

9) amygdaloid,"a variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. when the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.-alt. of amygdaloidal"

10) aplanatic,"having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens."

11) appealable,"capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.-that may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter."

12) assoil,to set free; to release.-to solve; to clear up.-to set free from guilt; to absolve.-to expiate; to atone for.-to remove; to put off.-to soil; to stain.

13) bate,"strife; contention.-to lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.-to allow by way of abatement or deduction.-to leave out; to except.-to remove.-to deprive of.-to remit or retrench a part; -- with of.-to waste away.-to attack; to bait.-imp. of bite.-to flutter as a hawk; to bait.-see 2d bath.-an alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.-to steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather."

14) bear,"to support or sustain; to hold up.-to support and remove or carry; to convey.-to conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.-to possess and use, as power; to exercise.-to sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.-to possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.-to possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor-to endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.-to gain or win.-to sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.-to render or give; to bring forward.-to carry on, or maintain; to have.-to admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.-to manage, wield, or direct.-to behave; to conduct.-to afford; to be to; to supply with.-to bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.-to produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.-to suffer, as in carrying a burden.-to endure with patience; to be patient.-to press; -- with on or upon, or against.-to take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.-to relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?-to have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.-to be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears n. by e.-a bier.-any species of the genus ursus, and of the closely allied genera. bears are plantigrade carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.-an animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.-one of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the great bear and the lesser bear, or ursa major and ursa minor.-metaphorically: a brutal, coarse, or morose person.-a person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.-a portable punching machine.-a block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.-to endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.-alt. of bere"

15) bleach,"to make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.-to grow white or lose color; to whiten."