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1. Addison, n. View full entry 1856
...a disorder caused by chronic deficiency of corticosteroid hormones resulting from disease affecting the adrenal glands, characterized by weight loss, weakness, increased pigmentation of the skin, and episodes of vomiting, diarrhoea, and...
2. aeolina, n. View full entry 1829
...A mouth organ or harmonica, comprising metal plates enclosing free reeds....
3. Agapemone, n. View full entry 1849
...Chiefly with the. The headquarters of the religious sect founded by the Rev. Henry James Prince (181199) at Spaxton in Somerset in the mid 19th cent. (cf....
4. agitprop, n. and adj. View full entry 1925
...Usu. with capital initial. A department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or a local department, responsible for ‘agitation and propaganda’ on behalf of Communism; the...
5. air gunner, n. View full entry 1916
...A gunner in a military aircraft....
6. albiness, n. View full entry 1800
...A female albino....
7. albuminimeter, n. View full entry 1850
...= albuminometer...
8. Aldermaston, n. View full entry 1958
...Used attrib. with reference to demonstrations and protest marches to Aldermarston by people opposed to nuclear weapons, as Aldermaston march, Aldermaston marcher....
9. Ally Sloper, n. View full entry 1890
...Used attrib. to designate a person or thing resembling, characteristic of, or relating to Ally Sloper, esp. in appearance or behaviour. Also (occas.): a person resembling Ally Sloper....
10. Americanologist, n. View full entry 1921
...An expert on, or specialist in the study of, the United States; spec. an adviser on U.S. affairs to the government of the Soviet Union (now hist.)....
11. Anglo-Soviet, adj. View full entry 1920
...Of, relating to, or involving England (or Britain) and the Soviet Union....
12. artisanate, n. View full entry 1937
...Artisans collectively; a body or class of artisans....
13. autolaryngoscopy, n. View full entry 1860
...Originally: examination of one's own larynx by means of a laryngoscope. In later use also: direct examination of the larynx of a patient (using a laryngoscope without a mirror). Cf. autoscopy...
14. auto-ophthalmoscope, n. View full entry 1863
...An ophthalmoscope used to examine one's own eyes. Cf. autoscope1....
15. autophone, n. View full entry 1850
...Usu. with capital initial. A type of small barrel organ producing music by means of perforated cards. Now hist....
16. black master, n. View full entry 1823
...A funeral director, an undertaker....
17. blue box, n. View full entry 1971
...Telecomm. An electronic device which generates the tones necessary to open long-distance telephone lines, enabling a user to make illegitimate free calls. Now hist....
18. body-snatching, n. View full entry 1819
...The practice of illicitly disinterring or stealing corpses. Cf. body snatcher2. Now chiefly hist....
19. bracero, n. View full entry 1946
...A manual labourer; spec. a Mexican migrant worker in the United States, esp. (now hist.) one admitted to the country on a limited visa through any...
20. British Asian, adj. and n. View full entry 1966
...Designating a person of South Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East...
