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1. abaptiston, n. View full entry 1688
...Any of various types of trepan designed to prevent sudden penetration into the brain; (also) the crown of a trepan (see crown15)....
2. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
3. abbasi, n. View full entry 1615
...A Persian silver coin (originally weighing approx. 9.33 grams) equivalent in value to two mahmudi (mahmudia) or 200 dinars, first issued by the Safavid Shah Abbas I (reigned ...
4. 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...
5. aberemurder, n. View full entry 1647
...Deliberate, premeditated murder....
6. Aberginian, n. View full entry 1634
...A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting an area north of Massachusetts Bay....
7. abigail, n. View full entry 1616
...A lady's maid; a female servant or attendant....
8. absinthites, n. View full entry 1601
...A type of bitter wine flavoured with wormwood, often used medicinally. Cf. absinthe1....
9. absorbent, adj. and n. View full entry 1694
...Having the property of absorbing something; esp. capable of soaking up liquids; of or relating to absorption or absorbency. In early use also (Chem. and Med.):...
10. abstersiveness, n. View full entry 1653
...The quality or fact of being abstersive....
11. abstractedness, n. View full entry 1647
...Separation; apartness, isolation. Chiefly with from. Cf. abstracted1b....
12. abstracter, n. View full entry 1678
...A person who makes an abstract of a text or document. In early use also: a person who extracts or copies text from another work (cf. abstract3a). Cf. ...
13. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
14. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
15. accension, n. View full entry 1646
...The action of catching fire or setting something on fire; the state of being on fire; combustion; ignition; Med. fermentation producing heat, heating or overheating of the blood or other...
16. accipitrary, n. View full entry 1633
...A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer....
17. accumulative, adj. View full entry 1641
...Formed by or arising from accumulation; increasing or designed to increase by successive additions; cumulative....
18. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
19. adagio, adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1680
...With reference to the tempo in which a piece is to be sung or played, or a dance performed: in slow time; leisurely and gracefully. Also fig....
20. Adamist, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1623
...A person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden; spec. = Adamite1a....
