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1. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
2. acetonamine, n. View full entry 1868
...Any of a group of compounds obtained by a condensation reaction of ammonia with acetone and containing an amine (or imine) group and a ketone group....
3. activated, adj. View full entry 1899
...Made active; brought into action....
4. Addison, n. View full entry 1856
...a disorder caused by chronic deficiency of corticosteroid hormones resulting from disease affecting the adrenal glands, characterized by weight loss, weakness, increased pigmentation of the skin, and episodes of vomiting, diarrhoea, and...
5. adrenalized, adj. View full entry 1903
...Med. Containing adrenaline; treated with adrenaline....
6. aerobiotic, adj. View full entry 1880
...= aerobic1....
7. aerospace, adj. and n. View full entry 1955
...attrib. Of or relating to aviation and space flight considered together, esp. as a branch of technology and industry....
8. 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....
9. agamogenetically, adv. View full entry 1868
...In an asexual manner; by asexual reproduction....
10. age-related, adj. View full entry 1942
...Related to or associated with age, esp. advancing age....
11. agminate, adj. View full entry 1842
...= agminated...
12. AIDS, n. View full entry 1982
...A disease characterized by fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and the occurrence of opportunistic infections and malignant tumours, associated with a reduction in the number of helper T lymphocytes in the blood, and...
13. albiness, n. View full entry 1800
...A female albino....
14. albuminimeter, n. View full entry 1850
...= albuminometer...
15. albuminiparous, adj. View full entry 1852
...Producing albumen. Cf. albuminiferous...
16. allituric, adj. View full entry 1846
...an acid of uncertain identity obtained as a yellowish-white solid when alloxantin was heated with hydrochloric acid....
17. allocentric, adj. View full entry 1909
...Med. Designating the metabolism of a tissue or organism as a whole, as opposed to that of its constituent cells. rare. Now disused....
18. Ally Sloper, n. View full entry 1890
...Used attrib. to designate a person or thing resembling, characteristic of, or relating to Ally Sloper, esp. in appearance or behaviour. Also (occas.): a person resembling Ally Sloper....
19. Am, n.2 View full entry 1946
...The element americium....
20. americium, n. View full entry 1946
...A metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinide series, atomic number 95, which is produced artificially by the bombardment of uranium with high-energy helium nuclei. Symbol Am. ...
