| 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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