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1. Aalenian, n. and adj. View full entry 1882
...A stage at the lowest level of the Middle Jurassic, lying next below the Bajocian; the geological age corresponding to this stage....
2. Aanderaa, n. View full entry 1969
...attrib. Designating an instrument for measuring, recording, and transmitting oceanographic data, typically the direction and speed of currents and the water temperature; esp. in Aanderaa current meter....
3. Aaron's beard, n. View full entry 1820
...Any of several plants which are thought to resemble a beard in growth, habit, or appearance; esp.the rose of Sharon, Hypericum calcinum, which has prominent tufts of hair-likeeither...
4. Abbe, n.2 View full entry 1876
...Used attrib., in the genitive, and with of, to designate optical instruments and concepts invented by or associated with Abbe....
5. Abdim, n. View full entry 1872
...In full Abdim's stork. A small stork native to Eastern Africa, Ciconia abdimii, with predominantly black plumage and white underparts....
6. Abelian, adj. View full entry 1846
...Designating concepts associated with Abel or arising from his work; of the nature of or relating to such a concept....
7. Abell, n. View full entry 1959
...With following numeral: any of certain galaxy clusters distinguished by their richness (i.e. the number and density of galaxies in their central regions) and listed by Abell in his catalogue....
8. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1639
...attrib. Of or relating to Aberdeen; spec. designating things originating in, made in, or associated with Aberdeen, as Aberdeen granite, Aberdeen sausage, etc....
9. aberdevine, n. View full entry 1728
...The siskin, Carduelis spinus, esp. as a cage bird....
10. Abernethian, adj. View full entry 1819
...Of, relating to, or associated with the surgeon John Abernethy or his theories of medicine; spec. designating a blunt manner of speaking reminiscent of that attributed to Abernethy (now ...
11. Abney, n. View full entry 1883
...a small hand-held instrument used in surveying for the measurement of slopes and vertical angles, invented by Abney in the 1870s....
12. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
13. acadialite, n. View full entry 1840
...A reddish mineral long recognized as a particular form of chabazite....
14. Acadian, n. and adj. View full entry 1705
...A native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward...
15. ACE, n.2 View full entry 1973
...Angiotensin converting enzyme....
16. Achilles, n. View full entry 1703
...the large strong tendon by which the muscles of the back of the lower leg are attached to the heel....
17. † achirite, n. View full entry 1820
...= dioptase...
18. ADA, n.1 View full entry 1963
...Biochem. The enzyme adenosine deanimase....
19. adamellite, n. View full entry 1896
...= tonalite Now disused....
20. adamite, n.2 View full entry 1866
...A zinc mineral occurring as yellow, green, or colourless crystals or crystal aggregates....
