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> Found: 3096 entries > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. A (1914) Times 16 Feb. 6/2 ``Since the inception of the board > [British Board of Film Censors]..627 have been passed for > `public' exhibition with the `*A' certificate. '' > 2. A (1914) Times Book of Navy 145 ``The abbreviations used in > the lists are as follows:..*A.A., Anti-air-craft guns. '' > 3. A (1914) W. S. Churchill in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill > (1972) III. Compan. i. 185 ``A.G., R.M. will make arrangements > for their reception in the camps. '' > 4. aa (1914), (1920) [see block sb. 23, block lava]. > 5. abaxial (1914) M. Drummond tr. Haberlandt's Physiol. Plant > Anat. vi. 289 ``The presence of the last-mentioned layer [in > the leaf] illustrates a tendency on the part of the plant to > extend the photosynthetic system beyond its ordinary limits, > wherever illumination provides an opportunity. Such an abaxial > palisade-layer..constitutes, as it were, a miniature copy of > the principal adaxial system. '' > 6. above (1914) Joyce Dubliners 221 ``He was undecided about the > lines from Robert Browning for he feared they would be above > the heads of his hearers. '' > 7. absolute (1914) A. S. Eddington Stellar Movements viii. 170 > ``Absolute magnitudes (magnitude at a distance of 10 parsecs). > '' > 8. absolute (1914) A. Eaglefield Hull Mod. Harmony iv. 51 ``If > the possession of the sense of absolute pitch is a sine quâ. > non for the proper reception of such music, then the circle of > appreciation at present is narrowed down almost to > vanishing-point. '' > 9. absolutely(1914) W. L. George Making of an Englishman iii. v. > 299 ``Oh, don'tcher care, it's all over, absoballylutely. '' > 10. absorption(1914) Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1913 607 (title) > ``Atmospheric Refraction and Absorption as affecting > Transmission in Wireless Telegraphy. '' > 11. abstractio(1914) F. H. Bradley Ess. Truth &. Reality 143 > ``Prof. James, in Pragmatism..insists..on taking the crime in > its abstraction as absolutely real. And then he goes on (Hegel > would have smiled) to denounce `abstractionism'.'' > 12. abusefully(1914) Kipling Divers. of Creatures (1917) 53 > ``Talkin' most abusefully.'' > 13. accommodat(1914) I. Hay Knight on Wheels i. i. 13 ``A small > green&dubh.grocer's shop-an `accommodation address' of the most > ordinary type-whose proprietor admitted that he was in the > habit of taking in letters on behalf of some of his customers. > '' > 14. accrete (1914) G. B. Shaw Common Sense about War 11 ``He, too, > accreted fools and knaves, and ended defeated in St. Helena. '' > 15. achalasia (1914) A. F. Hertz [= A. F. Hurst] in Q. Jrnl. Med. > VIII. 300 ``Achalasia of the Cardia (so-called..Cardiospasm)... > For the word `achalasia' I am indebted to Sir Cooper Perry, who > coined it for me, as it was obvious that the word `cardiospasm' > and the erroneous idea it conveys would never be discarded > unless some less cumbersome expression..was devised. '' > 16. acid (1914) Lancet 28 Mar. 908/1 ``The air of New York schools > was examined for the acid-forming streptococci. '' > 17. acidaemia (1914) N.Y. Med. Jrnl. XCIX. 987/2 (title) ``Alcohol > acidemia. '' > 18. action (1914) J. B. Rathbun Motion Picture Making iii. 68 ``At > the word `Ready', given by the producer, the camera man starts > cranking the machine and the actors stand alert... An instant > after follows the order, `Start your action'. '' > 19. action (1914) Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. XXXIV. 425 ``The > action-current is the only known change accompanying excitation > in nerve which is competent to stimulate an adjoining nerve. '' > 20. action (1914) B. Ramsay Diary 25 Aug. in W. S. Chalmers Full > Cycle (1959) 20 ``On being asked why he was not at his *action > station, the marine replied..that he was `duty servant'. '' > 21. Adam (1914) H. A. Vachell Quinneys' iv. §.1, ``The > sweetest table, genuine Adam. '' > 22. adjunct (1914) O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. i. 2 ``In the > combination extremely hot weather..hot, which defines weather, > is a secondary word or an adjunct. '' > 23. Admiraliss(1914) Prince Louis of Battenberg Let. 27 Aug. in M. > Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1971) III. Compan. I. 63 ``Your > general dispositions and the measures taken