8-letter words starting with AB
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter AB. This section showcases how AB at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with AB, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolute | 10 | not capable of being violated or infringed | - |
| abortion | 10 | failure of a plan | - |
| abnormal | 12 | not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm | abnormal powers of concentration |
| absorbed | 13 | giving or marked by complete attention to | - |
| abstract | 12 | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | a large abstract painting |
| abundant | 11 | present in great quantity | an abundant supply of water |
| abruptly | 15 | quickly and without warning | - |
| absinthe | 13 | aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | - |
| abetting | 11 | - | - |
| absolved | 14 | freed from any question of guilt | is absolved from all blame |
| abattoir | 10 | a building where animals are butchered | - |
| abductor | 13 | a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line | - |
| abrasive | 13 | causing abrasion | - |
| absurdly | 14 | in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | an absurdly rich young woman |
| aberrant | 10 | markedly different from an accepted norm | aberrant behavior |
| ablution | 10 | the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels | - |
| absentee | 10 | one that is absent or not in residence | - |
| abdicate | 13 | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | The King abdicated when he married a divorcee |
| abrasion | 10 | erosion by friction | - |
| abhorred | 14 | - | - |
| abridged | 13 | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting | an abridged version |
| ablation | 10 | surgical removal of a body part or tissue | - |
| abeyance | 15 | temporary cessation or suspension | - |
| abrogate | 11 | revoke formally | - |
| absorber | 12 | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | - |
| abutment | 12 | a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge | - |
| abortive | 13 | failing to accomplish an intended result | an abortive revolt |
| abactors | 12 | - | - |
| abacuses | 12 | - | - |
| abalones | 10 | - | - |
| abampere | 14 | a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | - |
| abanding | 12 | - | - |
| abandons | 11 | - | - |
| abapical | 14 | - | - |
| abasedly | 14 | - | - |
| abashing | 14 | - | - |
| abatable | 12 | capable of being abated | - |
| abatises | 10 | - | - |
| abatures | 10 | - | - |
| abbacies | 14 | - | - |
| abbatial | 12 | of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess | - |
| abbesses | 12 | - | - |
| abdicant | 13 | - | - |
| abdomens | 13 | - | - |
| abdomina | 13 | - | - |
| abducens | 13 | a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | - |
| abducent | 13 | especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | - |
| abducing | 14 | - | - |
| abducted | 14 | - | - |
| abductee | 13 | - | - |
| abearing | 11 | - | - |
| abegging | 13 | - | - |
| abelmosk | 16 | bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus | - |
| aberrate | 10 | diverge from the expected | The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman |
| abessive | 13 | - | - |
| abetment | 12 | the verbal act of urging on | - |
| abettals | 10 | - | - |
| abetters | 10 | - | - |
| abettors | 10 | - | - |
| abeyancy | 18 | - | - |
| abfarads | 14 | - | - |
| abhenrys | 16 | - | - |
| abhorrer | 13 | a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred | - |
| abidance | 13 | the act of dwelling in a place | - |
| abidings | 12 | - | - |
| abigails | 11 | - | - |
| abjected | 20 | - | - |
| abjectly | 22 | in a hopeless resigned manner | she shrugged her shoulders abjectly |
| abjoints | 17 | - | - |
| abjurers | 17 | - | - |
| abjuring | 18 | - | - |
| ablating | 11 | - | - |
| ablative | 13 | the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb | - |
| ablators | 10 | - | - |
| ablegate | 11 | - | - |
| ableisms | 12 | - | - |
| ableists | 10 | - | - |
| abluents | 10 | - | - |
| abnegate | 11 | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | - |
| aboideau | 11 | - | - |
| aboiteau | 10 | - | - |
| abomasal | 12 | relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) | - |
| abomasum | 14 | the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place | - |
| abomasus | 12 | - | - |
| aborally | 13 | - | - |
| abording | 12 | - | - |
| aborigen | 11 | - | - |
| aborigin | 11 | - | - |
| aborning | 11 | - | - |
| abortees | 10 | - | - |
| aborters | 10 | - | - |
| aborting | 11 | - | - |
| aboulias | 10 | - | - |
| abounded | 12 | - | - |
| abrachia | 15 | the condition of having no arms | - |
| abradant | 11 | a substance that abrades or wears down | - |
| abraders | 11 | - | - |
| abrading | 12 | - | - |
| abraided | 12 | - | - |
| abraying | 14 | - | - |
| abreacts | 12 | - | - |
| abricock | 18 | - | - |
| abridger | 12 | one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | - |
| abridges | 12 | - | - |
| abrooked | 15 | - | - |
| abrookes | 14 | - | - |
| abrosias | 10 | - | - |
| abrupter | 12 | - | - |
| abscinds | 13 | - | - |
| abscised | 13 | - | - |
| abscises | 12 | - | - |
| abscisic | 14 | - | - |
| abscisin | 12 | - | - |
| abscissa | 12 | the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis | - |
| abscisse | 12 | - | - |
| absconds | 13 | - | - |
| abseiled | 11 | - | - |
| abseiler | 10 | a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | - |
| absences | 12 | - | - |
| absented | 11 | - | - |
| absenter | 10 | - | - |
| absently | 13 | in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | he read the letter absently |
| absinths | 13 | - | - |
| absolver | 13 | someone who grants absolution | - |
| absolves | 13 | - | - |
| absonant | 10 | - | - |
| abstains | 10 | - | - |
| absterge | 11 | - | - |
| abstrict | 12 | - | - |
| abstruse | 10 | difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them |
| absurder | 11 | - | - |
| abthanes | 13 | - | - |
| abusable | 12 | - | - |
| abusages | 11 | - | - |
| abusions | 10 | - | - |
| abutilon | 10 | herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow | - |
| abuttals | 10 | - | - |
| abutters | 10 | - | - |
| abutting | 11 | - | - |
