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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. advantage, n. View full entry c1300
...Benefit; increased well-being or convenience. As a count noun: a benefit received....
4. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
5. 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....
6. 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....
7. alley, n.2 View full entry 1720
...A toy marble (marble11a), orig. one of high quality made from marble or alabaster, later also one made from glass or other material. Also (occas.) attrib. in...
8. all-up, adj. and n. View full entry 1923
...Chiefly in all-up weight....
9. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
10. ask, n.1 View full entry a1000
...Asking, inquiry; thing asked, request....
11. auction, n. View full entry 1595
...The action of increasing; increase, growth....
12. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
13. babbler, n. View full entry 1366-7
...A person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer. ...
14. babbling, adj. View full entry a1250
...That talks rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way; chattering, prating, tattling; (also) full of or characterized by babble....
15. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
16. back country, n. View full entry 1746
...The country lying towards or in the rear of a settled district....
17. badger, n.2 View full entry ?1523
...A nocturnal burrowing Eurasian mammal, Meles meles (family Mustelidae), having a grey coat and a white head bearing two long black stripes. Also: a similar animal, Taxidea...
18. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
19. bagging, n.1 View full entry 1611
...The action of the verb bag in different senses....
20. baggy, adj. and n. View full entry 1808
...Puffed or bulging out, hanging in loose folds....
