Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abactor (n.) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

(1) - Abacus (n.) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
(2) - Abacus (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
(3) - Abacus (n.) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
(4) - Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
(5) - Abacus (n.) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.

(1) - Abaddon (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.
(2) - Abaddon (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.