ashtray |
a container for tobacco ashes. |
Ashur |
in Assyrian mythology, the principal god and god of war and empire. |
Ash Wednesday |
the first day of Lent, on which some Christians put ashes on their foreheads as a sign of penitence. |
ashy |
the color of ashes; ashen. [3 definitions] |
Asia |
a large continent in the Eastern Hemisphere, bounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the Red Sea, and eastern Europe. |
Asia Minor |
a large West Asian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, on which most of Turkey is located. |
Asian |
of or having to do with Asia, or its people or languages. [2 definitions] |
Asian American |
an American of Asian descent. |
Asian-American |
of or pertaining to Americans of Asian descent or to their history or culture. |
Asian flu |
a virulent strain of the influenza virus that probably spread from Asia; Asian influenza. |
Asiatic |
of or pertaining to Asia or its peoples; Asian. |
Asiatic Barred Zone |
a region including most of Asia from which immigration to the United States was banned as part of the Immigration Act of 1917. |
Asiatic cholera |
an acute, infectious, often fatal disease caused by bacteria and characterized by severe diarrhea, intestinal cramps, and dehydration; cholera. |
Asiatic pennywort |
a small creeping plant used in herbal medicine; Centella. |
aside |
on the side; toward the side. [6 definitions] |
aside from |
with the exception of; besides. |
as if |
how it would be if. |
asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. [2 definitions] |
ask |
to put a question to (someone). [11 definitions] |
askance |
with a sideways glance; indirectly. [2 definitions] |
ask around |
to try to find out something by asking people of one's acquaintance the same question. |