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.

Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.

To spurn; to despise.

Rough; uneven.

To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.

One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.

A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.

An aspergill.

The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.

Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.

Asphaltic.

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.

See Asphalt.

A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.

Pertaining to asphyxia.

Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.

Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases.

A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.

an evergreen perennial (Aspidistra elatio) with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant.

A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

a genus comprising the alligatorfishes.

One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.

Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.

The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.

Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air

Aspiration.

Aspiration.

One who aspires.

A white crystalline compound, acetyl salicylic acid (CH3.CO.O.C6H4.CO.OH) widely used as a drug for relief of pain and alleviation of fever. It has analgesic, antipyretic, and antiinflammatory properties, and is one of a class of agents called non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The name was originally a trade name, but has become the preferred name for the substance. It is actually a prodrug, liberating salicylic acid, the ultimate pharmacologically active agent, in the intestines. It is more effective when taken orally than is salicylic acid, because it dissolves more readily.

That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind.

Pertaining to, or like, an asp.

The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

Sprawling.

Squatting.

With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.

A quadruped of the genus Equus (Equus asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

Same as Asafetida.

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

Capable of being assailed.

One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.

One who assails.

The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.

The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.

Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants. A native or natives of Assam.

The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).

To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.

An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

An assassin.

Murderous.

Roasting.

To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.

Capable of being assaulted.

sexually abused; -- a euphemism.

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

making an assault.

To attempt, try, or endeavor.

That may be assayed.

One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.

The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.

A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

Assurance; certainty.

To make sure or safe; to assure.

An obtaining or acquiring.

Same as Assagai.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

Resemblance; likeness; appearance.

To liken; to compare.

brought together into a group or crowd.

One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.

an artificial computer language with mnemonic codes representing the basic machine-language instructions of a computer, which can be interpreted by an assembler to produce a computer program in machine language. Also informally referred to as assembler.

A line of machinery, tools, and workers on which objects to be manufactured are moved from one post to the next, where different workers perform different steps in the manufacturing process; called also production line. The objects to be manufactured usually move on a form of conveyor belt, which does not necessarily move only in a straight line, but may continue around the factory area for some distance.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling an assembly line; as, an assembly-line process; also used metaphorically, as an assembly-line educational system.

A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.

a female member of a legislative body called an assembly.

The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

An obsequious; a flatterer.

Flattering; obsequious.

One who assents.

Assenting.

Giving or implying assent.

Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.

Assent; agreement.

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

capable of being affirmed or asserted.

stated as a fact.

One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.

declaring.

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.

Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.

Affirming; maintaining.

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

One who is assessed.

A sitting beside or near.

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.

Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.

The office or function of an assessor.

Any article or separable part of one's assets.

Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.