anaspid | (noun) extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian | - |
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asp | (noun) of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder | Synonyms: asp viper, Vipera aspis |
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(noun) cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death | Synonyms: Egyptian cobra, Naja haje |
asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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asparagine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) | - |
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asparagus | (noun) edible young shoots of the asparagus plant | - |
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(noun) plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | Synonyms: Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus |
aspartame | (noun) an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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aspect | (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: expression, face, facial expression, look |
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(noun) a characteristic to be considered | - |
(noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem | Synonyms: facet |
(noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista |
(noun) the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb | - |
aspectual | (adjective) of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb) | - |
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aspen | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind | - |
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asper | (noun) 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey | - |
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aspergill | (noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspersorium |
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aspergillosis | (noun) an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs | - |
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(noun) disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs | - |
(noun) severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys | Synonyms: brooder pneumonia |
asperity | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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(noun) harshness of manner | Synonyms: sharpness |
asperse | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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aspersion | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: calumny, defamation, denigration, slander |
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(noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: sprinkling |
(noun) a disparaging remark | Synonyms: slur |
aspersorium | (noun) the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches | - |
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(noun) a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water | Synonyms: aspergill |
asphalt | (noun) a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons | Synonyms: mineral pitch |
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(noun) mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing | - |
(verb) cover with tar or asphalt | - |
asphaltic | (adjective) containing asphalt | - |
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aspheric | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspherical |
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aspherical | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspheric |
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asphodel | (noun) any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers | - |
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asphyxia | (noun) a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas | - |
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asphyxiate | (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: stifle, suffocate |
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(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: smother, suffocate |
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: choke, stifle, suffocate |
asphyxiated | (adjective) in a state of asphyxia | - |
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asphyxiating | (adjective) tending to deprive of oxygen | - |
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asphyxiation | (noun) killing by depriving of oxygen | Synonyms: suffocation |
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(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) | Synonyms: suffocation |
asphyxiator | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: extinguisher, fire extinguisher |
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aspic | (noun) savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables | - |
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aspidistra | (noun) evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant | Synonyms: Aspidistra elatio, bar-room plant, cast-iron plant |
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aspirant | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspiring, wishful |
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(noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
aspirate | (noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration | - |
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(noun) a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds. | - |
(verb) inhale (air, water, etc.) | - |
(verb) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds | - |
(verb) remove by suction | Synonyms: draw out, suck out |
aspiration | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake |
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(noun) a will to succeed | - |
(noun) a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath | - |
(noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, dream |
aspirator | (noun) a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid | - |
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aspire | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aim, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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aspirer | (noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee |
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aspirin | (noun) the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph |
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aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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blaspheme | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: curse, cuss, imprecate, swear |
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(verb) speak of in an irreverent or impious manner | - |
blasphemer | (noun) a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things | - |
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blasphemous | (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blue, profane |
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(adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: profane, sacrilegious |
blasphemously | (adverb) in a blasphemous manner | - |
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blasphemy | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: desecration, profanation, sacrilege |
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(noun) blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) | - |
caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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cephalaspid | (noun) extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head | Synonyms: osteostracan |
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clasp | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold |
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(noun) a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together | - |
(verb) hold firmly and tightly | - |
(verb) grasp firmly | - |
(verb) fasten with a buckle or buckles | Synonyms: buckle |
(verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: brooch |
diaspora | (noun) the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) | - |
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(noun) the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | - |
exasperate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, worsen |
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(verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate |
(verb) make furious | Synonyms: incense, infuriate |
exasperated | (adjective) greatly annoyed; out of patience | Synonyms: browned off, cheesed off |
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exasperating | (adjective) extremely annoying or displeasing | Synonyms: infuriating, maddening, vexing |
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(adjective) making worse | Synonyms: aggravating, exacerbating |
exasperatingly | (adverb) in an exasperating manner | - |
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exasperation | (noun) actions that cause great irritation (or even anger) | - |
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(noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: aggravation |
gasp | (noun) a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open | Synonyms: pant |
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(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: heave, pant, puff |
grasp | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grip, hold |
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding | Synonyms: grip |
(noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: appreciation, hold |
(noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, range, reach |
(verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy |
(verb) hold firmly | Synonyms: hold on |
graspability | (noun) The quality of being able to be understood or comprehended; understandability. | - |
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graspable | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: apprehensible, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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grasping | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile |
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(noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: prehension, seizing, taking hold |
(noun) understanding with difficulty | - |
handclasp | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handshake, handshaking, shake |
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hasp | (noun) a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock | - |
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(verb) secure or lock with a hasp | - |
intraspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecific |
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intraspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecies |
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jasper | (noun) an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone | - |
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megasporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: macrosporangium |
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megaspore | (noun) larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte | Synonyms: macrospore |
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megasporophyll | (noun) in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia | - |
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paspalum | (noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States | Synonyms: dallis grass, dallisgrass, Paspalum dilatatum |
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rasp | (noun) a coarse file with sharp pointed projections | Synonyms: wood file |
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(noun) uttering in an irritated tone | Synonyms: rasping |
(verb) utter in a grating voice | - |
(verb) scrape with a rasp | - |
raspberry | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, razz, razzing, snort |
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(noun) red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries | - |
(noun) woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries | Synonyms: raspberry bush |
raspiness | (noun) (of sound) The state or characteristic of being rough or raw, especially used to describe vocal quality. | - |
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rasping | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, raspy, rough, scratchy |
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(noun) uttering in an irritated tone | Synonyms: rasp |
raspingly | (adverb) in a harsh and grating manner | Synonyms: gratingly, harshly |
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raspy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, rough, scratchy |
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teaspoon | (noun) a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram | - |
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(noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoonful |
teaspoonful | (noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoon |
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tetrasporangium | (noun) a sporangium containing four asexual spores | - |
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tetraspore | (noun) one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium | - |
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unclasp | (verb) release from a clasp | - |
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ungrasped | (adjective) not fully apprehended | - |
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wasp | (noun) social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting | - |
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waspish | (adjective) very irritable | Synonyms: bristly, prickly, splenetic |
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