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.