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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aandblom, n. View full entry 1793
...Any of several evening-scented wild flowers of the family Iridaceae; esp. Hesperantha falcata, which has fragrant white flowers that open in the late afternoon....
3. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
4. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
5. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
6. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
7. albacore, n. View full entry 1579
...Any of several small and medium-sized tunas of the genera Thunnus and Euthynnus; (in later use) spec. T. alalunga, with very long pectoral fins, which is...
8. alder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A European tree, Alnus glutinosa (family Betulaceae), common on riverbanks and damp woodland across the northern hemisphere, having rounded toothed leaves and bearing male catkins and woody female...
9. apricot, n. View full entry 1551
...A stone-fruit allied to the plum, of an orange colour, roundish-oval shape, and delicious flavour....
10. baardman, n. View full entry 1853
...Name given to various fishes with barbels on the lips, and/or chin, as the sea-fish Sciæna capensis, related to and very like the Mediterranean umbra, or the fresh-water fish ...
11. bamboo, n. View full entry 1598
...A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics. Also the stem of any of these used as a stick, or as material....
12. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
13. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
14. beer, n.1 View full entry c1000
...An alcoholic liquor obtained by the fermentation of malt (or other saccharine substance), flavoured with hops or other aromatic bitters. Formerly distinguished from ale by being hopped; but now the...
15. berg, n.2 View full entry 1818
...A mountain....
16. berghaan, n. View full entry 1867
...A South African eagle, esp. the bateleur eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus....
17. biskop, n. View full entry 1902
...Either of two species of S. African fishes, namely the white biskop, Sparodon durbanensis, and the black, or blue, biskop, Cymatoceps nasutus....
18. blaasop, n. View full entry 1902
...A puff-fish: see puff1....
19. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
20. blackhead, n.2 and adj. View full entry 1658
...Any of various black-headed birds, esp. the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus; (S. Afr.) the black-headed canary, Serinus alario (family Fringillidae), the male...
