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1. abstinence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The practice or discipline of resisting self-indulgence; self-restraint....
2. abuse, v. View full entry c1430
...trans. To use (something) improperly, to misuse; to make a bad use of; to pervert; to take advantage of wrongly....
3. acetic, adj. View full entry 1788
...Of or relating to acetic acid; producing, containing, or tasting of acetic acid (or vinegar); relating to or containing an acetyl radical or group (—C(O)CH3)....
4. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
5. acronarcotic, adj. View full entry 1816
...Of a poison or its effect: both corrosive or irritating and narcotic....
6. addiction, n. View full entry ?1532
...The state or condition of being dedicated or devoted to a thing, esp. an activity or occupation; adherence or attachment, esp. of an immoderate or compulsive kind....
7. akathisia, n. View full entry 1903
...Inability to sit down or to remain seated, resulting from a subjective need or desire to move, frequently accompanied by sensations of muscular twitching, and often occurring as a side effect of...
8. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
9. amanitine, n. View full entry 1847
...The active narcotic principle of poisonous fungi....
10. amyl, n.2 View full entry 1850
...The monatomic alcohol radical of the pentacarbon series C5H11, also called pentyl or quintyl....
11. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
12. basuco, n. View full entry 1983
...A preparation of coca paste mixed with various other substances, containing an impure form of cocaine and highly addictive when smoked; also used of other low-grade forms of cocaine....
13. bend, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To put in bonds, to fetter. Obs....
14. 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)...
15. blow, v.1 View full entry c1000
...intr. The proper verb naming the motion or action of the wind, or of an aerial current. Sometimes with subject it, as ‘it blows hard’, and often with complement,...
16. 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....
17. bomb, n. View full entry 1588
...Transl. of Spanish bomba de fuego ‘a ball of wilde-fire,’ Minsheu. Obs....
18. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
19. bufotenine, n. View full entry 1902
...A hallucinogenic tryptamine alkaloid that produces vasoconstriction and hypertension when injected and is present in various amphibia (esp. toads), mushrooms, and tropical shrubs....
20. cabbage, n.1 View full entry 1391
...As a count noun. The compact round or conical head of thick, short-stemmed, typically green leaves, formed by numerous cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea (family Brassicaceae),...
