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1. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
2. designer, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who makes artistic designs; one who produces drawings and plans for the construction or creation of something according to aesthetic or functional criteria; (more generally) one who creates plans or...
3. destination, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of destining, appointing, foreordaining, or setting apart to a particular use, purpose, or end; the fact of being destined. (In mod. use influenced by sense 2.)...
4. fizzle, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of breaking wind quietly....
5. furry, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1598
...Of or composed of fur; consisting of furs....
6. gritty, adj.1 View full entry 1598
...Of the nature of or resembling grit; containing, consisting of, or full of grit; sandy....
7. liner, n.1 View full entry 1611
...One who lines or fits a lining to anything....
8. mignardise, n. View full entry 1603
...Tenderness, gentleness; affected delicacy of behaviour or appearance; affectation. Also: an instance of this. Now rare....
9. mixer, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who blends or mixes materials, liquids, etc., esp. in the course of manufacturing a product....
10. mud hen, n. View full entry 1611
...Any of various rails and coots (family Rallidae); esp. the Virginia rail, Rallus limicola, the clapper rail, R. longirostris, and the American coot, ...
11. nervy, adj. View full entry 1598
...Vigorous; sinewy; full of strength. Also in extended use. Now rare....
12. nibbler, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who or thing which nibbles....
13. organized, adj. View full entry 1598
...Provided with organs; composed of parts connected and coordinated for vital functions or processes; living; organic....
14. oysterfish, n. View full entry 1611
...An oyster. Obs....
15. populate, v.2 View full entry 1578
...trans....
16. presidential, adj. View full entry 1603
...Of or relating to a president or presidency....
17. pucker, n.1 View full entry 1598
...A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold; a pleat, crease, or gathering in a piece of cloth or the like, as caused by drawing a thread or seam too tightly. Also: a...
18. pucker, v. View full entry 1598
...intr. To gather or contract into creases, small folds, or bulges; to become drawn together into wrinkles or corrugations. Also with up....
19. repurchase, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of buying back; an instance of this....
20. settler, n. View full entry 1598
...One who or a thing which, settles, fixes, decides, etc....
