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1. abbey-monger in abbey, n. View full entry 1679
...a person owning the property of a former abbey, after the dissolution of the monasteries....
2. abbey-lubber, n. View full entry 1528
...At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence....
4. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
5. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
6. Aberdonian, adj. and n. View full entry 1615
...Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a person from Aberdeen, a city in north-east Scotland. In later use sometimes depreciative, with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen....
7. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
8. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1911
...Australian Aboriginal....
9. abortionism, n. View full entry 1857
...Originally: the practice of inducing abortion. In later use (depreciative): support for or advocacy for permitting induced abortion, esp. as a woman's right....
10. abortionist, n. View full entry 1972
...Chiefly depreciative. A person who advocates or supports abortion as a woman's right. Cf. anti-abortionistanti-abortion....
11. abortuary, n. View full entry 1983
...In the language of anti-abortion campaigners: a clinic in which abortions are performed....
12. abstraction-monger in abstraction, n. View full entry a1834
...a scholar, thinker, etc., who shows a preference for abstract concepts over practical judgements or empirical facts....
13. abstractionism, n. View full entry 1842
...Usu. somewhat depreciative. The presentation of ideas in abstract terms; the tendency to favour abstract explanations and theories while ignoring or paying insufficient attention to concrete details or particular instances....
14. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1841
...U.S.Polit. (chiefly depreciative). A doctrinaire supporter or advocate of states' rights, typically from one of the Southern states. Freq. in Virginia abstractionist. Now hist....
15. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1844
...U.S.depreciative. An impractical dreamer; an idealist. Now usually as merged into uses of sense A. 1a with a depreciative connotation (cf. quot. 1963A. 1a)....
16. academicize, v. View full entry 1846
...intr. To engage in academic discourse, thought, or analysis. Usu. somewhat depreciative. rare....
17. accommodationist, n. and adj. View full entry a1832
...Originally: a person who seeks to mediate between opposing factions or views in the interest of fairness, clarity, etc. Later also: (sometimes depreciative) a person considered willing to compromise with...
18. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry 1817
...colloq.as black as the ace of spades: very black or dark; esp. (of a person) having very dark skin (now usu. offensive)....
19. adspeak in ad, n.3 View full entry 1969
...the style of writing and speaking typically used in commercial advertisements....
20. adder, n.1 View full entry OE
...fig. A treacherous, deceitful, malicious, or pernicious person or thing (also as a term of abuse); the type of envy or treachery....
