All English words - page 363

Meanings of Ase:

suffix

Forming names of enzymes.

Usage examples:

Amylase

Meanings of Aseismic:

adjective

Not characterized by earthquake activity.

Usage examples:

Part of this complexity can be related to the presence of irregularities on the subducting plates, …

Meanings of Asemic:

adjective

Using lines and symbols that look like writing, but do not have any meaning

Usage examples:

Asemic writing is left to the reader to interpret, almost like the way in which one would deduce me…

Meanings of Asepsis:

noun

The absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.

Usage examples:

When discharged, dry chemical extinguishers spread powder throughout the room and possibly could co…

Meanings of Aseptic:

adjective

Free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; surgically sterile or sterilized.

Usage examples:

The antigen for spiking the specimens designated as ca 15-3 and ca 27.29 was derived from a cell li…

Meanings of Asexual:

adjective

Not involving sexual activity, feelings, or associations; non-sexual.

Usage examples:

He led an asexual life

noun

A person who has no sexual feelings or desires, or who is not sexually attracted to anyone.

Usage examples:

She identifies as an asexual.

Meanings of Asexualise:

verb

Deprive of sexual qualities; make asexual.

Usage examples:

They asexualize him by treating him like a brother

Meanings of Asexualised:

verb

Deprive of sexual qualities; make asexual.

Usage examples:

They asexualize him by treating him like a brother

adjective

Deprived of sexual qualities; made asexual.

Usage examples:

The asexualized image of an idealized mother

Meanings of Asexualising:

verb

Deprive of sexual qualities; make asexual.

Usage examples:

They asexualize him by treating him like a brother

Meanings of Asexuality:

noun

The quality or characteristic of having no sexual feelings or desires.

Usage examples:

The show has regularly confronted prejudice around homosexuality and asexuality

Meanings of Asexualize:

verb

Deprive of sexual qualities; make asexual.

Usage examples:

They asexualize him by treating him like a brother

Meanings of Asexualized:

verb

Deprive of sexual qualities; make asexual.

Usage examples:

They asexualize him by treating him like a brother

adjective

Deprived of sexual qualities; made asexual.

Usage examples:

The asexualized image of an idealized mother

Meanings of Asexualizing:

verb

Deprive of sexual qualities; make asexual.

Usage examples:

They asexualize him by treating him like a brother

Meanings of Asexually:

adverb

In a way that relates to reproduction without the fusion of gametes.

Usage examples:

Bacteria reproducing asexually double their numbers rapidly

Meanings of Asexuals:

noun

A person who has no sexual feelings or desires, or who is not sexually attracted to anyone.

Usage examples:

She identifies as an asexual.

adjective

Not involving sexual activity, feelings, or associations; non-sexual.

Usage examples:

He led an asexual life

Meanings of Asgard:

proper noun

A region in the centre of the universe, inhabited by the gods.

Meanings of Ash:

noun

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

Usage examples:

Cigarette ash

Meanings of Ashamed:

adjective

Embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations.

Usage examples:

You should be ashamed of yourself

Meanings of Ashanti:

noun

A member of a people of south central ghana.

Usage examples:

I don't really think that there have been any arabs or ashanti for many decades who wouldn't recogn…

adjective

Relating to the ashanti or their language.

Usage examples:

Stamped adinkra, machine-embroidered or appliqued akunitan, brocade, and other forms may not have a…

proper noun

A region of central ghana. it was annexed by britain in 1902, becoming part of the former british colony of the gold coast.

Meanings of Ashcan:

noun

A dustbin.

Usage examples:

If you start to steal, you'll probably get rubbish that somebody left in the ashcan in the back of …

Meanings of Ashcans:

noun

A dustbin.

Usage examples:

If you start to steal, you'll probably get rubbish that somebody left in the ashcan in the back of …

Meanings of Ashen:

adjective

(of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness.

Usage examples:

Eleanor's ashen face

Meanings of Ashen-faced:

collocation

If someone is ashen-faced, their face is pale grey in colour, often because they are worried or ill

Usage examples:

Julie walked in, ashen-faced with shock., she came out of the meeting looking ashen-faced, so i imm…

Meanings of Asher:

proper noun

(in the bible) a hebrew patriarch, son of jacob and zilpah (gen. 30:12, 13).

Meanings of Ashes:

noun

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

Usage examples:

Cigarette ash

plural noun

The ash left after a dead body has been cremated (= burned)

Usage examples:

My grandmother’s ashes were scattered over this lake.