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1. abstractum, n. View full entry 1728
...An abstract entity or property; esp. an abstract term; = abstract1....
2. acanthaceous, adj. View full entry 1738
...Of the nature of an acanthus; (in later use) spec. belonging to or characteristic of the family Acanthaceae, comprising chiefly tropical shrubs and vines and having the genus...
3. Acephalite, n. View full entry 1728
...= Acephalian...
4. † actionary, n. View full entry 1728
...A shareholder. Cf. action9....
5. amalgamating, n. View full entry 1753
...lit. The process of alloying with mercury; hence, of intimately combining different elements into one. (Mostly gerundial or attrib.)...
6. † aˌmalgamiˈzation, n. View full entry 1753
...= amalgamation...
7. ˈamber-seed, n. View full entry 1728
...An old name for the seeds of Abelmoschus moschatus, also called Musk-seed, and Ambrette, used to perfume hair-powder, pomatum, etc....
8. ambigenal, adj. View full entry 1728
...Of two kinds, hybrid. (Used by Newton to describe one kind of hyperbola.)...
9. † amˈblygonous, adj. View full entry 1728
...= amblygonal...
10. aˈmober | aˈmobr | aˈmobyr, n. View full entry 1728
...Technical term in the Welsh Laws for the ‘maiden-fee’ formerly payable to a lord on the marriage of a maid of his manor....
11. ampelite, n. View full entry 1728
...A bituminous earth; perhaps cannel coal....
12. amphictyonic, adj. View full entry 1753
...Of the Amphictyons; also transf....
13. ana, suffix and n. View full entry 1728
...Notable sayings of a person, literary trifles, society verses, items of gossip etc. of a place, as Walpoliana, Tunbrigiana....
14. anamorphosis, n. View full entry 1728
...A distorted projection or drawing of anything, so made that when viewed from a particular point, or by reflection from a suitable mirror, it appears regular and properly proportioned; a deformation....
15. android, n. View full entry 1728
...An automaton resembling a human being. Also attrib....
16. ˈandrolepsy, n. View full entry 1728
...A custom whereby according to Athenian law, if a citizen were killed abroad, and his death unatoned for, three subjects of the offending country were seized as reprisals....
17. anemometer, n. View full entry 1728
...An instrument for measuring the force of the wind; a wind-gauge....
18. † ˌaneuryˈsmatical, adj. View full entry 1753
...= aneurysmatic...
19. angelite, n. View full entry 1753
...A sect of ancient heretics, which arose a.d. 494....
20. angelography, n. View full entry 1753
...A descriptive treatise on the angels....
