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1. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
2. aardwolf, n. View full entry 1833
...A small, nocturnal African hyena, Proteles cristata, which has a mane along the back and black vertical stripes, feeding chiefly on termites. Also called earth wolf, maanhaar...
3. Aaron's beard, n. View full entry 1820
...Any of several plants which are thought to resemble a beard in growth, habit, or appearance; esp.the rose of Sharon, Hypericum calcinum, which has prominent tufts of hair-likeeither...
4. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
5. Aaron's rod, n. View full entry 1631
...In similative and allusive use: a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it....
6. Aaron's serpent, n. View full entry 1732
...= Aaron's rod1....
7. ab, n.2 View full entry 1956
...An abdominal muscle; = abdominal3. Usu. in pl....
8. abacot, n. View full entry 1548
...= bycoket...
9. A band, n. View full entry 1939
...In fibrils of striated muscle: each of the transverse bands which alternate with I bands, appearing dark under polarized light and composed of interdigitating filaments of actin and myosin....
10. abandonee, n. View full entry 1804
...A person to whom anything is formally or legally abandoned; spec. (in marine insurance) the underwriters to whom all interest in property insured is relinquished after a loss (cf. ...
11. abandoner, n. View full entry 1562
...A person, creature, etc., that abandons or forsakes something. Freq. followed by of....
12. abandoning, n. View full entry a1500
...The action of relinquishing, giving up, or deserting; abandonment....
13. abandonment, n. View full entry 1593
...The surrender or devotion of oneself to an influence, passion, emotion, etc.; self-abandonment; an instance of this....
14. abasement, n. View full entry 1435
...A reduction in price or value (esp. of a currency); the action or fact of making such a reduction. Also in extended use....
15. abaser, n. View full entry 1587
...A person who, or thing which, abases....
16. † abashance, n. View full entry a1450
...The quality or condition of being abashed; loss of self-possession....
17. abashedness, n. View full entry c1480
...The quality or state of being abashed....
18. † abashing, n. View full entry c1404
...The action of abash; an instance of this; (also) the state of being abashed; confusion, consternation, embarrassment....
19. abashment, n. View full entry c1430
...The quality or state of being abashed (cf. abash), discomfiture, embarrassment; an instance of this....
20. abasing, n. View full entry 1548
...The action or an act of lowering in rank, condition, or character; humbling, humiliation, degradation....
