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1. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
2. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry a1393
...Above the ground. Opposed to underground1a....
3. abrasive, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...Having the property of abrading; of the nature of or characterized by abrasion; capable of or used for scraping, rubbing, grinding, etc....
4. abridged, adj. View full entry a1382
...Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed....
5. abrupt, adj. and n. View full entry 1565
...Broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break. Obs....
6. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
7. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
8. abstract-concrete, adj. View full entry 1864
...Of or relating to both the abstract and the concrete; having both abstract and concrete characteristics....
9. abstract expressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1929
...A practitioner or exponent of abstract expressionism; (sometimes) spec. = action painteraction1....
10. abstract impressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1949
...A painter whose work combines characteristics of abstraction and impressionism; spec. a practitioner or exponent of abstract impressionism....
11. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1832
...A person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones....
12. abstractive, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract1b....
13. abstruse, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Difficult to understand; obscure, recondite....
14. absurd, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a thing: against or without reason or propriety; incongruous, unreasonable, illogical....
15. absurdist, n. and adj. View full entry 1894
...A person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner. rare....
16. abusive, adj. View full entry 1538
...Wrongly used, misapplied; improper; perverse; erroneous. Also in Rhetoric: catachrestic....
17. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
18. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1785
...Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music)....
19. acatalectic, adj. and n. View full entry 1589
...Not catalectic; not short of a syllable in the last foot; complete in its syllables....
20. accelerando, adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1784
...With a gradual increase of speed. Freq. as an instruction in a score....
