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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. accentor, n. View full entry 1656

...Music. A person who performs the treble part in a trio or choir. Cf. incentor2succentor1b. Obs....

3. acephalic, adj. View full entry 1656

...Having or recognizing no ruler, head, or chief; leaderless; = acephalous1....

4. † adynamous, adj. View full entry 1656

...Weak, powerless....

5. 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....

6. algorist, n. View full entry 1656

...A person skilled in the use of Arabic numerals in arithmetic (cf. algorism1). Chiefly hist....

7. † ˈanthine, adj. and n. View full entry 1656

...Derived from or flavoured with flowers....

9. apyrexy, n. View full entry 1656

...The period of intermission in a fever....

10. aˈraneous, adj. View full entry 1656

...= arachnoid...

11. arborary, adj. View full entry 1656

...= arboral...

12. arctation, n. View full entry 1656

...The action of drawing close together; compression, constriction....

13. aˈstriferous, adj. View full entry 1656

...Bearing or containing stars, starry....

14. bacciferous, adj. View full entry 1656

...Berry-bearing, producing berries....

15. bifarious, adj. View full entry 1656

...Two-fold, double, ambiguous. arch. or Obs....

16. biferous, adj. View full entry 1656

...Bot. Bearing fruit or flowers twice in a year....

17. biˈfurcous, adj. View full entry 1656

...= bifurcate...

19. biˈsected, adj. View full entry 1656

...Divided into two (usually equal) parts....

20. Boötes, n. View full entry 1656

...A northern constellation, the Wagoner, situated at the tail of the Great Bear and containing the bright star Arcturus....

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