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1. adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a person: having reached the age of maturity; grown-up....
2. aerosol, n. View full entry 1923
...Physical Chem. A system of colloidal particles dispersed in the air or in a gas, such as mist, fog, or smoke....
3. Alaska, n. View full entry 1867
...the purchase by the United States from Russia, in 1867, of the territory now constituting the state of Alaska. Cf. purchase13c....
4. ample, adj. View full entry 1481
...Extending far and wide; broad, wide, spacious. (Now always eulogistic: abundantly, excellently wide.)...
5. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
6. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
7. backside, n. View full entry 1489
...The hinder or back part; the back, the rear....
8. 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....
9. beg, v. View full entry ?c1225
...To ask alms or by way of alms....
10. beggar, n. View full entry a1250
...One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing....
11. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
12. blessed | blest, adj. View full entry c1175
...Consecrated, hallowed, holy; consecrated by a religious rite or ceremony....
13. ˈblooming, adj. View full entry c1375
...That blooms, or is in flower....
14. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
15. business, n. View full entry OE
...Anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness. Obs....
16. buzzard, n.1 View full entry c1300
...Name for the genus Buteo of birds of the falcon family, esp. B. vulgaris. Applied also, with defining words, to other birds belonging to the Falconidæ:...
17. certain, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1297
...Determined, fixed, settled; not variable or fluctuating; unfailing. To avoid ambiguity from confusion with sense A. 7, the adj. is sometimes put after its n., as a certain day...
18. challenge, v. View full entry ?c1225
...trans. To accuse, bring a charge against, arraign, impeach. Also absol.Obs. (or ? dial.)...
19. chamber, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A room or suite of rooms in a house, typically one allotted to the use of a particular person, a private room; (in later use) esp. a bedroom, typically on...
20. circulation, n. View full entry 1535
...Movement in a circle, circular motion or course....
