Words starting with AB
Every word in the dictionary whose first 2 letters are AB — 622 of 172,823.
- Words
- 622
- Everyday
- 165in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 18absentmindednesses
- Shortest
- 2ab
- aback
- abacus
- abacuses
- abandon
- abandoned
- abandoning
- abandonment
- abandons
- abate
- abated
- abates
- abating
- abbey
- abbeys
- abbot
- abbots
- abbreviate
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abbreviations
- abdicate
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdicating
- abdication
- abdications
- abdomen
- abdomens
- abdominal
- abduct
- abducted
- abducting
- abducts
- aberration
- aberrations
- abet
- abets
- abetted
- abetting
- abhor
- abhorred
- abhorrence
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abhors
- abide
- abides
- abiding
- abilities
- ability
- abject
- ablaze
- able
- abler
- ablest
- ably
- abnormal
- abnormalities
- abnormality
- abnormally
- aboard
- abode
- abodes
- abolish
- abolished
- abolishes
- abolishing
- abolition
- abominable
- abomination
- aboriginal
- aborigine
- aborigines
- abort
- aborted
- aborting
- abortion
- abortions
- abortive
- aborts
- abound
- abounded
- abounding
- abounds
- about
- above
- aboveboard
- abrasive
- abrasives
- abreast
- abridge
- abridged
- abridges
- abridging
- abroad
- abrupt
- abrupter
- abruptest
- abruptly
- abscess
- abscessed
- abscesses
- abscessing
- abscond
- absconded
- absconding
- absconds
- absence
- absences
- absent
- absented
- absentee
- absentees
- absenting
- absents
- absolute
- absolutely
- absolutes
- absolutest
- absolve
- absolved
- absolves
- absolving
- absorb
- absorbed
- absorbent
- absorbents
- absorbing
- absorbs
- absorption
- abstain
- abstained
- abstaining
- abstains
- abstention
- abstentions
- abstinence
- abstract
- abstracted
- abstracting
- abstraction
- abstractions
- abstracts
- abstruse
- absurd
- absurder
- absurdest
- absurdities
- absurdity
- absurdly
- abundance
- abundances
- abundant
- abundantly
- abuse
- abused
- abusers
- abuses
- abusing
- abusive
- abysmal
- abyss
- abysses
- ab
- aba
- abaft
- abalone
- abalones
- abase
- abased
- abasement
- abases
- abash
- abashed
- abashes
- abashing
- abashment
- abasing
- abatement
- abattoir
- abattoirs
- abbas
- abbe
- abbes
- abbess
- abbesses
- abduction
- abductions
- abductor
- abductors
- abeam
- abed
- aberrant
- aberrational
- abettor
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorrently
- abidance
- abidingly
- abigail
- abjection
- abjectly
- abjectness
- abjuration
- abjurations
- abjure
- abjured
- abjurer
- abjurers
- abjures
- abjuring
- ablate
- ablated
- ablates
- ablating
- ablation
- ablations
- ablative
- ablatives
- abloom
- ablution
- ablutions
- abnegate
- abnegated
- abnegates
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abolitionism
- abolitionist
- abolitionists
- abominably
- abominate
- abominated
- abominates
- abominating
- abominations
- aboriginals
- aborning
- abortionist
- abortionists
- abortively
- aboveground
- abracadabra
- abrade
- abraded
- abrades
- abrading
- abrasion
- abrasions
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abridgment
- abridgments
- abrogate
- abrogated
- abrogates
- abrogating
- abrogation
- abrogations
- abruptness
- abs
- abscissa
- abscissas
- abscission
- absconder
- absconders
- abseil
- abseiled
- abseiling
- abseils
- absenteeism
- absently
- absentminded
- absentmindedly
- absentmindedness
- absinthe
- absoluteness
- absolution
- absolutism
- absolutist
- absolutists
- absorbance
- absorbency
- absorber
- absorbers
- absorbingly
- absorptive
- abstainer
- abstainers
- abstemious
- abstemiously
- abstemiousness
- abstinent
- abstractedly
- abstractedness
- abstractly
- abstractness
Showing the first 300 of 622, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. Use the finder with a length filter to reach the rest.
What is in this list
The longest is absentmindednesses at 18 letters.
They run from 2 to 18 letters; 108 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
165 of them — 27% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of A and B.
The one furthest down the tiers is abridgements, filed in the unranked list.
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Other openings of 2 letters
Elsewhere
- All A…10,456
- ends ACK
- ends ADS
- ends AGE
- ends ALS
- ends AMS
- ends AND
- ends ANS
- ends ANT
- ends ARD
- ends ARS
- ends ARY
- ends ASE
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.