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1. adden v.

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(a) To join or combine (sth. with sth. else), add (sth.); (b) to say or write (sth.) in addition, add (sth.) as an amplification or a supplement; also, to speak further, continue; (c) adden to don, to…

2. addiciǒun n.

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Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition.

3. additament n.

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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.

4. annulet n.

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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.

5. ansa n.

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(a) A ring-shaped device [see quot.]; (b) anat. the zygomatic arch.

6. appel n.(1)

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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

7. arm n.

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The human arm.

8. article n.

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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…

9. articūlāciǒun n.

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Anat. & surg. (a) A joint or joining (of bones); (b) setting (of bones or fractures).

10. bladdre n.

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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.

11. bodī̆lī(ch adj.

Additional spellings: bodilich
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Of human beings, their behavior, and their wants: pertaining to or affecting the body (as distinct from the 'spirit'); physical, corporeal; bodili wittes, the senses; bodili eie, bodili ere; bodili

12. box n.(2)

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A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical.

13. calle n.

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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…

14. cāne n.

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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.

15. cardiac n.

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Anat. A vein associated with the heart; prob. the median vein in the arm.

16. clāvā̆le adj.

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Anat. Nail-like, nail-shaped; clavale bones, certain small bones or bony projections near the ear.

17. clībāne n.

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Anat. Chest, thorax.

18. clif n.(2)

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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.

19. clōth n.

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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

20. clōthing ger.

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(a) Clothes, wearing apparel; dress, garb; (b) in phrases and proverbs: seculer clothing, garb of a layman; clothing maketh man, clothes make the man.

21. clothlīke adj.

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Anat. membranous, pannicular.

22. cod n.(1)

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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.

23. compǒuned ppl.

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(a) Mixed, blended; (b) complex, complicated; compounded; (c) consisting (of parts).

24. 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.

25. concavitẹ̄ n.

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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.

26. conjunctīva, -īf adj.

Additional spellings: conjunctif
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Anat. Conjunctiva.

27. cō̆rde n.

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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…

28. cō̆rdelī adj.

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Anat. Consisting of tendons.

29. coronāl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: coronale
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Anat. Frontal; the frontal bone; bon coronal.

30. cō̆ste n.

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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.

31. cōte n.(2)

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(a) A tunic or kirtle (worn by men or women, either alone or under a mantle or other overgarment); also, a kind of surcoat or cote-hardie; (b) cote hardie, a close-fitting surcoat worn over the…

32. cǒveringe ger.(1)

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(a) Something that covers up or envelops, such as a bedspread, shroud, cover (of a book); (b) anat. a protective covering, integument; (c) something that shuts a vessel; cover, lid.

33. cristallīn(e adj.

Additional spellings: cristalline
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(a) Clear, unclouded; bright, reflecting light; (b) astron. heven cristallin, cristallin heven, the crystalline sphere, a clear heaven variously placed by various astronomers; (c) anat. cristallin

34. cristalloide n.

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Anat. The crystalline humor, the substance of the crystalline lens of the eye.

35. dalk n.(1)

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(a) A glen or gully; (b) a groove or notch; dalk in the nekke, the jugular notch (the hollow at the base of the neck above the collar-bone); (c) a cavity, hollow; anat. the concavity or socket…

36. dēf adj. (& n.)

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(a) Unable to hear; of a person, an ear, hearing: deaf; blind and def, def and blind, def and doumb, doumb and def; (b) as noun: deaf person(s, the deaf; (c) def boren, born deaf.

37. delegāt ppl.

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(a) Eccl. Delegated; of judges: appointed by the pope to act in his place; of powers: delegated by the pope; (b) anat. proceeding from one part of the body to another.

38. den n.(1)

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(a) A natural cave, cavern, or pit; (b) a cave as used for shelter or refuge; (c) a grave or tomb; a catacomb; double den, a catacomb with separate sections for the burial of men and women; (d) the…

39. dīafragma n.

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Anat. The diaphragm.

40. dindimāl adj.

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Anat. Of the epididymis.

41. dindim(e n.

Additional spellings: dindime
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Anat. The epididymis.

42. dislōcāte adj.

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Anat. (a) Dislocated; (b) dislodged.

43. dǒun-ward adv.

