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1. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
2. endorse | indorse, v. View full entry 1381
...trans. To write on the back of (a document); to inscribe (words) on (the back of) a document....
3. garter, n. View full entry c1350
...A band worn round the leg, either above or below the knee, to keep the stocking from falling down....
4. leopard, n. View full entry a1290
...A large carnivorous quadruped, Felis pardus, otherwise called the Panther, a native of Africa and southern Asia. Its coat is yellowish fawn shading to white under the body, with dark...
5. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
6. matriculate, v. View full entry 1557
...trans. (usu. in pass.). To enter (a name) in the register of a university, college, etc.; (now) esp. to admit as a member of a university, college,...
7. matriculation, n. View full entry 1557
...The action of matriculating or of being matriculated; esp. formal admission into a university or college. Also: short for matriculation examination....
8. moon, n.1 View full entry OE
...With the. The natural satellite of the earth; a secondary planet which orbits around the earth, visible esp. at night by the light of the sun which it reflects....
9. mountain, n. and adj. View full entry c1275
...A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, esp. one high and steep in form (larger and higher than a hill) and with a summit of relatively small area....
10. point, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...A separate or single item, article, or element in an extended whole (usually an abstract whole, as a course of action, a subject of thought, a treatise, a discourse, a set of...
