Letter: a
- abridged, Spartan, abbreviated, abstracted, bobbed, brief, brusque, capsule, capsulized, clipped, close, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed

- abridgement, abatement, abbreviation, abstract, alleviation, aphorism, attenuation, bereavement, blue-pencilling, bowdlerization, breviary, brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship

- abroad, abashed, aberrant, adrift, afield, alfresco, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, at large, at sea, away

- abrogate, abate, abolish, annihilate, annul, blot out, bring to naught, cancel, countermand, discharge, dissolve, do away with, extinguish, invalidate, make void, negate

- abrogation, abjuration, abolishment, abolition, absolute contradiction, annulment, cancel, cancellation, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, countering, countermand, crossing, denial, disavowal

- abrupt, aggressive, arduous, bearish, beastly, bluff, blunt, blunt-edged, blunt-ended, blunt-pointed, blunted, bold, brash, breakneck, breathless, brief

- abruptly, bang, bearishly, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly, brashly, brusquely, cavalierly, churlishly, crustily, curtly, dash, forthwith, gruffly, harshly

- abruptness, alacrity, ascent, climb, curtness, dullness, harshness, hastiness, impulsiveness, precipitation, promptness, quickness, rashness, rise, rising, roughness

- abscess, ague, anaemia, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bed sore, bleeding, blister, blotch, boil, bubo, bunion, canker

- abscissa, altitude, azimuth, coordinates, declination, latitude, longitude

- abscission, amputation, annihilation, cleavage, cutting, destruction, dichotomy, elimination, excision, exclusion, extinction, fission, laceration, mutilation, resection, ripping

- abscond, abandon, beat a retreat, bolt, bow out, break, bunk, clear out, cut and run, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, elope, evacuate, flee

- absconded, absent, away, deleted, departed, disappeared, gone, lacking, missing, no longer present, non-existent, not found, not present, omitted, out of sight, subtracted

- absconder, deserter, displaced person, evacuee, fugitive, refugee, runaway, stateless person

- absence of mind, absent mindedness, absorption, abstraction, brown study, daydream, daydreamer, dream, dreaming, emptiness, fantasy, inanity, mooning, muse, musing, pipe dream

- absence without leave, AWOL, French leave, absence, bolt, cut, day off, default, departure, desertion, disappearance, elopement, exit, flight, furlough, hegira

- absence, AWOL, French leave, absence without leave, absenteeism, absenting, beggary, cut, day off, dearth, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, departure

- absent mindedness, absence of mind, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, bemusement, brown study, carelessness, castle-building, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, decay of memory, depth of thought, disregard, distraction

- absent, absconded, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, away, bemused, castle-building, daydreaming, deficient, deleted, departed, disappeared, distrait, dreaming, dreamy

- absent-minded, absent, absorbed, abstracted, bemused, blocked, castle-building, converted, daydreaming, distracted, distrait, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, ecstatic, elsewhere

- absentee ballot, ballot, proxy, slate, ticket

- absentee voting, colonization, floating, proportional representation, vote, voting

- absenteeism, AWOL, French leave, absence, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, leaving, non-attendance, sick leave

- absenting, AWOL, French leave, absence, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, leaving, non-attendance, sick leave

- absinthe, colour, gin, jade, oil, pigment, spirits, vegetable oil, whiskey

- absolute certainty, assurance, inevitability, infallibility, necessity, predestination, predetermination, sureness, surety, truth

- absolute contradiction, abjuration, abrogation, annulment, contradiction, crossing, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, disproof, nullification, recantation, refutation, renunciation, repudiation, retraction

- absolute credibility, credibility, truth, veracity, verity

- absolute fact, axiom, case, circumstance, datum, fact, matter of fact, postulate

- absolute idealism, animism, form, idealism, spiritualism, universal
