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- ASHCAKEA johnnycake.
- ASHCANA container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
- ASHENMade from the wood of the ash-tree.
- ASHERYA depository for ashes.
- ASHETA large, shallow, oval dish used for serving food.
- ASHINEShining; radiant; bright
- ASHIVERShivering.
- ASHLARMasonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
- ASHLAREDBuilt with ashlars.
- ASHMANOne employed to collect ash.
- ASHOREOn the land as opposed to onboard.
- ASHPLANTAn ash sapling.
- ASHRAMA secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.
- ASHRAMITEA person who stays at an ashram
- ASHTRAYA receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
- ASHYResembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
- ASIAGOA hard Italian cheese similar to Parmesan.
- ASIDETo or on one side so as to be out of the way.
- ASININEVery foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
- ASKANCEOf a glance or look: with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
- ASKANTAslant; to one side, askance.
- ASKARIA member of a local African military or police unit, usually one serving in a European colonial force.
- ASKEDsimple past and past participle of ask
- ASKEWTurned or twisted to one side.
- ASKINGpresent participle of ask
- ASLAKETo abate; diminish.
- ASLANTAt or on a slant; in a slanting or sloping direction.
- ASLEEPIn a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
- ASLOPESlanted, sloping.
- ASMOULDERsmouldering
- ASOCIALNot social, not relating to society.
- ASPARTICOf or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives
- ASPECTAny specific feature, part, or element of something.
- ASPECTEDSubject to a particular planetary aspect.
- ASPECTUALOf or pertaining to an aspect.
- ASPENPertaining to the aspen tree.
- ASPERRough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
- ASPERATETo make rough or harsh.
- ASPERGETo sprinkle.
- ASPERITYThe quality of having a rough or uneven surface; roughness, unevenness; a protruding or rough area or point on a surface; a protrusion.
- ASPERMIAA form of infertility associated with a inability to produce semen.
- ASPHALTA sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in
- ASPHALTEROne who pours or works with asphalt.
- ASPHALTICResembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.
- ASPHERICaspherical
- ASPHERICALNot spherical or nearly spherical.
- ASPHODELAny of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.
- ASPHYXIALoss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
- ASPHYXIALOf or relating to asphyxia.
- ASPHYXIATETo smother or suffocate someone.
- ASPHYXIATINGCausing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe.
- ASPHYXIATIONDeath due to lack of oxygen.
- ASPHYXIATOROne who or that which asphyxiates.
- ASPICA meat or fish jelly.
- ASPIDIUMSynonym of dryopteris: a member of a certain genus of ferns, including the male fern.
- ASPIRANTSomeone who aspires (for high office, etc.)
- ASPIRATEThe puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
- ASPIRATIONThe act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- ASPIRETo have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
- ASPIRINan analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
- ASPIRINGLYIn an aspiring manner.
- ASPLENIUMSynonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
- ASPROassociate professor
- ASQUATsquatting
- ASQUINTLooking sideways, as though warily.
- ASSEMBLYA set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- ASSENTEROne who assents.
- ASSIGNEROne who, or that which, assigns.
- ASSUETUDEAccustomedness; habit.
- ASTABLENot stable.
- ASTELICLacking steles.
- ASTERAny of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
- ASTERIDAlternative spelling of asteroid (starfish).
- ASTERISMAn unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
- ASTERNBehind ; in the rear.
- ASTERNALNot sternal; that do not join the sternum.
- ASTEROIDA naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
- ASTEROIDALOf or pertaining to an asteroid.
- ASTEROIDEANAny starfish of the class Asteroidea
- ASTHENIAWeakness; loss of strength.
- ASTHENICCharacterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
- ASTHMAA long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms in
- ASTIGMIAastigmatism
- ASTILBEAny species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
- ASTIRIn motion; characterized by motion.
- ASTONIEDsimple past and past participle of astony
- ASTONYTo astound; to paralyse, to stun.
- ASTOOPIn a stooping or inclined position.
- ASTOUNDTo astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
- ASTRALRelating to or resembling the stars; starry.
- ASTRANDResting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach.
- ASTRAPHOBESomeone suffering from astraphobia.
- ASTRAYAway from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
- ASTRIDEWith one’s legs on either side.
- ASTROBLEMEA pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet.
- ASTROCYTEA neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain, which forms the blood-brain barrier, among other functions.
- ASTRODOMEA transparent dome in the fuselage of an aircraft or spacecraft through which navigational observations may be made
- ASTROIDA hypocycloid with four cusps.
- ASTROLABEAn astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
- ASTROLOGICArchaic form of astrological.