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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abeam, adv. View full entry 1789
...On a line at right angles to a ship's course; opposite the middle of a vessel. Later also of an aircraft. Cf. beam17....
3. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
4. abort, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Abortion; miscarriage; an instance of this. Esp. in to make abort. Obs....
5. abort, v. View full entry 1540
...intr. Of a pregnant woman or animal: to expel an embryo or fetus from the uterus, esp. before it is viable; to suffer a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage. Cf. miscarry...
6. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
7. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
8. ack-ack, adj. and n. View full entry 1916
...Representing the letters a. a., short for anti-aircraft (see anti-aircraft)....
9. Ada, n.2 View full entry 1979
...(The name of) a high-level programming language used chiefly in real-time control systems, e.g. for aircraft navigation....
10. adjustable, adj. View full entry 1768
...Capable of being adjusted (in various senses of the verb); esp. capable of being altered or modified....
11. aerial, adj. View full entry ?1545
...Dwelling, flying, or moving in the air, above the earth; occurring or taking place in the air; (spec. of birds or bats) spending much of the time airborne....
12. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
13. aerobat, n.2 View full entry 1929
...A person who performs aerobatics....
14. aerobat, v. View full entry 1930
...intr., and trans. with it. To perform aerobatics. rare....
15. aerobatic, adj. View full entry 1918
...That performs feats of expert aviation; of or relating aerobatics....
16. † aerobatics, n.1 View full entry 1879
...With sing. concord: aviation. Cf. aerobat...
17. aerobatics, n.2 View full entry 1915
...With pl. concord: feats of expert aviation, esp. when performed for display; (with sing. concord) the practice of performing such feats. Also in extended use....
18. aerobot, n. View full entry 1987
...A robot-controlled aircraft, typically pilotless. Also: an automated package of instruments for use in interplanetary exploration....
19. aerobrake, n. View full entry 1973
...A structure on an aircraft or spacecraft designed to increase atmospheric drag, esp. for aerobraking....
20. aerodone, n. View full entry 1907
...A glider....
