Ablastemic :: Ablastemic (a.) Non-germinal.

Adelaster :: Adelaster (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus..

Aftertaste :: Aftertaste (n.) A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc..

Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster..

Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made..

Aletaster :: Aletaster (n.) See Aleconner.

Amphiaster :: Amphiaster (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle..

Asteism :: Asteism (n.) Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

Astel :: Astel (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine..

Aster :: Aster (n.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.

Aster :: Aster (n.) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers..

Asterias :: Asterias (n.) A genus of echinoderms.

Asteriated :: Asteriated (a.) Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire..

Asteridea :: Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.

Asteridian :: Asteridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea.

Asteridian :: Asteridian (n.) A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.

Asterioidea :: Asterioidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asteride.

Asterion :: Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures..

Asteriscus :: Asteriscus (n.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) A constellation.

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) A small cluster of stars.

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference..

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage..

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica..

Astern :: Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern..

Astern :: Astern (adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear.

Asternal :: Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Asteroid :: Asteroid (n.) A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

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