Additional spellings: dounward
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(a) With verbs of motion: downward in space, from higher to lower; upward and doun-ward; (b) used fig.; (c) with verbs implying rest: at a lower place, down; turnen doun-ward, setten doun-ward, to…

44. dǒuver n.

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(a) A burrow; (b) a hollow or cavityanat. the concavity or socket portion of a joint beween bones;.

45. drīenes(se n.

Additional spellings: drienesse
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(a) The state of being dry or dried out; (b) dryness of weather, drought; (c) dry land (as opposed to sea); (d) desert; (e) dead wood.

46. dūodēne n.

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Anat. The duodenum.

47. dūra māter n.

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Anat. The outermost membranous envelope of the brain, the cranial dura mater.

48. eie n.(1)

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(a) The organ of vision, the eye; (b) bodili (erthli, fleshes, fleshli, outer) eie.

49. entring ppl.

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Anat. Entering or fitting into a socket.

50. epatica n.

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Anat. The basilic vein; also, a dorsal vein of the right hand.

51. epatī̆k adj.

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Med. and anat. (a) Affected with disease of the liver; (b) epatik veine the basilic vein; = epatica n., sense 1.

52. epiglōtǒun n.

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Anat. (a) The epiglottis; (b) the larynx.

53. epiploy n.

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Anat. The omentum, epiploön.

54. epizotis n.

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Anat. ?The diaphragm; ?visceral peritoneum.

55. ēre n.(1)

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The ear as a part of the body of man and beast.

56. explanāciǒun n.(2)

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Anat. Branch, process.

57. explantāciǒun n.

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Anat. Branch, process.

58. fals adj.

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Of persons, animals (specif., the fox, lapwing), etc.: given to the practice of deception; deceitful, full of guile; also, guilty of breach of trust, faithless, disloyal, perfidious, treacherous; fals

59. fā̆ringe n.

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Anat. The trachea.

60. fauces n. plural

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Anat. The narrow passage at the back of the mouth leading into the pharynx; the palatal and the pharyngial arches which control this passage.

61. filet n.

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A ribbon or band of cloth worn around the head as an ornament or to keep the hair in place; a headband, chaplet; also, a frontal band worn as a badge of maidenhood.

62. fontinel n.

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Anat. A hollow or pit.

63. forcelle n.

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Anat. The pit of the stomach, the part of the abdomen in which the esophagus joins the stomach, the region about the base of the sternum.

64. forke n.

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(a) A farming tool with two or more prongs used for digging or for handling hay, dung, etc.; bot forke, muk forke, pik forke, q.v.; (b) a pronged utensil of metal usually used for stoking fires; fir

65. fọ̄t n.

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The bodily organ used in standing, walking, etc.: (a) the foot of a man; (b) the foot of a beast or bird; (c) the foot of a statue, a constellation; (d) hinder fot, hind foot; holwe of fot, the under…

66. fǒundement n.

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The foundation or substructure of a building.

67. fǒurche n.

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The fork formed by the legs and the trunk of the body, the crotch.

68. fǒurchen v.

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Of a tree: to branch, fork.

69. gaderen v.

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(a) Of people: to come together, assemble, congregate; meet, have a meeting; gaderen abouten, gaderen unto, crowd around (sb.), surround; (b) refl. to come together, assemble; gaderen samen, gaderen

70. gāte n.(1)

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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway; flod gate, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis…

71. ǧenerātī̆f n.

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(a) Anat. The power which produces bodily tissues or organs; (b) surg. a medicine that promotes the regeneration of lost tissue.

72. gibbositẹ̄ n.

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Anat. & med. (a) A bulge, convexity; (b) a pathological swelling or bulge; (c) humpback; curvature of the spine.

73. gnauen v.

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(a) To gnaw (sth.) with the teeth or other biting organs; bite, chew, nibble; freten and gnauen; gnauen sharp, chew (sth.) to a point; (b) to gnaw; gnauen at (on, upon), gnaw on (sth.); of horses…

74. gō̆ter n.(1)

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(a) Any device for leading water down from a roof; an eaves trough; a channel where two slanting roofs (or parts of a roof) meet; a rain pipe; a gutter; (b) ?a ready-made gutter, ?material used in…

75. grẹ̄ n.(1)

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(a) A step in a stairway or flight of steps; also, a flight of steps; song (canticle) of gres, one of the Gradual Psalms; gre bi gre, from gre to gre, step by step; (b) a rung of a ladder; also fig.

