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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

as needed
as required adverb according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions); `add water as needed`

as the crow flies
adverb by the shortest and most direct route; `it`s 10 miles as the crow flies`

as usual
as was common adverb in the usual manner; `as usual, she arrived late`

as we say
adverb in a manner of speaking; `the feeling is, as we say, quite dead`

asafetida
asafoetida noun the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic

Asahikawa
noun a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area

Asama
Mount Asama noun a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)

asana
noun (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)

ASAP
adverb as soon as possible

asarabacca
Asarum europaeum noun thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe

Asarh
Asadha noun the fourth month of the Hindu calendar

Asarum
genus Asarum noun wild ginger

Asarum shuttleworthii
noun wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama

Asarum virginicum
noun evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina

Asbat al-Ansar
Band of Partisans noun an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda

asbestos
noun a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

asbestos abatement
noun the removal of asbestos from a public building

asbestosis
noun lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles

Ascaphidae
family Ascaphidae noun family of one species of frog: tailed frog

Ascaphus
genus Ascaphus noun type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae

ascariasis
noun infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms

Ascaridae
family Ascaridae noun large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

Ascaridia
genus Ascaridia noun roundworm having a preanal sucker

Ascaris
genus Ascaris noun type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth

ascend
verb become king or queen; `She ascended to the throne after the King`s death`

ascendable
ascendible adjective capable of being ascended

ascendant
ascendent adjective tending or directed upward; `rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage`- John Ruskin

ascender
noun (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters

ascending aorta
noun the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle

ascending artery
arteria ascendens noun the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon

ascending colon
noun the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon

ascending node
noun the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north

ascending(a)
adjective moving or going or growing upward; `the ascending plane`; `the ascending staircase`; `the ascending stems of chickweed`

Ascension
Ascension Day noun (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

Ascension
noun (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

Ascension of Christ
noun (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

ascensional
adjective tending to rise

ascent
acclivity noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road); `the car couldn`t make it up the rise`

ascertainable
discoverable adjective capable of being ascertained or found out; `ascertainable facts`

ascertained
discovered adjective discovered or determined by scientific observation; `variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors`; `the discovered behavior norms`; `discovered differences in achievement`; `no explanation for the observed phenomena`

ascetic
ascetical adjective pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; `ascetic practices`

ascetic
noun someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

ascetically
adverb in an ascetic manner; `she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself`

asceticism
ascesis noun rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

asceticism
nonindulgence noun the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

Ascidiaceae
class Ascidiaceae noun sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts

ascidian
noun minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves

ascidian tadpole
noun free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord

ASCII character
noun any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers

ASCII character set
noun (computer science) 128 characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme; `the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set`

ASCII text file
noun a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting

ascites
noun accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity

ascitic
adjective of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity

asclepiad
noun any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae

Asclepiadaceae
family Asclepiadaceae noun widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice

asclepiadaceous
adjective of or relating to plants of the milkweed family

Asclepias
genus Asclepias noun genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

ascocarp
noun mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus

ascocarpous
adjective of or relating to ascocarps

ascolichen
noun a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete

ascoma
noun an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle

ascomycete
ascomycetous fungus noun any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

Ascomycetes
class Ascomycetes noun large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi

ascomycetous
adjective related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes

Ascomycota
subdivision Ascomycota noun a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi

Ascophyllum
genus Ascophyllum noun brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis

Ascophyllum nodosum
noun similar to and found with black rockweed

ascospore
noun sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus

ascosporic
ascosporous adjective of or relating to ascospores

ascot
noun a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin

ascribable(p)
due to(p) adjective (usually followed by `to`) able to be assigned or credited to; `punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading`; `the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain`; `the oversight was not imputable to him`; `decide to which of these motives such extraordinary scenes are referable`- Charles Dickens

ascus
noun saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

asepsis
antisepsis noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

aseptic
sterile adjective free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; `a sterile operating area`; `aseptic surgical instruments`; `aseptic surgical techniques`

asexual
nonsexual adjective not having or involving sex; `an asexual spore`; `asexual reproduction`

asexual reproduction
agamogenesis noun reproduction without the fusion of gametes

asexuality
sexlessness noun having no evident sex or sex organs

asexually
adverb in an asexual manner; `plants that reproduce asexually`

Asgard
noun (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes

ash
ash tree noun any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

Ash Can
Ashcan school noun early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life

ash grey
ash gray noun a light shade of grey

Ash Wednesday
noun the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday`); a day of fasting and repentance

ash-blonde
platinum-blonde adjective of hair color; whitish

ash-grey
ash-gray adjective of a light grey

ash-key
noun winged seed of the ash tree

ash-pan
noun a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed

ashamed(p)
adjective feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; `are you ashamed for having lied?`; `felt ashamed of my torn coat`

ashamedly
adverb with a feeling of shame

ashcake
ash cake noun corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)

ashcan
trash can noun a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected

Ashcan School
Eight noun a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

Ashe
Arthur Ashe noun United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)

ashen
blanched adjective anemic looking from illness or emotion; `a face turned ashen`; `the invalid`s blanched cheeks`; `tried to speak with bloodless lips`; `a face livid with shock`; `lips...livid with the hue of death`- Mary W. Shelley; `lips white with terror`; `a face white with rage`

Asheville
noun a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains west of Charlotte

Ashkenazi
noun a Jew of eastern European or German descent

Ashkhabad
capital of Turkmenistan noun the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan

ashlar
noun a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes

ashore
on land adverb towards the shore from the water; `we invited them ashore`

ashram
noun (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus