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Meanings of Assuring:
verbTell someone something positively to dispel any doubts.
Usage examples:
Tony assured me that there was a supermarket in the village
Meanings of Assyria:
proper nounAn ancient country in what is now northern iraq. from the early part of the 2nd millennium bc assyria was the centre of a succession of empires; it was at its peak in the 8th and late 7th centuries bc, when its rule stretched from the persian gulf to egypt. it fell in 612 bc to a coalition of medes and babylonians.
Meanings of Assyrian:
nounAn inhabitant of ancient assyria.
Usage examples:
Some of the most sophisticated ancient civilisations once thrived in iraq, but the cities of the ba…
adjectiveRelating to ancient assyria or its language.
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In 1843 he was appointed british consul in baghdad and this allowed extra time for his studies, esp…
Meanings of Assyrians:
nounAn inhabitant of ancient assyria.
Usage examples:
Some of the most sophisticated ancient civilisations once thrived in iraq, but the cities of the ba…
adjectiveRelating to ancient assyria or its language.
Usage examples:
In 1843 he was appointed british consul in baghdad and this allowed extra time for his studies, esp…
Meanings of Assyriology:
nounThe study of the language, history, and antiquities of ancient assyria.
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The consortium is working to improve faculty training, curriculum and facilities for the study of a…
Meanings of Ast:
abbreviationAtlantic standard time.
nounThe standard time in a zone including the easternmost parts of mainland canada, puerto rico, and the virgin islands.
Meanings of Astable:
adjectiveRelating 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:
adverbTo, towards, or on the starboard side of a vessel (or occasionally an aircraft).
Meanings of Astarte:
proper nounA 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:
nounOriginally (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:
nounOriginally (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:
nounThe 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:
nounA 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…
suffixForming nouns denoting poor quality.
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Criticaster
Meanings of Asterisk:
nounA symbol (*) used in text as a pointer to an annotation or footnote.
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Scholarly notes are usually signalled by superscript numbers at appropriate points in a text, but s…
verbMark (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:
verbMark (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.
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Asterisked entries
Meanings of Asterisking:
verbMark (a word or piece of text) with an asterisk.
Usage examples:
He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him
nounA 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:
nounA 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…
verbMark (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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
adverbBehind or toward the rear of a ship or aircraft.
Usage examples:
The engine rooms lay astern
Meanings of Asteroid:
nounA 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.
adjectiveRelating to or denoting echinoderms of the class asteroidea.
Meanings of Asteroidea:
plural nounA 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:
nounA 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.
adjectiveRelating to or denoting echinoderms of the class asteroidea.
Meanings of Asters:
nounA 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…
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