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1. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
2. Aanderaa, n. View full entry 1969
...attrib. Designating an instrument for measuring, recording, and transmitting oceanographic data, typically the direction and speed of currents and the water temperature; esp. in Aanderaa current meter....
3. aapa, n. View full entry 1998
...An older sister. Also used as a term of respect or familiarity to an older woman....
4. ab, n.2 View full entry 1956
...An abdominal muscle; = abdominal3. Usu. in pl....
5. abacost, n. View full entry 1974
...In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire): a man's suit consisting of a short-sleeved collarless jacket and loose trousers. ...
6. abangan, n. View full entry 1956
...With pl. concord. Indonesians, esp. Javanese, who are syncretically or culturally (rather than observantly) Muslim....
7. abasic, adj.2 View full entry 1982
...Of a nucleotide: lacking a purine or pyrimidine base. Of DNA, or a specific site in a sequence of nucleotides: containing a nucleotide or nucleotides of this type....
8. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
9. abdominizer, n. View full entry 1989
...A piece of exercise apparatus on which the user lies supine and rocks backwards and forwards, flexing the abdominal muscles. Later also more generally: any of various different types of apparatus designed...
10. abdominoplasty, n. View full entry 1969
...Plastic surgery of the abdominal wall, esp. as a cosmetic operation to remove excess skin and fat; an instance of this....
11. Abell, n. View full entry 1959
...With following numeral: any of certain galaxy clusters distinguished by their richness (i.e. the number and density of galaxies in their central regions) and listed by Abell in his catalogue....
12. abetalipoproteinaemia | abetalipoproteinemia, n. View full entry 1960
...A rare inherited (autosomal recessive) disorder characterized by absence of certain types of lipoprotein from the blood, malabsorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins, and acanthocytosis, often with retinal and neuromuscular abnormalities....
13. abhesive, adj. and n. View full entry 1950
...Of a substance or coating: preventing substances that are adhesive or sticky from adhering to it....
14. abhyanga, n. View full entry 1988
...In Ayurvedic medicine: a whole-body massage intended to cleanse the body of toxins....
15. ableism, n. View full entry 1981
...Discrimination in favour of able-bodied people; prejudice against or disregard of the needs of disabled people....
16. ableist, adj. View full entry 1981
...Characterized by or exhibiting ableism....
17. abortuary, n. View full entry 1983
...In the language of anti-abortion campaigners: a clinic in which abortions are performed....
18. abscisic, adj. View full entry 1968
...a plant hormone which promotes seed and bud dormancy and inhibits germination....
19. abscisin, n. View full entry 1961
...Either of two substances that promote leaf abscission, (more fully abscisin I) one isolated from cotton bolls (now hist.);(more fully abscisin II) = abscisic acid...
20. abstract impressionism, n. View full entry 1950
...Painting which combines characteristics of abstraction and impressionism; esp. a form of painting which resembles the works of the Impressionists, esp. Monet, in brushwork and effect, but has no representational...
