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1. abacist, n. View full entry a1387
...A person who makes calculations using an abacus....
2. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
3. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a word: denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Freq. in abstract noun. Opposed to concrete....
4. abyss, n. View full entry a1398
...The primal formless chaos out of which the earth and the heavens were created....
5. acacia, n. View full entry a1398
...Med. Originally (later more fully German acacia): a gummy medicinal preparation made from the juice of unripe sloes or plums, used esp. as an astringent (now rare)....
6. accipiter, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally (chiefly Falconry): a bird of prey, esp. a hawk. In later use spec. (in Ornithol.): a hawk of the genus Accipiter...
7. accounting, n. View full entry a1387
...The action or process of reckoning, counting, or computing; numeration, computation, calculation; (also) an instance of this. Occas. in extended uses. Now chiefly in sense 1b....
8. acephal, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Church Hist. = Acephalian Also: †a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop (cf. acephali1) (obs.rare). Usu. with capital...
9. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
10. acinus, n. View full entry a1398
...Bot....
11. acute, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Med....
12. adamas, n. View full entry a1398
...A very hard substance mentioned by Pliny and other classical writers, variously identified (cf. adamant). Formerly also (without reference to classical writers): †a diamond (obs.)....
13. adduction, n.1 View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conveying something, esp. towards another; the fact of being so conveyed. Now rare....
14. adeps, n. View full entry a1398
...Animal fat; lard. In early use also: †adipose tissue, esp. that located beneath the skin (obs.)....
15. Afer, n. View full entry a1398
...An African. Cf. AfricObs....
16. affect, n. View full entry a1398
...The manner in which one is inclined or disposed; (also) the capacity for willing or desiring; a mental state, mood, or emotion, esp. one regarded as an attribute of a...
17. agnus castus, n. View full entry a1398
...An aromatic shrub, Vitex agnus-castus (family Verbenaceae), native to the Mediterranean and central Asia, which has digitate leaves, tall spikes of lilac-coloured flowers, and small round reddish-black berries;...
18. airy, adj. View full entry a1398
...Of or belonging to the air, esp. as distinguished from the earth, water, etc.; living or located in the air....
19. † aliet, n. View full entry a1398
...A bird of prey; esp. (in Wyclif) an osprey or a sea eagle; (Heraldry) a merlin or a sparrowhawk....
20. almagest, n. View full entry a1387
...The great astronomical treatise of Ptolemy (2nd cent. a.d.) on the motions of the planets, the sun, and the stars; an individual copy of this. Also in extended use: a...
