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1. abjad, n. View full entry 1793
...A system of notation in which each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet is assigned a numerical value. Now chiefly hist....
2. accentuate, v. View full entry ?1719
...To pronounce, say, or distinguish audibly with accent or stress; to place stress on; = accent1b....
3. accusatively, adv. View full entry 1743
...Grammar. In the form or manner of an accusative....
4. adherescent, adj. View full entry 1743
...Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated (see adherent3). rare after 18th cent....
5. adjectivally, adv. View full entry 1780
...In an adjectival manner; as an adjective....
6. adjectived, adj. View full entry 1798
...Grammar. Used as an adjective; changed or formed into an adjective. Obs....
7. admiratively, adv. View full entry 1765
...Chiefly Grammar. By means of, or in the manner of, an admirative statement; in the admirative mood. Cf. admirative2....
8. adname, n. View full entry 1710
...= adnounObs....
9. adnominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1765
...Attached to or modifying a noun....
10. afformative, n. and adj. View full entry 1795
...Chiefly in Semitic languages: a syllable, particle, etc., suffixed as a formative element. Cf. preformative...
11. affricated, adj. View full entry 1706
...That has been subjected to friction; rubbed. Obs.rare....
12. Alarodian, n. and adj. View full entry 1709
...A member of an ancient people mentioned by Herodotus and thought to have inhabited a region near Lake Van in modern-day Turkey....
13. alveolar, adj. and n. View full entry 1750
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the socket of a tooth, or to the part of a jawbone which contains the tooth sockets; designating this part of a...
14. anacoluthon, n. View full entry 1706
...An instance of anacoluthia, a phrase or series of words in which it appears....
15. animateness, n. View full entry 1731
...The state or fact of being animate or animated. rare....
16. anomalistic, adj. View full entry 1768
...Astron. Pertaining to the anomaly or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. anomalistic year: the time occupied by the earth (or other planet), in passing from perihelion...
17. antepenultimate, adj. and n. View full entry 1728
...The last but two. Orig. of syllables; but extended to order in place or time....
18. anteposition, n. View full entry 1753
...The placing of anything in front: esp....
19. aoˈristical, adj. View full entry 1751
...Of aoristic character, aorist-like; indefinite....
20. apocopation, n. View full entry 1727-51
...The action of apocopating: the state of being apocopated....
