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1. absinthites, n. View full entry 1601
...A type of bitter wine flavoured with wormwood, often used medicinally. Cf. absinthe1....
2. Achaemenid, n. and adj. View full entry 1601
...A member of the dynasty that ruled in ancient Persia from the time of Cyrus the Great (d. 529 b.c.) until the death of Darius III (330 b.c.)....
3. † acorum, n. View full entry 1601
...The plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. Cf. acorus...
4. addax, n. View full entry 1601
...A large, stocky, mainly whitish antelope, Addax nasomaculata, related to the oryx, having long spiral horns, and occurring in desert areas of North Africa (where it is now endangered)....
5. † adipson, n. View full entry 1601
...The root of the liquorice plant, or the juice of this, formerly believed to quench thirst; (also) any drink that quenches thirst....
6. † adjutrice, n. View full entry 1609
...= adjutrix...
7. adventitious, adj. View full entry 1603
...Coming from outside or from an external source; added or occurring as a result of an external factor or of chance, rather than by design or inherent nature; extraneous, foreign; incidental....
8. Aeolic, adj. and n. View full entry 1603
...Of or relating to Aeolia or to the Aeolians or their language (see Aeolian1); Aeolian....
9. afflux, n. View full entry 1603
...A flow or movement (of liquid, air, people, etc.) towards or into a particular place. Also: that which flows into something; an accession, an addition. Cf. efflux1, influx...
10. agency, n. View full entry 1600
...The process of acting as an agent (agent2); the position, role, or function of an agent, deputy, or representative; an instance of this. Now somewhat rare....
11. agonal, n. View full entry 1610
...An account of the life of a Christian martyr; a martyrology....
12. alastor, n. View full entry 1603
...Usu. with capital initial. An avenging demon or god. More generally: any avenger of wrongs committed; an agent of retribution. Cf. nemesis1....
13. almandine, n. View full entry 1601
...A kind of garnet with a violet tint. Also almandine garnet. Cf. alabandine1, almandite...
14. † ˈamarine, adj. View full entry 1601
...Bitter, sour....
15. amaˈtorious, adj. View full entry 1601
...Relating to love, amatory. Also, inclined to love, amorous....
16. amphibia, n. View full entry 1609
...A being that lives either in water or on land, or is equally at home in either element....
17. amphibole, n.1 View full entry 1606
...An ambiguity; = amphibolyObs....
18. amphitheatric, adj. View full entry 1601
...Of or pertaining to an amphitheatre....
19. amulet, n. View full entry 1601
...Anything worn about the person as a charm or preventive against evil, mischief, disease, witchcraft, etc. (The 15th c. instances are doubtful.)...
20. anagnost, n. View full entry 1601
...A reader, a prelector; one employed to read aloud; the reader of the lessons in church....
