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1. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
2. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
3. alickadoo, n. View full entry 1961
...A person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member....
4. 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....
5. amateur dramatics, n. View full entry 1887
...Dramatic entertainment produced by non-professional companies or groups; the genre of non-professional theatre, esp. as performed by local drama societies (occas. mildly depreciative)....
6. 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....
7. anybody, n. and pron. View full entry 1490
...comb. of any and body in the sense of person (as in nobody, somebody): Any person, any one. It has all the...
8. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
9. armchair | ˌarm-ˈchair, n. View full entry 1633
...A chair with arms: see arm9....
10. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
11. ass, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A well-known quadruped of the horse kind, distinguished from the horse by its smaller size, long ears, tuft at end of tail, and black stripe across the shoulders. Found wild in western...
12. 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...
13. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
14. barmy, adj. View full entry 1535
...Of, full of, or covered with barm; frothing....
15. barn, n. View full entry c950
...A covered building for the storage of grain; and, in wider usage, of hay, straw, flax, and other produce of the earth....
16. base, n.1 View full entry ?a1325
...Part of a structure....
17. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
18. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
19. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
20. ˈbelter, n. View full entry 1823
...A heavy blow or series of blows; ? a pelting....
