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1. acute, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Med....
2. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
3. animate, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Endowed with life, living, alive; (esp. in later use) alive and having the power of movement, like an animal....
4. 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....
5. aspiration, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of breathing into; inspiration....
6. bowing, n.1 View full entry 1398
...Bending, curving, twisting; flexure, inclination....
7. breathless, adj. View full entry 1398
...Without breath:...
8. 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....
9. 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.)...
10. communicable, adj. View full entry a1398
...Affording communication (esp. by water); communicating; linked, connected. Now rare....
11. compact, adj.1 View full entry 1398
...Compacted, knit, firmly put together....
12. complement, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of fulfilling or completing; completion, fulfilment, accomplishment. Obs....
13. concordance, n. View full entry 1387
...The fact of agreeing or being concordant; agreement, harmony....
14. † conˈgrue, adj. View full entry 1398
...Agreeable to the character or nature of anything; fitting, suitable, becoming, due, proper....
15. consonancy, n. View full entry a1387
...Agreement or pleasing combination of sounds; harmony, concord....
16. construction, n. View full entry a1387
...The action of framing, devising, or forming, by the putting together of parts; erection, building....
17. diminutive, adj. and n. View full entry 1398
...Grammar. Expressing diminution; denoting something little: usually applied to derivatives or affixes expressing something small of the kind denoted by the primitive word. (Opp. to augmentative.)...
18. discrete, adj. and n. View full entry 1398
...Separate, detached from others, individually distinct. Opposed to continuous....
19. effective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Powerful in effect; producing a notable effect; effectual....
20. ethic, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Relating to morals....
