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1. abysmal, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of, relating to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; profound; spec.: of, resembling, or relating to Hell; hellish....
2. aggrandizement, n. View full entry 1656
...The action or process of aggrandizing or exalting in power, status, or importance; exaltation, advancement (of oneself or another). Cf. self-aggrandizementself-1a....
3. algidity, n. View full entry 1656
...Coldness, chilliness; spec. coldness of the skin or body, esp. in an individual suffering from shock, as in the late stages of untreated cholera, septicaemia, etc....
4. altiloquent, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of speech, writing, etc.: characterized by altiloquence; loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown. Occas. also of a person: using such language....
5. † amˈbiloquent, adj. View full entry 1656
...= ambiloquous...
6. † aˈmicted, adj. View full entry ?a1656
...‘Cloathed or covered with a garment.’ Blount Glossogr.1656....
7. † anaˈchronicism, n. View full entry 1656
...= anachronism1....
8. anaglyphic, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to anaglyphs; anaglyptic....
9. anguineous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of the nature or appearance of a snake; as in Anguineous Hyperbola, a name given by Newton to four of his curves of the second order....
10. † anthoˈlogic, adj. View full entry 1656
...= anthological1....
11. † aphoˈristical, adj. View full entry 1661
...= aphoristic...
12. † archiˈmimic, n. View full entry 1656
...= archimime...
13. asperate, v. View full entry 1656
...To make rough or uneven in surface, rugged or harsh in sound, manner, etc....
14. † aˈssartment, n. View full entry 1670
...= assart...
15. beˈlongingness, n. View full entry 1656
...The state of having the properties appropriate to something. Obs....
16. bibliographer, n. View full entry 1656
...A writer of books, a copyist. Obs....
17. biferous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Bot. Bearing fruit or flowers twice in a year....
18. † biˈnarious, adj. View full entry 1656
...= binary...
19. biˈsected, adj. View full entry 1656
...Divided into two (usually equal) parts....
20. brocaded, adj. View full entry 1656
...Worked or woven in the style of brocade; ornamented with brocade....
