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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
3. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
4. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
5. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
6. blood, v. View full entry 1522
...trans. To smear, wet, or cover with blood; to cause to be bloodstained. Also fig.: to make (something) blood-coloured....
7. British, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or relating to the Brittonic-speaking peoples originally inhabiting all of Britain south of the Firth of Forth before and during the Roman occupation....
8. mother, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The female parent of a human being; a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities...
9. N, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
10. Oxford, n. and adj. View full entry 1455
...The University of Oxford; the members of the University collectively, or the cultured or privileged lifestyle popularly associated with them....
11. paedotrophy | pedotrophy, n. View full entry 1857
...The theory or practice of raising children....
12. pensioner, n. View full entry 1427
...An officer who collected and kept a record of pensions (pension5) in any of the Inns of Court and Chancery in London, and in the King's Inn in Dublin....
13. procurator, n.1 View full entry c1300
...A person who is employed to manage the affairs of another or is authorized to act on behalf of another in any business; an agent, an attorney....
14. rat, n.1 View full entry OE
...Any rodent of the genus Rattus and related genera of the family Muridae, resembling a large mouse, often with a naked or sparsely haired tail; esp....
15. roller, n.3 View full entry 1883
...= roll-callto keep a dirty roller: to attend roll call dressed in pyjamas before returning to one's rooms. Now rare....
16. state, n. View full entry c1225
...The combination of circumstances or attributes belonging at a particular time to a person or thing; a particular manner or way of existing as defined by the presence of certain circumstances or...
17. sub-, prefix View full entry c1386
...In prepositional relation to the noun constituting or implied in the second element, with the sense ‘situated, existing, or occurring under, below, or at the bottom of’....
18. time, n., int., and conj. View full entry eOE
...A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of...
