| Abaca |
| The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See
Manila hemp under Manila. |
| Abacinate |
| To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the
eyes. |
| Abacination |
| The act of abacinating. |
| Abaciscus |
| One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement;
an abaculus. |
| Abacist |
| One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. |
| Aback |
| Toward the back or rear; backward. |
| Aback |
| Behind; in the rear. |
| Aback |
| Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when
pressed by the wind. |
| Aback |
| An abacus. |
| Abactinal |
| Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth
in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. |
