Aberfan
noun
a former coal-mining village in S Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil county borough: scene of a disaster in 1966 when a slag heap collapsed onto part of the village killing 144 people (including 116 children)
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abermud games The first popular open source MUD. The first version of AberMUD, named after Aberystwyth, UK, was written in B by Alan Cox, Richard Acott, Jim Finnis, and Leon Thrane, at University of Wales, Aberystwyth for an old Honeywell mainframe and opened in 1987. The gameplay was heavily influenced by MUD1, written by Roy […]
- Abernathy
Ralph (David) 1926–90, U.S. clergyman and civil-rights leader. Historical Examples Some of our forlorn party had friends to meet them and Governor Abernathy kept the others until places were found for them. A Survivor’s Recollections of the Whitman Massacre Matilda Sager A big crowd of rooters had come over from Hartford to whoop things up […]
- Abernethy
noun a crisp unleavened biscuit Historical Examples The position of abernethy was always easy and natural, sometimes almost homely. The Funny Side of Physic A. D. Crabtre The late Duke of York is reported to have once consulted abernethy. The Jest Book Mark Lemon abernethy was very careful not to take fees from patients if […]
- Aberrant
departing from the right, normal, or usual course. deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal. an aberrant person, thing, group, etc. Contemporary Examples Turmeric could have important abilities in healing and preventing brain damage—or this could be an aberrant finding. Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.? Dr. […]
- Aberrance
departing from the right, normal, or usual course. deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal. an aberrant person, thing, group, etc. adjective deviating from the normal or usual type, as certain animals from the group in which they are classified behaving in an abnormal or untypical way deviating from truth, morality, etc […]