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1. abfrontal, adj. View full entry 1903
...Designating the surface of an organ or structure which faces away from the front, or is on the opposite side from the surface designated as frontal; of or relating to such a...
2. † about, v.1 View full entry 1694
...trans. (only with ship as object). To change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack; = to put aboutput1. Also fig....
3. abridgedly, adv. View full entry 1704
...In an abridged form; concisely, in brief....
4. absorbable, adj. View full entry 1779
...Capable of being absorbed or assimilated....
5. acceleratedly, adv. View full entry 1753
...In an accelerated manner; with ever increasing speed....
6. accelerative, adj. View full entry 1666
...Causing acceleration; of or relating to acceleration....
7. acetogen, n. View full entry 1982
...Any anaerobic autotrophic bacterium that produces acetates by metabolism of simple carbon compounds....
8. achromaticity, n. View full entry 1821
...The quality of being achromatic (in any sense)....
9. acidly, adv. View full entry 1674
...In an acid manner. Now chiefly fig.: sourly, cuttingly, sarcastically....
10. acoustics, n. View full entry 1684
...With sing. concord. The branch of physics concerned with the properties and phenomena of sound, sometimes esp. in relation to hearing or speech....
11. actinometric, adj. View full entry 1842
...Of or relating to the use of an actinometer (actinometer1); obtained by means of an actinometer....
12. ageometrical, adj. View full entry 1668
...Not geometrical; = non-geometricalnon-3a....
13. air cell, n. View full entry 1774
...Zool. and Anat. A specialized air-filled cavity within the body. Cf. air sacair2....
14. airtight, adj. and adv. View full entry 1728
...Impermeable to air. Also fig.: closed off, impenetrable....
15. † almond furnace, n. View full entry 1671
...A furnace in which litharge left after the refining of silver is reduced to lead by being heated with charcoal....
16. antapoplectic, adj. and n. View full entry 1697
...Tending to prevent or cure apoplexy....
17. † antiparaˈlytical, adj. View full entry 1676
...= antiparalytic...
18. antipestilential, adj. and n. View full entry 1683
...Of use against the plague and similar epidemics....
19. † antipoˈdagrical, adj. View full entry 1676
...= antipodagric...
20. † aqu-aˈerial, adj. View full entry 1672
...Of water and air, or of the air contained in water....
