Vocabulary : Abacination to Abacus

Abacination : The act of abacinating.
Abaciscus : One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
Abacist : One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
Aback : Toward the back or rear; backward. ;; Behind; in the rear. ;; Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind. ;; An abacus.
Abactinal : Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.

Abaction : Stealing cattle on a large scale.
Abactor : One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
Abaculi : of Abaculus
Abaculus : A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.
Abacus : A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. ;; 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. ;; The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column. ;; A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work. ;; A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.

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