Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 275 results in 275 entries
1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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....
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. accidence, n.2 View full entry c1434
...The branch of grammar which deals with the inflection of words, grammatical morphology; †an inflected form (obs.); (also) a book or treatise on the fundamentals of grammar (now hist....
5. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
6. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
7. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
8. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
9. acute, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Med....
10. affiliation, n. View full entry 1623
...The adoption of a child; spec. (in ancient Gaul) the adoption of a male heir by a person of high rank. Obs.rare....
11. affinity, n. View full entry a1325
...Relationship by marriage (as distinguished from relationship by blood); kinship between people or families that results from marriage; (also in early use) †ties between families or their members that result from a...
12. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
13. agency, n. View full entry 1600
...The process of acting as an agent (agent2); the position, role, or function of an agent, deputy, or representative; an instance of this. Now somewhat rare....
14. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1500
...A person who or thing which acts upon someone or something; one who or that which exerts power; the doer of an action. Sometimes contrasted with the patient (instrument...
15. agglutinative, adj. View full entry 1585
...Med. and Surg. Originally: producing or promoting agglutination of a wound (see agglutination1a); of or relating to this process. In later use also: (supposedly) having the...
16. aggregative, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Med. and Surg. Promoting the union of the edges of a wound; = agglutinative1. Obs....
17. alien, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Belonging to another person, place, or family; not of one's own; from elsewhere, foreign....
18. analysis, n. View full entry 1580
...A detailed examination or study of something so as to determine its nature, structure, or essential features. Also: the result of this process; a detailed examination or report; a particular interpretation or...
19. analytical, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1528
...Chiefly Philos. = analytic1....
20. 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....
