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Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.

Rough; uneven. Boyle.

See Asphalt.

Murderous. Milton.

stant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. She grows more assiduous in her attendance. Addison.

A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

Not possessing a mouth.

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

Bearing stars. [R.] Blount.

Subtle; cunning; astute. [R.] Sir W. Scott. -- As*tu"cious*ly, adv. [R.]

Asymmetrical. [Obs.] Barrow.

Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed to synchronous.

Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Atheistic; impious. [Obs.] Milton.

Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.

Athermanous.

Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.

Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot.