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1. actorly, adj. View full entry 1957
...= actorish...
2. adage, n.2 View full entry 1920
...= adagio2a, 2b....
3. -adelic, comb. form View full entry 1967
...Forming adjectives designating something which embodies in a psychedelic way that which is denoted or implied by the first element....
4. aeolina, n. View full entry 1829
...A mouth organ or harmonica, comprising metal plates enclosing free reeds....
5. air de cour, n. View full entry 1878
...A type of short strophic song with lute accompaniment, popular in France in the late 16th and 17th centuries....
6. Aldwych farce, n. View full entry 1925
...Any of a series of farces, esp. those written by Ben Travers, presented at the Aldwych Theatre in the 1920s and early 1930s, typically characterized by broad satirical humour and featuring eccentric...
7. allargando, n. (and adv.) View full entry 1873
...A musical direction indicating that the time is to be made slower and the tone fuller; (also) a passage of music in this style. Also as : in a manner slower...
8. angle shot, n. View full entry 1860
...Billiards and Pool (chiefly U.S.). A shot which causes the cue ball to drive the object ball off at an angle....
9. animatic, n. View full entry 1977
...A preliminary mock-up of a film, television commercial, etc., consisting of a succession of images from a storyboard edited together with a soundtrack....
10. animato, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 1874
...(Directed to be) played in a lively or spirited manner....
11. art autre, n. View full entry 1957
...A style of painting in which spots or daubs of colour are applied in an apparently random manner, breaking with traditional ideas of composition, to evoke an emotion, landscape, etc.; = ...
12. Art Deco, n. View full entry 1966
...A style of design (in textiles, jewellery, ceramics, furniture, architecture, etc.) first popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and characterized by precise and strongly delineated geometric shapes and bold colour contrasts....
13. ˈatmosphered, adj. View full entry 1920
...Having or provided with atmosphere (sense 4)....
14. autophone, n. View full entry 1850
...Usu. with capital initial. A type of small barrel organ producing music by means of perforated cards. Now hist....
15. autophonic, adj. View full entry 1840
...Med. and Psychol. Originally: of or relating to autophony (now rare). In later use also: of or relating to the perception of the loudness or other quality...
16. ballabile, n. View full entry 1841
...A dance performed by the company in a ballet, or by the chorus in an opera; a piece of music accompanying this....
17. ballerino, n. View full entry 1934
...A male ballet dancer. Cf. ballerina...
18. balletomane, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1923
...A ballet enthusiast. Also attrib. or as ...
19. beat-box, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1983
...An electronic drum machine....
20. beat poetry, n. View full entry 1959
...Literary work produced by beat poets. Cf. beat poet...
