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1. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
2. actuality, n. View full entry a1398
...Capacity for action, effective power; activity. Also: an instance of this. Obs....
3. amˈpulla, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist. The ancient vessel mentioned above....
4. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
5. application, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of bringing something to bear upon a person or thing with practical results; the action of causing something to affect a person or thing....
6. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
7. audience, n. View full entry a1387
...The action, practice, or fact of holding a judicial hearing or hearings; Also: the opportunity to have a case or complaint heard in a formal assembly or court of law. Obs....
8. aura, n. View full entry a1398
...A gentle breeze, a zephyr....
9. bath, n.3 View full entry 1398
...A Hebrew liquid-measure, containing about six and a half gallons....
10. bending, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Drawing tight with a string, tension. Obs....
11. blooming, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The action or state of coming into or being in bloom. Also fig....
12. ˈbunching, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of the verbs bunch, bunch:...
13. buzz, v.1 View full entry 1398
...intr. To make the humming sibilant sound characteristic of bees and other insects; to fly out, in, etc. with such a sound....
14. cane, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The hollow jointed ligneous stem of various giant reeds or grasses, as Bamboo and Sugar cane, and the solid stem of some of the more slender palms, esp. the genus Calamus...
15. carrier, n. View full entry 1398
...A person who or thing that carries, in various senses of carry; a bearer....
16. chaining, n. View full entry a1387
...The action of chain; putting in chains; enchainment; connection....
17. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
18. compact, adj.1 View full entry 1398
...Compacted, knit, firmly put together....
19. compensation, n. View full entry 1387
...The action of compensating, or condition of being compensated; counterbalance, rendering of an equivalent, requital, recompense....
20. compile, v. View full entry a1387
...trans. To collect and put together (materials), so as to form a treatise; to collect into a volume....
