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1. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
2. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
3. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
4. accredited, adj. View full entry 1738
...Provided with credentials, publicly or officially recognized. Cf. well-accredited...
5. adder's tongue, n. View full entry a1425
...Any of various plants used medicinally in the treatment of snakebites, or thought to resemble a snake's tongue in some way....
6. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
7. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
8. ag, adj. and n.2 View full entry 1844
...= agricultural...
9. agastache, n. View full entry 1900
...Any of various perennial plants constituting the genus Agastache (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), native chiefly to North America, having multiple spikes of tubular pink to purple flowers...
10. 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...
11. agribiz, n. View full entry 1959
...= agribusiness...
12. agribusiness, n. View full entry 1955
...A collective name for: the group of industries concerned with the large-scale production, processing, and distribution of the results of agriculture and animal husbandry, or with the provision of farm services, supplies,...
13. 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....
14. agrology, n. View full entry 1849
...Soil science, esp. it relates to the production of crops. Now rare....
15. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
16. air, v. View full entry 1530
...trans. To expose to the open air, to ventilate; occas. with out. Also intr.: to be exposed to the open air, to be ventilated....
17. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
18. alley, n.1 View full entry 1360-1
...A passage between buildings; a narrow street or lane, esp. one wide enough only for pedestrians; a back lane....
19. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
20. allotment, n. View full entry 1528-30
...A share, portion, or amount of something that has been allotted to someone....
