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1. A (1919) Whitaker's Alman. 144/1 ``The Air Force Cross.
1918-*A.F.C.-Instituted..for acts of courage or devotion to
duty when flying, although not in active operations against the
enemy. ''
2. A (1919) London Gaz. (Suppl. 5) 19 Dec. 15840/2 ``Actg.
Serjeant Elmo O'Neal Bearden, *A.F.M. (South Russia). ''
3. above (1919) Conrad Arrow of Gold iv. ii. 157 ``The above
sequence of thoughts was entirely unsympathetic and it was
followed by a feeling of satisfaction that I, at any rate, was
not suffering from insomnia. ''
4. abristle (1919) M. Beerbohm Seven Men 180 ``So a-bristle am I
with memories of the meetings I had with its author. ''
5. accelerate(1919) B. H. Davies Motor Driving 52 ``The expansion
of the cushions of compressed air accelerates them on their
downward strokes. ''
6. accepting (1919) R. G. Hawtrey Currency &. Credit vii. 105
``Accepting houses authorise merchants to draw bills, on
condition that the necessary funds are provided to meet the
bills when due. ''
7. accessory (1919) Lancet 23 Aug. 338/1 ``The kind and degree of
accessory factors in the common dietary. ''
8. accessory (1919) Lancet, 23 Aug. 338/1 ``It would be
interesting to discover whether they [sc. pickles] fill a gap
also by supplying accessory food factors.''
9. ace (1919) Wodehouse Damsel in Distress ii. 35 ``Put it in
your diary, Mac, and write it on your cuff, George Bevan's all
right. He's an ace. ''
10. achondropl(1919) [see dwarfism].
11. acidulatio(1919) L. Strachey Let. 27 Nov. in V. Woolf &.
Strachey (1956) 85, ``I have retired, probably permanently,
into this acidulation of ice.''
12. a-crow (1919) W. B. Yeats Two Plays for Dancers 16 ``The
strong March birds a-crow, Stretch neck and clap the wing.''
13. act (1919) F. Hurst Humoresque 300 ``Two specialty acts and a
pair of whistling Pierrots. ''
14. actinomyce(1919) S. A. Waksman in Jrnl. Bacteriol. IV. 189
``Studies in the metabolism of the actinomycetes. ''
15. action (1919) G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House Pref. p. xxxix,
``The Higher Drama put out of action. The effect of the war on
the London theatres may now be imagined. ''
16. activate (1919) Jrnl. Industr. &. Engin. Chem. XI. 282 ``The
development of activated charcoal as a canister filler was
largely the work of two Cleveland organizations. ''
17. activate (1919) Science L. 568/1 (title) ``Charcoal
activation. ''
18. actuary (1919) W. Thomson Dict. Banking (ed. 2) 13/2
``Actuary, the chief official in a savings bank.''
19. ad (1919) [see want sb.2].
20. Adelie (1919) Shackleton South i. 6 ``During the day we had
seen adelie and ringed penguins. ''
21. adenoidal (1919) F. Hurst Humoresque 195 ``Whole rows of
ladies, with the slightly open-mouthed, adenoidal expression of
vicarious romance, sat forward in their chairs. ''
22. ad-lib (1919) F. Hurst Humoresque 265 ```Easy money, friends,'
Miss Hoag would ad lib. to the line-up outside her railing. ''
23. adrift (1919) W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 7 ``Adrift, see
A.W.L. ''
24. adsorb (1919) Chem. Abstr. XIII. 2477 ``A strongly adsorbable
ion will supersede one possessing a lower adsorbing ability. ''
25. adsorb (1919) Chem. Abstr. XIII. 2477 ``The adsorbability of a
salt is detd. by that of its component ions. ''
26. adventive (1919) I. Hayward &. G. C. Druce (title) ``The
adventive flora of Tweedside. ''
27. adviser (1919) W. J. Mailhoit (title) ``Mailhoit's modern
advisor to grocers. ''
28. aerial (1919) H. G. Anderson Med. &. Surg. Aspects of Aviation
i. 4 ``The French conceived the idea of having *aerial
ambulances to convey quickly the wounded. ''
29. aerial (1919) N. J. Gill Aerial Arm ix. 162 ``Fleets and
armies... These ancient services [have] to be reinforced by the
new *aerial arm. ''
30. aerial (1919) N. J. Gill Aerial Arm vii. 136 ``Freedom..is
blighted by the curse of *aerial bombs. ''
31. aerial (1919) N. J. Gill Aerial Arm 135 ``It is..conceded that
there is no form of frightfulness so trying to the nerves as
*aerial bombing. ''
32. aerial (1919) H. Shaw Text-bk. Aeronaut. xxii. 249 ``The
