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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abalone, n. View full entry 1850
...An edible gastropod mollusc of the genus Haliotis, typically found in warm seas, having a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes; an...
3. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
4. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
5. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
6. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
7. abled, adj. and n. View full entry 1576
...Capable; vigorous, thriving. Obs....
8. † abluvion, n. View full entry 1805
...The action or process of washing off or away; that which is washed off or away....
9. aboiteau, n. View full entry 1802
...Esp. in the Maritime Provinces of Canada: a sluice gate in a dyke, which allows water draining from the land to flow out but does not allow sea water to enter. Also:...
10. abortee, n. View full entry 1912
...A woman who undergoes an induced abortion....
11. abortuary, n. View full entry 1983
...In the language of anti-abortion campaigners: a clinic in which abortions are performed....
12. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
13. absinth, n. View full entry c1429
...Common wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, noted for the intensely bitter taste of its leaves and stems, and used (esp. formerly) in herbal remedies and as a flavouring for drinks. Cf. ...
14. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
15. absorbent, adj. and n. View full entry 1694
...Having the property of absorbing something; esp. capable of soaking up liquids; of or relating to absorption or absorbency. In early use also (Chem. and Med.):...
16. absquatulation, n. View full entry 1839
...The action of absquatulate; absconding, making-off....
17. 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....
18. abutter, n. View full entry 1673
...A person who or thing which abuts; esp. the owner of adjacent property....
19. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
20. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....