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1. accompany, v. View full entry 1426
...trans....
2. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
3. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
4. adjectival, adj. and n. View full entry 1647
...Grammar. That is or functions as an adjective; of, relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of an adjective or adjectives....
5. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
6. adjective, v. View full entry 1802
...trans.Grammar. To use as an adjective; to change or form into an adjective; = adjectivize...
7. adjectived, adj. View full entry 1798
...Grammar. Used as an adjective; changed or formed into an adjective. Obs....
8. adjectively, adv. View full entry 1550
...Grammar. In an adjectival manner; as an adjective; = adjectivally...
9. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
10. aerosol, n. View full entry 1923
...Physical Chem. A system of colloidal particles dispersed in the air or in a gas, such as mist, fog, or smoke....
11. Alaska, n. View full entry 1867
...the purchase by the United States from Russia, in 1867, of the territory now constituting the state of Alaska. Cf. purchase13c....
12. amiss, adv., adj., and n. View full entry a1250
...Erroneously, in a way that goes astray of, or misses its object....
13. ample, adj. View full entry 1481
...Extending far and wide; broad, wide, spacious. (Now always eulogistic: abundantly, excellently wide.)...
14. approach, v. View full entry c1305
...intr. To come nearer (relatively), or draw near (absolutely), in space....
15. arrangement, n. View full entry 1715
...The action of arranging or disposing in order....
16. 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...
17. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
18. backassward, adj. View full entry 1971
...= ass-backwards...
19. backasswards, adv. View full entry 1951
...= ass-backwards Cf. bass-ackwards...
20. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
