English words starting with ast

Meanings of Ast:

abbreviation

Atlantic standard time.

noun

The standard time in a zone including the easternmost parts of mainland canada, puerto rico, and the virgin islands.

Meanings of Astable:

adjective

Relating to a system or electric circuit which oscillates spontaneously between unstable states.

Usage examples:

You should now have the component values required to build the astable circuit in figure 3.

Meanings of Astarboard:

adverb

To, towards, or on the starboard side of a vessel (or occasionally an aircraft).

Meanings of Astarte:

proper noun

A phoenician goddess of fertility and sexual love who corresponds to the babylonian and assyrian goddess ishtar and who became identified with the egyptian isis, the greek aphrodite, and others.

Meanings of Astasia:

noun

Originally (more fully "muscular astasia"): a condition characterized by muscle tremors which inhibit movement (now rare). in later use: the inability to stand, especially in an individual who has no demonstrable sensory impairment or motor weakness (frequently in astasia-abasia).

Meanings of Astasias:

noun

Originally (more fully "muscular astasia"): a condition characterized by muscle tremors which inhibit movement (now rare). in later use: the inability to stand, especially in an individual who has no demonstrable sensory impairment or motor weakness (frequently in astasia-abasia).

Meanings of Astatic:

adjective

(of a system or instrument) consisting of or employing a combination of magnets suspended in a uniform magnetic field on a single wire or thread in such a way that no torque is present.

Usage examples:

Sensitivity is enhanced by use of multiple-spring astatic systems, which are more vulnerable than s…

Meanings of Astatine:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 85, a radioactive member of the halogen group. astatine was first produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles, and it occurs in traces in nature as a decay product.

Usage examples:

The halogens are a group of chemical elements that includes fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, an…

Meanings of Aster:

noun

A plant of a large genus that includes the michaelmas daisy, typically having purple or pink rayed flowers.

Usage examples:

Sow annual flowers such as asters, cosmos, zinnias and marigolds as soon as the frost has passed an…

suffix

Forming nouns denoting poor quality.

Usage examples:

Criticaster

Meanings of Asterisk:

noun

A symbol (*) used in text as a pointer to an annotation or footnote.

Usage examples:

Scholarly notes are usually signalled by superscript numbers at appropriate points in a text, but s…

verb

Mark (a word or piece of text) with an asterisk.

Usage examples:

He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him

Meanings of Asterisked:

verb

Mark (a word or piece of text) with an asterisk.

Usage examples:

He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him

adjective

(of a word or piece of text) marked with an asterisk.

Usage examples:

Asterisked entries

Meanings of Asterisking:

verb

Mark (a word or piece of text) with an asterisk.

Usage examples:

He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him

noun

A symbol (*) used in text as a pointer to an annotation or footnote.

Usage examples:

Scholarly notes are usually signalled by superscript numbers at appropriate points in a text, but s…

Meanings of Asterisks:

noun

A symbol (*) used in text as a pointer to an annotation or footnote.

Usage examples:

Scholarly notes are usually signalled by superscript numbers at appropriate points in a text, but s…

verb

Mark (a word or piece of text) with an asterisk.

Usage examples:

He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him

Meanings of Asterism:

noun

A prominent pattern or group of stars that is smaller than a constellation.

Usage examples:

Orion contains an asterism or well-known star pattern called the ‘saucepan’ or ‘iron pot’.

Meanings of Asterisms:

noun

A prominent pattern or group of stars that is smaller than a constellation.

Usage examples:

Orion contains an asterism or well-known star pattern called the ‘saucepan’ or ‘iron pot’.

Meanings of Astern:

adverb

Behind or toward the rear of a ship or aircraft.

Usage examples:

The engine rooms lay astern

Meanings of Asteroid:

noun

A small rocky body orbiting the sun. large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of mars and jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.

Usage examples:

Ceres was initially considered to be a planet until other asteroids with similar orbits were found.

adjective

Relating to or denoting echinoderms of the class asteroidea.

Meanings of Asteroidea:

plural noun

A class of echinoderms that comprises the starfishes.

Usage examples:

A traditional hypothesis of the echinodermata using only extant taxonomic groups places the asteroi…

Meanings of Asteroids:

noun

A small rocky body orbiting the sun. large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of mars and jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.

Usage examples:

Ceres was initially considered to be a planet until other asteroids with similar orbits were found.

adjective

Relating to or denoting echinoderms of the class asteroidea.

Meanings of Asters:

noun

A plant of a large genus that includes the michaelmas daisy, typically having purple or pink rayed flowers.

Usage examples:

Sow annual flowers such as asters, cosmos, zinnias and marigolds as soon as the frost has passed an…

Meanings of Asthenia:

noun

Abnormal physical weakness or lack of energy.

Usage examples:

The asthenia of chronic respiratory disease

Meanings of Asthenic:

adjective

Relating to, involving, or suffering from asthenia.

Usage examples:

This condition is seen in tall, asthenic individuals of both sexes.

Meanings of Asthenosphere:

noun

The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.

Usage examples:

Because the downgoing slab of lithosphere is heavier than the plastic asthenosphere below, it tends…

Meanings of Asthma:

noun

A respiratory condition marked by attacks of spasm in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. it is usually connected to allergic reaction or other forms of hypersensitivity.

Usage examples:

The fungi can also worsen the symptoms of asthma and cause allergic sinusitis.

Meanings of Asthmatic:

adjective

Relating to or affected with asthma.

Usage examples:

Up to 80 per cent of asthmatic children have allergic rhinitis.

noun

Relating to or suffering from asthma.