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1. a-, prefix6 View full entry
...Forming nouns and adjectives, with the sense ‘without’; ‘not’; ‘-less’....
2. -a, suffix1 View full entry
...Forming the scientific names of genera (or subgenera) of living organisms, as hosta, Maiasaura, Murraya...
3. -a, suffix2 View full entry
...Forming the plural of nouns with singulars ending in -um or -on derived from Latin and Greek neuter nouns....
4. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
5. abaciscus, n. View full entry 1753
...A square section containing part or all of the pattern of a mosaic pavement; (also) a single mosaic tile, a tessera. Now rare....
6. Abaddon, n. View full entry c1350
...Apollyon, the destroyer; (a name for) the Devil. ...
7. abaptiston, n. View full entry 1688
...Any of various types of trepan designed to prevent sudden penetration into the brain; (also) the crown of a trepan (see crown15)....
8. abaton, n. View full entry 1829
...A place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary....
9. abiotrophy, n. View full entry 1902
...Premature degeneration of cells or tissue (now usually within the central nervous system), esp. when hereditary or otherwise independent of external factors; an instance of this; any condition characterized by this....
10. Abkhazian, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...A member of a Caucasian people inhabiting Abkhazia....
11. † ablastous, adj. View full entry 1879
...Lacking capacity for new growth; sterile, unfruitful....
12. aboulomania, n. View full entry 1883
...W. A. Hammond's name for: a form of insanity characterized by paralysis of the will or morbid doubts concerning actions (cf. abulia) (now hist.). In later use also:...
13. abranchial, adj. View full entry 1833
...= abranchiate...
14. abranchiate, adj. View full entry 1831
...Originally: †belonging to a former group Abranchiata or Abranchiatae of annelids (obs.). In later use: (gen.) having no gills; not bearing gills....
15. abrasax, n. View full entry 1737
...An instance or utterance of the cabbalistic word ‘abrasax’, supposed (esp. in Gnosticism) to act as a charm. Freq. attrib., esp. with reference to inscribing such a charm on a...
16. † abrodietical, n. and adj. View full entry 1623
...A person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes. rare....
17. absinthites, n. View full entry 1601
...A type of bitter wine flavoured with wormwood, often used medicinally. Cf. absinthe1....
18. † acacy, n. View full entry 1727
...Innocence, guilelessness....
19. acaleph, n. View full entry 1706
...An animal of the former class Acalepha; esp. a jellyfish....
20. † acalycal, adj. View full entry
...Of stamens: inserted on the receptacle without adhesion to the calyx....
