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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. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
4. age, n. View full entry c1275
...A naturally distinct section of a person's or animal's existence; a particular period or stage of life. Often with defining word or phrase specifying the stage....
5. 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....
6. 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...
7. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
8. child, n. View full entry c950
...The unborn or newly born human being; fœtus, infant. App. originally always used in relation to the mother as the ‘fruit of the womb’....
9. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
10. cliometrics, n. View full entry 1960
...With sing. concord. A technique for the interpretation of economic history, based on the statistical analysis of large-scale numerical data from population censuses, parish registers, and similar sources....
11. cohort, n. View full entry 1489
...Roman Hist. A body of infantry in the Roman army, of which there were ten in a legion, each consisting of from 300 to 600 men; also applied to auxiliary troops...
12. critical, adj. View full entry 1600
...Given to judging; esp. given to adverse or unfavourable criticism; fault-finding, censorious....
13. cultural, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to intellectual and artistic pursuits....
14. culture, n. View full entry c1450
...The action or practice of cultivating the soil; tillage; = cultivation1. Now chiefly with of....
15. culturology, n. View full entry 1920
...The science or study of culture or a culture....
16. demographic, adj. and n. View full entry 1882
...Of or pertaining to demography....
17. early, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...With reference to the time of day....
18. edge, n. View full entry OE
...The thin sharpened side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon; opposed to the ‘back’ or blunt side; or to the ‘flat’ or broad surface of the blade. Often associated...
19. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
20. food, n. View full entry OE
...Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions. ...
