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1. acetate, n. View full entry 1788
...Chem. A salt or ester, or the anion, of acetic acid....
2. acreage, n. View full entry a1784
...Extent or amount of acres; acres collectively or in the abstract. Also concr.: a tract or plot of land....
3. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
4. adapter, n. View full entry 1753
...A device or part for connecting pieces of equipment which would otherwise be incompatible. In early use esp.: a short tube for connecting two pieces of glassware or other chemical...
5. aeroelastic, adj. View full entry 1747
...Relating to the ability to expand and to be compressed in the manner of a gas. Obs.rare....
6. aerometry, n. View full entry 1712
...The branch of physics that deals with the mechanical properties of air and other gases; = pneumatics1. Obs....
7. aerostat, n. View full entry 1784
...A lighter-than-air aircraft; spec. a balloon. In later use chiefly U.S. Now rare....
8. air-bell, n. View full entry 1782
...A vessel for containing air; spec.a diving bell;an open-bottomed bell-shaped glass vessel used with its open end downwards to contain a gas or to protect samples; a bell jar....
9. air wave, n. View full entry 1757
...A wave of compression and rarefaction in the atmosphere; esp. a sound wave....
10. algorithmic, adj. View full entry 1799
...Originally: †involving the use of arithmetical rules, arithmetical (obs.). In later use: expressed as or using an algorithm or computational procedure. Cf. algorismic...
11. alias, v. View full entry 1790
...trans. (usu. in pass.). In early use: to recognize by or as having an alias (alias2). Later: to designate with an alias; to give (a person)...
12. altimeter, n. View full entry ?1768
...An instrument for measuring vertical extents or angles (cf. altitude14). Now rare....
13. android, n. View full entry 1728
...An automaton resembling a human being. Also attrib....
14. angle bracket, n. View full entry 1733
...Archit., Engin., etc. A bracket fixed at the corner of a building or other structure, typically to support the eaves or cornice.A bracing or supporting bracket consisting...
15. annunciator, n. View full entry 1753
...He who, or that which, announces, an announcer; spec. applied to:...
16. ardeb, n. View full entry 1743
...An Egyptian unit of weight and capacity used chiefly for grain, varying with the locality and the commodity but typically equivalent to approx. 330 lb (150 kg) or 5 bushels (190 litres)....
17. arsheen, n. View full entry 1734
...A measure of length used in Russia and Turkey....
18. asynchronous, adj. View full entry 1737
...Not synchronous; not existing or occurring at the same time, not coinciding in time....
19. atmospheric, adj. View full entry 1783
...Of the nature of, or forming, the atmosphere....
20. aune, n. View full entry 1706
...An ell; an obsolete French cloth measure, which varied in length in different localities....
