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1. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1846
...An outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing. Obs.rare....
2. abraxas, n. View full entry 1713
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abraxas’, supposed (esp. in Gnosticism) to act as a charm; a gem, amulet, etc., inscribed with this word or other cabbalistic signs. Cf. ...
3. 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....
4. abstract-concrete, adj. View full entry 1864
...Of or relating to both the abstract and the concrete; having both abstract and concrete characteristics....
5. abstract expressionism, n. View full entry 1922
...A form of art, typically painting, in which techniques of abstraction are used to convey strong emotional or expressive content; spec. = action paintingaction1....
6. abstract expressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1929
...A practitioner or exponent of abstract expressionism; (sometimes) spec. = action painteraction1....
7. abstract impressionism, n. View full entry 1950
...Painting which combines characteristics of abstraction and impressionism; esp. a form of painting which resembles the works of the Impressionists, esp. Monet, in brushwork and effect, but has no representational...
8. 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....
9. abstraction, n. View full entry c1450
...The action of withdrawing or secluding oneself from worldly or sensual things, or of turning one's mind away from the world towards the contemplation of the spiritual; a state of solitude or...
10. abstractionism, n. View full entry 1842
...Usu. somewhat depreciative. The presentation of ideas in abstract terms; the tendency to favour abstract explanations and theories while ignoring or paying insufficient attention to concrete details or particular instances....
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. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
13. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
14. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
15. acierage, n. View full entry 1852
...The action or process of coating metal, esp. an engraved copper plate, with a thin layer of steel by means of an electric current....
16. acorn, n. View full entry eOE
...The fruit of any tree producing mast. Also as a mass noun: †= mast1a (obs.). Now rare and only with contextual indication....
17. acrography, n. View full entry 1839
...The art of making blocks in relief, as a substitute for wood engraving....
18. acrolith, n. View full entry 1847
...In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood....
19. acroterion, n. View full entry 1664
...Archit....
20. acrylic, adj. and n. View full entry 1843
...Chem. Designating compounds containing an acryl radical; of or relating to such compounds....
