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1. abduct, v. View full entry 1765
...trans.Anat. and Zool. To draw (a part of the body) away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Contrasted with adduct. Cf....
2. 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...
3. † achage, n. View full entry 1875
...The state of having an ache....
4. adusted, adj. View full entry 1547
...= adust1a. Now hist. and rare....
5. Aesculapian, adj. and n. View full entry 1604
...Of or relating to Aesculapius; of or relating to medicine or doctors; healing, medical....
6. Aesculapius, n. View full entry 1586
...A physician....
7. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
8. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
9. analogue, n. and adj. View full entry 1808
...Zool. and Bot. Originally: an extant species which corresponds to a fossil form. Later more widely: a species or group of organisms in one region, ecosystem, or geological period...
10. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
11. animal, n. View full entry a1398
...A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli; any living creature, including man....
12. antship, n. View full entry 1771
...humorously as title for: An ant....
13. a posteriori, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1624
...A phrase used to characterize reasoning or arguing from effects to causes, from experience and not from axioms; empirical, inductive; inductively....
14. ass, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A well-known quadruped of the horse kind, distinguished from the horse by its smaller size, long ears, tuft at end of tail, and black stripe across the shoulders. Found wild in western...
15. attack, n. View full entry 1667
...The act of falling upon with force or arms, of commencing battle; an offensive operation; an onset, an assault. The common military term; opposed to defence....
16. attic, n.2 View full entry 1696
...A decorative structure, consisting of a small order (column and entablature) placed above another order of much greater height constituting the main façade. This was usually an Attic order, with pilasters instead...
17. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
18. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
19. badger, n.2 View full entry ?1523
...A nocturnal burrowing Eurasian mammal, Meles meles (family Mustelidae), having a grey coat and a white head bearing two long black stripes. Also: a similar animal, Taxidea...
20. bald-rib, n. View full entry 1598
...A joint of pork cut from nearer the rump than the spare-rib, so called ‘because the bones thereof are made bald and bare of flesh’ (Minsheu). Humorously used of: A lean bony...
