| as | (adverb) to the same degree (often followed by `as') | Synonyms: equally, every bit |
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| asafetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafoetida |
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| asafoetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafetida |
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| asana | (noun) (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga) | - |
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| asarabacca | (noun) thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe | Synonyms: Asarum europaeum |
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| asbestos | (noun) a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer | - |
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| asbestosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles | - |
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| ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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| ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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| (verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
| (verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
| (verb) become king or queen | - |
| (verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
| ascendable | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendible, climbable |
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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 | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendent, ascensive |
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| (adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendent, dominating |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root |
| (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 | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendant, ascensive |
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| (adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendant, dominating |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root |
| (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 | - |
| ascendible | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendable, climbable |
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| ascending | (adjective) moving or going or growing upward | - |
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| (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
| 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 | - |
| ascensional | (adjective) tending to rise | - |
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| ascensive | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent |
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| 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 |
| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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| ascertained | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: discovered, observed |
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| ascesis | (noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint | Synonyms: asceticism |
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| ascetic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | Synonyms: ascetical |
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| (adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetical, austere, spartan |
| (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: abstainer |
| ascetical | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
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| (adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetic, austere, spartan |
| ascetically | (adverb) in an ascetic manner | - |
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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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| ascitic | (adjective) of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity | - |
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| asclepiad | (noun) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | - |
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| asclepiadaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | - |
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| ascocarp | (noun) mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | - |
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| ascocarpous | (adjective) of or relating to ascocarps | - |
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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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| ascomycetous | (adjective) related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes | - |
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| ascospore | (noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus | - |
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| ascosporic | (adjective) of or relating to ascospores | Synonyms: ascosporous |
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| ascosporous | (adjective) of or relating to ascospores | Synonyms: ascosporic |
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| ascot | (noun) a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin | - |
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| ascribable | (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: due, imputable, referable |
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| ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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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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| asdic | (noun) a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return | Synonyms: echo sounder, sonar |
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| asea | (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: seaward, seawards |
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| asepsis | (noun) the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | Synonyms: antisepsis |
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| (noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: antisepsis, sterileness, sterility |
| aseptic | (adjective) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms | Synonyms: sterile |
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| asexual | (adjective) not having or involving sex | Synonyms: nonsexual |
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| asexuality | (noun) having no evident sex or sex organs | Synonyms: sexlessness |
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| asexually | (adverb) in an asexual manner | - |
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| ash | (noun) any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus | Synonyms: ash tree |
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| (noun) strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats | - |
| (noun) the residue that remains when something is burned | - |
| (verb) convert into ashes | - |
| ashamed | (adjective) feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse | - |
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| ashamedly | (adverb) with a feeling of shame | - |
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| ashbin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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| ashcake | (noun) corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) | Synonyms: ash cake, corn tash |
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| ashcan | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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| ashen | (adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: blanched, bloodless, livid, white |
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| (adjective) made of wood of the ash tree | - |
| ashlar | (noun) a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes | - |
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| ashore | (adverb) towards the shore from the water | - |
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| ashram | (noun) (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus | - |
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| (noun) a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram | - |
| ashtray | (noun) a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes | - |
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| ashy | (adjective) of a light grey | Synonyms: ash-gray, ash-grey |
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| aside | (noun) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | - |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
| (adverb) on or to one side | - |
| (adverb) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | Synonyms: away |
| (adverb) in reserve; not for immediate use | Synonyms: away, by |
| (adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration | Synonyms: apart |
| (adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | Synonyms: apart |
| (adverb) in a different direction | Synonyms: away |
| asinine | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: fatuous, inane |
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| asininity | (noun) the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness | - |
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| ask | (verb) make a request or demand for something to somebody | - |
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| (verb) direct or put; seek an answer to | - |
| (verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| (verb) consider obligatory; request and expect | Synonyms: expect, require |
| (verb) require or ask for as a price or condition | - |
| (verb) make a date | Synonyms: ask out, invite out, take out |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take |
| askance | (adjective) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | Synonyms: askant, asquint, sidelong, squint-eyed, squint, squinty |
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| (adverb) with a side or oblique glance | - |
| (adverb) with suspicion or disapproval | - |
| askant | (adjective) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | Synonyms: askance, asquint, sidelong, squint-eyed, squint, squinty |
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| asker | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner |
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| askew | (adjective) turned or twisted toward one side | Synonyms: awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky |
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| (adverb) turned or twisted to one side | Synonyms: awry, skew-whiff |
| asking | (noun) the verbal act of requesting | Synonyms: request |
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| aslant | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping |
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| (adverb) at an oblique angle | Synonyms: athwart, obliquely |
| (adverb) over or across in a slanting direction | - |
| asleep | (adjective) in a state of sleep | - |
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| (adjective) dead | Synonyms: at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone |
| (adjective) lacking sensation | Synonyms: benumbed, numb |
| (adverb) into a sleeping state | - |
| (adverb) in the sleep of death | - |
| aslope | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping |
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| asocial | (adjective) given to avoiding association with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: antisocial |
| 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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