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1. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
2. bath, n.1 View full entry 864
...The action of bathing or immersing the body, or a part of it, in water or other liquid. (Used playfully of accidental or involuntary immersion.)...
3. ˈbishop, v.1 View full entry c1000
...To administer the rite of confirmation to (a person); to confirm. arch. or Obs....
4. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
5. blanch, v.1 View full entry 1398
...trans. To make white, whiten: chiefly, in mod. use, by depriving of colour; to bleach. Also fig....
6. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
7. Bordeaux, n. View full entry c1570
...The wine made in the Bordeaux region of France; claret....
8. bottle, n.2 View full entry c1375
...A vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids, now usually made of glass; originally of leather....
9. bovicide, n. View full entry 1678
...A slayer of oxen; humorously a butcher....
10. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
11. branch, n. View full entry 1297
...A portion or limb of a tree or other plant growing out of the stem or trunk, or out of one of the boughs; in a more specific sense, a branch...
12. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
13. bull-dog, n. View full entry ?1518
...A dog of a bold and fierce breed, with large bull-head, short muzzle, strong muscular body of medium height, and short smooth hair, formerly much used for bull-baiting....
14. butcheress, n. View full entry 1833
...A female butcher; also (humorously) a butcher's wife or daughter....
15. cancer, n. and adj. View full entry c1392
...In form Cancer....
16. carrot, n. View full entry 1538
...An umbelliferous plant (Daucus carota) having a large, tapering root, which in cultivation is bright red, fleshy, sweet, and edible....
17. caseous, adj. View full entry 1661
...Of the nature of cheese, cheesy....
18. cephalic, adj. and n. View full entry 1599
...Of or pertaining to the head, situated in the head; of the nature of a head....
19. cerˈvisial, adj. View full entry 1791
...Of or pertaining to beer....
20. champagne, n. View full entry 1664
...The name of a province of eastern France; hence, a well-known wine of different varieties, white and red, and still or sparkling, made in this district....
