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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
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. abaction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of driving something away; spec. the action of stealing livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away....
5. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
6. † abarticulation, n. View full entry 1721
...= diarthrosis...
7. abaxile, adj. View full entry 1847
...Of a plant embryo: positioned off the main axis or central line; = abaxial2Obs....
8. abdomen, n. View full entry ?1541
...Anat. and Zool. In humans and other vertebrates: the belly; the part of the trunk of body between the chest and the pelvis; the cavity of the body bounded...
9. abdominal, adj. and n. View full entry 1650
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the abdomen (abdomen1); located on or in the abdomen....
10. Abdominales, n. View full entry 1771
...A (former) division of bony fishes comprising those with pelvic fins located on the belly, between the pectoral and anal fins; fishes of this division. Cf. abdominal3abdominal1....
11. abdominoscopy, n. View full entry 1826
...Originally: examination of the abdomen by visual inspection or by other standard methods of physical examination (palpation, percussion, etc.) (now disused). In later use: endoscopic examination of the abdominal cavity;...
12. abduce, v. View full entry 1537
...trans. = abduct2a. Now chiefly U.S....
13. abducens, n. View full entry 1615
...An abductor muscle; spec. the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Also abducens muscle. Now rare....
14. abducent, adj. and n. View full entry 1649
...Anat. and Zool. Designating an abductor muscle; of or relating to abduction. Contrasted with adducent1. Now rare....
15. abduction, n. View full entry 1623
...The action of leading or drawing something away; an instance of this. Obs....
16. abductive, adj. View full entry 1803
...Characterized by leading or drawing away; tending toward withdrawal or removal. Now rare....
17. abed, adv. View full entry c1300
...In bed. Now somewhat arch....
18. 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 ...
19. † abevacuation, n. View full entry 1754
...Partial or gentle evacuation; an instance of this....
20. abichite, n. View full entry 1850
...= clinoclaseclino-1....
