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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aam, n. View full entry a1400
...A Dutch and German liquid measure of varying capacity, ranging in different continental cities from 37 to 44 imperial gallons (168.2 to 200.2 litres) and used in Britain for Rhenish wine; (also)...
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. 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...
6. 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....
7. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
8. ack, n. View full entry 1898
...A syllable used to represent the letter a in signalling and telephone communications, and in the oral spelling of messages....
9. 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....
10. acorn, n. View full entry eOE
...The fruit of any tree producing mast. Also as a mass noun: †= mast1a (obs.). Now rare and only with contextual indication....
11. acoustically, adv. View full entry 1834
...With regard or in relation to audible sound or the science of acoustics....
12. 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....
13. actinograph, n. View full entry 1840
...An instrument for recording variations in the intensity of solar radiation....
14. actinography, n. View full entry 1853
...An alternative name proposed for: photography. Obs....
15. actinometer, n. View full entry 1833
...Originally: an instrument for measuring the heating power of the sun's radiation. Later more widely: one for measuring the intensity of solar radiation (cf. actinograph1)....
16. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
17. 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 ...
18. actuality, n. View full entry a1398
...Capacity for action, effective power; activity. Also: an instance of this. Obs....
19. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
20. adder, n.2 View full entry 1547
...A person who adds (in various senses of the verb)....