modern *aerial camera is a modified form of the original
`press' camera used in the early days of aerial work. ''
33. aerial (1919) N. J. Gill Aerial Arm v. 100 ``For purposes of
self-defence, one or more passengers are carried as *aerial
gunners in addition to the pilot. ''
34. aerial (1919) H. Shaw Text-bk. Aeronaut. xxii. 252 ``Only
experts can be expected to read all the information that may be
contained in an aerial photograph. ''
35. aerial (1919) Aeronautics 2 Oct. 322 (heading) ``Antarctic
*Aerial Survey. ''
36. aero- (1919) F. O. Bower Bot. Living Plant viii. 128 ``Such
plants are described as `pot-bound'. This condition is due to
the fact that the roots grow towards a source of free oxygen...
Such a response is styled aerotropism, and roots curving
towards the source are positively aerotropic.''
37. aerostat (1919) W. B. Faraday Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms 54
``Aerostat, a generic term for any type of aircraft which
derives its lift chiefly from aerostatic forces. ''
38. affectabil(1919) W. McDougall Introd. Soc. Psychol. (ed. 14)
449 ``The most fickle and shallow temper results from the
opposite conjunction, namely, high affectability with low
intensity and persistence. ''
39. afters (1919) Athen&ae.um 29 Aug. 822/2 ```Afters' is in no
sense an army word..beyond the fact that the mass of the army
is composed of the working classes... Used in its equivalent
sense to sweets, pudding, entremets or dessert, it may not show
much imagination. ''
40. after-war (1919) A. A. Milne First Plays 113 ``The most
suitable career for a young man in after-war conditions. ''
41. age (1919) G. B. Shaw Heartbreak Ho. i. 28 ``Do you suppose
that at my age I make distinctions between one fellow creature
and another? ''
42. aggregate (1919) R. W. Lawson in Nature 13 Feb. 464/2 ``To the
recoil of a compact cluster of atoms of the active matter when
one of the atoms contained in it disintegrates with an ejection
of an &alpha.-particle..I recently gave the name of `aggregate
recoil'. ''
43. ain't (1919) Mencken Amer. Lang. 146 ``Ain't is already
tolerably respectable in the first person..`ain't I in this?'
''
44. air (1919) Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 6/4 (headline) ``Egypt to the
Cape by Air. ''
45. air (1919) Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 6/4 (headline 19 Feb. 12/6
(headline) )``Heroes of the Air. ''
46. air (1919) Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 6/4 (headline 19 Feb. 12/6
(headline 13/4 (headline) )``Who Owns the Air? ''
47. air (1919) W. B. Faraday Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms 55 ``*Air
Scoop, a projecting cowl, which, by using the dynamic pressure
of the relative wind or slip stream, serves to maintain air
pressure in the interior of the envelope. ''
48. air (1919) H. S. Betts Timber v. 150 ``A kiln is used also
when partially air-seasoned or even fully air-seasoned material
is to be dried further. ''
49. air (1919) Sphere 6 Dec. p. viii/1 ``Fifteen hundred air miles
at 107 m.p.h. ''
50. air (1919) Geogr. Jrnl. LIII. 330 (heading) ``Air Photography
in Archaeology. ''
51. air (1919) Geogr. Jrnl. LIII. 330 (heading, ) ``Had I not been
in possession of these air-photographs the city would probably
have been merely shown by meaningless low mounds. ''
52. air (1919) Liverpool Jrnl. Commerce 20 Nov. 6/4 ``Within the
past few months regular air post services have sprung into
being. ''
53. air (1919) Conquest Dec. 65/1 ``The successful execution of
aerial acrobatics involves the possession..of that indefinable
quality which, for want of a better word, we will call
`air-sense'. ''
54. air (1919) Sphere 1 Nov. p. x/3 ``Outside the R.A.F. there
were no records of a daily air service to guide the Avro
company in organising such an undertaking. ''
55. air (1919) Sphere 10 May 108/1 ``The air terminus for London
is Hounslow. ''
56. air (1919) Flight XI. 1044 ``His Majesty..has approved of new
titles for the commissioned ranks of the Royal Air Force..Air
Commodore. ''
57. air (1919) Air Vice-Marshal [see marshal sb.].
