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1. abashless, adj. View full entry 1868
...Unabashed, shameless. Also fig....
2. ablaze, adj. and adv. View full entry a1676
...That is on fire; in flames, burning vigorously. Freq. in all ablaze....
3. ablow, adj.1 View full entry 1838
...In predicative use only: blooming, full of flowers. Also in figurative context. Cf. abloom...
4. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
5. ablush, adj. View full entry 1852
...In predicative use only: blushing, flushed, rosy....
6. abominate, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Held in abomination, detested; beastly, inhuman. Obs....
7. aboriginary, adj. and n. View full entry 1653
...Original; first or earliest as recorded by history. Cf. aboriginal1a. Obs.rare....
8. abrim, adj. View full entry 1858
...In predicative use: full to the brim; brimful, brimming....
9. abrupted, adj. View full entry 1597
...Chiefly formal and literary. Suddenly broken off; cut short, curtailed; cut off; truncated....
10. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
11. absinthial, adj. View full entry c1540
...Of, relating to, or suggestive of wormwood; (fig.) bitter, harsh....
12. absinthian, adj. View full entry a1635
...Of, relating to, or suggestive of wormwood; bitter, harsh. In later use also: of or relating to absinthe and its properties (esp. its yellow-green colour)....
13. absorbing, adj. View full entry 1666
...lit. That absorbs; (also) that incorporates or assimilates....
14. abstergent, adj. and n. View full entry 1617
...Having a cleansing or abrading quality; cleansing, abrading (lit., esp. with reference to the body, and fig.). Cf. abstersive...
15. † acale, adj. View full entry c1300
...Cold (lit. and fig.); frozen....
16. accessless, adj. View full entry ?1614
...Having no means of access or approach; inaccessible. Later also: having no access to something....
17. accursed, adj. and n. View full entry c1225
...That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery....
18. acerb, adj. View full entry a1616
...Of food or flavour: astringently sour or harsh-tasting....
19. acerbate, adj. View full entry 1869
...Embittered; severe....
20. achatter, adj. View full entry 1828
...That makes or is filled with a chattering noise. ...
