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1. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
2. aikuchi, n. View full entry 1875
...A dagger or short sword manufactured without a hilt-guard, so that the hilt fits flush with the scabbard....
3. Ainu, n. and adj. View full entry 1811
...A member of (the people descended from) an aboriginal people of northern Japan, formerly also living in neighbouring islands and parts of the adjacent Russian mainland....
4. aka-matsu, n. View full entry 1862
...The Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora, a valuable ornamental and timber tree with reddish wood; the timber itself. Cf. o-matsu...
5. aksakal, n. View full entry 1811
...In some Central Asian societies (as among the Uzbeks, Kazakhs,Tajiks, etc.): a village elder, a headman....
6. amado, n. View full entry 1880
...One of a set of shutters on the outer side of a Japanese house. Freq. collect....
7. aoul, n. View full entry 1828
...A Caucasian or Tartar village or encampment....
8. argol | argal, n.2 View full entry 1856
...Dried cow-dung used as fuel in Tartary....
9. aucuba, n. View full entry 1819
...A well-known hardy evergreen diœcious shrub (Aucuba Japonica, family Cornaceæ), with laurel-like leaves usually blotched with pale yellow, grown for ornamental purposes....
10. awabi, n. View full entry 1889
...The Japanese abalone or sea-ear (Haliotis gigantea)....
11. baht, n. View full entry 1828
...= tical; the basic monetary unit of Thailand....
12. Balti, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1845
...Of or relating to Baltistan, a Himalayan region of Kashmir (now in northern Pakistan), its inhabitants, or their language....
13. banzai, int. View full entry 1893
...A shout or cheer used by the Japanese in greeting the emperor or in battle. Also as ...
14. baren, n. View full entry 1895
...A pad used in wood-block printing....
15. Bashi-Bazouk, n. View full entry 1855
...A mercenary soldier belonging to the skirmishing or irregular troops of the Turkish army; notorious for their lawlessness, plundering, and savage brutality....
16. bekko, n. View full entry 1889
...Tortoise-shell....
17. bimbashi, n. View full entry 1819
...A Turkish major, naval commander, or squadron-leader. Also formerly in Egypt, an English officer in the service of the Khedive....
18. boh, n. View full entry 1888
...A chief or leader of dacoits....
19. bok choy, n. View full entry 1847
...A kind of edible Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa (Chinensis group), having broad, smooth-edged leaves which taper into succulent broad white petioles....
20. Bon, n. View full entry 1899
...A Japanese Buddhist festival held annually in August to honour the dead; the Festival of the Dead, or Lantern Festival....