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  • 21Abba — /ˈæbə/ (say abuh) noun (a title of bishops and patriarchs in some Eastern Churches.) {Middle English, from Latin, from Late Greek, from Aramaic; in Bible (New Testament), meaning father (applied to God) …

  • 22Abbasid — /əˈbæsɪd/ (say uh basid), /æbəˈsɪd/ (say abuh sid) noun a caliph of the dynasty which ruled at Baghdad, 750–1258, claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Mohammed. Also, Abbaside …

  • 23Abbevillian — /æbəˈvɪliən/ (say abuh vileeuhn), / jən/ (say yuhn) adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of a Palaeolithic culture in Europe, marked by the use of crude stone hand axes; Chellean. Also, Abbevillean. {named after Abbeville, town in France… …

  • 24Abenaki — /æbəˈnaki/ (say abuh nahkee) noun 1. a Native American people of the Algonquian family, formerly of northern New England and south eastern Canada, now living mainly in Maine and southern Quebec. 2. (plural Abenaki or Abenakis) a member of this… …

  • 25Abercrombie — /æbəˈkrɒmbi/ (say abuh krombee) noun a river in NSW flowing into the Wyangala Reservoir south of Cowra …

  • 26Aberdeen — /æbəˈdin/ (say abuh deen) noun 1. a town in eastern central NSW, on the Hunter River. 2. a city in north eastern Scotland, on the North Sea; oil processing industry. {def. 1 named after George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860,… …

  • 27Aberdeenshire — /æbəˈdinʃɪə/ (say abuh deenshear), / ʃə/ (say shuh) noun an administrative district of north eastern Scotland; a former county which became part of Grampian in 1975; re created as a unitary district with reduced area in 1996. 6319 km2.… …

  • 28Aberfan — /æbəˈfæn/ (say abuh fan) noun a mining village in Wales where more than 140 people (mainly children) died when a coal slag heap buried a school, 21 October 1966 …

  • 29Abernethy — /æbəˈnɛθi/ (say abuh nethee), / niθi/ (say neethee) noun John, 1764–1831, English surgeon …

  • 30aberration — /æbəˈreɪʃən / (say abuh rayshuhn) noun 1. a lapse from a sound mental state. 2. a momentary departure from a usual practice. 3. deviation from truth or moral rectitude. 4. Astronomy apparent displacement of a heavenly body, due to the joint… …