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38,776 words match “AS”

ASTRUCTIVE a.
Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive. [Obs.]
ASTRUT a. 2 definitions
Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner. [Archaic] Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.
ASTUCIOUS a.
Subtle; cunning; astute. [R.] Sir W. Scott. -- As*tu"cious*ly, adv. [R.]
ASTUCITY n.
Craftiness; astuteness. [R.] Carlyle.
ASTUN v.
To stun. [Obs.] "Breathless and astunned." Somerville.
ASTURIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. -- n.
ASTUTE a.
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
ASTYLAR a.
Without columns or pilasters. Weale.
ASTYLLEN n.
A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
ASUNDER adv.
parately; into or in different pieces or places. I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. Zech. xi. 10. As wide asunder as pole and pole. Froude.
ASURA n.
An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
ASWAIL n.
The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India.
ASWEVE v.
To stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ASWING adv.
In a state of swinging.
ASWOON adv.
In a swoon. Chaucer.
ASWOONED adv.
In a swoon.
ASYLUM n. 3 definitions
nd shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege. So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary. Ayliffe.
ASYMMETRAL a.
Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. [Obs.] D. H. More.
ASYMMETRIC; ASYMMETRICAL a. 2 definitions
Incommensurable. [Obs.]
ASYMMETROUS a.
Asymmetrical. [Obs.] Barrow.
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