English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Dictionary

Assurer (n.)

One who takes out a life assurance policy.

Assurgency (n.)

Act of rising.

Assurgent (a.)

Ascending

Assurgent (a.)

rising obliquely; curving upward.

Assuring (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Assure

Assuring (a.)

That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.

Asswage (v.)

See Assuage.

Assyrian (a.)

Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.

Assyrian (n.)

A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

Assyriological (a.)

Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.

Assyriologist (n.)

One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archaeology.

Assyriology (n.)

The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.

Assythment (n.)

Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.

Astacus (n.)

A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

Astarboard (adv.)

Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

Astart (v. t. & i.)

Same as Astert.

Astarte (n.)

A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

Astate (n.)

Estate; state.

Astatic (a.)

Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction.

Astatically (adv.)

In an astatic manner.