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1. abdomen, n. View full entry ?1541
...Anat. and Zool. In humans and other vertebrates: the belly; the part of the trunk of body between the chest and the pelvis; the cavity of the body bounded...
2. accession, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others....
3. adaptation, n. View full entry 1597
...The application of something to a particular end or purpose; the action of applying one thing to another or of bringing two things together so as to effect a change in the...
4. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
5. agrarian, adj. and n. View full entry 1593
...Roman Hist. Relating to the land or landholding; spec. designating a law (lex agraria) for the division of conquered lands....
6. animation, n. View full entry 1534
...Inspiration with courage; encouragement; an instance of this. Obs....
7. automatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1599
...Of action, etc.: self-generated, spontaneous; (of a thing) self-acting; having the power of motion within itself. In later use (Physiol.): having intrinsic activity that is not dependent upon external stimuli...
8. blood, v. View full entry 1522
...trans. To smear, wet, or cover with blood; to cause to be bloodstained. Also fig.: to make (something) blood-coloured....
9. bloodish, adj. View full entry 1530
...Tinged or stained with blood; containing blood; bloody (bloody1a). Now rare or disused....
10. germ, n. View full entry c1550
...An initial stage or state from which something may develop; a source, a beginning. Also: a small constituent or quantity. Now usu. with of (what may develop)....
11. multiple, n. and adj. View full entry a1595
...Sc. A multitude, a great number; = multiplieObs.rare....
12. pantas, n. View full entry 1575
...Falconry. A disorder of hawks characterized by difficult or noisy breathing (probably representing a variety of respiratory infections). Now hist....
13. Polonian, n. and adj.1 View full entry 1533
...A native or inhabitant of Poland, a Pole. Later also: a Polish immigrant or person of Polish descent living in the United States....
14. potato, n. View full entry 1565
...The edible, usually oval tuberous root of the plant Ipomoea batatas (see sense 1b), with sweetish, orange or whitish flesh; later usually called sweet potato. Also...
15. proto-, comb. form View full entry 1576
...Prefixed to nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘earliest, original; at an early stage of development, primitive; incipient, potential’....
16. pulmonic, n. and adj. View full entry 1596
...A disease of the lungs. Obs.rare....
17. pungent, adj. and n. View full entry 1598
...Of pain: as if caused by a sharp point; piercing, stabbing; pricking. Also: painful. In later use fig. (cf. sense A. 5). Now rare....
18. pyro-, comb. form View full entry 1593
...Of, relating to, performed with, or produced by fire or heat....
19. quantum, n. and adj. View full entry 1567
...Chiefly Philos. Something that has quantity; (sometimes) spec. = quantity3....
20. reciprocal, adj. and n. View full entry 1567
...Of the nature of, or relating to, a return (in kind); made, given, etc., in response; answering, corresponding....
