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1. absinthites, n. View full entry 1601
...A type of bitter wine flavoured with wormwood, often used medicinally. Cf. absinthe1....
2. academy school, n. View full entry 1603
...The institutional school of philosophy founded by Plato; = academy1b....
3. Achaemenid, n. and adj. View full entry 1601
...A member of the dynasty that ruled in ancient Persia from the time of Cyrus the Great (d. 529 b.c.) until the death of Darius III (330 b.c.)....
4. † acorum, n. View full entry 1601
...The plant sweet flag, Acorus calamus. Cf. acorus...
5. addax, n. View full entry 1601
...A large, stocky, mainly whitish antelope, Addax nasomaculata, related to the oryx, having long spiral horns, and occurring in desert areas of North Africa (where it is now endangered)....
6. † adipson, n. View full entry 1601
...The root of the liquorice plant, or the juice of this, formerly believed to quench thirst; (also) any drink that quenches thirst....
7. † adjutrice, n. View full entry 1609
...= adjutrix...
8. adventitious, adj. View full entry 1603
...Coming from outside or from an external source; added or occurring as a result of an external factor or of chance, rather than by design or inherent nature; extraneous, foreign; incidental....
9. † advenue, n. View full entry 1600
...Income, revenue....
10. Aeolic, adj. and n. View full entry 1603
...Of or relating to Aeolia or to the Aeolians or their language (see Aeolian1); Aeolian....
11. affectionally, adv. View full entry 1603
...With affection, affectionately, fondly; (also) †earnestly (obs.)....
12. afflux, n. View full entry 1603
...A flow or movement (of liquid, air, people, etc.) towards or into a particular place. Also: that which flows into something; an accession, an addition. Cf. efflux1, influx...
13. affranchised, adj. View full entry 1603
...That has been affranchised; freed, liberated, emancipated....
14. affronting, adj. View full entry 1600
...That affronts (in various senses); spec. †(in early use) that faces defiantly, that confronts (obs.); (later usually) openly or deliberately insulting or offensive....
15. agency, n. View full entry 1600
...The process of acting as an agent (agent2); the position, role, or function of an agent, deputy, or representative; an instance of this. Now somewhat rare....
16. agonal, n. View full entry 1610
...An account of the life of a Christian martyr; a martyrology....
17. alastor, n. View full entry 1603
...Usu. with capital initial. An avenging demon or god. More generally: any avenger of wrongs committed; an agent of retribution. Cf. nemesis1....
18. almandine, n. View full entry 1601
...A kind of garnet with a violet tint. Also almandine garnet. Cf. alabandine1, almandite...
19. † aload, adv. View full entry 1601
...As a load....
20. † ˈamarine, adj. View full entry 1601
...Bitter, sour....
