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1. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
2. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
3. acoustic, adj. and n. View full entry 1635
...Designating the sense or the organs of hearing; of or relating to the sense of hearing; auditory....
4. actuator, n. View full entry 1652
...A person who or thing which actuates something; spec. God, regarded as the motive force of the universe (cf. author1b, mover1a)....
5. addend, n. View full entry 1674
...A number which is to be added to another. Cf. augend...
6. addendum, n. View full entry 1664
...A thing that is added, typically in order to correct, clarify, or supplement something, esp. an item added at the end of a book, an appendix. Also: an additional clause...
7. additive, adj. and n. View full entry 1648
...Characterized by or involving addition; that is to be or can be added....
8. adjacency, n. View full entry 1640
...The fact, quality, or state of being adjacent; contiguity....
9. aerial, n. View full entry 1649
...A creature or spirit of the air; an aerial being. Obs....
10. air chamber, n. View full entry 1664
...A chamber or vessel containing air; spec.(in a pump or other hydraulic machine) a receptacle containing air, acting to maintain constant pressure upon the water;a chamber or cavity filled...
11. airless, adj. View full entry a1616
...Stuffy; unventilated, not open to the air....
12. air vessel, n. View full entry 1671
...A receptacle or structure containing air; esp. an air chamber in a hydraulic pump (cf. air chamber1)....
13. album, n.2 View full entry 1612
...A book in which contributions (such as signatures, memorial verses, and epigrams) are inscribed for the owner, esp. as mementos or keepsakes. Also more generally: a collection of literary items. Also ...
14. alert, adj. and n. View full entry 1618
...orig. Mil. Engaged in close observation of a situation or event, one's surroundings, etc., and prepared to act as necessary; watchful, vigilant; fully aware. Also in extended use. Also with...
15. algorist, n. View full entry 1656
...A person skilled in the use of Arabic numerals in arithmetic (cf. algorism1). Chiefly hist....
16. algorithm, n. View full entry 1658
...The Arabic system of numbering, characterized by a zero (cf. algorism1; now rare). Formerly also: †calculus (obs.)....
17. alternating, adj. View full entry 1653
...Of two or more things: that succeed each other by turns; = alternate1....
18. anaglyph, n. View full entry 1651
...An embossed or chased ornament, worked in low relief....
19. analyser | analyzer, n. View full entry 1610
...A person who engages in analysis. Freq. with modifying adjective....
20. announcer, n. View full entry 1611
...One who announces, tells news, or gives notice....