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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
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. 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...
5. nuclearity, n. View full entry 1929
...Math. A property of a point or collection of points in a topological space, variously defined according to context but generally indicating an inability to isolate the point or points from...
6. protolithic, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1863
...Archaeol. and Cultural Anthropol. (now disused). Also with capital initial....
7. psycho-, comb. form View full entry 1607
...Forming words with the senses ‘of or relating to the soul or spirit’, ‘of or relating to the mind or psyche’, ‘of or relating to psychology’....
8. reflexive, adj. and n. View full entry 1588
...Capable of turning, deflecting, or bending (something) back. rare....
9. sociobiological, adj. View full entry 1904
...Of or relating to sociobiology (sociobiology1); biosociological. disused....
10. sociobiology, n. View full entry 1912
...The study of the interaction of biological and social factors in any sphere of human life. Cf. biosociologyrare. disused....
11. statical, adj. View full entry 1570
...Involving or relating to the measurement of weight or the use of a balance; = static2. Now rare....
12. supra-, prefix View full entry 1598
...Forming adjectives and nouns denoting a thing which is situated over, above, higher than, or (less commonly) upon another....
