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1. abduct, v. View full entry 1765
...trans.Anat. and Zool. To draw (a part of the body) away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Contrasted with adduct. Cf....
2. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
3. abnormous, adj. View full entry 1710
...Originally: irregular; exaggerated; misshapen. In later use also (humorous, chiefly U.S.): enormous....
4. abominable, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1340
...That excites moral or physical revulsion or disgust; offensive, reprehensible; loathsome, odious, detestable....
5. † acquiescate, v. View full entry a1586
...intr. = acquiesce...
6. Adam, n.1 View full entry OE
...The first human in the biblical account of the creation of the world, as a symbol of humanity or human nature, esp. of the state of sin into which, according to traditional...
7. adelantado, n. View full entry 1588
...The governor of a Spanish province, acting as the chief civil and judicial authority, and as military commander-in-chief in time of war; (also) a military leader with the authority to explore, colonize,...
8. Aesculapian, adj. and n. View full entry 1604
...Of or relating to Aesculapius; of or relating to medicine or doctors; healing, medical....
9. Aesculapius, n. View full entry 1586
...A physician....
10. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
11. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
12. altesse, n. View full entry 1559
...Chiefly in French or continental European contexts: a person of high rank, a nobleman or noblewoman. Freq. as a title, usually with possessive and capital initial: ‘Highness’. Sometimes ironic or...
13. analogue, n. and adj. View full entry 1808
...Zool. and Bot. Originally: an extant species which corresponds to a fossil form. Later more widely: a species or group of organisms in one region, ecosystem, or geological period...
14. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
15. anfractuous, adj. View full entry 1621
...Winding, sinuous, involved; roundabout, circuitous; spiral....
16. 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....
17. Anno Domini, adv. and n. View full entry 1579
...In the year of the Christian era; in the year since (the reputed date of) the birth of Christ....
18. a posteriori, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1624
...A phrase used to characterize reasoning or arguing from effects to causes, from experience and not from axioms; empirical, inductive; inductively....
19. ass, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A well-known quadruped of the horse kind, distinguished from the horse by its smaller size, long ears, tuft at end of tail, and black stripe across the shoulders. Found wild in western...
20. asset, n. View full entry c1523
...Law. In pl., originally as mass noun, subsequently with pl. concord....