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audibleness: "The quality of being audible; audibility", Mid 17th cent. From audible + -ness. Compare earlier audibility.
acromion: "A bony process forming the lateral or distal end of the spine of the scapula, with which (in humans and certain other mammals) the clavicle articulates", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Banister (1532/3–?1610), surgeon. From post-classical Latin acromion and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (Hippocrates) from ἄκρο- + ὦμος shoulder + -ιον, suffix forming nouns.
acceleratory: "= accelerative", Early 18th cent. From accelerate + -ory. Compare earlier accelerating, accelerative.
acetabulum: "The socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits", Late Middle English (denoting a vinegar cup, hence a cup-shaped cavity): from Latin, from acetum 'vinegar' + -abulum, denoting a container.
academician: "A member of an academy, especially the Royal Academy of Arts or the Académie française", Mid 18th century: from French académicien, from medieval Latin academicus (see academic).
aquaplane: "A board for riding on water, pulled by a speedboat", Early 20th century (originally US): from Latin aqua 'water' + plane¹.
augend: "The number to which another is added", Late 19th century: via German from Latin augendus, gerundive of augere 'to increase'.
Apus: "A faint southern constellation (the Bird of Paradise), close to the south celestial pole", Latin, denoting a kind of bird, from Greek apous.
atomics: "Usually with singular concord. The science or study of atoms, especially in relation to atomic energy and atomic weapons or (formerly) chemical phenomena; atomic physics", Early 19th cent. From atomic: see -ic.
apport: "A material object produced supposedly by occult means, especially at a seance", Late 19th century: from French apport 'something brought', from apporter 'bring to'.
abjurer: "A person who abjures, rejects, or gives up something", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Foxe (?1517–1587), martyrologist. From abjure + -er.
à la mort: "To (the) death; mortally, fatally. Also hyperbolically . Compare amort. Now somewhat rare", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Copland (fl. 1505–1547), translator and printer. From Middle French, French à la mort desperate, to (the) death (1500 in battre jusqu'à la mort to beat (someone) to death) from à la + mort.
acarpous: "Not producing fruit; unfruitful, sterile; ( Botany ). Frequently figurative : failing to achieve the desired results, unproductive; barren", Late 19th cent. From ancient Greek ἄκαρπος without fruit, barren (from ἀ- + κάρπος fruit: see carpo-) + -ous; compare -carpous.
acinous: "Resembling a cluster of grapes in form", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Nicholson. From classical Latin acinōsus acinose; compare -ous.
apian: "Relating to bees", Early 19th century: from Latin apianus, from apis 'bee'.
anapsid: "A reptile of a group characterized by a lack of temporal openings in the skull, including the turtles and their relatives and many early fossil forms", 1930s: from modern Latin Anapsida, from Greek an- 'without' + apsis, apsid- 'arch'.
abaculus: "A square or tile for use in a mosaic pavement; a tessera", Mid 19th cent. From post-classical Latin abaculus small cube or tile of coloured glass for making ornamental pavements (former reading in e.g. 16th-cent. editions of Pliny (36. 199, as abaculos, accusative plural), where modern editions have ab oculis; also recorded in an undated glossary) from classical Latin abacus + -ulus.
arms: "Weapons; armaments", Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma.
allomorph: "Any of two or more actual representations of a morpheme, such as the plural endings s (as in bats), z (as in bugs), and ɪz (as in buses)", 1940s: from allo- 'other, different' + morpheme.
accordant: "Agreeing or compatible", Middle English: from Old French acordant, from acorder 'bring to an agreement' (see accord).