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1. abridgedly, adv. View full entry 1704
...In an abridged form; concisely, in brief....
2. absorbable, adj. View full entry 1779
...Capable of being absorbed or assimilated....
3. acceleratedly, adv. View full entry 1753
...In an accelerated manner; with ever increasing speed....
4. achromic, adj. View full entry 1762
...Lacking colour; spec. = achromatic1a1c2....
5. air cell, n. View full entry 1774
...Zool. and Anat. A specialized air-filled cavity within the body. Cf. air sacair2....
6. airtight, adj. and adv. View full entry 1728
...Impermeable to air. Also fig.: closed off, impenetrable....
7. alhagi, n. View full entry 1745
...Any of various spiny desert shrubs constituting the Eurasian genus Alhagi (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)); esp. camel thorn, A. maurorum, which exudes a...
8. alouatte, n. View full entry 1779
...A howler monkey (genus Alouatta)....
9. alula, n. View full entry 1772
...Ornithol. A group of three or four small quill feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing; the bastard wing....
10. † angle-taster, n. View full entry 1744
...App.: the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis....
11. † aˈnomalar, adj. View full entry 1709
...= anomalous...
12. apogeal, adj. View full entry 1754
...= apogean...
13. aponeurotic, adj. View full entry 1753
...Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, aponeuroses....
14. † apothecariry, n. View full entry 1748
...A drug-store....
15. argillite, n. View full entry 1795
...Argillaceous schist, clay slate. argiˈllitic Craig, 1847....
16. arsen-, comb. form View full entry 1796
...in Comb.: esp. in names of combinations of arsenic with organic radicals, as in Arsen-dimethyl (= cacodyl, As2 (CH3)4)....
17. asympˈtotical, adj. View full entry 1704
...Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an asymptote....
18. atherine, n. View full entry 1771
...Name given to various species of smelt....
19. † aveˈrruncal, adj. View full entry 1706
...Averting evil....
20. † ˈbaroˈselenite, n. View full entry 1786
...Native sulphate of barium; now called barite or barytes...
