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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abbess, n. View full entry c1300
...A woman who is the head or superior of an abbey of nuns or (formerly) of a double abbey of nuns and monks. Also as a title. Cf. Mother Superiormother...
3. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
4. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
5. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
6. 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...
7. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
8. actual, adj. and n. View full entry c1350
...Chiefly Theol. Characteristic of or relating to acts or action; exhibited in or arising from deeds; practical, active. Now chiefly in actual grace and actual sin....
9. Adam, n.1 View full entry OE
...The first human in the biblical account of the creation of the world, as a symbol of humanity or human nature, esp. of the state of sin into which, according to traditional...
10. aggravation, n. View full entry 1481
...The fact of imposing a burden; oppression. Obs....
11. aggravator, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A person who or thing which aggravates (in any sense)....
12. agony, n. View full entry c1384
...Christian Church. In sing. and pl. The mental struggle or anguish of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26: 36–46)....
13. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
14. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
15. almightily, adv. View full entry 1609
...With great strength, vigour, or power; employing or embodying superhuman or divine power....
16. almighty, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...All-powerful, omnipotent....
17. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
18. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
19. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
20. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
