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1. abessive, adj. and n. View full entry 1854
...Designating, being in, or relating to a case in certain Finno-Ugric languages, esp. Finnish, which expresses the absence of something....
2. ablaut, n. View full entry 1849
...The morphological variation of a root vowel in Germanic and other Indo-European languages; = gradation11....
3. absolutive, n. and adj. View full entry 1863
... The absolute form of a word (see absolute1)....
4. accentless, adj. View full entry 1807
...Not having vocal accent or stress; not having musical or rhythmic stress; unaccented....
5. accentology, n. View full entry 1881
...A system of accentuation or stress in speech; the study of accentuation....
6. accentuality, n. View full entry 1825
...In pl. Particulars or characteristics of accent or stress. rare....
7. accusatival, adj. View full entry 1842
...Of or relating to the accusative case....
8. activo-passive, adj. View full entry 1860
...Characterized by both activity and passivity. Obs.rare....
9. actualize, v. View full entry 1809
...trans....
10. adessive, adj. and n. View full entry 1852
...Designating a case of nouns and pronouns (and adjectives in grammatical agreement with them) in Finnish and a number of other languages, expressing position on or near something, and a variety of...
11. adhortative, adj. View full entry 1815
...Of a verbal mood: that expresses exhortation....
12. adjective, v. View full entry 1802
...trans.Grammar. To use as an adjective; to change or form into an adjective; = adjectivize...
13. adjectivize, v. View full entry 1848
...trans. To change or form into an adjective. Also: to qualify or describe using an adjective or adjectives....
14. adverbiality, n. View full entry 1806
...The quality or state of being adverbial; adverbial form or expression....
15. adverbialize, v. View full entry 1804
...trans. To make an adverb of, convert into an adverb....
16. affixal, adj. View full entry 1861
...Designating an affix; relating to or involving an affix or affixes....
17. affricate, n. View full entry 1876
...A phoneme which combines a plosive with an immediately following fricative or spirant sharing the same place of articulation, e.g. tʃ as in chair and dʒ as in...
18. affricative, n. View full entry 1879
...= affricate...
19. African-American, n. and adj. View full entry 1835
...An American (esp. a North American) of African origin; a black American. Cf. Afro-American...
20. Afro-Asiatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1865
...Of, belonging, relating to, or including both Africa and Asia; = Afro-Asian...
