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1. Abiturient, n. and adj. View full entry 1842
...In Germany: a candidate for the Abitur; a pupil who, having passed the Abitur, is leaving secondary school to enter a university....
2. absenteeism, n. View full entry 1821
...The practice of being an absentee; the practice of residing away from one's home, country, property, or place of work (esp. with reference to landowners or the clergy). See absentee1...
3. absit, n. View full entry 1857
...A notice granting temporary absence (originally for a day or part of a day) to a university student or a pupil at a boarding school. Cf. exeat2....
4. academicize, v. View full entry 1846
...intr. To engage in academic discourse, thought, or analysis. Usu. somewhat depreciative. rare....
5. academize, v. View full entry 1848
...intr. To form an academy. Obs.rare....
6. accreditation, n. View full entry 1806
...The action of accrediting; the fact of being accredited; recommendation to credit or (esp. with reference to diplomats and journalists) to official recognition....
7. accrediting, n. View full entry 1818
...The action or process of providing with (official) accreditation....
8. accrediting, adj. View full entry 1822
...Of a bank, etc.: that provides or enables the provision of credit....
9. aeger, adj. and n. View full entry 1835
...Of a student or pupil: excused from attendance at lectures, classes, etc., on account of illness....
10. aesthete, n. View full entry 1866
...A person who professes a special or superior appreciation of what is beautiful. Also: (in British universities) a studious person (opposed to hearty) (now rare). Cf. aesthetic...
11. Aggie, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1871
...An agriculturalist, spec. a student at an agricultural college. Freq. (and in earliest use): a member of a sports team from such a college; (in pl.) the team...
12. Albertopolis, n. View full entry 1860
...An informal name for: the area of South Kensington in London that is home to various cultural and educational institutions including the Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Royal...
13. all-but, n. View full entry 1890
...A person who or thing which almost qualifies as something or very nearly fits a particular description; (now chiefly N. Amer.Educ.) = ABD...
14. Anglicist, n. View full entry 1801
...A student or scholar of English language or literature; = Anglist...
15. Anglo-Catholic, adj. and n. View full entry 1814
...Of or belonging to the Church of England as constituted by the Reformation, considered as a part of the universal Church (see catholic6b(d)). Occasionally also: of or belonging to...
16. Arnoldian, adj. and n. View full entry 1888
...Belonging to or characteristic of either Thomas Arnold or his son Matthew Arnold....
17. ˈArnoldism, n. View full entry c1845
...Doctrine, theory, or practice formed after the precepts and example of either Thomas Arnold or his son Matthew....
18. aˈssertiveness, n. View full entry 1881
...Tendency towards assertion or self-assertion....
19. assisted, adj. View full entry 1853
...Aided, helped. spec. Applied to subsidized passages for emigrants....
20. ˈaulary, adj. View full entry 1845
...Of or relating to the halls in a university....