76. grēt adj. & adv. & n.

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(a) Large in size or quantity, big; gret and smal, large and small, all; gret ne smal, big or little, of no kind; althergrettest, largest of all [cp. alder- pref.]; gret belle, large bell; (b) much…

77. grīnde n.

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(a) Anat. The groin; -- often pl.; (b) ?in place names: a hollow or depression [see Smith PNElem. 1.211].

78. grōs adj.

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(a) Large; gros glot (spiking), a kind of large nail or spike; (b) anat. of bodily parts, organs, structures: large, thick.

79. grǒund n.

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(a) The lowest part of something; the base of a candle, tree, vessel, etc.; the bottom of a ladder; the human foot; from hed to ground, from head to foot; (b) the foundations of the earth; the roots…

80. gustīve adj.

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Anat. Having to do with the sense of taste, gustatory.

81. hackid ppl.

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Anat. Fitted together, sutured.

82. haterel n.(1)

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(a) The nape of the neck; taken bi the haterel, to seize (sb.) by the scruff of the neck; -- used fig.; upreisen haterel, be stiff-necked, be proud; (b) the crown of the head; (c) the back of the…

83. herte n.

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(a) The heart of a human being or of an animal; (b) anat. the human heart considered medically or scientifically; (c) in phrases: betinge (smitinge) of the herte, palpitation of the heart; case

84. herte-colk n.

Additional spellings: hertecolk
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(a) The center of the heart; (b) anat. the cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

85. herte-rọ̄te n.

Additional spellings: herterote
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(a) The hollow of the heart, the center of the heart; anat.?the apex of the heart; (b) fig. the source of one's deepest emotions; the depths of the heart; the vital center of life or of courage; (c)…

86. hō̆l(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: hole
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(a) A perforation, bore, hole; the eye of a needle, the hole of a privy; (b) a window, loophole; a hole for smoke to escape; loupe hol, smoke hol, q. v.; (c) an opening in a lattice or a spider web; a…

87. horn n.

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(a) One of the horns on the head of certain quadrupeds; a horn of cattle, sheep, goats, etc.; an antler of a deer; also fig. [quot.: c1390]; (b) the representation of a horn or antler in heraldry; (c)…

88. hō̆t n.(1)

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(a) Hotness of the atmosphere, hot weather; heat as perceptible to the touch; (b) in hot and cold, through thick and thin, at all times; neither in hot ne cold, never; for hot ne cold, for any reason…

89. hūmectōrīe n.

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Anat. A bodily part which provides moisture.

90. hū̆merus n.

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Anat. The shoulder.

91. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

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(a) Moistness, dampness; (b) anat. & med. the primary quality of moistness.

92. hūmǒur n.

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(a) Any liquid or flowing substance; moisture in the soil, water, milk, honey, etc.; (b) the juice of a plant, sap; radical humour, moisture of the root; seminal humour, moisture which produces seed…

93. husk(e n.

Additional spellings: huske
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(a) The outside covering of nuts, and certain fruits; (b) the cup of an acorn; (c) husk or chaff of grain; (d) a cocoon; (e) the carapace of a beetle.

94. imparfit adj.

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(a) Sinful, immoral; (b) of clergy, monks, etc., and their life: not engaged in, or not fully conducive to, the serious quest for spiritual perfection [difficult to distinguish from (a)]; (c) not…

95. implanted ppl.

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Anat. Of cartilages, blood vessels, muscles, nerves, etc.: implanted, embedded, inserted; implanted to, implanted in.

96. involven v.

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To entangle (something), tie up; surround (sth.), envelop.

97. ipocǒndrīe n.

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Anat. (a) One of the two upper lateral regions of the human abdomen next below the lowest rib on either side, a hypochondrium; (b) in sg. or pl.: these two regions, the hypochondria.

98. ismọ̄n n.

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Anat. A thin tissue between the larynx and esophagus.

99. kẹ̄pen v.

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(a) To care about (sb.), wish for (sth.), desire (sb. or sth.); kepen no bettre, want nothing better; kepen no more, desire nothing more; kepen of, care about (sb.); (b) kepen nought (nothing, not) of

100. kīle n.(1)

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Anat. (a) The inferior vena cava; kile veine, veine kile; [1st quot. is mistransl. of the Latin]; (b) the ureter.