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1. agitation, n. View full entry 1547
...The state or condition of being moved backwards and forwards repeatedly; commotion, disturbance, perturbation; an instance of this....
2. agro-, comb. form View full entry 1893
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words with the sense ‘of or relating to agriculture’....
3. 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...
4. communal, adj. View full entry a1470
...Common, unanimous. Obs....
5. communalism, n. View full entry 1871
...A principle or system of social organization in which the major political units of society are local self-governing communities. Now rare (hist. in later use)....
6. communalist, n. and adj. View full entry 1871
...An advocate of communalism (communalism1); esp. a member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871, a Communard. Now rare (hist....
7. Naxalite, n. and adj. View full entry 1969
...In South Asia: a supporter or adherent of Maoist communism; spec. a member of an armed Maoist revolutionary movement....
8. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
9. panchayat, n. View full entry 1778
...In South Asia: a group of five or more people which sits as a council or a court of law to decide on matters affecting a village, community, or caste....
10. parishad, n. View full entry 1861
...In South Asia: (originally) an assembly of learned men; (later) a local assembly or council (cf. panchayat). Chiefly hist....
11. partyman, n. View full entry 1693
...Mil. A soldier belonging to, or officer commanding, a party or detachment of troops. See party10a. Obs....
12. pensionary, adj. View full entry a1475
...That pays a pension; spec. (of a church, vicarage, etc.) charged with an annual payment to a superior church or other ecclesiastical body (cf. pension4a). Obs....
13. soft, adj. View full entry c1000
...Producing agreeable or pleasant sensations; characterized by ease and quiet enjoyment; of a calm or placid nature....
14. Volksraad, n. View full entry 1840
...The House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa; formerly the chief legislative assembly in either of the former South African republics of the Transvaal or the Orange Free State....
