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1. Abominable Snowman, n. View full entry 1921
...= yeti...
2. acephal, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Church Hist. = Acephalian Also: †a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop (cf. acephali1) (obs.rare). Usu. with capital...
3. acephali, n. View full entry OE
...Priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop. Also: bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop. Obs.rare....
4. Acheron, n. View full entry a1393
...In Greek mythology: one of the rivers of Hades over which the souls of the dead had to pass. Also in extended use: the underworld of the ancient Greeks; hell....
5. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
6. Aegipan, n. View full entry 1538
...A goat-like creature similar to a satyr. Also: (the name of) a Greek god resembling, and sometimes considered to be identical to, the god Pan (see Pan)....
7. aegis, n. View full entry c1425
...Classical Mythol. A shield, piece of defensive armour, or garment carried or worn by Zeus (Jupiter) or Athene (Minerva); (also) a carved or painted representation of this....
8. Aeolian, n. and adj. View full entry 1546
...A native or inhabitant of Aeolia or the Aeolian Islands....
9. Aesir, n. View full entry 1782
...A group of gods, including Odin and Thor, often associated with war and the sky and contrasted with the Vanir. Also (more generally): the Norse gods collectively. Cf. Vanir...
10. afanc, n. View full entry 1573
...In Welsh mythology: an aquatic monster. Also: an otter or beaver identified as such a monster....
11. agathodemon, n. View full entry 1738
...A beneficent spirit or divinity, esp. one manifested or depicted as a serpent or dragon. Also in extended use....
12. agathodemonic, adj. View full entry 1877
...Of or relating to an agathodemon; belonging to a beneficent spirit or divinity....
13. airy fairy, n. View full entry 1863
...A fairy, esp. one perceived as inhabiting the air....
14. 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....
15. All-Father, n. View full entry ?1790
...Chiefly with the. The father of all, the universal father; a name given to various supreme gods, esp. when considered as creator or progenitor of the human race, spec....
16. alp, n.3 View full entry 1828
...A spirit believed to settle on a person during sleep, producing a feeling of suffocation in the sleeper. Cf. incubus1, nightmare1a....
17. † altitonant, n. and adj. View full entry 1575
...A being that thunders from on high, esp. Jupiter. rare....
18. ambrosia, n. View full entry 1567
...In Greek mythology, The fabled food of the gods and immortals (as in Homer, etc.)....
19. ambrosial, adj. View full entry 1605
...Immortal, divine, celestial, ethereal....
20. amphibia, n. View full entry 1609
...A being that lives either in water or on land, or is equally at home in either element....
