Helen Fenton

Assamese: Definition and part of speech

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Assamese

  1. n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Assam.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Asphyxiate: Definition and part of speech

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Asphyxiate

  1. v. t. To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aspic: Definition and part of speech

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Aspic

  1. n. A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
  2. n. The venomous asp.
  3. n. A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
  4. n. A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aspidobranchia: Definition and part of speech

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Aspidobranchia

  1. n. pl. A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.