58. air (1919) Athen&ae.um 23 May 360/2 ```Air-base',
`aircraft',..`air mechanic', [etc.]..are now everyday terms. ''
59. aircraft (1919) Times 30 Dec. 4/6 ``The aircraft carrier
Hermes..is to be towed from the Tyne to Devonport. ''
60. air-line (1919) Sphere 22 Mar. 254/2 ``Flying routes will soon
show a tendency to become fixed, just as birds fly along `air
lines' from point to point.''
61. airport (1919) Aerial Age Weekly 14 Apr. 235/1 ``There is
being established at Atlantic City the first `air port' ever
established, the purposes of which are..to provide a municipal
aviation field,..to supply an air port for trans-Atlantic
liners, whether of the seaplane, land aeroplane or dirigible
balloon type. ''
62. air-raid (1919) I. Hay Last Million p. xi, ``Above all, we
hope to see the air-raid shelters gone. ''
63. a la (1919) G. B. Shaw Heartbreak Ho. p. xx, ``Police raid ….
la Russe. ''
64. alien (1919) Hayward &. Druce Adventive Flora of Tweedside p.
ix, ``In former times at Galashiels the effluents from the
woollen mills carrying seeds washed out in the course of
scouring found their way in to the river... In the near future,
therefore [as a result of a new system of drainage], instead of
a large alien flora appearing along the rivers only a few
sporadic species can be expected to occur. ''
65. alienation(1919) T. L. Kelley in Jrnl. Appl. Psychol. III. 61
``Just as &rdot.484 is the coefficient of correlation between
intelligence and vocational choice, so may &rdot.875 be called
the coefficient of alienation between the same two things. ''
66. allegorism(1919) P. H. Osmond Myst. Poets Engl. Ch. 350 ``No
doubt there is a rather slippery descent from this type of
mysticism, through symbolism, to mere allegorism.''
67. allergic (1919) Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. LXXIII. 759/2
``Allergic action of drugs. ''
68. allergy (1919) Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. LXXIII. 759/2 ``Coca's
classification of hypersensitiveness into `anaphylaxis' and
`allergy' will serve to clarify this whole field... Anaphylaxis
is an antigen antibody reaction, artificially induced by
immunologic processes. Allergy is used to express the natural
hypersensitiveness of the individual not produced by
immunologic processes. ''
69. all out (1919) Punch 19 Mar. 216/2 ``The car..bolted down-hill
all out. ''
70. alpha (1919) Jrnl. Inst. Metals XXII. 370 (heading) ``Thermal
expansion of Alpha and Beta Brass between 0°. and 600°.
C. ''
71. alternator(1919) R. Stanley Wireless Telegr. (ed. 2) I. 86
``An alternator is a machine in which the difference of
potential, or voltage, induced has not a constant value, as in
an ordinary direct current generator, but rises and falls and
reverses in direction many times per second. ''
72. altitude (1919) W. B. Faraday Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms 49
``Altitude control, a device fitted to a carburettor or other
part of induction system to obtain a correct mixture of the
fuel gas at high levels. ''
73. alure (1919) Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. LIII. 38 ``Its base in
the ditch must have been visible from the allure on the
curtain.''
