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

assortative mating
noun mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating

assorted
miscellaneous adjective consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); `an arrangement of assorted spring flowers`; `assorted sizes`; `miscellaneous accessories`; `a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music`; `a motley crew`; `sundry sciences commonly known as social`- I.A.Richards

assortment
mixture noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; `a great assortment of cars was on display`; `he had a variety of disorders`; `a veritable smorgasbord of religions`

assuasive
calming adjective freeing from fear and anxiety

assume
usurp verb seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one`s right or possession; `He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town`; `he usurped my rights`; `She seized control of the throne after her husband died`

assumed
arrogated adjective taken as your right without justification; `was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity`; `Congress`s arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states`

Assumption
noun (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

assumptive
assuming adjective excessively forward; `an assumptive person`; `on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide`; `the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants`

Assur
Asur noun an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq

assurance
noun a statement intended to inspire confidence; `the President`s assurances were not respected`

assurance
noun a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; `an assurance of help when needed`; `signed a pledge never to reveal the secret`

assure
verb inform positively and with certainty and confidence; `I tell you that man is a crook!`

assured
adjective marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; `she paints with an assured hand`

assuredly
adverb without a doubt; `the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone`

assurgent
adjective growing or extending upward; `an assurgent stem or leaf`

assuring
adjective giving confidence

Assyria
noun an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq

Assyrian
noun an extinct language of the Assyrians regarded as a dialect of Akkadian

Assyriology
noun archeology of the ancient Assyrians

Astacidae
family Astacidae noun crayfish

Astacus
genus Astacus noun type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish

Astaire
Fred Astaire noun United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)

Astana
Akmola noun remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998

Astarte
Ashtoreth noun an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar

astasia
noun inability to stand due to muscular incoordination

astatic
adjective not static or stable

astatic coils
noun an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field

astatic galvanometer
noun has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth`s magnetic field

astatine
At noun a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

aster
noun star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

Aster arenosus
noun common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads

Aster ericoides
noun common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers

astereognosis
tactile agnosia noun a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them

asteriated
adjective (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism

asterid dicot family
noun family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

asterid dicot genus
noun genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

Asteridae
subclass Asteridae noun a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder

asterion
noun the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture

asterisk
star noun a star-shaped character * used in printing

asterisked
starred adjective marked with an asterisk; `the starred items`

asterism
noun (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)

asterismal
adjective relating to asterisms or constellations

astern
adverb (of a ship or an airplane) behind; `we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide`

asternal
adjective not connected to the sternum or breastbone; `asternal ribs`

asteroid
star-shaped adjective shaped like a star

asteroid belt
noun the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found

asteroidal
adjective of or relating to or resembling an asteroid

Asteroidea
class Asteroidea noun sea stars

asthenia
astheny noun an abnormal loss of strength

asthenic
adjective having a slender physique

asthenic type
ectomorphy noun slender, weak, and lightweight

asthenosphere
noun the lower layer of the crust

asthma
asthma attack noun respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin

asthmatic
wheezing adjective relating to breathing with a whistling sound

astigmatic
adjective of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images

astilbe
noun any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers

Astilbe japonica
noun a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming

astir(p)
up(p) adjective out of bed; `are they astir yet?`; `up by seven each morning`

astomatal
adjective lacking a stoma or stomata

astomatous
mouthless adjective having no mouth or mouthlike opening

astonishing
astounding adjective so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; `such an enormous response was astonishing`; `an astounding achievement`; `the amount of money required was staggering`; `suffered a staggering defeat`; `the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying`

astonishment
amazement noun the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; `he looked at me in astonishment`

astounding
dumbfounding adjective bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

astragalar
adjective of or relating to the anklebone

Astragalus
genus Astragalus noun large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae

Astragalus glycyphyllos
noun European perennial

Astrakhan
noun a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River

astrantia
masterwort noun any plant of the genus Astrantia

astraphobia
noun a morbid fear of thunder and lightning

astray
adverb away from the right path or direction; `he was led astray`

Astreus
genus Astreus noun a genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae

Astreus hygrometricus
noun a common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba is a pale tan

Astreus pteridis
noun the largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded

astride
astraddle adverb with one leg on each side; `she sat astride the chair`

astringe
verb become constricted or compressed; `The cold substance astringes`

astringency
astringence noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

astringent
adjective tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; `astringent cosmetic lotions`

astrocyte
noun comparatively large neuroglial cell

astrocytic
adjective of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia

astrodome
noun a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations

astrodynamics
noun the branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space

astrogate
verb navigate in space

astrogator
noun the navigator of a spacecraft

astroglia
macroglia noun tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells

astrolabe
noun an early form of sextant

astrolatry
worship of heavenly bodies noun the worship of planets or stars

astrologer
astrologist noun someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

astrological
adjective relating to or concerned with astrology; `astrological chart`

astrology
star divination noun a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

Astroloma
genus Astroloma noun evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania

astrometry
noun the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies

astronaut
spaceman noun a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; `the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts`

astronautic
astronautical adjective of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics

Astronium
genus Astronium noun a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae

astronomer
uranologist noun a physicist who studies astronomy

astronomic
astronomical adjective relating or belonging to the science of astronomy; `astronomic telescope`

astronomical telescope
noun any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources

Astronomical Unit
AU noun a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)

astronomically
adverb enormously; `the bill was astronomically high`

astronomy
uranology noun the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole