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1. a crappella (ä' krə-pĕl'ə, ä' krăp'ĕl-ə)

  1. a. (adj.) Poorly, and without instrumental accompaniment.

    Example: On the heels of success, Strafe No Phaser performed a crappella in front of a packed audience at the Star Trek® Convention hoping for a repeat of famed a cappella group, Straight No Chaser.

2. abacus (ə-bāk'əs)

  1. a. (v.) The process of baking an item for a person or group.

    Example: Hey guys, are you hungry? Abacus some pie!

3. abandick (ə-băn'dĭk)

  1. a. (v.tr.) To leave a man mid-sexual intercourse, causing him much frustration and physical discomfort.

    Example: She abandicked me right then and there, and I've not seen her since.

4. abandonmitt (ə-băn'dən-mĭt)

  1. a. (n.) The act of abruptly letting go of someone's hand before they anticipated it.

    Example: She sought therapy because of her severe abandonmitt issues.

5. abbone (ăb-bō-nē)

  1. a. (adj.) The agony or severe pain caused by attempting to stand or walk when a person's knees have seized up, primarily after a prolonged period of inactivity. Most commonly suffered by travelers using trains, cars, and planes as methods of transportation.

6. abbreveil (ə-brē'vāl')

  1. a. (v.) To shorten words in a sentence or text to a point where no meaning can be construed from it.

7. abdicake (ăb'dĭ-kāk)

  1. a. (v.) To give up the last piece of cake to someone else.

    Example: Is anyone going to eat the last piece of cake? I was but I'll abdicake in your favor.

8. abdictate (ăb'dĭk-tāt')

  1. a. (v.in.) To give up telling someone what to do. To relinquish the role of sovereign dictator.

    Example: This all would have been easier if that guy abdictated rather than fight to the death.

9. abolical (ə-bŏ'lĭ-kəl)

  1. a. (adj.) Something loathsome or unusually cruel perhaps associated with dire misfortune.

10. abominaball (ə-bŏm'ə-nə-bôl)

  1. a. (n.) Any ball that has made its way into the interior of a greenhouse or home by exploiting the presence of an unopened window.

11. abso-toodle-utely (ăb'sŭ-tü'dŭ-lüt'lē)

  1. a. (interj.) Absolutely, with emphasis. Expressed when "absolutely" is not definitive enough.

    Example: Question: Did you just make that word up?
    Answer: Abso-toodle-utely not! It's on unwords.com!

12. absotively (āb'sə-tĭv'lē)

  1. a. (contr.) A contraction of absolutely and positively.

    Example: I absotively agree with you!

13. abstinate (ăb'stə-nāt')

  1. a. (v.) The act of not giving one's self to anyone, no matter how much they beg.

14. abusement (ə-byuz'mənt)

  1. a. (n.) Abusive entertainment. A contraction of abuse and entertainment.

    Example: For example, when one give a baby a dill pickle just to watch them make that screwy face.

15. abzot (ăb-zŏt)

  1. a. (n.) The device in a currency changer that determines whether a bill is too wrinkled or not.

16. a cappello (ä' kə-pě'lō)

  1. a. (adj.) To sing a solo in a cappella.

    Example: I don't even need the beat I can rock it a cappello!

17. acceptacle (āk-sěp'tə-kəl)

  1. a. (n.) A garbage receptacle that accepts all types of garbage - metal, plastic, glass, and organic.

    Example: A sandwich in a plastic container in a paper bag? This looks like a job for the accepticle!

18. accidentist (āk'sĭ-dən'tĭst)

  1. a. (n.) A dentist known for making mistakes.

    Example: My accidentist decided to drill my good molars at my appointment today.

19. accidon't (ăk'sĭ-dōnt)

  1. a. (v.) To avoid accidue.

    Example: I managed to accidon't it.

20. accidue (ăk'sĭ-dü)

  1. a. (n.) Small pieces of broken glass, metal and other debris that remains at the scene of an accident for months after.

21. accordionated (ə-kôr'-di-ən-ây-ted)

  1. a. (adj.) Having a strong ability to control and manipulate accordion-like objects such as maps and oriental fans: as in, being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time.

22. accumulation (ə-kyüm'yə-lā'shən)

  1. a. (n.) Distribution. A collection of effort resulting in a completed product.

    Example: Did you hear about that accumulation of Linux where the developers just threw a bunch of random stuff together and called it a distribution. Or did you read the latest accumulation of Make® magazine?

23. accumulotion (ə-kyüm'yə-lō'shən)

  1. a. (n.) The uncomfortably grotesque layer of slime that adorns the opening of a lotion dispenser.

24. ack (ăk)

  1. a. (interj.) An exclamation used when one is angry, upset, or choked up (literally or figuratively).

    Example: Ack! I got an 'F' on this test... My parents are going to kill me.

25. acknodledge (ăk-nŏd-'lĭj)

  1. a. (v.) To nod at someone walking in the opposite direction while avoiding a conversation that can make one appear desperate or causing an awkward moment.

 

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