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Asperity: Definition and part of speech

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Asperity

  1. n. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
  2. n. Roughness of surface; unevenness; — opposed to smoothness.
  3. n. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
  4. n. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
  5. n. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; — opposed to mildness.

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.

Asmonean: Definition and part of speech

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Asmonean

  1. n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

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.

Asp: Definition and part of speech

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Asp

  1. n. A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.
  2. n. Same as Aspen.

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.

Aspalathus: Definition and part of speech

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Aspalathus

  1. n. A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
  2. n. A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.

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.