Browse dictionary
Showing 1-17 of 17 results in 17 entries
1. 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...
2. cultural, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to intellectual and artistic pursuits....
3. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
4. historicism, n. View full entry 1825
...S. T. Coleridge's term for: empiricism. Obs.rare....
5. 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.)....
6. Mongolian, adj. and n. View full entry 1706
...Relating to or characteristic of Mongolia, the Mongols, their languages, etc.; = Mongol1....
7. mother, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...The female parent of a human being; a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities...
8. 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....
9. peasant, n. and adj. View full entry a1450
...A person who lives in the country and works on the land, esp. as a smallholder or a labourer; (chiefly Sociol.) a member of an agricultural class dependent on subsistence...
10. picture, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A painting, drawing, photograph, or other visual representation on a surface; esp. such a representation as a work of art....
11. political, adj. and n. View full entry 1529
...Of, belonging to, or concerned with the form, organization, and administration of a state, and with the regulation of its relations with other states....
12. social, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Designating a war fought between allies. Cf. civil1....
13. sociologese, n. View full entry 1940
...The language or style considered characteristic of sociologists; sociological writing characterized by verbosity and jargon....
14. sociologism, n. View full entry 1901
...The (excessive) tendency to explain matters in sociological terms, or to ascribe a sociological basis to other disciplines....
15. soul, n. View full entry eOE
...The condition or attribute of life in humans or animals; animate existence; this viewed as a possession of which one is deprived by death. Obs....
16. Turk, n.1 View full entry ?a1366
...Ethnol. Chiefly in pl.Turks. The name of a numerous and widely spread family of the human race, occupying from prehistoric times large parts of central Asia, and speaking...
17. woman, n. View full entry eOE
...An adult female human being. The counterpart of man (see man4.)....
