English words starting with aes

Meanings of Aes:

noun

A letter used in old english to represent a vowel intermediate between a and e and from the 16th century onwards used in latin or latinized greek words, representing an original diphthong ae or ai.

Meanings of Aeschylean:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of aeschylus, the athenian tragic poet, or his works, style, etc.

Meanings of Aeschylus:

proper noun

(c.525–c.456 bc), greek playwright. aeschylus is best known for his trilogy the oresteia (458 bc, consisting of the tragedies agamemnon, choephoroe, and eumenides), which tells the story of agamemnon's murder at the hands of his wife clytemnestra and the vengeance of their son orestes.

Meanings of Aeschynite:

noun

A dark brown rock-forming mineral containing cerium, titanium, and niobium; now also more fully "aeschynite-(ce)". also: either of two related minerals, in which cerium and calcium are replaced either by yttrium, erbium, and calcium (more fully "aeschynite-(y)"), or else by neodymium and cerium (more fully "aeschynite-(nd)").

Meanings of Aesculapian:

adjective

Relating to medicine or physicians.

Usage examples:

The perils of aesculapian authority include self-fulfilling prophecies and the consequences of misc…

Meanings of Aesculetin:

noun

A bitter crystalline substance formed by the hydrolysis of aesculin, of which it is the aglycone.

Meanings of Aesculin:

noun

A crystalline compound present in the bark and other parts of some trees (notably the horse chestnut, aesculus hippocastanum), and used in tests to identify certain bacteria by means of its fluorescence.

Meanings of Aesir:

proper noun

The norse gods and goddesses collectively, including odin, thor, and balder.

Meanings of Aesop:

proper noun

(6th century bc), greek storyteller. the moral animal fables associated with him were probably collected from many sources, and initially communicated orally. aesop is said to have lived as a slave on the island of samos.

Meanings of Aesopic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of aesop, a semi-legendary greek fabulist of the 6th century b.c.

Meanings of Aesthesia:

noun

Sensory capacity or ability of an organism, organ, etc.; an instance of this.

Meanings of Aesthesics:

noun

The study of the perception of something, especially music.

Meanings of Aesthesis:

noun

The perception of the external world by the senses.

Meanings of Aesthete:

noun

A person who is appreciative of and sensitive to art and beauty.

Usage examples:

He remains an aesthete, but his appreciation of culture is now spiritually empty.

Meanings of Aesthetes:

noun

A person who is appreciative of and sensitive to art and beauty.

Usage examples:

He remains an aesthete, but his appreciation of culture is now spiritually empty.

Meanings of Aesthetic:

adjective

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

Usage examples:

The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure

noun

A set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.

Usage examples:

The cubist aesthetic

Meanings of Aesthetical:

adjective

Of or relating to aesthetics; relating to the philosophy or theory of beauty.

Meanings of Aesthetically:

adverb

In a way that gives pleasure through beauty.

Usage examples:

The buildings and gardens of the factory have been aesthetically designed and laid out

Meanings of Aesthetically-pleasing:

collocation

Something that is aesthetically pleasing is enjoyable to look at because you think it is beautiful

Usage examples:

I like objects to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing., the building is as energy efficie…

Meanings of Aesthetician:

noun

A person who is knowledgeable about aesthetics.

Usage examples:

At this point any remaining modern artists and aestheticians will now take their leave.

Meanings of Aestheticism:

noun

An approach to art exemplified by the aesthetic movement.

Usage examples:

Balthus's paintings aim at a classical order and refined estheticism, yet within this timelessness …

Meanings of Aestheticist:

noun

An adherent or practitioner of aestheticism; an aesthetician.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characterized by aestheticism.

Meanings of Aestheticize:

verb

Represent as beautiful or artistically pleasing.

Usage examples:

The director relentlessly aestheticizes the world of his fathers

Meanings of Aesthetics:

noun

A set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.

Usage examples:

The cubist aesthetic

plural noun

A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.

Usage examples:

This eternal reality may be god, it may be eternal principles of justice or aesthetics, or it may b…

Meanings of Aesthiology:

noun

The study of the structure or function of the sensory organs.