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1. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
2. † accord, adj. View full entry a1413
...In accord or agreement; in harmony....
3. † accumbrous, adj. View full entry a1450
...Cumbersome, troublesome....
4. acquaintable, adj. View full entry a1425
...Of a person: easy to be acquainted with; disposed to friendship; affable, amiable; (also) capable of being made an acquaintance. Occas. †(of a thing): able to be known or proved (obs....
5. afear, adj. and conj. View full entry c1410
...= afeared...
6. after-dinner, n. and adj. View full entry c1405
...The time after dinner; a period of time after dinner, often devoted to recreation; the remainder of the day after dinner. Also: the afternoon....
7. after-supper, n. and adj. View full entry c1405
...The time after supper; the time between supper and bedtime. Freq. in at after-supper. Obs. (arch. in later use)....
8. agreeable, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c1405
...With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste....
9. airish, adj. View full entry c1450
...Of or belonging to the air; aerial, airlike. Now rare....
10. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
11. amiable, adj. View full entry c1374
...(= French amiable, Latin amīcābil-em.)...
12. ammoniac, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...in sal ammoniac (Latin sal ammoniacus, French sel ammoniac) i.e. Salt of Ammon, a hard white opaque crystalline salt, supposed to have been originally prepared from...
13. † aˈmoved, adj. View full entry c1374
...Stirred, aroused, excited....
14. angel-like, adj. (and adv.) View full entry c1385
...Like or resembling angels; angelic....
15. † aˈnnoyful | anoyful, adj. View full entry c1386
...Full of annoyance; = annoyous...
16. aˈnnoying, adj. View full entry c1374
...Troubling, disturbing, causing annoyance....
17. † aˈnnoyous, adj. View full entry c1386
...Unpleasantly disturbing to the feelings; troublesome, vexatious, annoying; harmful, detrimental....
18. † aˈnnunciate, adj. View full entry c1386
...Announced, declared, proclaimed (especially beforehand)....
19. anointed, adj. View full entry c1374
...Smeared or rubbed with any unctuous matter; esp. having had oil poured on, as a sacred rite....
20. Antarctic, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Astron. Designating the celestial south pole, and a star that marks its position. Chiefly, and now only, in particular compounds, as Antarctic Circle1a and Antarctic Pole2...
