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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. 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 ...
3. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
4. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
5. 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....
6. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
7. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
8. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
9. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
10. administrator, n. View full entry 1434
...Law....
11. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
12. advertising, n. View full entry 1525
...Chiefly Sc. Warning, notification, information. Obs....
13. airing, n. View full entry 1587
...The action of exposing to the air, esp. to fresh or warm air in order to ventilate or dry; an instance of this....
14. ale, n. View full entry eOE
...Any beer other than lager, stout, or porter; spec. beer brewed by top fermentation. Also: a type of this....
15. 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....
16. allowance, n. View full entry c1390
...Praise, commendation. Obs....
17. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
18. ambient, adj. and n. View full entry 1596
...Turning round, revolving. Obs.rare....
19. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
20. asymmetric, adj. View full entry 1875
...= asymmetrical...
