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1. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
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. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
...trans....
4. 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....
5. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
6. 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,...
7. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
8. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
9. 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.)....
10. 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....
11. amplifier, n. View full entry 1546
...One who enlarges, who adds to the extent, capacity, or dignity of anything. arch....
12. amplify, v. View full entry a1400
...To enlarge or extend in space or capacity. Obs....
13. anatomy, n. View full entry 1528
...The artificial separation of the different parts of a human body or animal (or more generally of any organized body), in order to discover their position, structure, and economy; dissection....
14. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
15. architecture, n. View full entry 1563
...The art or science of building or constructing edifices of any kind for human use....
16. argument, n. View full entry c1374
...Proof, evidence, manifestation, token. (Passing from clear proof in early, to proof presumptive in later usage; cf. argue3) arch....
17. audience, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of hearing; attention to what is spoken. to give audience: to give ear, listen....
18. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
19. back, n.1 View full entry c885
...properly. The convex surface of the body of persons and vertebrated animals which is adjacent to the spinal axis, and opposite to the belly and most of the special organs. It...
20. 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, ...
