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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
3. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
4. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
5. abecedary, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1580
...= alphabetical1. Also, of a poem, etc.: that has each verse or line beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. Cf. abecedarian2....
6. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
7. Abitur, n. View full entry 1918
...In Germany: the set of examinations taken in the final year of secondary school, forming part of the entrance requirements for universities....
8. Abiturient, n. and adj. View full entry 1842
...In Germany: a candidate for the Abitur; a pupil who, having passed the Abitur, is leaving secondary school to enter a university....
9. absenteeism, n. View full entry 1821
...The practice of being an absentee; the practice of residing away from one's home, country, property, or place of work (esp. with reference to landowners or the clergy). See absentee1...
10. absit, n. View full entry 1857
...A notice granting temporary absence (originally for a day or part of a day) to a university student or a pupil at a boarding school. Cf. exeat2....
11. Academe, n. View full entry 1598
...orig. and chiefly literary. = academy2....
12. academia, n. View full entry 1542
...With capital initial. = academy1. Cf. Academe1b....
13. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
14. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
15. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
16. acceleration, n. View full entry 1490
...The action or process of accelerating or causing something to accelerate; speeding up; quickening. Also: an instance of this....
17. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
18. accessit, n. View full entry 1753
...In France: an honourable mention in an examination or competition. Also with preceding ordinal number denoting position in a series of such acknowledgements. Cf. proxime accessit...
19. accidence, n.2 View full entry c1434
...The branch of grammar which deals with the inflection of words, grammatical morphology; †an inflected form (obs.); (also) a book or treatise on the fundamentals of grammar (now hist....
20. accreditation, n. View full entry 1806
...The action of accrediting; the fact of being accredited; recommendation to credit or (esp. with reference to diplomats and journalists) to official recognition....
