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1. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
2. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
3. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
4. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
5. baby farm, n. View full entry 1867
...A place where the lodging and care of (typically unwanted) babies or young children is undertaken for profit; spec. one where the care is unsatisfactory, children may be neglected, and...
6. baby farmer, n. View full entry 1867
...A person who practises baby farming or who runs a baby farm....
7. baby farming, n. View full entry 1867
...The lodging and care of (typically unwanted) babies or young children for profit. Also: the action of leaving one's children at a baby farm....
8. barn, n. View full entry c950
...A covered building for the storage of grain; and, in wider usage, of hay, straw, flax, and other produce of the earth....
9. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
10. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
11. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
12. ˈbeefˌeater, n. View full entry 1610
...An eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial. (Properly with hyphen, beef-eater.)...
13. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
14. bit, n.2 View full entry c1000
...The portion of food bitten off at once; as much as is taken in the mouth at once; a mouthful; = bite4. Obs....
15. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
16. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
17. blackleg, n. View full entry a1722
...In sing. and †pl....
18. 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...
19. bloody, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Containing blood; composed or consisting of blood; resembling blood. Also in figurative contexts....
20. blue, adj. View full entry 1366
...The name of one of the colours of the spectrum; of the colour of the sky and the deep sea; cerulean....
