Ascertained (imp. & p. p.) of Ascertain
Ascertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascertain
Ascertain (v. t.) To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
Ascertain (v. t.) To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
Ascertain (v. t.) To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
Ascertainable (a.) That may be ascertained.
Ascertainer (n.) One who ascertains.
Ascertainment (n.) The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.
Ascessancy (a.) Alt. of Ascessant
Ascessant (a.) See Acescency, Acescent.
Ascetic (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
Ascetic (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.
Asceticism (n.) The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
Ascham (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
Asci (n. pl.) See Ascus.
Ascian (n.) One of the Ascii.
Ascidian (n.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.
Ascidiarium (n.) The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.
Ascidiform (a.) Shaped like an ascidian.
Ascidioidea (n. pl.) 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.
Ascidiozooid (n.) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.
Ascidia (pl. ) of Ascidium
Ascidium (n.) 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).
Ascidium (n.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
Ascigerous (a.) Having asci.
Ascii (n. pl.) Alt. of Ascians
Ascians (n. pl.) 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.
Ascites (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Ascitic (a.) Alt. of Ascitical
Ascitical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.
Ascititious (a.) Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
Asclepiad (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
Asclepiadaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
Ascococci (pl. ) of Ascococcus
Ascococcus (n.) 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.
Ascospore (n.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Ascribable (a.) Capable of being ascribed; attributable.
Ascribed (imp. & p. p.) of Ascribe
Ascribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascribe
Ascribe (v. t.) 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.
Ascribe (v. t.) To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
Ascript (a.) See Adscript.
Ascription (n.) The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
Ascriptitious (a.) Ascribed.
Ascriptitious (a.) Added; additional.
Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
A-sea (adv.) On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
Aseptic (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
Aseptic (n.) An aseptic substance.
Asexual (a.) Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.
Asexually (adv.) In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.
Ash (n.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).
Ash (n.) The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Ash (n.) sing. of Ashes.
Ash (v. t.) To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
Ashame (v. t.) To shame.
Ashamed (a.) Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
Ashamedly (adv.) Bashfully.
Ashantees (pl. ) of Ashantee
Ashantee (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.
Ashantee (a.) Of or pertaining to Ashantee.
Ash-colored (a.) Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
Ashen (a.) Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
Ashen (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
Ashen (n.) obs. pl. for Ashes.
Ashery (n.) A depository for ashes.
Ashery (n.) A place where potash is made.
Ashes (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
Ashes (n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
Ash-fire (n.) A low fire used in chemical operations.
Ash-furnace (n.) Alt. of Ash-oven
Ash-oven (n.) A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.
Ashine (a.) Shining; radiant.
Ashlar (n.) Alt. of Ashler
Ashler (n.) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
Ashler (n.) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
Ashlaring (n.) Alt. of Ashlering
Ashlering (n.) The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
Ashlering (n.) Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Ashore (adv.) 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.
Ashtaroth (pl. ) of Ashtoreth
Ashtoreth (n.) The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.
Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
Ashweed (n.) Goutweed.
Ashy (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.
Ashy (a.) Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
Asian (a.) Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.
Asian (n.) An Asiatic.
Asiarch (n.) One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
Asiatic (a.) Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.
Asiatic (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Asia.
Asiaticism (n.) Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
Aside (adv.) On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
Aside (adv.) Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
Aside (adv.) So as to be heard by others; privately.
Aside (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
Asilus (n.) A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.