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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
3. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
4. automatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1599
...Of action, etc.: self-generated, spontaneous; (of a thing) self-acting; having the power of motion within itself. In later use (Physiol.): having intrinsic activity that is not dependent upon external stimuli...
5. automobile, adj. and n. View full entry 1876
...Propelled by some internal mechanism, self-moving; (esp. of a vehicle) having its own means of propulsion, as opposed to being horse-drawn, pulled by a locomotive, etc. Now rare....
6. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
7. earth, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The ground considered simply as a surface on which human beings, animals, and things associated with them rest or move....
8. gamma, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1425
...The third letter of the Greek alphabet, Γ, γ, corresponding to English g....
9. gas, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1662
...J. B. van Helmont's name for: water supposedly charged with a vital principle and thought to be contained in all bodies and released upon combustion in the form of extremely rarefied water...
10. 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....
11. 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)....
12. liver, n.1 and adj.2 View full entry eOE
...In vertebrate animals: a large glandular organ of the digestive system, located in the upper or anterior abdomen, which serves to secrete bile, to process and store nutrients absorbed from the intestines,...
13. millieme, n. View full entry 1854
...In form millième. A unit of weight equal to one-thousandth of a gram, esp. as a measure of the fineness of gold and silver. Obs....
14. motor, n. and adj. View full entry 1447
...A person who or thing which imparts motion. In full first (also prime) motor....
15. multiple, n. and adj. View full entry a1595
...Sc. A multitude, a great number; = multiplieObs.rare....
16. mutton, n. View full entry c1300
...The flesh of sheep, used as food....
17. N, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
18. organic, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Anat. Designating the jugular vein. Obs.rare....
19. 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....
20. packing, n.1 View full entry 1389-90
...The action of pack...
