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1. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
2. acetifier, n. View full entry 1853
...An apparatus in which acetous fermentation is carried out in the manufacture of vinegar....
3. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
4. 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....
5. acierate, v. View full entry 1867
...trans. To convert (iron) into steel....
6. Adansonia, n. View full entry 1763
...A tree of the genus Adansonia (family Malvaceae) comprising the baobab trees of Africa (particularly Madagascar) and Australia; esp. the African species A. digitata...
7. 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....
8. affine, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To refine (metal). Obs. (rare after 16th cent.)....
9. 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....
10. agalite, n. View full entry 1878
...A fine, fibrous variety of talc used esp. in the manufacture of paper....
11. aggregate, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Constituted by the collection of many particles or units into one body, mass, or amount; collective, whole, total....
12. 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....
13. 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....
14. air bladder, n. View full entry 1675
...Biol. and Anat....
15. air hole, n. View full entry 1601
...A hole or passage to admit air; esp. a hole in a layer of ice formed over deep water, providing a breathing-place for aquatic animals or divers....
16. albata, n. View full entry 1833
...A metal alloy resembling silver in appearance and containing copper, nickel, and zinc; white metal, German silver....
17. alchemy, n. and adj. View full entry c1390
...The branch of study and practical craft in the medieval and early renaissance period concerned with the nature and transformation of physical substances, esp. the transmutation of baser metals into gold; the...
18. alchemy, v. View full entry 1615
...trans. To treat, produce, or transform by (or as if by) alchemy; (in early use) spec. †to plate or alloy with another metal (obs.). Now chiefly ...
19. Alclad, n. View full entry 1927
...A composite material consisting of sheets of aluminium alloy coated with pure aluminium (or an aluminium alloy different from that of the core) so as to increase corrosion resistance....
20. 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....
