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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abeng, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of bugle made from a cow horn, used by the maroons as a musical instrument and to send signals....
3. abhinaya, n. View full entry 1880
...In Indian dance: the use of any of various expressive techniques to convey a mood, emotion, theme, or idea....
4. abonné, n. View full entry 1858
...A person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre. Also in extended use. Cf. abonnement...
5. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
6. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry a1393
...Above the ground. Opposed to underground1a....
7. abracadabra, n. and int. View full entry 1565
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abracadabra’, supposed to act as a charm against illness, evil, etc., or (in later use esp.) to assist in the performance of magic; a...
8. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
9. absolute pitch, n. View full entry 1721
...A fixed standard of pitch determined by the frequency of vibration....
10. absurd, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Of a thing: against or without reason or propriety; incongruous, unreasonable, illogical....
11. absurdist, n. and adj. View full entry 1894
...A person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner. rare....
12. absurdity, n. View full entry c1429
...Music. Lack of harmony, dissonance; an instance of this. Obs....
13. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1785
...Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music)....
14. accelerando, adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1784
...With a gradual increase of speed. Freq. as an instruction in a score....
15. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
16. accentor, n. View full entry 1656
...Music. A person who performs the treble part in a trio or choir. Cf. incentor2succentor1b. Obs....
17. acciaccatura, n. View full entry 1749
...An ornament in keyboard music consisting of a non-harmonic note a tone or semitone below the main note, sounded simultaneously with it and immediately released; (also in 19th and 20th cent. music)...
18. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1387-8
...Not essential to the existence of a thing; not necessarily present, incidental, secondary, subsidiary....
19. accolade, n. View full entry 1591
...The salutation marking the bestowal of knighthood, applied by a stroke on the shoulders with the flat of a sword (now the usual form) and in earlier use also simply by an...
20. accompagnato, adj. and n. View full entry 1825
...Of a recitative: accompanied by an orchestra. Cf. recitativo accompagnato...
