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1. alteraciǒun n.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) Change, transformation, transmutation; (b) change for the worse, deterioration; evel alteracioun; ill effect or result; (c) change for the better, amelioration……

2. ap(p)etīt n.

Additional spellings: appetit
85 quotations in 5 senses
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Physiol. & psych. An inherent urge or drive attributed to the various organs of the body (such as the genitals, the stomach, the senses), to the mental 'faculties', or to the organism as a whole……

3. aquọ̄sitẹ̄ n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. (a) The 'quality' of being inherently 'moist'; (b) the liquid constituent of the body, or overabundance of it; also, serous fluid. …

4. assimilāciǒun n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. Assimilation (of nutriments). …

5. attribūt n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An attribute; (b) physiol. quality of 'humors'. …

6. bō̆dī n.

336 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) The whole physical frame of a living being; physique, body; bodi-lich, body [cp. līch body]; assaien bodi, test (one's) physique or physical prowess; (b) build, stature, figure; (c) bodi and……

7. calǒur n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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physiol. Warmth, heat. …

8. chēle n.

46 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Coldness of air, weather, or climate; in hete and chele, in hot and cold weather, all the time; (b) a cold spell or blast, frost. …

9. chīme n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. A 'humor'; the 'humors' collectively; god chime metes, foods producing good 'humors'; ivel chime bodi, a body suffering from bad 'humors'. …

10. closet n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A private apartment or room; bedchamber; closet dore; (b) a private chamber (of an official); (c) a monastic cell. …

11. colātōrie n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Physiol. The sphenoidal air sinus; (b) a duct. …

12. cōld n.

79 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Coldness of atmosphere, season, climate, or habitat; in hot and cold, at all times, always; neither in hot ne cold, never; (b) a cold spell of weather; (c) coldness of an object, esp. as felt. …

13. cōldhēde n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Coolness; (b) physiol. 'coldness' [see cold adj. 7]. …

14. cōldnesse n.

24 quotations in 3 senses
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Coldness (of air, climate, an object); actual coldnesse. …

15. cọ̄lnesse n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Low temperature, coldness; (b) physiol. predominance of 'cold' primary quality [see cold adj. 7]; or a morbid condition caused by it; (c) predominant 'cold' quality (of a planet). …

16. conjuncciǒun n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint. …

17. construcciǒun n.

15 quotations in 3 senses
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Gram. & rhet. (a) Formation or construction of a sentence; rightful (order of) construccioun, normal order of syntactic elements; (b) a rhetorical figure; figure of construccioun. …

18. dẹ̄de, dēde n.

293 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) An action, a deed; god dede, ivel dede, etc.; see also almes dede, est dede, man dede, mis dede; (b) a marvelous act, miracle; also, a feat of magic; (c) a favor, kindness, service; (d) ?an……

19. dēth n.

329 quotations in 12 senses
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Loss of life; dying, death as an event; deth of the bodi, deth of lif; dout (dred) of deth, fear of dying; paien the dette of deth, to die as man must die; dethes cares, throes of death. …

20. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with……

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