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1. actioner, n. View full entry 1825
...A shareholder; = actionary Cf. action9. Obs.rare....
2. aeroelastics, n. View full entry 1960
...With sing. concord. = aeroelasticity1....
3. aerospike, n. View full entry 1966
...In a rocket: a form of engine in which the exhaust gases emerge from an annular opening and converge so as to enclose a cone or spike of gas pumped in from...
4. affirm, adj. (and int.) View full entry 1960
...Esp. in radio communication: = affirmative1b. Also as ...
5. airspace, n. View full entry 1839
...Space for the use or passage of air, as for respiration, insulation, etc.; an expanse of this....
6. angle shot, n. View full entry 1860
...Billiards and Pool (chiefly U.S.). A shot which causes the cue ball to drive the object ball off at an angle....
7. animatic, n. View full entry 1977
...A preliminary mock-up of a film, television commercial, etc., consisting of a succession of images from a storyboard edited together with a soundtrack....
8. autodialler | autodialer, n. View full entry 1960
...A device that can automatically dial telephone numbers; a facility on a telephone, fax machine, etc., for doing this; = autodial2. Cf. dialler2....
9. autodialling | autodialing, n. View full entry 1935
...The action or process of dialling telephone numbers automatically; a facility for doing this, spec. one in a modem or computer for automatically establishing a data connection; = autodial...
10. autogenic, adj. View full entry 1852
...Self-produced, self-generated; arising from oneself; self-induced; endogenous. Cf. autogenous1....
11. automate, v. View full entry 1954
...trans. To convert (a process, system, or facility) to be operated by predominantly automatic equipment; to make automatic or automated (cf. earlier automated)....
12. autophone, n. View full entry 1850
...Usu. with capital initial. A type of small barrel organ producing music by means of perforated cards. Now hist....
13. badly behaved, adj. View full entry 1843
...Of a person or animal: that (habitually) violates standards of proper or appropriate behaviour....
14. ball-by-ball, adv. and adj. View full entry 1906
...One ball at a time; continuously or constantly throughout a match. Also (in Broadcasting): in full, with running commentary....
15. B.B.C., n. View full entry 1923
...Initial letters of British Broadcasting Corporation, a public corporation orig. having the monopoly of broadcasting in Great Britain, financed by a grant-in-aid from Parliament; established 1927 by royal...
16. beat-box, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1983
...An electronic drum machine....
17. bleep, v. View full entry 1957
...intr. To make a thin, high-pitched blipping sound or ‘bleep’....
18. blue box, n. View full entry 1965
...Telecomm. An electronic device which generates the tones necessary to open long-distance telephone lines, enabling a user to make illicit free calls. Now hist....
19. -bot, comb. form View full entry 1966
...Forming nouns (sometimes nonce-formations) denoting a type of robot or automated device. Also in extended use, referring to a person regarded as an automaton. Cf. bot1....
20. Cellnet, n. View full entry 1984
...A cellular radio network used mainly for communication by mobile phone. Occas. also: a cellphone, a mobile phone. ...