by you from July > 27th until you handed over the Command in the Mediterranean to > the French Admiralissimo are fully approved by Their Lordships. > '' > 24. admiralty (1914) Coal &. Iron 11 May 709/2 ``For best > Admiralities up to 20s. is still being quoted. '' > 25. adsorb (1914) Chem. Abstr. VIII. 2845 ``The displacement of > one adsorbable substance by another possessing this property to > a high degree. '' > 26. adviser (1914) V. L. Collins Princeton 376 ``Each [first-year > student] has an `adviser' among the younger members of the > faculty to whom he is encouraged to go with all or any of his > perplexities. '' > 27. adzuki (1914) Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 119. 4 ``The adsuki > is probably native either in Japan or in Chosen [=Korea], but > the plant is not definitely known in a wild state. '' > 28. adzuki (1914) Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., No. 119. 4 ``The adsuki > bean is a summer annual. '' > 29. aerial (1914) Hamel &. Turner Flying xvi. 280 ``The *aerial > observation officer must be highly trained... Nothing appears > yet to have been done towards making staff officers capable of > taking aerial observations. '' > 30. aerial (1914) R.F.C. Training Man. 11. 22 ``*Aerial > reconnaissance..may be considered under three heads: > strategical, tactical and protective. '' > 31. aerofoil (1914) Aeronaut. Jrnl. XVIII. 315 ``Aerofoil, a > structure, analogous to the wing or tail of a bird, designed to > obtain a reaction from the air approximately at right angles to > the direction of its motion. '' > 32. aeroplane (1914) Lancet 4 July 55/1 ``A special aeroplane > constructed to accommodate, besides the aviator, a medical man > and also a covered litter on which the wounded man can be > placed for transport... This aeroplane ambulance [etc.]. '' > 33. aeroplane (1914) G. B. Shaw Misalliance 46 ``Lina. I never > drink tea. Tarleton. Bad thing to aeroplane on, I should > imagine. '' > 34. aesthete (1914) C. Mackenzie Sinister Street II. iii. i. 516 > ``My dear chap, he was absolutely barred. M' tutor used to like > him, but..I don't mind telling you, he's really an > &ae.sthete.'' > 35. affiliatio(1914) Act 4 &. 5 Geo. V c. 6 §. 7 ``In this > Act..the expression `affiliation order' means an order made > under the Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872..adjudging a man to > be the putative father of a bastard child and ordering him to > pay a sum of money weekly or otherwise to the mother of the > bastard child or to any other person who is named in the order. > '' > 36. Afro- (1914) Lancet 4 Apr. 966/2 ``An *Afro-Aryan child aged 3 > years, the offspring of a male African negro and a female > Cingalese. '' > 37. after- (1914) J. Collings Colon. Rur. Brit. I. vi. 113 ``The > remainder of the children whose after-school career was traced > went into industrial or commercial occupations. '' > 38. afterthoug(1914) G. B. Shaw Misalliance 3 ``Have you ever > considered the fact that I was an afterthought?.. My father was > 44 when I was born. My mother was 41. There was twelve years > between me and the next eldest. '' > 39. ago (1914) W. Owen Let. 19 July (1967) 267 ``So you are at > last getting the Curtains, about which we fidaddled so long a > year &. more agone! '' > 40. agon (1914) F. M. Cornford Origin Attic Comedy i. 2 ``What is > now generally called the Agon, a fierce `contest' between the > representatives of two parties or principles, which are in > effect the hero and villain of the whole piece. '' > 41. agonist (1914) F. M. Cornford Origin Attic Comedy v. 71 > ``Three, or sometimes four, rô.les are involved in the Agon... > First there are the two Adversaries (as we shall call them). > For the sake of convenience, we shall distinguish them as the > `Agonist' and the `Antagonist'. The Agonist is the hero, who is > attacked, is put on his defence, and comes off victorious. '' > 42. ain't (1914) Dialect Notes IV. 70 ``He ain't got sense enough > to carry guts to a bear. '' > 43. aioli (1914) A. E. Housman Let. 2 May (1971) 134 ``Aioli at > Pascal's was rather nasty, perhaps because lukewarm. '' > 44. air (1914) E. A. Powell Fighting in Flanders iii. 73 ``The > Lewis gun..is air-cooled. '' > 45. air (1914) H. Brearley Case-Hardening of Steel vi. 72 ``The > surface of the *air-hardened steel is less hard than that of > water or oil quenched steel. '' > 46. air (1914) Sphere 26 Dec. 318/1 ``The possible