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1. 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 ...
2. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
3. acoustically, adv. View full entry 1834
...With regard or in relation to audible sound or the science of acoustics....
4. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
5. alias, n. and adv. View full entry 1465
...Law. A second writ issued when the first has proved ineffectual. Cf. pluries Now hist....
6. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
7. alternate, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1535
...Of two (occas. more) different or distinct kinds of things: occurring one after the other; alternating....
8. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
9. automagically, adv. View full entry 1945
...Automatically, esp. in a way that seems ingenious or inexplicable; as if by magic....
10. automatically, adv. View full entry 1712
...By a mechanical process; from constituent parts, piecemeal. Cf. mechanically4. Obs....
11. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
12. ball-by-ball, adv. and adj. View full entry 1906
...One ball at a time; continuously or constantly throughout a match. Also (in Broadcasting): in full, with running commentary....
13. between, prep., adv., and n. View full entry c890
...The proper word expressing the local relation of a point to two other points in opposite directions from it (i.e. if a point has two other points on opposite sides of it,...
14. bias, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1530
...Slanting, oblique. bias line...
15. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
16. bottom-up, adj. and adv.2 View full entry 1942
...Proceeding from basic elements, facts, or details; involving such an approach to a plan, theory, project, etc....
17. broadcast, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 1767
...Of seed, etc.: scattered abroad over the whole surface, instead of being sown in drills or rows....
18. close, adj. and adv. View full entry a1387
...gen. Closed, shut; having no part left open. Often as complement of predicate, as in to shut close. (Cf. B. 1.)...
19. compass, n.1, adj., and adv. View full entry a1300
...Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par compas...
20. cool, adj., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...Of or at a relatively low temperature; moderately cold, esp. agreeably or refreshingly so (in contrast with heat or cold)....
