ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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ascendance | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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ascendancy | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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ascendant | (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root |
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(noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendent |
ascendence | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendency, control, dominance |
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ascendency | (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance |
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ascendent | (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root |
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(noun) position or state of being dominant or in control | Synonyms: ascendant |
ascender | (noun) (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters | - |
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(noun) a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters | - |
(noun) someone who ascends | - |
ascending | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
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ascension | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascent, rise |
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(noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascent, rise, rising |
(noun) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon | - |
ascent | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascension, rise |
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(noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, rise, rising |
(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade |
ascesis | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: asceticism |
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ascetic | (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: abstainer |
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asceticism | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: ascesis |
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(noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: austerity, nonindulgence |
(noun) the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state | - |
ascidian | (noun) minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves | - |
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ascites | (noun) accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity | - |
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asclepiad | (noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | - |
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ascocarp | (noun) mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | - |
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ascolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete | - |
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ascoma | (noun) an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle | - |
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ascomycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus | Synonyms: ascomycetous fungus |
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ascospore | (noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus | - |
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ascot | (noun) a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin | - |
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ascription | (noun) assigning to a cause or source | Synonyms: attribution |
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(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | Synonyms: attribution |
ascus | (noun) saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes | - |
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