English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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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.
Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.
One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archaeology.
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.