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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. ansa n.

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

4. appel, -il, -ul n.

Additional spellings: appil, appul
128 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) appel of cedre, citron; appel of

5. arm n.

111 quotations in 7 senses
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The human arm.

6. article n.

65 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…

7. 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).

8. 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.

9. box n.(2)

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

10. 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…

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. clībāne n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Anat. Chest, thorax.

14. clif n.(2)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A crack, fissure;(b) ?a narrow valley; (c) anat. the crotch.

15. clōth n.

286 quotations in 9 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

16. 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.

17. concavitẹ̄ n.

11 quotations in 2 senses
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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).

18. 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…

19. coronāl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: coronale
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. Frontal; the frontal bone; bon coronal.

20. cō̆ste n.

80 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Anat. A rib; fals coste, false rib; (b) the side of the body, flank; the side of a building; the face of a solid figure; (c) her. cotise.