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1. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
2. acronarcotic, adj. View full entry 1816
...Of a poison or its effect: both corrosive or irritating and narcotic....
3. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
4. gamma, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...The third letter of the Greek alphabet, Γ, γ, corresponding to English g....
5. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
6. ice, n. View full entry eOE
...Frozen water; water made solid by cooling to a low temperature, either naturally (by weather or climate) or artificially (as by refrigeration)....
7. Mickey Finn, n. View full entry 1918
...A strong alcoholic drink (now rare or disused); an alcoholic or other drink that has been deliberately adulterated with a strong sedative (esp. chloral hydrate) or (U.S....
8. N, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
9. narcomania, n. View full entry 1865
...Originally (in the terminology of N. Kerr): uncontrollable craving for intoxication by alcohol or narcotic drugs (now disused). Later: addiction to or abuse of narcotic drugs....
10. psycho-, comb. form View full entry 1607
...Forming words with the senses ‘of or relating to the soul or spirit’, ‘of or relating to the mind or psyche’, ‘of or relating to psychology’....
11. red, adj. and n. (and adv.) View full entry eOE
...Designating the colour of blood, a ruby, a ripe tomato, etc., and appearing in various shades at the longer-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, next to orange and opposite to violet; of...
12. skin, n. View full entry OE
...The natural external covering or integument of an animal removed from the body, esp. one which is dressed or tanned (with or without the fur) and used as a material...
