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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abuilding, adj. View full entry 1534
...In the process of being built or building. Also fig. in later use. Only in predicative use....
3. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
4. addition, n. View full entry c1400
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an appendix, an augmentation; (also) a person who becomes part of a family or other group of people....
5. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
6. adless, adj. View full entry 1905
...Of a newspaper, radio station, etc.: that is without advertisements; not carrying advertisements....
7. adobe, n. View full entry 1748
...A brick made of sand and clay mixed with water and an organic material such as straw, and left to dry in the sun....
8. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
9. 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...
10. Afghanistanism, n. View full entry 1948
...Preoccupation (esp. on the part of journalists) with distant events, as a diversion from controversial domestic issues (see quot. 1950)....
11. 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....
12. airhead, n. View full entry 1822
...Mining. Usu. in form air-head. A horizontal passage constructed in order to carry air to part of a mine. Now rare....
13. air shot, n. View full entry 1920
...U.S.Coal Mining. An explosive charge surrounded by a pocket of air to dampen the effects of the explosion; a small explosion produced in this way. Cf. shot7f,...
14. airway, n. View full entry 1800
...A passage for air, esp. one for ventilation in a mine....
15. aisle, n. View full entry 1398
...In a church: an area extending parallel to, and typically divided by pillars from, the main body of the church; (usually) each of a pair of such areas north and south of...
16. 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....
17. alley, n.1 View full entry 1360-1
...A passage between buildings; a narrow street or lane, esp. one wide enough only for pedestrians; a back lane....
18. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
19. allowable, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Worthy of praise; praiseworthy, laudable. Obs....
20. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
