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1. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
2. alighting, n.2 View full entry c1325
...The action or an act of dismounting from or horse, or getting down from a vehicle. Hence also: completion of a journey, arrival....
3. allodapine, n. and adj. View full entry 1969
...A bee belonging to the genus Allodape or the subfamily Allodapinae, comprising primitively social bees which rear the broods of several females communally in unsealed burrows and some...
4. alveary, n. View full entry 1574
...A repository, esp. of knowledge or information. Originally as the name of a dictionary encompassing several languages....
5. apiarian, adj. and n. View full entry 1801
...Pertaining to bee-hives or bee-keeping....
6. apiarist, n. View full entry 1816
...One who keeps an apiary; a bee-keeper, a bee-master....
7. apiary, n. View full entry 1654
...A place where bees are kept; a bee-house....
8. apicultural, adj. View full entry 1884
...Of or pertaining to apiculture....
9. apiculture, n. View full entry 1864
...Bee-keeping or -rearing....
10. apiculturist, n. View full entry 1883
...One who practises apiculture, a bee-keeper....
11. † apiˈfactory, n. View full entry 1677
...An apiary kept for economic purposes....
12. † apiˈfacture, n. View full entry 1622
...The work of bees....
13. apiologist, n. View full entry 18..
...A scientific student of bees....
14. balling, n.1 View full entry c1600
...The propelling, throwing, or hitting of balls (in various senses). Now rare except as the second element in compounds....
15. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
16. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
17. bee, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A well-known insect, or rather genus of insects, of the Hymenopterous order, living in societies composed of one queen, or perfect female, a small number of males or ‘drones,’ and an indefinite...
18. beedom, n. View full entry 1868
...The realm of bees....
19. beehive, n. View full entry c1325
...A receptacle used as a home for bees; usually made of thick straw work in the shape of a dome; but there are modern contrivances made of many materials, and adapted to...
20. bike, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A nest of wasps, hornets, or wild bees, as distinct from the hive or skep of domestic bees. Also, the whole nestful of bees; a swarm....
