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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. 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’....
3. 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...
4. hunter-gatherer, adj. and n. View full entry 1928
...Of, relating to, or designating (the culture of) a people who live by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by growing crops, rearing livestock, etc. Later also humorously in extended...
5. moiety, n. View full entry 1444
...A half, one of two equal parts....
6. 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...
7. 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....
8. pillar, n. View full entry c1180
...A tall vertical structure of stone, brick, wood, metal, etc., usually narrow in proportion to its height, used either as a support for a structure, or as a monument or ornament. Also:...
9. post-, prefix View full entry 1578
...Forming words in which post- is either adverbial or adjectival, and qualifies the verb, or the verbal derivative or other adjective or noun which forms or is implied in the...
10. residence, n.1 View full entry 1398
...The fact of living or staying regularly at or in a specified place for the performance of official duties, for work, or to comply with regulations; (also) the period during which such...
11. same, adj., pron., and adv. View full entry ?c1200
...With forward reference: Identical with what is indicated in the following context....
12. 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...
13. woman, n. View full entry eOE
...An adult female human being. The counterpart of man (see man4.)....
14. word, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...As a count noun (usu. in sing.)....
