English words containing abandons:

noun

The position or status of a bencher in an inn of court.

noun

A piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces.

Usage examples:

A quartz crystal

adjective

Short for crystal meth (methamphetamine).

noun

Transparent rock that looks like ice, or a piece of it

adjective

Relating to or denoting the present epoch, which is the second epoch in the quaternary period and followed the pleistocene.

Usage examples:

Subfossil material of the family has been recovered from holocene deposits on madagascar

noun

The present epoch or the system of deposits laid down during this time.

Usage examples:

Chapter six looks at the climate changes between the last glacial maximum and the holocene

adjective

From or referring to the period of time beginning at the end of the pleistocene (= around 11,000 years ago) and continuing to the present

Usage examples:

The holocene epoch, an early holocene archeological site, the holocene has been a period of unusual…

prefix

Equivalent to pro-1 (as in purloin, pursue ).

adjective

Three times as great or as numerous.

Usage examples:

A threefold increase in the number of stolen cars

adverb

By three times; to three times the number or amount.

Usage examples:

The aftershocks intensify threefold each time

adjective

Three times as big or as much

Usage examples:

A threefold increase, a threefold classification, prices have risen threefold.