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1. abet(te n.

Additional spellings: abette
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Incitement to evil; urging.

2. abstersiǒun n.

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Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property.

3. abstracciǒun n.

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Withdrawal from worldly affairs and interests, asceticism.

4. acācia, -ie n.

Additional spellings: acacie
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Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive).

5. accessō̆rie n.

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(a) An accessory to a crime; (b) that which is subordinate to something else.

6. accīdie n.

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(a) The deadly sin of Sloth, a disinclination to do anything good; (b) a spell of lethargy or apathy.

7. acelle n.

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Armpit.

8. acōlī̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: acolite
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A cleric who has taken the highest of the four minor orders, an acolyte; also, the order itself.

9. acūtīves adj. (plural) as n.

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Medicines for sharpening or improving (the hearing).

10. adama(u)nt n.

Additional spellings: adamaunt
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(a) A kind of precious stone; diamond; (b) adamant; fig. something indestructible and enduring, something impenetrable.

11. adminiculātī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: adminiculative
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(a) Supplementary; (b) a supplement.

12. advent n.

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(a) The Advent season, usually extending through the four Sundays immediately preceding Christmas; (b) advent Sondai, the first Sunday of Advent.

13. advocacīe, advō̆cātie n.

Additional spellings: advocatie
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Law (a) the activity of a professional pleader in courts of law, advocacy; (b) the advocacy performed by a prosecutor, a charge or accusation; (c) theol. intercession or advocacy on behalf of a sinner…

14. advōcācion n.

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The patronage of a church, including the duty of protecting the church and the privilege of presenting nominees to the benefice, advowson; right of advocacion.

15. aeromance n.

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Divination by air, aeromancy.

16. aǧilitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Nimbleness of body, swiftness; (b) one of the four gifts or dowries of Christ's body and of the resurrected body of man: the ability to travel to any place without delay and without the need of a…

17. alaba(u)ndīne n.

Additional spellings: alabaundine
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A reddish or violet precious stone, prob. some variety of garnet.

18. alambī̆k n.

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A gourd-shaped vessel for making distillates, the so-called 'waters', a still.

19. albeston n.

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A mineral reputed to be unquenchable when set on fire; ?the fiber asbestos as used for the wick of an ever-burning lamp; prob. confused with alabaster in quot. c1450.

20. alei(e n.

Additional spellings: aleie
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(a) A corridor or hallway; a covered walk; (b) an aisle (of a temple or church); (c) a balustrade.