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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. acidization, n. View full entry 1893
...The process or action of acidizing something, esp. a well or a rock formation; an instance of this....
3. alkitran, n. View full entry c1400
...Any of various resins, oils, and pitch-like substances with a practical use (see also some of the 18th- and 19th-cent. quots.); spec.mineral pitch, native asphalt;the resin from trees such...
4. alkylation, n. View full entry 1885
...The process of introducing one or more alkyl groups into a compound; an instance of this; spec. the treatment of a petroleum fraction to produce branched-chain hydrocarbons, esp. isooctane....
5. allowable, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Worthy of praise; praiseworthy, laudable. Obs....
6. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
7. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
8. † aquae-ˈoleous, adj. View full entry 1675
...Containing or consisting of both water and oil (as new milk)....
9. asboline, n. View full entry 1863
...An acrid volatile oil obtained from soot....
10. 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...
11. 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...
12. beak, n.1 View full entry c1220
...The horny termination of the jaws of a bird, consisting of two pointed mandibles adapted for piercing and for taking firm hold: a bird's bill....
13. becuiba, n. View full entry 1842
...A Brazilian timber tree, Virola bicuhyba; used attrib. in becuiba nutbecuiba tallowor becuiba fat...
14. beech, n. View full entry a800
...A well-known forest tree indigenous to Europe and Western Asia, having fine thin smooth bark, and glossy oval leaves; its boughs and foliage form a dense mass, and it bears triquetrous nuts...
15. ben, n.3 View full entry 1559
...The winged seed of the Horse-radish tree (Moringa pterygosperma); also called ben-nut....
16. benic, adj. View full entry 1863
...Obtained from oil of ben....
17. bergamot, n.1 View full entry 1696
...A tree of the orange and lemon kind (Citrus bergamia); from the rind of the fruit a fragrant oil is prepared, called Essence of Bergamot. Also attrib., as...
18. big inch, adj. and n. View full entry 1942
...Of an oil or natural gas pipeline: having a large diameter....
19. biogas, n. View full entry 1958
...Fuel gas obtained directly from plant or animal material, typically by the bacterial decomposition of animal or vegetable waste in the absence of oxygen, which produces mainly a mixture of methane and...
20. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
