‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a- not + ba`sis a step. ] (Med.) Inability to coordinate muscular actions properly in walking. AS [ archaic ] -- A*ba"sic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. (Med.) A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ n. [ Gr. akrasia. ] Excess; intemperance. [ Obs. except in Med. ] Farindon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples. Afro-Asian population [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop.
Syn. -- genus Agastache. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a resident of Alaska. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
Syn. -- elephant's ear, elephant ear [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being amassed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state, office, or functions of an ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Embassage. [ Obs. or R. ] Luke xiv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of moths whose larvae are flour moths.
Syn. -- genus Anagasta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. [ Gr. 'anastaltiko`s fitted for checking, fr. 'ana` + ste`llein to send. ] (Med.) Styptic. [ Obs. ] Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ana` up + ista`nai to make to stand. ] (Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'ana` up + ista`nai to make to stand: cf. statiko`s causing to stand. ] Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of plants consisting of a single species, rose of Jericho (also called resurrection plant).
Syn. -- genus Anastatica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. aphasia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; not spoken; 'a priv. + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. aphasie. ] (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + fra`sis speech. ] (Med.) (a) = Dumbness. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; a molding. ] (Med.) 1. Incomplete or faulty development. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Med.) a defect, retardation, or cessation of the process of generation of blood cells. [ PJC ]

, adv. [ Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris. ] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Acronym: American Society of Composers, Authors and Puplishers. ] 1. the American Society of Cinematographers. Syn. -- American Society of Composers, Authors and Puplishers [ PJC ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family containing only one species of frog: the tailed frog.
Syn. -- family Ascaphidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae.
Syn. -- genus Ascaphus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; an intestinal worm. ] (Med.) A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Ascarides r Ascarids. [ NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.
Syn. -- family Ascaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a roundworm having a preanal sucker.
Syn. -- genus Ascaridia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth.
Syn. -- genus Ascaris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. āscamian to shame (where ā- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame. ] To shame. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t. ] Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. “I am ashamed to beg.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Bashfully. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ashantees A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Ashantee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Asianus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, L. Asia. ] Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. “Asian princes.” Jer. Taylor. -- n. An Asiatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Asiarcha, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; ruler. ] One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Asiaticus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native, or one of the people, of Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint. ] Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.
Syn. -- askance, sidelong. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ AS. āslacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake. ] To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + slant. ] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The shaft ] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Eritrea. Population (2000) = 400, 000. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. a- + soak. ] Soaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. aspalathus, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. Ecclus. xxiv. 15. (b) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosæ. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. [ 1913 Webster ]