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British English , BRITISH ENGLISH Short from BrE. The English language as used in Britain. The phrase contrasts with kinds of ENGLISH used elsewhere, and especially wi… English Horn , Eng·lish horn • n. Mus. an alto woodwind instrument of the oboe family, having a bulbous bell and sounding a fifth lower than the oboe.
English horn… Modern English , MODERN ENGLISH, short form ModE, MnE. Also sometimes New English.
1. The third stage in the history and development of the ENGLISH language, c.1450 t… Norse , NORSE Also Old Norse, Scandinavian, and (with particular reference to its use in England) DANISH. The SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES in an early, relatively… Pyridine , pyridine nucleotides Obsolete name for the coenzymes NAD and NADP. anglicism , ANGLICIZE AmE & BrE, Anglicise AusE & BrE [with and without an initial capital].
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