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1. abacost, n. View full entry 1974
...In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire): a man's suit consisting of a short-sleeved collarless jacket and loose trousers. ...
2. ablegate, n. View full entry 1817
...An envoy of the Holy See who brings the insignia of office to a newly appointed cardinal....
3. actuarial, adj. View full entry 1850
...Of or relating to actuaries or their profession....
4. adage, n.2 View full entry 1920
...= adagio2a, 2b....
5. adobo, n. View full entry 1938
...In Filipino cookery: a spicy stew, typically consisting of pork, poultry, or seafood cooked in a vinegar-based sauce, seasoned with garlic, soy sauce, bay leaves, and peppercorns....
6. aerogramme, n. View full entry 1934
...= aerogram2b....
7. affenpinscher, n. View full entry 1896
...A toy breed of terrier-like dog developed in Germany and having a rough shaggy coat, ancestral to and resembling the Brussels griffon; a dog of this breed....
8. affineur, n. View full entry 1976
...A person responsible for maturing cheese in a cellar, climate-controlled room, etc. Cf. affinage2....
9. Afrikaans, n. and adj. View full entry 1885
...A language of southern Africa, and particularly of South Africa, a form of modified Dutch which evolved from the dialects of Dutch settlers in the region from the 17th cent. onwards. Cf....
10. Afrika Korps, n. View full entry 1941
...(The name of) a unit of the German army established in 1941 under General (later Field Marshal) Rommel (18911944) to support the Italian army in North Africa, subsequently assuming...
11. Agapemone, n. View full entry 1849
...Chiefly with the. The headquarters of the religious sect founded by the Rev. Henry James Prince (181199) at Spaxton in Somerset in the mid 19th cent. (cf....
12. agitprop, n. and adj. View full entry 1925
...Usu. with capital initial. A department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or a local department, responsible for ‘agitation and propaganda’ on behalf of Communism; the...
13. agminate, adj. View full entry 1842
...= agminated...
14. a-go-go, adj. View full entry 1960
...Fashionable, modish, up to date, ‘with it’; lively, ‘swinging’. Also used postpositively. Cf. go-go...
15. air de cour, n. View full entry 1878
...A type of short strophic song with lute accompaniment, popular in France in the late 16th and 17th centuries....
16. albuminimeter, n. View full entry 1850
...= albuminometer...
17. albuminiparous, adj. View full entry 1852
...Producing albumen. Cf. albuminiferous...
18. allargando, n. (and adv.) View full entry 1873
...A musical direction indicating that the time is to be made slower and the tone fuller; (also) a passage of music in this style. Also as : in a manner slower...
19. allfinanz, n. View full entry 1988
...Chiefly in the context of European banking: the business of providing a wide range of financial services across traditionally separate sectors, including banking, insurance, and investment; universal banking. Freq. attrib....
20. allituric, adj. View full entry 1846
...an acid of uncertain identity obtained as a yellowish-white solid when alloxantin was heated with hydrochloric acid....
