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1. Aaron's serpent, n. View full entry 1732
...= Aaron's rod1....
2. Abbevillian, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare....
3. aberdevine, n. View full entry 1728
...The siskin, Carduelis spinus, esp. as a cage bird....
4. Abkhazian, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...A member of a Caucasian people inhabiting Abkhazia....
5. Acadian, n. and adj. View full entry 1705
...A native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward...
6. Achilles, n. View full entry 1703
...the large strong tendon by which the muscles of the back of the lower leg are attached to the heel....
7. Adam and Eve, n. View full entry 1789
...N. Amer. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still) used medicinally or carried to protect...
8. Adamatic, adj. View full entry 1776
...Designating the style of architecture, furniture, etc., associated the Adam brothers (see Adam)....
9. Adametic, adj. View full entry 1774
...= Adamesque...
10. Adam's Needle, n. View full entry 1730
...Any of several yucca plants with narrow sharp-pointed leaves, esp. (in early use) Yucca gloriosa, and (now more usually) Y. filamentosa, both native to eastern North...
11. Adam's wine, n. View full entry 1747
...Water (as a drink); = Adam's ale...
12. Addisonian, adj.1 View full entry 1789
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Joseph Addison, his works, esp. periodical literature, or his elegant and equable literary style....
13. † aestable, adj. View full entry 1727
...Belonging to summer....
14. Africo-American, n. and adj. View full entry 1788
...= African-American...
15. Aladdin, n. View full entry 1777
...(in the story of Aladdin in the Arabian Nights) a magic lamp which when rubbed released a genie sworn to obey the lamp's holder; chiefly in similative and figurative contexts;...
16. Alaskian, adj. View full entry 1788
...= Alaskan...
17. Albany beef, n. View full entry 1779
...The flesh of the sturgeon, used as food....
18. † Albert, n.1 View full entry 1740
...A gold coin formerly current in Flanders and the Netherlands. rare....
19. Alcantarine, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of, belonging, or relating to an austere order of Franciscan Observantine friars, founded in 1556 by St Peter of Alcántara, or an order of Franciscan nuns later modelled upon it....
20. Alderney, n. View full entry 1747
...Originally: a breed of small dairy cattle bred in Alderney. In later use chiefly: any of the Channel Island breeds of cattle, esp. the Jersey and the Guernsey. Also: an...