air attack over > London. '' > 47. air (1914) Sci. Amer. 15 Aug. 113/2 (heading) ``The Air Bomb. > '' > 48. air (1914) Sci. Amer. 15 Aug. 114/1 ``The aerial mine is > inferior to the sea-mine not only in its vulnerability to > currents, but also in its visibility...Against..these handicaps > the air-mine can oppose only its cheapness and lightness. '' > 49. air (1914) Times 24 June 4/1 ``The Royal Naval Air > Service..will form part of the Military Branch of the Royal > Navy... A certain number [of officers] will..be selected to > fill the higher posts in the Air Service. '' > 50. air (1914) Illustr. War News 19 Aug. 43 (caption) ``The value > of the air-scout: military entrenching viewed by an airman from > a height of about 1000 feet. '' > 51. air (1914) Sphere 3 Oct. p. ii, ``One of these dismantled air > scouts. '' > 52. air (1914) Aeronaut. Jrnl. July 228 ``Air brakes..must not > tend to produce any upsetting effect on the machine. '' > 53. air (1914) Aeronaut. Jrnl. XVIII. 315 ``Airscrew, used as a > generic term to include both a propellor and a tractor screw. > '' > 54. air (1914) Whitaker's Almanack 1915 774 ``Fort George > (Cromarty Firth).-British Naval Air Station. '' > 55. air-line (1914) Argus (Melbourne) 16 July 13 ``The Defence > flying school at Point Cook has been inaccessible..except by > air line. '' > 56. air-raid (1914) Whitaker's Almanack 1915 823/1 ``British air > raids on Cologne and Dusseldorf. '' > 57. a la carte(1914) I. Hay Lighter Side School Life vii. 189 ``If > you want to have your son educated à. la carte, you must get a > private tutor for him. '' > 58. Algerian (1914) M. D. Stott Real Algeria iii. 41 ``The > Algerian regards his own intelligence and aptitude in every > respect superior to that of the Frenchman.'' > 59. algraphy (1914) E. H. Richter Prints 10 ``Plates of metal are > often substituted for stone (zincography, algraphy).'' > 60. alighting (1914) Aeronaut. Jrnl. XVIII. 315 ``Carriage, that > part of the aircraft..intended..to absorb the shock of > alighting. '' > 61. all (1914) I. Hay Knight on Wheels xix. 192 ``Most of them are > Impossibles, but there are a good many All-Buts. '' > 62. allelomorp(1914) T. H. Morgan in Amer. Naturalist XLVIII. 502 > (title) ``The theoretical distinction between multiple > allelomorphs and close linkage. '' > 63. allelomorp(1914) T. H. Morgan in Amer. Naturalist XLVIII. 502 > (title, ) ``Dexter pointed out that the mode of treatment that > Nabours followed..is the procedure of multiple allelomorphism. > '' > 64. alley (1914) E. Pound in Blast i. 50 ``For her laughter > frightens even the street hawker And the alley cat dies of a > migraine. '' > 65. all round (1914) W. E. Beet Mediaeval Papacy ii. 43 ``The most > striking feature of Gregory's character and work was its > all-roundness. '' > 66. ally (1914) Times 2 Nov. 9/6 ``A Note was to have been > presented to the Porte on Friday asking for..the withdrawal of > the German officers and men from the Turkish ships [etc.]... > Failing satisfaction in these respects, diplomatic relations > with the Allies would cease. '' > 67. aloha (1914) R. Brooke Let. Mar. (1968) 566 ``The anchor's up > &. the folk on shore sing `Good-bye, my flenni!' or `Aloha oe!' > '' > 68. alpenrose (1914) Gardening Illustr. 24 Jan. 49/2 ``R. hirsutum > had disappeared while R. ferrugineum was abundant... They are > the two varieties of the well-known Swiss Alpenrose, which > looks handsome in large sheets of colour. '' > 69. alpha (1914) W. Rosenhain Physical Metallurgy viii. 167 ``Iron > is capable of existing in at least three diverse or > `allotropic' conditions. These are generally known as the > &gamma., &beta. and &alpha. forms of iron. '' > 70. altiplano (1914) B. Miall tr. Walle's Bolivia ii. 45 ``Those > who should judge Bolivia only by the altoplano [sic]..would > form a melancholy idea of the country. '' > 71. amentia (1914) A. F. Tredgold Mental Deficiency (Amentia) (ed. > 2) xiii. 226 ``Secondary Amentia and its Clinical Varieties. > Toxic, Inflammatory and Vascular Amentia. '' > 72. amentia (1914) A. F. Tredgold Mental Deficiency (Amentia 228 > )``The fact that the onset of these cases is so often attended > with convulsions causes them to be frequently designated > `epileptic' or `eclampsic' amentia.'' > 73. American (1914) Maclean's Mag. June 109/3 ``Windsor > Hotel..Rates: American Plan, &dollar.1.50-&dollar.2.50. > European Plan, 75c. to &dollar.1.50. '' > 74. Amorite (1914) T. E. Lawrence Let. 6 Feb. (1938) 165 ``We are > digging up well preserved Amorites who were buried naked and > headless. '' > 75. amount (1914) M. Sinclair Three Sisters lxiii. 