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1. abhorrence, n. View full entry 1592
...The condition of abhorring or recoiling from something; detestation, hatred, repugnance. Also: a feeling of repugnance or loathing....
2. abhorrer, n. View full entry ?1538
...A person who loathes or detests something. Freq. with of....
3. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
4. accountability, n. View full entry 1750
...The quality of being accountable; liability to account for and answer for one's conduct, performance of duties, etc. (in modern use often with regard to parliamentary, corporate, or financial liability to the...
5. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
6. Act of Parliament, n. View full entry 1456
...Originally: a law made by the British monarch with the advice of Parliament (now hist.). In later use: a statute passed by a parliament....
7. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
8. addled, adj. View full entry 1599
...fig. Esp. of a person's brain: muddled; unsound; having lost the ability to think clearly or rationally....
9. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
10. addresser, n. View full entry 1643
...Polit. A person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition (cf. address2c); spec. any of those who in 1680 presented addresses in support...
11. adjourn, v. View full entry ?a1400
...trans....
12. adjournment, n. View full entry 1445-6
...The action or an act of adjourning (in various senses of the verb)....
13. adjutator, n. View full entry 1647
...A person empowered to act on behalf of others; spec. each of the delegates chosen to represent the private soldiers of some units of the Parliamentary army during the English...
14. adoptive, adj. View full entry c1429
...Due to or deriving from adoption (in sense 1); esp. having a specified familial relationship by adoption, as adoptive father, adoptive son, etc....
15. Adullamite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...In biblical use, or allusions to this: a native or inhabitant of the Canaanite city of Adullam; (also) a frequenter of the nearby cave of Adullam, where a group discontented with the...
16. adversarial, adj. View full entry 1839
...Of, relating to, or characterized by conflict, hostility, or opposition; involving adversaries or opposing parties. Cf. adversary...
17. agitator, n. View full entry 1623
...Astron. A constellation (prob. Auriga). Obs.rare....
18. alkali, n. and adj. View full entry ?a1400
...A saline substance, typically consisting largely of sodium carbonate, extracted from the calcined ashes of saltwort (genus Salsola), glasswort (genus Salicornia), or other plants; soda ash. Cf. ...
19. all-night, n. and adj. View full entry 1526
...In the royal court or great aristocratic households of England: a service of food, drink, fuel, or candles to last through the night. Now hist....
20. Althing, n. View full entry 1770
...The parliament of Iceland....
