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Asparagus
n.
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A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, 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.
Asparagus
n.
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The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
Aspartic
a.
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Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
Aspect
n.
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The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
Aspect
n.
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Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
Aspect
n.
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Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
Aspect
n.
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Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
Aspect
n.
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Prospect; outlook.
Aspect
n.
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The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
Aspect
n.
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The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
Aspect
n.
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To behold; to look at.
Aspectable
a.
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Capable of being; visible.
Aspectant
a.
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Facing each other.
Aspected
a.
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Having an aspect.
Aspection
n.
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The act of viewing; a look.
Aspen
n.
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Alt. of Asp
Asp
n.
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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.
Aspen
a.
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Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
Asper
a.
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Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
Asper
n.
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The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
Asper
n.
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A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Asperated
imp. & p. p.
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of Asperate
Asperating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Asperate
Asperate
v. t.
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To make rough or uneven.
Asperation
n.
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The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
Asperges
n.
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The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
Asperges
n.
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The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Aspergill
n.
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Alt. of Aspergillum
Aspergillum
n.
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The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Aspergillum
n.
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See Wateringpot shell.