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1. agro-, comb. form View full entry 1893
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words with the sense ‘of or relating to agriculture’....
2. apex, n.1 View full entry 1604
...(As in Latin.) rare....
3. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
4. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
5. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
6. dicky | dickey, n. View full entry 1753
...Naut. (See quot. 1867.)...
7. hakeem | hakim, n. View full entry 1638
...A physician or doctor, in Muslim countries and in India....
8. madcap, n. and adj. View full entry 1589
...In early use: a madman; a maniac. Obs.rare....
9. mango, n.1 (and adj.) View full entry 1582
...The fruit of the mango tree (see sense 2), a sweet orange-fleshed drupe which is much eaten as dessert, especially in the tropics, and is used in its unripe state...
10. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
11. medico, n. View full entry 1689
...A medical practitioner; a medical officer. Also: a medical student. Now chiefly slang or humorous (exc. S. Asian)....
12. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
13. † mordisheen, n. View full entry 1598
...Cholera....
14. muckna, n. View full entry c1780
...In South Asia: a male elephant without tusks, or having only rudimentary tusks....
15. mugger, n.3 View full entry 1844
...A broad-nosed crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, found in rivers and lakes throughout South Asia. Also called marsh crocodile....
16. multi-, comb. form View full entry 1647
...Forming parasynthetic adjectives, with the sense ‘more than one, several, many’. From the adjectives are formed adverbs (e.g. multiserially) and nouns (e.g. multicellularity). Some formations of this kind...
17. mutton, n. View full entry c1300
...The flesh of sheep, used as food....
18. number, n. View full entry c1300
...The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or amount....
19. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
20. paan, n. View full entry 1598
...A preparation of betel leaves chewed as a stimulant; spec. a mixture of chopped areca nut, slaked lime, and other ingredients wrapped in a betel leaf....
