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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
3. 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...
4. Abdominales, n. View full entry 1771
...A (former) division of bony fishes comprising those with pelvic fins located on the belly, between the pectoral and anal fins; fishes of this division. Cf. abdominal3abdominal1....
5. Abdominalia, n. View full entry 1854
...With pl. concord. A former order of barnacles which bore into a variety of calcareous material, comprising typically small, shell-less forms having several pairs of cirri towards the end of...
6. aberdevine, n. View full entry 1728
...The siskin, Carduelis spinus, esp. as a cage bird....
7. abichite, n. View full entry 1850
...= clinoclaseclino-1....
8. abiogenesis, n. View full entry 1870
...The supposed production of certain living organisms directly from inanimate matter, rather than by the reproduction of existing organisms; spontaneous generation. Opposed to biogenesis1a. Now chiefly hist....
9. abiogenist, n. View full entry 1870
...A person who supports the hypothesis of abiogenesis (spontaneous generation). Cf. abiogenesis1....
10. 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...
11. abortive, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...An aborted fetus; a stillborn child or animal. Cf. abortion2, abortus1. Obs....
12. aboulomania, n. View full entry 1883
...W. A. Hammond's name for: a form of insanity characterized by paralysis of the will or morbid doubts concerning actions (cf. abulia) (now hist.). In later use also:...
13. Abraham, n. View full entry c1300
...heaven; the place of rest for the souls of the righteous dead. Chiefly in Abraham's bosom....
14. abscession, n. View full entry 1583
...†Departure, removal, elimination (obs.); the cessation or termination of a disease. Now hist....
15. abscisin, n. View full entry 1961
...Either of two substances that promote leaf abscission, (more fully abscisin I) one isolated from cotton bolls (now hist.);(more fully abscisin II) = abscisic acid...
16. absinthism, n. View full entry 1866
...Acute or (usually) chronic intoxication with absinthe....
17. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
18. absorbent, adj. and n. View full entry 1694
...Having the property of absorbing something; esp. capable of soaking up liquids; of or relating to absorption or absorbency. In early use also (Chem. and Med.):...
19. absorptiometer, n. View full entry 1855
...Chem. A device for measuring the amount of gas absorbed by a liquid. Now hist....
20. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
