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1. accredited, adj. View full entry 1738
...Provided with credentials, publicly or officially recognized. Cf. well-accredited...
2. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
3. adventive, adj. and n. View full entry 1605
...That comes from outside or from some external source; extrinsically added; extraneous; foreign. Cf. adventitious1....
4. aeroponic, adj. View full entry 1969
...Relating to or involving aeroponics....
5. afforestable, adj. View full entry 1887
...Of land: capable of being converted into forest or woodland....
6. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
7. Afrikander, n. and adj. View full entry 1822
...= Afrikaner2. Now hist. and rare....
8. Afrikaner, n. and adj. View full entry 1801
...Any of several South African plants of the genus Gladiolus (family Iridaceae). Cf. Afrikander3....
9. ag, adj. and n.2 View full entry 1844
...= agricultural...
10. aged, adj. and n. View full entry 1420
...That has lived or existed for a long time; of advanced age; very old....
11. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1500
...A person who or thing which acts upon someone or something; one who or that which exerts power; the doer of an action. Sometimes contrasted with the patient (instrument...
12. agisted, adj. View full entry 1669
...Of an animal: that has been put to pasture, usually for hire on land not belonging to their owner. Also of land: used by livestock that has been agisted....
13. agisting, adj. View full entry 1768
...Of a farmer: that takes in the cattle of another person to pasture....
14. agrarian, adj. and n. View full entry 1593
...Roman Hist. Relating to the land or landholding; spec. designating a law (lex agraria) for the division of conquered lands....
15. † agrest, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Belonging to the fields; uncultivated, wild; = agrestial; (hence) inferior, coarse....
16. agrestal, adj. and n. View full entry 1847
...Of a plant: growing wild on cultivated land, esp. as a weed among crops; freq. contrasted with ruderal. Cf. agrestial...
17. † agrestian, adj. and n. View full entry 1812
...Belonging or relating to the country; rural. Cf. agrestic...
18. agrichemical, n. and adj. View full entry 1953
...= agrochemical...
19. agricolous, adj. View full entry 1779
...Relating to, engaged in, or sustained by agriculture; (also) of, or characteristic of the countryside; rural, rustic. Cf. agricultural1, agricole...
20. agricultural, adj. View full entry 1661
...Of, relating to, or used in agriculture: (also occas.) of, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside; rural, rustic....
