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1. absent-minded, adj. View full entry 1824
...Habitually inattentive or forgetful; distracted or preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings. Freq. in absent-minded professor....
2. absinthine, adj. View full entry 1862
...Having the characteristics of wormwood; bitter, harsh. Also: of, or characteristic of, absinthe; esp. yellow-green....
3. accipitral, adj. View full entry 1842
...Resembling that of a falcon or hawk, esp. in respect of sight or temperament; sharp-eyed, hawklike....
4. adoptability, n. View full entry 1843
...Something which may be adopted or chosen. Obs.rare....
5. all-defiant, adj. View full entry 1843
...Defying everyone or everything; showing complete defiance; asserting oneself boldly in the face of the judgement of critics and enemies....
6. ambuscading, n. View full entry 1831
...Lying in wait to attack....
7. anecdotist, n. View full entry 1837
...A relater of anecdotes or anecdota....
8. anthropophagous, adj. View full entry 1831
...Man-eating, cannibal....
9. anticivism, n. View full entry 1837
...Opposition to citizenship (as in prec.)....
10. antifriction, n. View full entry 1837
...That which prevents friction. Also attrib. and fig....
11. anywhen, adv. View full entry 1831
...Indefinite compound of when: At any time, ever. Rare in literature, but common in southern dialects....
12. apanaged, adj. View full entry 1858
...Endowed with an apanage....
13. ˈapathized, adj. View full entry 1852
...Rendered insensible, sunk in apathy....
14. apism, n. View full entry 1843
...The practice of aping....
15. aˈpprovingly, adv. View full entry 1837
...In an approving manner; so as to imply approval....
16. approximately, adv. View full entry 1845
...In an approximate manner, nearly; ellipt. with near approach to accuracy....
17. a-rear, adv. View full entry 1849
...In the rear....
18. Aristophanic, adj. and n. View full entry 1827
...Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic dramatist, or his plays; used by, occurring in, resembling that of, or characteristic of Aristophanes....
19. ˈarrogated, adj. View full entry 1834
...Claimed unduly or pretentiously. (See also adrogated)...
20. artillerying, n. View full entry 1837
...The firing of artillery....
