Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (1997 Additions), Vol. 2: A—D

Oxford English Dictionary 1997 Beatrice Shallot Volume 2 of 6 A-D A abaft abbreviated abide abmigration about abscondment abstemiously abuzz accent accidently accordion accumbing acetification acidæmia acoustical acrite actinomorphous actuation adauge addressment adight ad libitum admonitioner adroop advantage advigilancy aeration æsthetical affectionately afforce Aframerican afterglow agapanthus agglutinative aglet agreeableness a-hush air airy alarmingly alcoholate Aleutian alienated alkekengi allbone alligatoring allow almid alopecia Alternaria alveole ambara's amblypod amental amit amount amplex an analogy anathema maranatha ancienter anelectrotonic angioblast angry animalillio annerre anode ansate antecedent anthropogenic anti- antiloquist antisense aoristic apiarist a-port apparissaunt appertinancy appointor appropred Apulian arbalestre archæopteryx arctician argillaceo- arithmetic armoirie array arrow artfully artistdom ascendable ashend a-spatial assail assenter assist assumed astoop asymmetrical Athenæum atomize attain atter attributive aught auro- authorizable automation avant- aviator awaker awsk azoturia B Babylonic back- backman bacul baggage bairnheid balase ball ballooning Bananaland bang bankrupt bar barchan bark baronet barrier base-born basket bat bating battled bay be- beak bear beastly beaupers becomed bedlamism beer Begadores behavioural beknowing bell belonger bench-table benefited beo Beroe besie bestialism betoken bevele bhoosa bicipitous biff bike billet-doux bindbalk biologically bird bishop bite blabber black bottom blad blank blatantly bleck blethely blinking block blood-horse blotch blowre blue grass blushy boat bodach bog boko bolt bon-bon bonhomie book boost borato borough-kind bossy bottle-nose boultell bourgeois bowed box brace Brahmic brancard brasik bray break breakfast breccan brene brick-earth brief brin brisure broad gauge broken-backed brook browder brune bryophyte buckety budget Buggess bulk bulling bummery bungle burdon burliness burnt offering bury business but butt button by by-end C cabin cacoethic Cæsar cake-bread cald call callosal cam camoised camstairy cancericidal can-hook canon canterer cap capillar capriciously car carboxyl cardinal cargo carnifice carpo- carry cartouse case Casserian cast cast-off cataclysmically catch categorematic catholic Cauchy–Schwarz causey cavernulated Celanese cellulosic centenarian centripetally cerecloth ceruleated chafe chair challenge champ chancy chanterer chapter charge charlatanic charyowre chatelainry cheat cheek chell cherisance chestee chiasmal chiefess chill- china chiparee chitinogenous chloroprene choking chop chorist christened chromiferous chuck church churrus ciliate cinque circularize circumpressure cisme cityfication claim clangor clarous clat clayey clear cleche clerk cliftonite clink cloam cloote closo cloud cloys clunt coach coalescency coat cobweb cockall cockney coction co-emanation coffin cognotize coincidence cold collar collection collimation cologue colour columbo combind come comelokur coming commemorate commercialese committee commonalty communally commutativity comparatively compatibly compile complex componist compound comprisure comu- conceive concerningly conclavical concrescent condensed condoke condylar confervoid confirm conformly congenital congresswoman conjugational connexion conscience consentrik considerative consolidated constablery constrainedness consultant contain contende continency continuo contrade contraryete control convene conversant convex convolvine cool co-optee copentank co-presbyter coracoid cordlett corkir corner corode corporificative correlational corruge corvetto coss cotarnine cottoner coumly countenance countercharm counterminer countervail coup course courtesy covenance covert cow-calf cozen crackedness crag cranioid crassous crazy creaturize creep crepuscule crib cringingly critism crook cross cross-corner crotchet crown crudde crupper cry crystallitic cuckquean- culex culture cunning curatel curiosity currentness curtal custardmonger cut cuttee cycamore cymbalo cytode D daffodilly daisy damasker damysé dangerousness Darjeeling Darwinianism datolite dawning dazzled dead deafly de-arrest debate débutant deceivableness decimetric declinational deconventionalize decuple deem defailance defence define deformly degraded déjà lu delibate deliration delute demerlayk democratical demulceate denizen denture depascent depopulacy deprehendible derailment Dermestes descent desiccate deslavee despondently destyne determinantal detract devein devil devoir dew-cup diabolical dialectic dian diathermant dickinsonite didymous dietitian diffused diggish dijudicate dill diminishing dinge dioptre diplomatic direct dirty disangularize disbury disciple discommendable discount discretion diseaseful disfranchisement disharmonize disinter dismantled disordined dispensational display dispossessory disrepair dissepimental dissolve distemperate distomatous distributival dital dive divided divorceable do docket dodge doggedness dolce vita dolt dominium doom dorman dotehead doublé doubtsome dowel downland drabbery dragon draught draw dreadlocks dress driftage drive drollery drop- drue drunkometer dual ducking duiker dumb-waiter dungeon duplify dust-box dwele dyot dzo