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1. aberrate, v. View full entry 1749
...intr. To go astray; to deviate from a usual course or mode of behaviour. Also: to produce aberration....
2. abnormous, adj. View full entry 1710
...Originally: irregular; exaggerated; misshapen. In later use also (humorous, chiefly U.S.): enormous....
3. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1785
...Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music)....
4. acclimate, v. View full entry 1792
...trans....
5. accredited, adj. View full entry 1738
...Provided with credentials, publicly or officially recognized. Cf. well-accredited...
6. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
7. Adam and Eve, n. View full entry 1789
...N. Amer. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still) used medicinally or carried to protect...
8. adjustable, adj. View full entry 1768
...Capable of being adjusted (in various senses of the verb); esp. capable of being altered or modified....
9. adobe, n. View full entry 1748
...A brick made of sand and clay mixed with water and an organic material such as straw, and left to dry in the sun....
10. advisory, adj. and n. View full entry 1751
...Having the function of or responsibility for giving advice; characterized by the giving of advice; (sometimes) spec. having or consisting in the power to make recommendations, without necessarily being empowered...
11. aegrotat, n. View full entry 1794
...In a university or college: a certificate that a student is too ill to attend an examination, etc. Cf. aeger...
12. aerostat, n. View full entry 1784
...A lighter-than-air aircraft; spec. a balloon. In later use chiefly U.S. Now rare....
13. affordably, adv. View full entry 1775
...So as to be affordable; cheaply, inexpensively....
14. afterguard, n. View full entry 1750
...The sailors stationed on the quarterdeck and poop of a sailing ship, charged with operating the sails and other equipment aft of the mainmast. Now chiefly hist....
15. agig, adj. View full entry 1779
...In predicative use: excited, agitated....
16. aide, n. View full entry 1762
...An assistant, a helper. In early use freq. in military contexts....
17. airbag, n. View full entry 1782
...A bag inflated with air, esp. one in a motor vehicle designed to inflate upon impact so as to cushion the vehicle's occupants in a collision, or (U.S.)...
18. airtight, adj. and adv. View full entry 1728
...Impermeable to air. Also fig.: closed off, impenetrable....
19. Albany beef, n. View full entry 1779
...The flesh of the sturgeon, used as food....
20. alcoholic, adj. and n. View full entry 1732
...Of a thermometer: using alcohol as the liquid whose position in the bore of a thin glass tube indicates the temperature....
