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1. aba, n.2 View full entry 1876
...A simplified type of theodolite lacking the artificial horizon sometimes required by the sextant....
2. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
3. ABC, n.2 View full entry 1868
...A process for treating sewage involving the addition to it of a mixture that causes the precipitation of much of the solid matter as a sludge, which was then available for sale...
4. aberdevine, n. View full entry 1728
...The siskin, Carduelis spinus, esp. as a cage bird....
5. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
6. 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...
7. ack, n. View full entry 1898
...A syllable used to represent the letter a in signalling and telephone communications, and in the oral spelling of messages....
8. Adamism, n. View full entry 1596
...A state of sinfulness or guilt. Cf. Adam13. Obs.rare....
9. Adamist, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1623
...A person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden; spec. = Adamite1a....
10. Adamite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1542
...Church Hist. A member of any of a number of sects, both in the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of...
11. Adam's apple, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Any of several kinds of citrus fruits, esp. the pomelo or shaddock, Citrus maxima, and a variety of sweet lime, Citrus limetta....
12. adam's fig, n. View full entry c1602
...The fruit of any of several plants of the genus Musa; a banana or plantain. Also (in full Adam's fig tree) the plant itself. Now hist....
13. Adam's flannel, n. View full entry 1828
...The common mullein, Verbascum thapsus....
14. Adcock, n. View full entry 1928
...Designating a type of radio aerial having four equidistant vertical elements, typically used for determining the direction of a source....
15. Addison, n. View full entry 1856
...a disorder caused by chronic deficiency of corticosteroid hormones resulting from disease affecting the adrenal glands, characterized by weight loss, weakness, increased pigmentation of the skin, and episodes of vomiting, diarrhoea, and...
16. Adelaide, n. and adj. View full entry 1831
...A dark blue colour. Also occas. blue Adelaide. Now rare....
17. aeolina, n. View full entry 1829
...A mouth organ or harmonica, comprising metal plates enclosing free reeds....
18. aeolo-, comb. form View full entry 1830
...Forming the names of (obsolete) musical instruments in which reeds are made to vibrate by air, as aeolodicon, aeolodion, aeolomelodicon, aeolophon, etc....
19. Africo-American, n. and adj. View full entry 1788
...= African-American...
20. agaphite, n. View full entry 1819
...A variety of turquoise having a conchoidal form....