74. American (1919) Mencken Amer. Lang. 26 ``American thus shows
its character in a constant experimentation,..a steady reaching
out for new and vivid forms. ''
75. ampere (1919) R. Stanley Wireless Telegr. I. 452 ``A proper
check..of the number of ampere-hours' charge and discharge. ''
76. amplificat(1919) J. A. Fleming Thermionic Valve vii. 249
``Method..for Measuring the Amplification Factor. ''
77. anabatic (1919) Faraday Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms 31 ``A local
wind is called anabatic if it is caused by the convection of
heated air, as, for example, the breeze that blows up valleys
when the sun warms the ground.''
78. analyse (1919) M. K. Bradby Psycho-analysis x. 126, ``I have
had no nightmare..since I was analysed. ''
79. Anglicaniz(1919) N. Hill Story Sc. Church vii. 143
``Events..were destined to interrupt for some years James'
policy of seeking to strengthen his position by Anglicanising
the Scottish Church. ''
80. animal (1919) M. K. Bradby Psychoanalysis 231 ``His fleshly
desires were strong, and he was unmerciful to the animal in
himself.''
81. animation (1919) A. C. Lescarboura Behind Motion-Picture
Screen xvi. 302 ``The animation of a picture calls for a large
number of separate drawings. ''
82. animator (1919) A. C. Lescarboura Behind Motion-Picture Screen
xvi. 306 ``After the master artist or animator has indicated
the changes from one drawing to the next, his assistants work
out the drawings. ''
83. anode (1919) Radio Rev. Nov. 54 ``There are..two sources of
potential, the one in the *anode circuit being of fixed value,
that in the grid circuit being variable. ''
84. anode (1919) R. Stanley Textbk. Wireless Telegr. v. 91 ``It
will suffice to say here that an *anode tap may be usefully
employed to increase the oscillating power and oscillating
aerial current. ''
85. anoxaemia (1919) Proc. Physiol. Soc. 25 Jan. p. lxiv,
``While..the accelerated output of adrenalin must be supposed
to participate in the effect, the rise in blood sugar must be
in the main due to a direct action of the anox&ae.mia upon the
liver. ''
86. ante (1919) W. H. Downing Digger Dialects 8 ``Ante up, to
surrender anything. ''
87. anti- (1919) Spectator 20 Sept. 360/1 ``Whether we should do
good or harm by trying to help the *anti-Bolshevik Russians to
a limited extent. ''
88. anti- (1919) L. R. Freeman Sea-Hounds ix. 198 ``Probably some
sort of patrol or anti-U-boat worker, for a guess, perhaps, a
`Q'. ''
89. anti- (1919) G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House p. xliv,
``By..calling the process *anti-Bolshevism. ''
90. anti-aircr(1919) Athen&ae.um 23 May 360/2 ``The anti-aircraft
force. ''
91. anti-rabic(1919) Times Weekly 25 Apr. 404 ``The treatment of
patients with specific anti-rabic material. ''
92. Antonian (1919) E. C. Butler Benedictine Monachism i. 12 ``The
monachism that derived from St Anthony was eremitical in
character. This type, which I shall call the Antonian,
prevailed throughout northern Egypt. ''
93. Antonian (1919) C. C. Martindale Upon God's Holy Hills i. 12
``Violent bodily penances, rarely read of in Antonian
literature.''
94. appalling (1919) Punch 7 May 357 ``What appalling rot! ''
95. appeasemen(1919) Gen. Smuts' Messages to Empire: Problem of
Peace 14 ``In our policy of European settlement the appeasement
of Germany..becomes one of cardinal importance. ''
96. approach (1919) Wodehouse Damsel in Distress i. 23 ``Does it
[sc. love] make you slice your approach-shots? ''
97. approach (1919) Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 173 ``His
approach-putting has to be seen to be believed.''
98. April (1919) E. H. Jones Road to En-dor (ed. 2, 1920) xviii.
185 ``We set out..in true April-fooling spirit. ''
99. April (1919) E. H. Jones Road to En-dor 186 ``The old British
custom of April-fooling.''
100. apron (1919) C. C. Turner Struggle in Air 1914-18 ix. 134
``Then the `apron' was devised, to aircraft a sufficiently
dangerous and invisible obstruction which caused raiders to
maintain a certain minimum altitude.''