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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
3. historical, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1475
...Belonging to, constituting, or of the nature of history; in accordance with history....
4. mode, n. View full entry c1400
...Music....
5. monad, n. and adj. View full entry 1615
...The number one, unity. Also: an arithmetical unit....
6. monadic, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1788
...Of or relating to monads or units....
7. motivity, n. View full entry a1688
...The power to cause or initiate motion....
8. multiple, n. and adj. View full entry a1595
...Sc. A multitude, a great number; = multiplieObs.rare....
9. partition, n. View full entry 1429
...The action or process of dividing into shares or portions; distribution among a number....
10. physiological, adj. View full entry 1610
...Relating to the material universe or to natural science; physical. Sometimes: spec. of, relating to, or characteristic of the philosophers of the Ionic school as students of nature. Obs....
11. primitive, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A firstborn child or animal. Obs....
12. problem, n. View full entry a1382
...A puzzle; a riddle; an enigmatic statement. Obs....
13. proto-, comb. form View full entry 1576
...Prefixed to nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘earliest, original; at an early stage of development, primitive; incipient, potential’....
14. protocol, n. View full entry c1450
...A prologue; prefatory material. Obs.rare....
15. pseudo-, comb. form View full entry a1425
...Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘false, pretended, counterfeit, spurious, sham; apparently but not really, falsely or erroneously called or represented, falsely, spuriously’....
16. psycho-, comb. form View full entry 1607
...Forming words with the senses ‘of or relating to the soul or spirit’, ‘of or relating to the mind or psyche’, ‘of or relating to psychology’....
17. quantum, n. and adj. View full entry 1567
...Chiefly Philos. Something that has quantity; (sometimes) spec. = quantity3....
18. reciprocal, adj. and n. View full entry 1567
...Of the nature of, or relating to, a return (in kind); made, given, etc., in response; answering, corresponding....
19. red, adj. and n. (and adv.) View full entry eOE
...Designating the colour of blood, a ruby, a ripe tomato, etc., and appearing in various shades at the longer-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, next to orange and opposite to violet; of...
20. reflexive, adj. and n. View full entry 1588
...Capable of turning, deflecting, or bending (something) back. rare....
