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1. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
2. ab, n.2 View full entry 1956
...An abdominal muscle; = abdominal3. Usu. in pl....
3. ab-, comb. form View full entry 1904
...Prefixed to the names of units (esp. of electrical and magnetic quantities) in the practical system to form the names of the corresponding units in the centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic system, as abampere...
4. A band, n. View full entry 1939
...In fibrils of striated muscle: each of the transverse bands which alternate with I bands, appearing dark under polarized light and composed of interdigitating filaments of actin and myosin....
5. abasic, adj.2 View full entry 1982
...Of a nucleotide: lacking a purine or pyrimidine base. Of DNA, or a specific site in a sequence of nucleotides: containing a nucleotide or nucleotides of this type....
6. Abbott's booby, n. View full entry 1910
...A large black and white gannet, Papasula abbotti, formerly widespread in the Indian Ocean but now found only in the vicinity of Christmas Island....
7. abdominoplasty, n. View full entry 1969
...Plastic surgery of the abdominal wall, esp. as a cosmetic operation to remove excess skin and fat; an instance of this....
8. abetalipoproteinaemia | abetalipoproteinemia, n. View full entry 1960
...A rare inherited (autosomal recessive) disorder characterized by absence of certain types of lipoprotein from the blood, malabsorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins, and acanthocytosis, often with retinal and neuromuscular abnormalities....
9. 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...
10. abhesive, adj. and n. View full entry 1950
...Of a substance or coating: preventing substances that are adhesive or sticky from adhering to it....
11. abhuman, adj. and n. View full entry 1910
...Having some human characteristics, but others which are supernatural, alien, or monstrous; partially human....
12. abience, n. View full entry 1931
...Withdrawal from a stimulus (cf. abient); avoidance behaviour; the tendency to display this. Opposed to adience...
13. abiologic, adj. View full entry 1900
...= abiological...
14. ableism, n. View full entry 1981
...Discrimination in favour of able-bodied people; prejudice against or disregard of the needs of disabled people....
15. ableist, adj. View full entry 1981
...Characterized by or exhibiting ableism....
16. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
17. abmigrate, v. View full entry 1929
...intr. Of a bird: to migrate from the region where it was born and where it wintered to the distant summer breeding area of others of its species....
18. abmigration, n. View full entry 1923
...The migration of a bird which was born and has wintered in one region to the distant summer breeding area of others of its species....
19. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
20. abob, adj. View full entry 1908
...Bobbing; afloat....