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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. ab, n.2 View full entry 1956
...An abdominal muscle; = abdominal3. Usu. in pl....
3. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
4. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry a1393
...Above the ground. Opposed to underground1a....
5. abseil, n. View full entry 1923
...A descent made by abseiling....
6. abseil, v. View full entry 1908
...intr. To descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface using a rope fixed at a higher point and coiled round the body or passed through a descendeur, the speed of...
7. abseiling, n. View full entry 1936
...The action of abseil; the sport or activity in which this technique is practised....
8. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
9. 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....
10. account, v. View full entry c1300
...trans. To present an account or reckoning of (one's actions, etc.); to answer for, to explain or justify. Also intr. with of. Cf. sense 3b....
11. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
12. ace, v. View full entry 1923
...trans.Sport....
13. Achilles, n. View full entry 1703
...the large strong tendon by which the muscles of the back of the lower leg are attached to the heel....
14. † acountering, n. View full entry a1400
...The action of acounter; combat, battle....
15. acrobat, n. View full entry 1827
...An entertainer who performs spectacular gymnastic feats. Also in extended use: an animal which climbs or perches nimbly. Also fig....
16. acrobatically, adv. View full entry 1860
...In the manner of an acrobat; with gymnastic skill....
17. acrobatism, n. View full entry 1848
...The art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats. Also in extended use....
18. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
19. 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 ...
20. activity, n. View full entry a1425
...The state of being actively occupied; brisk or vigorous action; busyness, liveliness, vigour....
