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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abort, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Abortion; miscarriage; an instance of this. Esp. in to make abort. Obs....
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
5. accentuation, n. View full entry c1487
...The placing of accent or stress in speech, prosody, or music; the use, application, or pattern of accent or stress....
6. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
7. access, v.2 View full entry 1953
...trans....
8. 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....
9. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
10. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
...trans....
11. 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 ...
12. Ada, n.2 View full entry 1979
...(The name of) a high-level programming language used chiefly in real-time control systems, e.g. for aircraft navigation....
13. addend, n. View full entry 1674
...A number which is to be added to another. Cf. augend...
14. adder, n.2 View full entry 1547
...A person who adds (in various senses of the verb)....
15. add-in, adj. and n. View full entry 1984
...Designating something added to a system internally, typically to improve the system's capabilities or performance....
16. add-on, n. and adj. View full entry 1930
...Something added to an existing object or quantity; an additional component or sum; an accessory device, esp. one designed to increase capability....
17. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
18. address, v. View full entry a1325
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To direct (a written communication) to a specific person or destination; spec. (in early use) to write and send (a writ, a petition,...
19. addressability, n. View full entry 1955
...The property or quality of being addressable; spec. the ability to direct a signal or information to individual users....
20. addressable, adj. View full entry 1828
...Capable of being addressed (in various senses of the verb)....
