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1. absentaneous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Done in absence, relating to or characterized by absence; absent....
2. abysmal, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of, relating to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; profound; spec.: of, resembling, or relating to Hell; hellish....
3. acephalic, adj. View full entry 1656
...Having or recognizing no ruler, head, or chief; leaderless; = acephalous1....
4. adipal, adj. View full entry 1656
...Fat; (in later use) adipose. Cf. adipose1....
5. aduncous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Esp. of the nose or beak: hooked, bent inward. Also parasynthetic in aduncous-beaked....
6. advectitious, adj. View full entry 1656
...That has been brought from elsewhere; imported, foreign....
7. † adynamous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Weak, powerless....
8. † affictitious, adj. View full entry 1656
...Counterfeit, faked....
9. † alabandical, adj. View full entry 1656
...Barbarous, uncivilized....
10. † algifical, adj. View full entry 1656
...= algific...
11. alogic, adj. View full entry 1656
...Unreasonable, inconsiderate. Obs.rare....
12. altiloquent, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of speech, writing, etc.: characterized by altiloquence; loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown. Occas. also of a person: using such language....
13. † altisonous, adj. View full entry 1661
...= altisonant...
14. altivolant, adj. View full entry 1656
...Flying on high; high-flying....
15. † aˈmarous, adj. View full entry ?a1656
...‘Bitter, sharp, froward, hard to be appeased, spightful, sour.’ Blount Glossogr.1656....
16. ambagious, adj. View full entry 1656
...Full of ambages:...
17. † ambiˈfarious, adj. View full entry ?a1656
...‘Double, or that may be taken both ways.’ Blount Glossogr.1656; whence in Bailey 1721....
18. † amˈbiloquent, adj. View full entry 1656
...= ambiloquous...
19. † amboˈsexous, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of both sexes; hermaphrodite....
20. amburbial, adj. View full entry 1656
...lit. Connected with the circuit of a city; hence, Of or pertaining to the expiatory procession round the city of Rome....
