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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
4. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
5. concentric, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Having a common centre, described about the same centre. (Said of circles and spheres, etc.)...
6. hyper-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Formations in which, as in hyperborean, the prefix has the prepositional force of ‘over, beyond, or above’ (what is denoted by the second element)....
7. intra-, prefix View full entry 1666
...In adjectives (properly, and most frequently, of Latin origin) in which it stands in prepositional relation to the n. implied in the second element....
8. no, adj. View full entry lOE
...With a singular or plural noun. Not any....
9. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
10. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
11. pair, n.1 View full entry c1300
...A set of two individual things of the same kind, that are associated or complementary in use, purpose, position, etc....
12. private, adj.1, adv., and n. View full entry 1395
...Of a religious rule: not shared by all Christians. Of an individual or a religious order: living according to distinct religious rules; set apart by distinct beliefs, religious practices, etc. Obs....
13. rational, adj. and adv. View full entry a1398
...Of a person, a person's soul, mind, etc....
14. synchronous, adj. View full entry 1669
...Existing or happening at the same time; coincident in time; belonging to the same period, or occurring at the same moment, of time; contemporary; simultaneous. Const. with....
15. threshold, n. View full entry c888
...The piece of timber or stone which lies below the bottom of a door, and has to be crossed in entering a house; the sill of a doorway; hence, the entrance to...
16. transpiration, n. View full entry 1551
...Exhalation through the skin or surface of the body; formerly, also, evaporation. Also concr. matter transpired....
