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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. adjectival, adj. and n. View full entry 1647
...Grammar. That is or functions as an adjective; of, relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of an adjective or adjectives....
3. adjective, v. View full entry 1802
...trans.Grammar. To use as an adjective; to change or form into an adjective; = adjectivize...
4. adjectived, adj. View full entry 1798
...Grammar. Used as an adjective; changed or formed into an adjective. Obs....
5. adjectively, adv. View full entry 1550
...Grammar. In an adjectival manner; as an adjective; = adjectivally...
6. aerosol, n. View full entry 1923
...Physical Chem. A system of colloidal particles dispersed in the air or in a gas, such as mist, fog, or smoke....
7. backassward, adj. View full entry 1971
...= ass-backwards...
8. backasswards, adv. View full entry 1951
...= ass-backwards Cf. bass-ackwards...
9. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
10. bally, adj. and adv. View full entry 1885
...As a vague intensive (usually as a euphemism for bloody): confounded, dashed, blasted. Cf. absoballylutely at absolutely2....
11. Ballyhack, n. View full entry 1843
...Hell....
12. bar steward, n. View full entry 1888
...A person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender....
13. bass-ackward, adj. View full entry 1949
...= ass-backwards...
14. bass-ackwards, adv. and adj. View full entry 1930
...= ass-backwards...
15. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
16. biblical, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of, relating to, or contained in, the Bible. biblical theology: see theology1a....
17. blank, n. View full entry 1480
...A small French coin, originally of silver, but afterwards of copper; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English. According to Littré,...
18. blessed | blest, adj. View full entry c1175
...Consecrated, hallowed, holy; consecrated by a religious rite or ceremony....
19. blessing, n. View full entry c825
...Hallowing, consecration. Obs....
20. ˈblooming, adj. View full entry c1375
...That blooms, or is in flower....
