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1. addiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition.

2. additament n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Something added; an increase, an increment, a supplement; (b) a projection or protuberance; (c) anat. a process or appendage; esp., an apophysis.

3. annulet n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring.

4. ansa n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ring-shaped device [see quot.]; (b) anat. the zygomatic arch.

5. appel n.(1)

130 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Any kind of fruit growing on a tree, shrub, or vine, such as an apple, crab apple, pear, peach, citron, banana, haw, berry, cucumber; also, a nut, a tuber; (b) a fruit-bearing tree; (c) appel of

6. arm n.

112 quotations in 7 senses
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The human arm.

7. article n.

66 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A separate item (in a set of rules, doctrines, provisions, etc.); one of the statements of the Apostles' Creed; article of the feith (beleve, crede, creaunce, trouthe); (b) a specific religious…

8. articūlāciǒun n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. & surg. (a) A joint or joining (of bones); (b) setting (of bones or fractures).

9. bladdre n.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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Anat. (a) The urinary bladder; (b) a containing organ or bag; esp., the gall bladder; (c) the crop of a bird.

10. box n.(2)

60 quotations in 4 senses
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A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical.

11. calle n.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…

12. cāne n.

26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A reed (esp., Arundo donax & Phragmites communis); (b) sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum); (c) a Javanese reed; prob., bamboo; (d) a fragrant reed of India and Persia.

13. cardiac n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. A vein associated with the heart; prob. the median vein in the arm.

14. clībāne n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Anat. Chest, thorax.

15. clif n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A crack, fissure; (b) ?a narrow valley; (c) anat. the crotch; (d) med. a fissure in the skin or mucosal lining.

16. clōth n.

289 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A piece of woven or felted fabric; a cloth; (b) cloth of gold (silver), a piece of gold (silver) brocade; also, a garment, hanging, etc., made of cloth of gold (silver); (c) cloth of Arras

17. cod n.(1)

61 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A seed pod or capsule; husk, shell, skin; [see also bene cod in ben(e n.(1), 1c.(a), hors-cod n., & pese-cod n.]; (b) cod ware, vegetables that grow in pods, legumes.

18. concatēnāciǒun n.

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Anat. (a) Of nerves or sinews: the condition of being concatenated or joined together; (b) a joint, point of connection between two or more bones.

19. concavitẹ̄ n.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Anat. Any hollow or concave part, such as a cavity (of the womb), canal (of the ear), recess (of a wound), sinus (of the liver); (b) Astron. the surface of a celestial sphere.

20. cō̆rde n.

67 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A rope, line, cord, or string, esp. one made of several twisted strands; contextually: a bow string, a hangman's rope, a nautical line, a plumb line, a length of binding twine, etc.; (b) cord [of…