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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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....
3. administrative, adj. and n. View full entry 1651
...Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc....
4. aisle, n. View full entry 1398
...In a church: an area extending parallel to, and typically divided by pillars from, the main body of the church; (usually) each of a pair of such areas north and south of...
5. America First, phr. and adj. View full entry 1915
...A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’....
6. America Firster, n. View full entry 1928
...A person who contends that the interests of the United States should take precedence over those of other nations; an American having (excessively) nationalistic or isolationist views. Also: a member or supporter...
7. angry, adj. View full entry c1360
...Full of trouble actively; troublesome, vexatious, annoying, trying, sharp. Obs....
8. anti-ˈdemocrat, n. View full entry 1802
...One who is opposed to democracy or to the principles of the Democratic party in the United States (see democratic2)....
9. anti-ˈfederal, adj. and n. View full entry 1788
...Of, relating to, or characterized by opposition to federalism in the early years of American independence....
10. Anti-ˈMason, n. View full entry 1828
...One who is opposed to Freemasonry, used esp. (in the U.S.) of a member of the Anti-Masonic (political) Party....
11. applause, n. View full entry 1600
...Approbation loudly expressed; acclamation....
12. axe | ax, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A tool or instrument for hewing, cleaving, or chopping, trees, wood, ice, etc.; consisting of a squarish head, now usually of iron with a steel edge or blade, fixed by means of...
13. back channel, n. View full entry 1744
...A secondary channel of water, esp. one forming an island in a stream or river....
14. barn, n. View full entry c950
...A covered building for the storage of grain; and, in wider usage, of hay, straw, flax, and other produce of the earth....
15. barrel, n. View full entry c1300
...A cylindrical wooden vessel, generally bulging in the middle and of greater length than breadth, formed of curved staves bound together by hoops, and having flat ends or heads; a cask....
16. battleground, n. View full entry 1588
...A piece of land on which a battle is or was fought; a battlefield....
17. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
18. Bircher, n.2 View full entry 1961
...A member or supporter of the John Birch Society, an extreme right-wing American organization founded in 1958 by Robert Welch....
19. blue state, n. and adj. View full entry 2000
...A state (projected to be) won by the Democratic candidate in a presidential election. More generally: a Democratic state; a state which tends to vote Democrat. Cf. red state2....
20. bolt, v.2 View full entry ?c1225
...To start, spring. Obs....
