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1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. affectually, adv. View full entry c1425
...With eager desire, earnestly; = affectionately1. Obs....
3. age mate, n. View full entry 1582
...A person of the same age, or belonging to the same age group; a contemporary, a peer....
4. alloparent, n. View full entry 1975
...An adult animal or person involved in parent-like care of an individual which is not his or her offspring....
5. ambilateral, adj. View full entry a1832
...Two-sided, bilateral; spec. in Med., affecting equally both sides of the body or a part; also, ambidextrous....
6. ambilineal, adj. View full entry 1950
...Designating or pertaining to a kinship system in which an individual may choose to claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, but not both....
7. ambilocal, adj. View full entry 1956
...Designating or pertaining to a system of residence after marriage in which a couple may choose to live in either the husband's or the wife's home or community....
8. Amerind, n. and adj. View full entry 1899
...orig. and chiefly Cultural Anthropol. An American Indian....
9. anthropological, adj. View full entry 1825
...Of, pertaining to, or connected with, anthropology....
10. anthropoˈlogically, adv. View full entry 1883
...In an anthropological manner or way....
11. anthropologist, n. View full entry 1798
...One who pursues the science of anthropology, a student of mankind....
12. anthropologize, v. View full entry 1939
...trans. To explain, treat, or study anthropologically....
13. anthropometer, n. View full entry 1883
...One who studies or practises anthropometry. rare....
14. anthropometric, adj. View full entry 1871
...Of or belonging to, skilled in, or given to, anthropometry....
15. anˌthropoˈmetrical, adj. View full entry 1878
...Relating or pertaining to anthropometry....
16. anthroponomy, n. View full entry 1857
...A name proposed by several writers for the study of human function or behaviour, in various spec. senses....
17. antisocial, adj. View full entry 1797
...Opposed to sociality, averse to society or companionship....
18. autonym, n. View full entry 1854
...One's own name, a person's real name; esp. the real name of an author, as distinguished from a pseudonym (pseudonym1). Hence: a person who publishes a book...
19. 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....
20. behavioural | behavioral, adj. View full entry a1927
...Concerned with, or forming part of, behaviour....
