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1. a-, prefix3 View full entry 1673
...With nouns and verb stems, forming adverbs (and derived adjectives and prepositions) expressing activity, position, condition, etc. Now chiefly poet....
2. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
3. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
4. abashless, adj. View full entry 1868
...Unabashed, shameless. Also fig....
5. abditory, n. View full entry 1658
...A safe repository for valuables; a hiding place (lit. and fig.)....
6. abeat, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1857
...Esp. with reference to the heart: so as to beat, in a state of beating (typically quickly, because of excitement or strong emotion); freq. in to set abeat. Also as...
7. aberration, n. View full entry a1594
...lit. The action or an instance of straying or wandering away from a proper course or position; a deviation or divergence from a straight or recognized path. Also: displacement, translation. ...
8. ablaze, adj. and adv. View full entry 1789
...Chiefly in to set ablaze (lit. and fig.)....
9. ablepsy, n. View full entry 1616
...Physical or mental blindness....
10. ablow, adj.1 View full entry 1838
...In predicative use only: blooming, full of flowers. Also in figurative context. Cf. abloom...
11. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
12. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To puff up, inflate (lit. and fig.)....
13. ablush, adj. View full entry 1852
...In predicative use only: blushing, flushed, rosy....
14. abode, n.1 View full entry a1400
...A temporary stay in a place, a sojourn; sojourning. Now somewhat literary....
15. abode, n.1 View full entry 1549
...A place of ordinary residence; a dwelling place; a house or home. Cf. abiding3a. Now somewhat literary....
16. abominate, adj. and n. View full entry 1531
...Held in abomination, detested; beastly, inhuman. Obs....
17. abominate, adj. and n. View full entry 1651
...That which is abominated; loathsomeness. Also occas.: an abominated person or thing....
18. aboriginary, adj. and n. View full entry 1869
...poet. An aboriginal inhabitant. Obs.rare....
19. † abounder, n. View full entry 1755
...A person who abounds in something, esp. wealth; a rich person....
20. Abraham, n. View full entry 1598
...the chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus (family Verbenaceae); (also) any of various parts of this plant used medicinally; also called agnus castus....
