| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| asaphus | noun | A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append. |
| asarone | noun | A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; — called also camphor of asarum. |
| asbolin | noun | A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot. |
| ascarid | noun | A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons. |
| ascetic | adjective | Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe., In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. |
| ascidia | plural | of Ascidium |
| ascians | noun pl. | Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; — applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun. |
| ascites | noun | A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. |
| ascitic | adjective | Alt. of Ascitical |
| ascribe | verb t. | To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author., To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong. |
| ascript | adjective | See Adscript. |
| aseptic | adjective | Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent., An aseptic substance. |
| asexual | adjective | Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation. |
| ashamed | adjective | Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. |
| ashweed | noun | Goutweed. |
| asiarch | noun | One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. |
| asiatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants., A native, or one of the people, of Asia. |
| asinego | noun | Alt. of Assinego |
| asinine | adjective | Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. |
| askance | adverb | Alt. of Askant, To turn aside. |
| asonant | adjective | Not sounding or sounded. |
| asperne | verb t. | To spurn; to despise. |
| asperse | verb t. | To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust., To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man’s character. |
| asphalt | noun | Alt. of Asphaltum, To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets. |
| asphyxy | noun | Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases. |
| aspired | imp. & past participle | of Aspire |
| aspirer | noun | One who aspires. |
| asprawl | adverb & adjective | Sprawling. |
| asquint | adverb | With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. |
| assagai | noun | Alt. of Assegai |
| assegai | noun | A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin., Same as Assagai. |
| assamar | noun | The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown. |
| assapan | noun | Alt. of Assapanic |
| assault | noun | A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town., A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government., An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery., To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces., To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. |
| assayed | imp. & past participle | of Assay |
| assayer | noun | One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver. |
| assever | verb t. | See Asseverate. |
| assiege | verb t. | To besiege., A siege. |
| assized | imp. & past participle | of Assize |
| assizer | noun | An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc. |
| assizor | noun | A juror. |
| assober | verb t. | To make or keep sober. |
| assuage | verb t. | To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire., To abate or subside. |
| assumed | imp. & past participle | of Assume, Supposed., Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character. |
| assumer | noun | One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. |
| assumpt | verb t. | To take up; to elevate; to assume., That which is assumed; an assumption. |
| assured | imp. & past participle | of Assure, Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess., One whose life or property is insured. |
| assurer | noun | One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter., One who takes out a life assurance policy. |
| asswage | verb | See Assuage. |
| astacus | noun | A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish. |
| astarte | noun | A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe. |
| astatic | adjective | Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. |
| asteism | noun | Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another. |
| astheny | noun | Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces. |
| astoned | imp. & past participle | of Astone |
| astound | of Astone, Stunned; astounded; astonished., of Astound, To stun; to stupefy., To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. | |
| astrand | adverb & adjective | Stranded. |
| astrict | verb t. | To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract., To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit., To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4., Concise; contracted. |
| astride | adverb | With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. |
| astylar | adjective | Without columns or pilasters. |
| asunder | adverb | Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places. |
| asylums | plural | of Asylum |