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1. Aalenian, n. and adj. View full entry 1882
...A stage at the lowest level of the Middle Jurassic, lying next below the Bajocian; the geological age corresponding to this stage....
2. Aaronic, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest....
3. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
4. Aaronid, n. and adj. View full entry 1850
...= Aaronite...
5. Aaronite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...A descendant or follower of Aaron; a member of the Jewish priesthood. Cf. Aaron...
6. † abarstic, adj. View full entry 1623
...Insatiable....
7. Abassian, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...= Abyssinian2....
8. Abbevillian, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare....
9. Abelian, adj. View full entry 1846
...Designating concepts associated with Abel or arising from his work; of the nature of or relating to such a concept....
10. Abernethian, adj. View full entry 1819
...Of, relating to, or associated with the surgeon John Abernethy or his theories of medicine; spec. designating a blunt manner of speaking reminiscent of that attributed to Abernethy (now ...
11. Abkhazian, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...A member of a Caucasian people inhabiting Abkhazia....
12. abote, adj. View full entry 1878
...Probably a misreading of a boot (boat)....
13. Abrahamic, adj. View full entry 1699
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the biblical patriarch Abraham; (also) of, relating to, or belonging to the group of religions comprising Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which trace their origin to Abraham....
14. Abrahamical, adj. View full entry 1683
...= Abrahamic...
15. abstable, adj. View full entry 1532
...Editorial misreading of obstacle Subsequently misinterpreted in quot. 1847....
16. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
17. Acacian, n. and adj. View full entry 1577
...A follower of the Arian Christological doctrines of Acacius, a 4th-cent. bishop of Caesarea....
18. Acadian, n. and adj. View full entry 1705
...A native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward...
19. Acehnese, n. and adj. View full entry 1692
...A native or inhabitant of the province (formerly a sultanate) of Aceh in northern Sumatra....
20. Acrasian, adj. View full entry 1818
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Acrasia, a personification of excess or intemperance presented as a deceitful enchantress in Spenser's Faerie Queene (cf. quot. 1590acrasia); spec....
