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1. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
2. abolitional, adj. View full entry 1836
...Of or relating to the abolition of the slave trade or slavery....
3. 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....
4. actioner, n. View full entry 1825
...A shareholder; = actionary Cf. action9. Obs.rare....
5. aerobiotic, adj. View full entry 1880
...= aerobic1....
6. agamogenetically, adv. View full entry 1868
...In an asexual manner; by asexual reproduction....
7. airship, n. View full entry 1817
...Originally: any of various aircraft or machines for flying (now rare). Now usually: spec. a dirigible, esp. one having a rigid elongated structure containing gas-filled bags...
8. albiness, n. View full entry 1800
...A female albino....
9. albuminiparous, adj. View full entry 1852
...Producing albumen. Cf. albuminiferous...
10. 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....
11. Anglo-French, n. and adj. View full entry 1796
...With the and pl. concord. English supporters of the French interest during the French Revolutionary Wars of 17921802, considered collectively. Obs.rare....
12. † appeˈtitual, adj. View full entry c1616
...Of the nature of, or belonging to, appetite....
13. assistive, adj. View full entry 1947
...Assistant....
14. atomized, adj.2 View full entry 1848
...Disunited, dissociated; esp. having lost social unity....
15. autocopyist, n. View full entry 1880
...A machine for producing facsimile copies of writing, drawings, etc....
16. autolaryngoscopy, n. View full entry 1860
...Originally: examination of one's own larynx by means of a laryngoscope. In later use also: direct examination of the larynx of a patient (using a laryngoscope without a mirror). Cf. autoscopy...
17. automobiling, adj. View full entry 1903
...That automobiles; driving, motoring....
18. autonym, n. View full entry 1854
...One's own name, a person's real name; esp. the real name of an author, as distinguished from a pseudonym (pseudonym1). Hence: a person who publishes a book...
19. auto-ophthalmoscope, n. View full entry 1863
...An ophthalmoscope used to examine one's own eyes. Cf. autoscope1....
20. autophonic, adj. View full entry 1840
...Med. and Psychol. Originally: of or relating to autophony (now rare). In later use also: of or relating to the perception of the loudness or other quality...
