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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
3. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The red fluid flowing in the arteries, capillaries, and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients to, and carbon dioxide and waste metabolites away from, the organs and tissues...
4. cultural, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to intellectual and artistic pursuits....
5. mobile, adj.1 View full entry 1490
...Capable of or characterized by movement; movable, not fixed or stationary. Of a person's sight: wandering, not steady. Of a celestial object: †wandering, not fixed (obs.)....
6. Mongolian, adj. and n. View full entry 1706
...Relating to or characteristic of Mongolia, the Mongols, their languages, etc.; = Mongol1....
7. Negro, n. and adj. View full entry 1555
...A member of a dark-skinned group of peoples originally native to sub-Saharan Africa; a person of black African origin or descent. In early use also applied to other dark-skinned peoples, esp. Moors....
8. 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....
9. 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...
