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1. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
2. avoidance, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of emptying a vessel, etc., or of emptying away its contents; hence, a clearing away, removal; ejection, excretion. Obs....
3. diffusion, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of pouring or shedding forth; outpouring, effusion. Obs....
4. future, adj. and n. View full entry c1374
...That is to be, or will be, hereafter. Often qualifying a n., with the sense: The person or thing that is expected to be (what the n. denotes)....
5. gender, n. View full entry c1390
...Grammar....
6. lineage, n. View full entry 13..
...Lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry, pedigree....
7. manifest, adj. and adv. View full entry 1385
...Clearly revealed to the eye, mind, or judgement; open to view or comprehension; obvious....
8. material, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c1390
...Of or relating to matter or substance; formed or consisting of matter. In early use: †earthly (obs.)....
9. outer, adj. and n.2 View full entry c1380
...Designating a thing or condition external to the mind or person; objective, physical (as opposed to subjective, mental, emotional, etc.). Cf. inner2....
10. panel, n.1 View full entry 1336
...Originally: †a piece of cloth, esp. a piece placed under a saddle to protect the horse's back; a saddle pad (obs.). Later: the padded underpart of a saddle....
11. pattern, n. and adj. View full entry 1324
...Something shaped or designed to serve as a model from which a thing is to be made; a design, an outline; an original. Also fig....
12. peer, n. and adj. View full entry c1300
...A person of the same civil or ecclesiastical status or rank as the person in question; an equal before the law. Freq. with possessive adjective and in pl....
13. pleasure, n. View full entry a1393
...The condition or sensation induced by the experience or anticipation of what is felt to be good or desirable; a feeling of happy satisfaction or enjoyment; delight, gratification. Opposed to pain...
14. process, n. View full entry 1357
...The passing or lapsing of time, years, seasons, etc. Chiefly in in (also †by) (the) process of time: in the course of time, as time goes...
15. public, adj. and n. View full entry 1394
...Open to general observation, view, or knowledge; existing, performed, or carried out without concealment, so that all may see or hear. Of a person: that acts or performs in public....
16. residence, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The fact of living or staying regularly at or in a specified place for the performance of official duties, for work, or to comply with regulations; (also) the period during which such...
17. residue, n. View full entry a1382
...The remainder, the rest; that which is left....
18. rite, n. View full entry c1350
...A prescribed act or observance in a religious or other solemn ceremony. Also in extended use....
19. setting, n.1 View full entry 1397
...The action of the verb set in various transitive senses; putting, placing, planting, etc. Also, the fact of being set....
20. sex, n.1 View full entry a1382
...Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and many other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions; (hence) the members of these categories...
