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1. Aaron's rod, n. View full entry 1631
...In similative and allusive use: a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it....
2. abstractionism, n. View full entry 1842
...Usu. somewhat depreciative. The presentation of ideas in abstract terms; the tendency to favour abstract explanations and theories while ignoring or paying insufficient attention to concrete details or particular instances....
3. abuilding, adj. View full entry 1534
...In the process of being built or building. Also fig. in later use. Only in predicative use....
4. abutment, n. View full entry 1614
...App.: a projecting spit of land, a promontory. Obs.rare....
5. acetifier, n. View full entry 1853
...An apparatus in which acetous fermentation is carried out in the manufacture of vinegar....
6. acidization, n. View full entry 1893
...The process or action of acidizing something, esp. a well or a rock formation; an instance of this....
7. acid test, n. View full entry 1759
...A chemical test involving reaction with an acid (occas., a test for an acid); spec. a test for gold or other precious metal using nitric acid....
8. acroteria, n. View full entry 1719
...= acroterion1a....
9. ad hocism, n. View full entry 1956
...depreciative. The use of (or tendency to use) ad hoc measures, rather than general long-term strategies, to deal with issues, situations, etc....
10. adless, adj. View full entry 1905
...Of a newspaper, radio station, etc.: that is without advertisements; not carrying advertisements....
11. adultescent, n. View full entry 1996
...An adult who has retained the interests, behaviour, or lifestyle of adolescence. Cf. kidult, Middle Youthmiddle1....
12. advertiser, n. View full entry 1548
...A person who informs, notifies, or warns. Obs. (arch. in later use)....
13. advertorial, n. View full entry 1914
...An advertisement or publication giving information about a product or service in the style of an editorial or objective report. Also as a mass noun: this as a method or genre of...
14. aedicular, adj. View full entry 1844
...Of, possessing, or characterized by the presence of an aedicule or aedicules; that forms or resembles an aedicule....
15. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
16. after-blow, n.2 View full entry 1879
...Esp. in the basic Bessemer process: continuation of the blow (blow4) for a short time after decarburization is complete, in order to dephosphorize the steel....
17. Aich's metal, n. View full entry 1861
...A hard alloy of copper, zinc, and iron, used (esp. formerly) in gun-making and marine engineering....
18. air bladder, n. View full entry 1675
...Biol. and Anat....
19. air-box, n. View full entry 1744
...An air chamber (in various senses). Now chiefly hist....
20. air drainage, n. View full entry 1816
...Mining and Agric. Drainage into the air; a system of drains that is open to the air at some point. Obs....
