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Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.

State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing.

An aseptic substance.

Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy.

In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.

e family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.…

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.

A low fire used in chemical operations.

A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.

To shame. [R.] Barrow.

Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "I am ashamed to beg." Wyclif. All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed pers…

Bashfully. [R.]

A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.

A depository for ashes.

The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

Shining; radiant.

Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone. Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.