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1. 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...
2. affect, v.2 View full entry c1425
...trans. Of a disease: to act on, lay hold of, or attack (a person, organ, etc.) contagiously. Also in extended use. (In later use merging with sense 3.)...
3. agree, v. View full entry a1413
...trans....
4. airish, adj. View full entry c1450
...Of or belonging to the air; aerial, airlike. Now rare....
5. alaunt, n. View full entry c1405
...A large fierce dog or mastiff of a breed valued for its use in hunting and fighting....
6. albification, n. View full entry c1405
...The process of transforming a substance, or of being transformed, to a state of whiteness....
7. alembic, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. An early apparatus used for distilling, consisting of two connected vessels, a typically gourd-shaped cucurbit containing the substance to be distilled, and a receiver or flask in which the product...
8. † aleys, n. View full entry a1425
...The bitter fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis....
9. almucantar, n. View full entry c1400
...A circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizon, typically one of a series that cut the meridian at equal angular separations; a parallel of altitude....
10. † alp, n.2 View full entry a1425
...The bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula....
11. aˈmalgam, v. View full entry c1386
...trans. To soften by combination with mercury; to alloy with mercury. Obs....
12. ammoniac, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...in sal ammoniac (Latin sal ammoniacus, French sel ammoniac) i.e. Salt of Ammon, a hard white opaque crystalline salt, supposed to have been originally prepared from...
13. Antarctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial south pole, and a star that marks its position. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Antarctic Circle1a and Antarctic Pole2...
14. apoplexy, n. View full entry c1386
...A malady, very sudden in its attack, which arrests more or less completely the powers of sense and motion; it is usually caused by an effusion of blood or serum in the...
15. appearance, n. View full entry c1384
...The action of coming forward into view or becoming visible....
16. † aquilon, n. View full entry c1374
...The north or north-north-east wind....
17. Arabian, adj. and n. View full entry c1391
...Belonging to Arabia. Arabian bird: the phœnix, fig. a unique specimen. Arabian horse = Arab2. Arabian nights: fabulous stories....
18. Arabic, adj. View full entry c1400
...Of or pertaining to Arabia or its language. arabic numerals...
19. arc, n. View full entry c1386
...Part of the circumference of a circle or other curve....
20. Arctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial north pole, and the Pole Star that marks its position in the sky. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Arctic Circle2 and...
