Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.
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One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.
The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.
Shaped like an ascidian.
A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.
One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.
A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).
Having asci.
the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a code consisting of a set of 128 7-bit combinations used in digital computers internally, for display purposes, and for exchanging data between computers. It is very widely used, but because of the limited number of characters encoded must be supplemented or replaced by other codes for encoding special symbols or words in languages other than English. Also used attributively; -- as, an ASCII file.
A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.
Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias).
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.
of or pertaining to an ascocarp.
A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete.
an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.
A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyph/, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs; the sac fungi. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. The class is coextensive with the phylum Ascomycota.
of or pertaining to ascomycetes.
a phylum of higher fungi, coextensive with the class Ascomycetes. It comprises Hemiascomycetes; Plectomycetes; Pyrenomycetes; Discomycetessac fungi; in some classification systems it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.
same as Ascomycota.
a genus of brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis.
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
of or pertaining to an ascospore.
a cravat with wide square ends, tied so that the ends are laid flat; the ends are often secured with an ornamental pin; -- called cravat in Britain.
Capable of being ascribed; attributable.
To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
See Adscript.
The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
Ascribed.
A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.
State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing.
An aseptic substance.
Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.
having no evident sex or sex organs.
The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy.
In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.
To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
A low fire used in chemical operations.
A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.
pale gray; ash-colored.
pale gray; ash-colored.
the winged seed of the ash tree.
a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed.
To shame.
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
Bashfully.
Of or pertaining to Ashantee.
a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
obs. pl. for Ashes.
A depository for ashes.
The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
The capital city of Turkmenistan. Population (2000) = 518,000.
Shining; radiant.
Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
The principal female divinity of the Ph/nicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.
Goutweed.
Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. An Asiatic.
One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. A native, or one of the people, of Asia.
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.
Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.
The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells. An asiphonate mollusk.
A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
Want of appetite; loathing of food.
A water newt.
To turn aside.
toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
An ask; a water newt.
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
same as American sign language, the sign language used in the US.
To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
In a slanting direction over; athwart.
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Sluggishly.
The capital city of Eritrea. Population (2000) = 400,000.
Smeared over.
One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
Soaking.
Without a material body; incorporeal.
Not sounding or sounded.
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.
One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.
A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminos/. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus.
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.
Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.
A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliace/, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.
an artificial sweetener containing an aspartic acid peptide, (C14H18N2O5); it is 160 times sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar) and is used as a calorie-free sweetener. Chemically it is N-L-/-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester. It is sold also under the trade name Equal.
Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
To behold; to look at.
Capable of being; visible.
Facing each other.
Having an aspect.
The act of viewing; a look.
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
To make rough or uneven.
The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Having rough leaves.
Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
Aspermous.
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