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1. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
2. 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.)....
3. check, int. and n.1 View full entry c1330
...A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made which exposes his King; one says also check to your king! and...
4. 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)....
5. hallo | halloa, int. and n. View full entry 1841
...A shout or exclamation to call attention, or expressing some degree of surprise (e.g. on meeting some one unexpectedly). Cf. halloo Freq. used as a greeting, etc., on a telephone....
6. hello, int. and n. View full entry 1827
...Used as a greeting. Also in extended use....
7. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
8. hullo | hulloa, int. View full entry 1857
...A call used to hail a person or to excite his attention. Also used in response to a telephone call and (freq. repeated) to express surprise. Cf. hallo, hello...
9. negative, adj., adv.2, and int. View full entry c1460
...Of a person: that denies something. Obs.rare....
10. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
11. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
12. over, adv. and int. View full entry eOE
...Higher; later. Obs....
13. phut-phut, int. and n. View full entry 1900
...Representing an intermittent or repeated dull, usually plosive sound, esp. that characteristic of an internal-combustion engine....
14. pink, n.8 and int. View full entry 1816
...Eng. regional. The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, which has a characteristic double call (cf. sense A. 2). Cf. spink1....
15. pocketa-pocketa, int. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1939
...Representing a series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal-combustion engine. Also as ...
16. query, n.2 and int. View full entry 1610
...A question, esp. one expressing some doubt or objection; = quaere...
17. ready, adj., adv., int., and n. View full entry c1200
...With infinitive....
18. right, adj. and int. View full entry eOE
...That is straight; not bent, curved, or crooked. Formerly also right with: in a line with (obs.). Now only in right line2....
19. roger, int. (and n.3) View full entry 1941
...Orig. and chiefly U.S. Also with lower-case initial. In radio communication: used to acknowledge the receipt of a message; (also) used to affirm that a message has been understood or...
20. room, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...Dimensional extent, space; spec. the amount of space that is or may be occupied by a thing. Freq. with modifying word (esp. less, more)....
