Assurgent (a.) Ascending
Assurgent (a.) rising obliquely; curving upward.
Assuring (a.) That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.
Asswage (v.) See Assuage.
Assyrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.
Assyrian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
Assyriological (a.) Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.
Assyriologist (n.) One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archaeology.
Assyriology (n.) The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.
Assythment (n.) Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.
Astacus (n.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.
Astarboard (adv.) Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.
Astart (v. t. & i.) Same as Astert.
Astarte (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
Astate (n.) Estate; state.
Astatic (a.) 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.
Astatically (adv.) In an astatic manner.
Astaticism (n.) The state of being astatic.
Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
Asteism (n.) Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Astel (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.
Aster (n.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
Aster (n.) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
Asterias (n.) A genus of echinoderms.
Asteriated (a.) Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire.
Asteridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea.
Asteridian (n.) A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.
Asterioidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asteridea
Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.
Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
Asteriscus (n.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
Asterism (n.) A constellation.
Asterism (n.) A small cluster of stars.
Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference.
Asterism (n.) Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage.
Asterism (n.) An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.
Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Astern (adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear.
Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
Asteroid (n.) A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
Asteroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.
Asterolepis (n.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.
Asterophyllite (n.) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Astert (v. i.) To escape.
Asthenia (n.) Alt. of Astheny
Astheny (n.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Asthenic (a.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
Asthenopia (n.) Weakness of sight.
Asthma (n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
Asthmatic (a.) Alt. of Asthmatical
Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
Asthmatic (n.) A person affected with asthma.
Astigmatic (a.) Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
Astigmatism (n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.
Astipulate (v. i.) To assent.
Astipulation (n.) Stipulation; agreement.
Astir (adv. & a.) Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Astomatous (a.) Alt. of Astomous
Astomous (a.) Not possessing a mouth.
Astoned (imp. & p. p.) of Astone
Astond () of Astone
Astound () of Astone
Aston (v. t.) Alt. of Astone
Astone (v. t.) To stun; to astonish; to stupefy.
Astonied (p. p.) Stunned; astonished. See Astony.
Astonished (imp. & p. p.) of Astonish
Astonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astonish
Astonish (v. t.) To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.
Astonish (v. t.) To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion.
Astonishedly (adv.) In an astonished manner.
Astonishing (a.) Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
Astonishment (n.) The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
Astonishment (n.) Dismay; consternation.
Astonishment (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
Astonishment (n.) The object causing such an emotion.
Astonied (imp. & p. p.) of Astony
Astonying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astony
Astony (v. t.) To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.
Astoop (adv.) In a stooping or inclined position.
Astound (a.) Stunned; astounded; astonished.
Astounded (imp. & p. p.) of Astound
Astound () of Astound
Astounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astound
Astound (a.) To stun; to stupefy.
Astound (a.) To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.
Astounding (a.) Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.
Astoundment (n.) Amazement.
Astrachan (a. & n.) See Astrakhan.
Astraddle (adv.) In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
Astraean (a.) Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.
Astraean (n.) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
Astragal (n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
Astragal (n.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.
Astragalar (a.) Of or pertaining to the astragalus.
Astragaloid (a.) Resembling the astragalus in form.
Astragalomancy (n.) Divination by means of small bones or dice.
Astragalus (n.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.