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1. abstraction, n. View full entry c1450
...The action of withdrawing or secluding oneself from worldly or sensual things, or of turning one's mind away from the world towards the contemplation of the spiritual; a state of solitude or...
2. abstractionism, n. View full entry 1842
...Usu. somewhat depreciative. The presentation of ideas in abstract terms; the tendency to favour abstract explanations and theories while ignoring or paying insufficient attention to concrete details or particular instances....
3. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1832
...A person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones....
4. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
5. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
6. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
7. amateur dramatics, n. View full entry 1887
...Dramatic entertainment produced by non-professional companies or groups; the genre of non-professional theatre, esp. as performed by local drama societies (occas. mildly depreciative)....
8. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
9. anthem, n. View full entry a1000
...A composition, in prose or verse, sung antiphonally, or by two voices or choirs, responsively; an antiphonObs. or arch....
10. anthemic, adj. View full entry 1978
...Of popular music: suggestive of or resembling an anthem, esp. in its evocative or emotive qualities; spec. (of a song or refrain) designed to rouse an audience. Sometimes mildly ...
11. AOR, n. View full entry 1977
...Album-oriented rock, a type of popular music typically characterized by long, free-form album tracks rather than short, tightly-structured singles; esp. any of various styles in which a rock backing is...
12. † ˈaphorismer, n. View full entry 1641
...A dealer in aphorisms. (contemptuous.)...
13. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
14. art, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Skill in doing something, esp. as the result of knowledge or practice....
15. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
16. artsy-craftsy, adj. View full entry 1902
...= arty-crafty...
17. arty-and-crafty, adj. View full entry 1902
...= arty-crafty...
18. arty-crafty, n. and adj. View full entry 1920
...A person associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement; esp. one considered pretentiously artistic. Now rare....
19. attiˈtudinizer, n. View full entry 1824
...One who practises or depicts attitudes. (Contemptuous.)...
20. auto-, comb. form1 View full entry c1833
...Forming chiefly scientific terms relating to chemical, biological, or organic processes, with the sense ‘originating within or acting on the body or organism in question; self-produced; self-induced’;human activity or behaviour,...
