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1. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
4. advance, v. View full entry a1250
...trans. To promote or help the progress, success, or completion of (something); to further....
5. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
6. afoot, adv. and adj. View full entry c1275
...On foot as opposed to on horseback or by some other means of locomotion; on or on to one's feet as opposed to a horse, vehicle, etc. Also (after an adjective): when...
7. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
8. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
9. all over, adv. and prep. View full entry ?c1225
...In every respect; throughout; fully, totally. Now colloq....
10. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
11. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
12. anchor, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To secure (the ship) with an anchor; to place at, or bring to, anchor....
13. 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...
14. aunt, n. View full entry 1297
...The sister of one's father or mother. Also, an uncle's wife, more strictly called an aunt-in-law....
15. bachelor, n. View full entry 1297
...A young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms. [On this sense was...
16. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
17. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
18. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
19. balance, n.1 View full entry 1297
...An apparatus for weighing, consisting of a beam poised so as to move freely on a central pivot, with a scale pan at each end....
20. bank, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...A portion of the surface of the ground raised or thrown up into a ridge or shelf; a lengthened mound with steeply sloping sides. Hence, One side or slope of...
