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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. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
3. 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’....
4. field, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain....
5. 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. ...
6. middle, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating that member of a group or series, or that part of a whole, so situated as to have the same number of members or parts on each side of it: said...
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. neighbouring | neighboring, n. View full entry 1651
...The situating of things in neighbouring positions. Obs.rare....
9. panel, n.1 View full entry 1336
...Originally: †a piece of cloth, esp. a piece placed under a saddle to protect the horse's back; a saddle pad (obs.). Later: the padded underpart of a saddle....
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. rope, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A length of thick strong cord, made by twisting together strands of hemp, sisal, Manila, cotton, nylon, wire, or other similar material, typically used for pulling a heavy load or for tying...
12. same, adj., pron., and adv. View full entry ?c1200
...With forward reference: Identical with what is indicated in the following context....
13. setting, n.1 View full entry 1397
...The action of the verb set in various transitive senses; putting, placing, planting, etc. Also, the fact of being set....
14. simple, adj. and n. View full entry c1220
...Free from duplicity, dissimulation, or guile; innocent and harmless; undesigning, honest, open, straightforward....
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. stem, n.1 View full entry c888
...The main body (usually more or less cylindrical) of the portion above ground of a tree, shrub, or other plant; a trunk, stock, stalk. (Ordinarily implying a greater degree of slenderness than...
17. survey, n. View full entry 1535
...The act of viewing, examining, or inspecting in detail, esp. for some specific purpose; usually spec. a formal or official inspection of the particulars of something, e.g. of...
18. value, n. View full entry c1350
...With the....
19. woman, n. View full entry eOE
...An adult female human being. The counterpart of man (see man4.)....
20. word, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...As a count noun (usu. in sing.)....