369 ``And he > had spent any amount of money on it. '' > 76. Ampelopsis(1914) Compton Mackenzie Sinister Street iii. vii. > 646 ``The tea&dubh.tray gothic of Balliol, and Trinity with its > municipal ampelopsis. '' > 77. amplifier (1914) Electrician 12 June 402/2 ``After developing > the Audion as detector, amplifier and oscillator, Dr. Lee de > Forest has recently described..the small-sized 312 volt > amplifier bulb. '' > 78. anaerobe (1914) G. B. Shaw Misalliance 15 ``There was a > regular terror of a countess with an anaerobic system [of > drainage]. '' > 79. anaesthesi(1914) Stedman's Med. Dict. 46/1 ``Anesthesiology. > '' > 80. analphabet(1914) N.Y. Times Current History 12 Dec. 79 ``There > are no analphabets to be found among them. '' > 81. analyst (1914) Eder &. Moltzer tr. Jung's Theory > Psychoanalysis in Psychoanal. Rev. I. 425 ``Transference to, > and dependence upon the analyst could be considered as a > sufficient end, with a definite therapeutic effect, if the > analyst were in every respect a great personality, capable..to > guide the patients. '' > 82. anamorphic(1904), (1914) [see anamorphism 3]. > 83. anamorphis(1914) Ries &. Watson Engin. Geol. iii. 204 > ``Anamorphic zone. The zone of anamorphism corresponds to the > zone of flowage, in which there is great pressure in all > directions. It is a zone of reconstruction, and is especially > characterized by silication involving decarbonation, > dehydration, and deoxidation.'' > 84. anaphoric (1914) Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. i. x. 247, ``I > propose to apply the word anaphoric to one (or any other word) > if it refers to some word already mentioned, while I say > independent if there is no such contextual reference. '' > 85. anaphorica(1914) Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. i. x. 247 ``The > little one is used anaphorically if it means `the little > flower' or whatever it is that has just been mentioned. '' > 86. anchorless(1914) R. Brooke Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Poems (1929) > p. cxii, ``I really do feel a little anchorless. I shall be > glad to be back among you all, and tied to somewhere in > England. '' > 87. and (1914) S. A. Hirsch in A. G. Little R. Bacon v. 128 > ``Another large portion of the Greek Grammar is taken up by > Bacon's treatment of accentuation and prosody (pp. 95-144), and > no wonder! '' > 88. andradite (1914) Brit. Mus. Return 227 ``Garnet (andradite) > from China.'' > 89. androconiu(1914) T. B. Fletcher Some Indian Insects v. 49 > ``The flocculent yellow androconial hairs which line the > interior of the pocket and which doubtless emit a smell > attractive to the female. '' > 90. angleberry(1914) P. MacGill Children of Dead End vi. 32 ``One > of the horses was spavined and the other was covered with > angle-berries.'' > 91. antecede (1914) C. A. Mercier Astrol. in Med. 1 ``Its origin > is so remote as to antecede all written records.'' > 92. ante-post (1914) Daily Express 19 Sept. 5/2 ``If there had > been any important ante-post betting..many would have burnt > their fingers badly.'' > 93. antevert (1914) N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 387 ``The Cossacks..rode > down the sidewalks..in an effort to antevert a meeting of the > students.'' > 94. anthocyani(1914) Chem. Abstr. 335 ``The anthocyanidin > reaction..consists in extg. the fresh plant material. '' > 95. anthocyani(1914) Proc. R. Soc. B. LXXXVII. 444 ``In no case > could any trace of antho&dubh.cyanidin be found. '' > 96. anthroposo(1914) tr. Steiner's Spiritual Sci. 26 ``This > building will be for the use of the Anthroposophical Society. > '' > 97. anti- (1914) Domville-Fife Submarines, Mines &. Torpedoes ix, > (heading) ``Anti-Submarine Tactics. '' > 98. anti-aircr(1914) Scotsman 25 Sept. 5/4 ``An anti-aircraft gun > of the Third Army Corps. '' > 99. anti-clock(1914) Domville-Fife Submarines, Mines &. Torpedoes > 163 ``A tiny three or four-cylinder engine which operates twin > screws, moving `clock-wise' and `anti-clockwise'. '' > 100. antimacass(1914) Times 13 May 11/5 ``The antimacassared ease > of early Victorian times may have been too much of a good > thing, but that was better than the excesses of the modern > athletic girl. ''