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1. anthropologist, n. View full entry 1798
...One who pursues the science of anthropology, a student of mankind....
2. antisocial, adj. View full entry 1797
...Opposed to sociality, averse to society or companionship....
3. big man, n. View full entry 1789
...A man of high status or importance in a social group, organization, business, etc.; a leader, a boss....
4. bond, v. View full entry 1700
...trans....
5. bonding, n. View full entry 1700
...Building. The binding or connecting together (bricks, stones, or parts of a structure) by making them overlap and hold together; also, binding or strengthening by means of bonders. Also...
6. clientism, n. View full entry 1799
...A social, administrative, or political system which depends upon relationships of patronage; = clientelism...
7. kinship, n. View full entry 1786
...Relationship by descent; consanguinity....
8. mobilization, n. View full entry 1799
...Econ. and Finance. The action or process of bringing into circulation or realizing assets, capital, etc.; an instance of this. In Law: the conversion of real into...
9. modernization, n. View full entry 1770
...The action or an act of modernizing something; the state of being modernized. Also: a modernized version....
10. molecular, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1770
...Of or relating to a molecule or molecules; consisting of molecules (rather than atoms); acting or inherent in the molecules of a substance....
11. Mongolian, adj. and n. View full entry 1706
...Relating to or characteristic of Mongolia, the Mongols, their languages, etc.; = Mongol1....
12. multilineal, adj. View full entry a1800
...Having several or many lines; (Cultural Anthropol.) denoting a kinship system which includes relationships derived from families of both the father and the mother....
13. Omaha, n. and adj. View full entry 1761
...A member of a North American Indian people of north-eastern Nebraska and western Iowa....
14. ongon, n. View full entry 1789
...In the shamanist religion of Mongolia (esp. among the Buriats): an image representing a god or spirit and supposed to be endowed with its power; a fetish. Cf. obo...
15. osteo-, comb. form View full entry 1794
...an aneurysm within a bone....
16. palaeo- | paleo-, comb. form View full entry 1798
...Ancient, old; of or belonging to ancient times, esp. in the geological or prehistoric past. (Often opposed to analogous words in neo-.)...
17. parallelist, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1754
...A person who draws parallels or comparisons. Also as ...
18. particularism, n. View full entry 1713
...Theol. (Christian Church and Judaism). The doctrine that some but not all people are chosen by God for salvation; the doctrine of particular election and particular redemption....
19. petaloid, adj. and n. View full entry 1720
...Bot....
20. polygenous, adj. View full entry 1799
...Geol. = polygenetic3a. Obs.rare....
