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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abdomen, n. View full entry ?1541
...Anat. and Zool. In humans and other vertebrates: the belly; the part of the trunk of body between the chest and the pelvis; the cavity of the body bounded...
3. abdominoscopy, n. View full entry 1826
...Originally: examination of the abdomen by visual inspection or by other standard methods of physical examination (palpation, percussion, etc.) (now disused). In later use: endoscopic examination of the abdominal cavity;...
4. acalephan, n. and adj. View full entry 1834
...An animal of the former class Acalepha; esp. a jellyfish. Obs....
5. acanthin, n. View full entry 1876
...A substance forming the skeletal elements of certain radiolarians whose skeletons are not siliceous, eventually identified as strontium chloride....
6. acara, n. View full entry 1830
...Any of several deep-bodied, freshwater cichlid fishes native to Central and South America, with elongated dorsal and anal fins; esp. one now in the genus Aequidens or ...
7. accession, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others....
8. accomplishment, n. View full entry 1425
...The action or fact of accomplishing something; fulfilment, completion; achievement, success. Also: an instance of this....
9. acephal, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Church Hist. = Acephalian Also: †a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop (cf. acephali1) (obs.rare). Usu. with capital...
10. acephalocyst, n. View full entry 1814
...A cyst formed by and containing the larva of a tapeworm, esp. one of the genus Echinococcus; a hydatid. ...
11. acholia, n. View full entry 1835
...Absent or reduced secretion of bile. In early use also: any of several diseases (supposedly) characterized by this, esp. cholera (cholera4) and coeliac disease (now disused...
12. achromycin, n. View full entry 1952
...The antibiotic puromycin. rare. Now disused....
13. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
14. acroblast, n. View full entry 1884
...Embryol. In the terminology of J. Kollmann: a germ layer giving rise to embryonic mesenchyme; a cell of such tissue. Now disused....
15. actinophone, n. View full entry 1881
...An apparatus in which sound is produced as a result of the action of sunlight on it....
16. actinopod, n. and adj. View full entry 1896
...A holothurian of the former order Actinopoda. rare. Now disused....
17. Actinopoda, n. View full entry 1896
...In Ludwig's classification: an order of holothuroid echinoderms having radial canals. rare. Now disused....
18. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
19. aculeate, adj. and n. View full entry 1640
...Pointed, incisive; stinging. Chiefly fig....
20. acupunctuation, n. View full entry 1821
...= acupuncture...
