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1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
3. affectual, adj. View full entry 1483
...Earnest, ardent, eager. Obs....
4. affectually, adv. View full entry c1425
...With eager desire, earnestly; = affectionately1. Obs....
5. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
6. agriological, adj. View full entry 1878
...Of or relating to agriology....
7. † agriologist, n. View full entry 1875
...Friedrich Max Müller's name for: a specialist in the history and culture of primitive peoples....
8. agriology, n. View full entry 1878
...Friedrich Max Müller's name for: the comparative study of the history and culture of primitive peoples....
9. anthropogeny, n. View full entry 1839
...The investigation of the origin of man....
10. anthropogony, n. View full entry a1871
...The origin of man....
11. anthropography, n. View full entry 1570
...A description of all the parts of the human body. Obs....
12. anthropologic, adj. View full entry 1850
...Of anthropology....
13. anthropology, n. View full entry 1593
...The science of man, or of mankind, in the widest sense....
14. anthropometry, n. View full entry 1839
...The measurement of the human body with a view to determine its average dimensions, and the proportion of its parts, at different ages and in different races or classes....
15. apotropaism, n. View full entry 1913
...The use of magic or ritual to avert evil influences or bad luck. Also: a magic charm or incantation used for such purposes....
16. archi-, prefix View full entry c1598
...= arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order....
17. avunculate, n. View full entry 1920
...The special relationship existing in some societies between a maternal uncle and his sister's son; maternal uncles regarded as a collective body....
18. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
19. brachycephalic, adj. View full entry 1849-52
...lit. Short-headed: used in Ethnol. to denote skulls of which the breadth is at least four-fifths of the length: opposed to dolichocephalic...
20. bride, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A woman at her marriage; a woman just about to be married or very recently married....
