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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. affectual, adj. View full entry 1483
...Earnest, ardent, eager. Obs....
5. affectually, adv. View full entry c1425
...With eager desire, earnestly; = affectionately1. Obs....
6. 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....
7. age mate, n. View full entry 1582
...A person of the same age, or belonging to the same age group; a contemporary, a peer....
8. agriological, adj. View full entry 1878
...Of or relating to agriology....
9. † agriologist, n. View full entry 1875
...Friedrich Max Müller's name for: a specialist in the history and culture of primitive peoples....
10. agriology, n. View full entry 1878
...Friedrich Max Müller's name for: the comparative study of the history and culture of primitive peoples....
11. alloparent, n. View full entry 1975
...An adult animal or person involved in parent-like care of an individual which is not his or her offspring....
12. ambilateral, adj. View full entry a1832
...Two-sided, bilateral; spec. in Med., affecting equally both sides of the body or a part; also, ambidextrous....
13. ambilineal, adj. View full entry 1950
...Designating or pertaining to a kinship system in which an individual may choose to claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, but not both....
14. ambilocal, adj. View full entry 1956
...Designating or pertaining to a system of residence after marriage in which a couple may choose to live in either the husband's or the wife's home or community....
15. Amerind, n. and adj. View full entry 1899
...orig. and chiefly Cultural Anthropol. An American Indian....
16. anthropogenic, adj. View full entry 1889
...anthropogeny Of or pertaining to anthropogeny....
17. anthropogeny, n. View full entry 1839
...The investigation of the origin of man....
18. anthropogony, n. View full entry a1871
...The origin of man....
19. anthropography, n. View full entry 1570
...A description of all the parts of the human body. Obs....
20. anthropologic, adj. View full entry 1850
...Of anthropology....
