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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. adhesion, n. View full entry a1500
...Steadfast commitment to a person or thing; loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, devotion. Also: an instance of this. Cf. adherence1....
3. 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....
4. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
5. aerodone, n. View full entry 1907
...A glider....
6. aerodrome, n.2 View full entry 1902
...A place where a balloon or flying machine is housed; a hangar. rare. Now disused....
7. aerogram, n. View full entry 1890
...A message sent by (an imagined) aircraft or airline. Obs.nonce-use....
8. aeroplane, n. View full entry 1866
...A flattened structure, originally plane but later aerodynamically curved, that forms the principal lifting surface of an aircraft; esp. a wing. Cf. aerofoil1plane5. Now ...
9. aerovane, n. View full entry 1928
...Aeronaut. A marker for aircraft pilots consisting of a tall pole with a wind sock and indicators of compass direction and location. rare. Now disused....
10. agrimotor, n. View full entry 1916
...A powerful motor vehicle designed to haul agricultural equipment; a tractor....
11. aileron, n. View full entry 1797
...Entomol. In dipteran flies: an alula. Now disused....
12. air wheel, n. View full entry 1832
...A wheel designed to move air; spec. an aircraft propeller. Now disused....
13. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
14. astro-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming terms relating to stars, other celestial objects, or outer space....
15. auto-, comb. form1 View full entry c1833
...Forming chiefly scientific terms relating to chemical, biological, or organic processes, with the sense ‘originating within or acting on the body or organism in question; self-produced; self-induced’;human activity or behaviour,...
16. automatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1599
...Of action, etc.: self-generated, spontaneous; (of a thing) self-acting; having the power of motion within itself. In later use (Physiol.): having intrinsic activity that is not dependent upon external stimuli...
17. automobile, adj. and n. View full entry 1876
...Propelled by some internal mechanism, self-moving; (esp. of a vehicle) having its own means of propulsion, as opposed to being horse-drawn, pulled by a locomotive, etc. Now rare....
18. 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...
19. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
20. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
