Abort (Ger.), a privy, water-closet.
ab ovo (L.), from the egg: from the beginning.
ab ovo usque ad mala (L.), from the egg to the apples—of a Roman banquet: from the beginning to the end.
à bras ouverts (Fr.), with open arms.
abrégé (Fr.), abridgment.
absence d'esprit (Fr.), absence of mind.
absens heres non erit (L.), the absent one will not be the heir—out of sight, out of mind.
absente reo (L.), the defendant being absent.
absit (L.), lit. 'let him be absent'—leave to pass one night away from college.
absit dicto invidia (L.), to be said without boasting.