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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. acceleration, n. View full entry 1490
...The action or process of accelerating or causing something to accelerate; speeding up; quickening. Also: an instance of this....
3. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
4. accelerograph, n. View full entry 1875
...A device or apparatus for measuring and recording acceleration; spec. a seismograph for recording large earth tremors by this means....
5. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
6. Ackermann, n. View full entry 1898
...attrib. Designating a steering mechanism designed so that, when a vehicle turns, both the outer and the inner wheels remain perpendicular to the radius of the turn, even though the outer...
7. aero, adj. View full entry 1982
...Chiefly with reference to motor vehicles: aerodynamic, streamlined....
8. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
9. aerofoil, n. View full entry 1907
...A structure or surface having a profile that provides lift at right angles to its passage through the air; esp. a wing, aileron, tailplane, or elevator of an aircraft. Also:...
10. afterburning, n. and adj. View full entry 1855
...gen. Burning that takes place after some event....
11. agrimotor, n. View full entry 1916
...A powerful motor vehicle designed to haul agricultural equipment; a tractor....
12. 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....
13. airbag, n. View full entry 1782
...A bag inflated with air, esp. one in a motor vehicle designed to inflate upon impact so as to cushion the vehicle's occupants in a collision, or (U.S.)...
14. air-breathing, adj. View full entry 1791
...Designating an animal that breathes air. Often contrasted with water-breathing....
15. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
16. alloy, n. View full entry 1593
...The comparative purity of gold or silver; fineness. Cf. allay1a....
17. all-terrain, adj. View full entry 1956
...Designating a vehicle or equipment designed for use on rough or difficult terrain. Also (of driving, cycling, etc.): done on rough or difficult terrain, making use of this type of vehicle or...
18. alternative, adj. and n. View full entry 1540
...Characterized by alternation; alternating, alternate....
19. alternator, n. View full entry 1829
...Mech. A machine part that causes two different but complementary actions to occur alternately, or that undergoes two different actions alternately. Obs.rare....
20. amber, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1398
...orig. = ambergris (In 17th c. greece of amber, gris ambre, gray amber.) Obs....
