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1. achar, n. View full entry 1598
...In South Asian cookery: a type of pickle or relish made from fruit or vegetables preserved in spiced oil or vinegar....
2. after-course, n. View full entry 1580
...A later course in a meal; spec. the final course; a dessert. Freq. fig....
3. à la Française, adj. and adv. View full entry 1589
...Designating various things that are French in style, manner, or origin. Freq. in the names of dishes or with reference to cooking or fashion....
4. alcohol, n. View full entry 1543
...Chem. A fine powder, esp. as produced by grinding. Obs....
5. alec, n. View full entry ?1527
...A herring. Also: a pickle or sauce made from small herrings or anchovies, used by the ancient Romans....
6. aley, adj. View full entry a1556
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of ale; (in early use spec.) †of or characteristic of a person who drinks ale (obs.). Also occas.: †drunken (obs.)....
7. Algerian, adj. and n. View full entry 1560
...Of or relating to Algeria or (in early use) Algiers....
8. Alicant, n. View full entry c1500
...A type of wine produced in Alicante in eastern Spain....
9. alkermes, n. View full entry 1547
...The dried bodies of scale insects (females of Kermes ilicis and K. vermilio, family Kermesidae), found in the Mediterranean region on the kermes oak (Quercus...
10. allemande, n. View full entry 1591
...Any of various German dances; esp. a court dance in moderate duple time, considered to be German in origin or style, which is performed in couples and characterized by frequent...
11. almond butter, n. View full entry 1502
...A creamy dessert made with sweetened ground almonds. Now hist. and rare....
12. American, n. and adj. View full entry 1568
...An indigenous inhabitant of (any part of) the Americas; an American Indian. Now only with modifying word, as indigenous American, original American, etc.; see also Native American...
13. anchovy, n. View full entry 1598
...A small fish of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus) found on the European coasts, especially in the Mediterranean, where it is extensively caught, and pickled for exportation....
14. angelica, n. View full entry 1578
...An aromatic umbelliferous plant (A. archangelica, or Archangelica officinalis) indigenous to Europe, and cultivated (since 1568) in England, for culinary or medicinal purposes, and for preparing...
15. angelot, n. View full entry 1525
...A French gold coin struck by Louis XI, bearing the image of St. Michael with the dragon under his feet; also a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI....
16. anti-, prefix1 View full entry 1559
...Combinations....
17. appalled, adj. View full entry 1574
...Made pale or faint; enfeebled. Obs....
18. apple pie, n. View full entry 1589
...A pie made with apples....
19. arch-, prefix View full entry 1541
...In titles of office, rank, or dignity: meaning, ‘Chief, principal, -in-chief; superior, master-; one who occupies a position or rank above those who bear the simple title’; as archbishop, ...
20. artotyrite, n. View full entry 1538
...A member of a sect originating in Galatia in the 2nd cent. a.d. who celebrate the Eucharist with bread and cheese....
