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1. accomplishment, n. View full entry 1425
...The action or fact of accomplishing something; fulfilment, completion; achievement, success. Also: an instance of this....
2. adhesion, n. View full entry a1500
...Steadfast commitment to a person or thing; loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, devotion. Also: an instance of this. Cf. adherence1....
3. Arctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial north pole, and the Pole Star that marks its position in the sky. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Arctic Circle2 and...
4. cankerous, adj. View full entry c1425
...Affected with or of the nature of canker or a canker (see canker1); of or relating to (a) canker. Now rare....
5. gamma, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...The third letter of the Greek alphabet, Γ, γ, corresponding to English g....
6. historical, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Belonging to, constituting, or of the nature of history; in accordance with history....
7. immune, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Free or clear (of something regarded as undesirable or damaging). Also with from. Cf. free9c. Obs....
8. jet, n.3 View full entry a1500
...A projection, a protruding part; = jetty1. Obs....
9. laboration, n. View full entry a1500
...The action of working; labour, work. Obs.rare....
10. magnification, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The condition of being physically enlarged. Obs....
11. mode, n. View full entry c1400
...Music....
12. motor, n. and adj. View full entry 1447
...A person who or thing which imparts motion. In full first (also prime) motor....
13. mound, n.2 View full entry ?a1500
...A hedge, a fence, esp. as forming a boundary to a field or garden. Now rare (Eng. regional, south. and south-west midl.)....
14. orbicular, adj. and n. View full entry ?1440
...Round; circular; discoidal. Now rare....
15. organical, adj. View full entry c1450
...Biol. and Med. = organic2a. Esp. in organical part. Obs....
16. Oxford, n. and adj. View full entry 1455
...The University of Oxford; the members of the University collectively, or the cultured or privileged lifestyle popularly associated with them....
17. paddle, n.1 View full entry 1407
...A small spadelike implement with a long handle, used for cleaning the earth from a plough, digging, etc.; a hoe; a scraper resembling a hoe....
18. pansy, n. and adj. View full entry c1450
...Originally: heartsease, Viola tricolor (now more fully wild pansy). Later: any of various plants of the genus Viola (family Violaceae), generally differing from violets...
19. partition, n. View full entry 1429
...The action or process of dividing into shares or portions; distribution among a number....
20. pasteboard, n. and adj. View full entry 1452
...Cookery. A board on which pastry or dough is rolled out in making pies, tarts, etc.; a pastry board. Obs. (rare before 18th cent.)....
