Acrasy :: Acrasy (n.) Excess; intemperance.

Antonomasy :: Antonomasy (n.) Antonomasia.

Aphasy :: Aphasy (n.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain..

Apostasy :: Apostasy (n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity..

Asyla :: Asyla (pl. ) of Asylu.

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege..

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum..

Asylums :: Asylums (pl. ) of Asylu.

Asymmetral :: Asymmetral (a.) Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical..

Asymmetric :: Asymmetric (a.) Alt. of Asymmetrica.

Asymmetrical :: Asymmetrical (a.) Incommensurable.

Asymmetrical :: Asymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical..

Asymmetrous :: Asymmetrous (a.) Asymmetrical.

Asymmetry :: Asymmetry (n.) Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry..

Asymmetry :: Asymmetry (n.) Incommensurability.

Asymptote :: Asymptote (n.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance..

Asynartete :: Asynartete (a.) Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.

Asyndetic :: Asyndetic (a.) Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.

Asyndeton :: Asyndeton (n.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton..

Asystole :: Asystole (n.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.

Asystolism :: Asystolism (n.) The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.

Autonomasy :: Autonomasy (n.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, He has gone to town, for, He has gone to London..

Basyle :: Basyle (n.) A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element..

Basylous :: Basylous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous..

Creasy :: Creasy (a.) Full of creases.

Dasymeter :: Dasymeter (n.) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density..

Dasypaedal :: Dasypaedal (a.) Dasypaedic.

Dasypaedes :: Dasypaedes (n. pl.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.

Dasypaedic :: Dasypaedic (a.) Pertaining to the Dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.

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