Name Report For First Name ASA:
ASA
First name ASA's origin is Hebrew. ASA means "healer". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ASA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of asa.(Brown names are of the same origin (Hebrew) with ASA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ASA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ASA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ASA AS A WHOLE:
asabi hasana tasa krasava ealasaid angirasa kailasa khasa masako awenasa kasa shimasani asad asadel yasar hasani deasach amalasanda asayleus blasa casandra dubheasa kasandra masai toireasa treasa asaf asante asaph breasal lasalle treasach wicasa ceasario diomasach sasa amalasand cathasach baltasar amasaNAMES RHYMING WITH ASA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (sa) - Names That Ends with sa:
kissa mandisa nagesa nigesa tisa xetsa zinsa hessa melissa arrosa atisa welsa liisa marphisa anassa arethusa charissa creusa inesa larissa marpessa medusa narkissa neysa nitsa nysa odessa phaethusa ritsa thalassa ursa venessa marcsa zsa adalgisa luisa teresa hisa cha'risa omusa adisa idrissa issa kassa musa palassa wekesa ebissa forsa risa chafulumisa deorsa ailisa ailsa aldonsa alfonsa alisa alissa allyssa alonsa alysa alyssa amarisa amarissa anarosa aneesa anessa anissa annalisa annelisa annissa anyssa azusa beatrisa brisa brissa bryssa calissa caressa carisa carissa carressa charlisa chelsa cherisa chitsa claressa clarisa clarissa clarrisa corissa corrissa darissa delisa delissa delyssa denisa denissa dionisa duvessaNAMES RHYMING WITH ASA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (as) - Names That Begins with as:
ascalaphus ascencion ascot ascott asdza aselma asenka asenke asentzio asfour asfoureh ash asha ashaad ashaki ashar ashburn ashby ashelynn asher ashford ashia ashira ashkii ashla ashlan ashleah ashlee ashleen ashleena ashleigh ashlen ashley ashlie ashlin ashling ashlinn ashly ashlyn ashlynn ashlynne ashquar ashraf ashtaroth ashten ashtin ashton ashtyn ashur ashvik ashvin ashwin ashwyn asia asianne asif asil asim asima asklepios askook askuwheteau asliraf asmina asopus aspasia assaggi assan assana assane assefa asta astarte astennu asthore astolat astolpho astra astraea astrea astrid astyrian asucena asuncion asura aswad aswan asyaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ASA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abelia abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalheida adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adira aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adora adowa adra adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra aetna afafa afia afinaEnglish Words Rhyming ASA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ASA AS A WHOLE:
| alinasal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage. |
| anasarca | noun (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin. |
| anasarcous | adjective (a.) Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. |
| appeasable | adjective (a.) Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. |
| asa | noun (n.) An ancient name of a gum. |
| asafetida | noun (n.) Alt. of Asafoetida |
| asafoetida | noun (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. |
| asaphus | noun (n.) A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append. |
| asarabacca | noun (n.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. |
| asarone | noun (n.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum. |
| basal | adjective (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base. |
| basalt | noun (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated. |
| noun (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain. |
| basaltic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava. |
| basaltiform | adjective (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar. |
| basaltoid | adjective (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform. |
| basan | noun (n.) Same as Basil, a sheepskin. |
| basanite | noun (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal. |
| camarasaurus | noun (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae. |
| casal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending. |
| chasable | adjective (a.) Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. |
| chickasaws | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory. |
| casa | noun (n.) A house or mansion. |
| defeasance | noun (n.) A defeat; an overthrow. |
| noun (n.) A rendering null or void. | |
| noun (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated. |
| defeasanced | adjective (a.) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited. |
| displeasance | noun (n.) Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. |
| displeasant | adjective (a.) Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. |
| erasable | adjective (a.) Capable of being erased. |
| extravasating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extravasate |
| extravasation | noun (n.) The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels. |
| noun (n.) The issue of lava and other volcanic products from the earth. |
| gasalier | noun (n.) A chandelier arranged to burn gas. |
| hasard | noun (n.) Hazard. |
| inappeasable | adjective (a.) Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable. |
| increasable | adjective (a.) Capable of being increased. |
| internasal | adjective (a.) Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage. |
| kasack | noun (n.) Same as Cossack. |
| labionasal | noun (n.) A labionasal sound or letter. |
| adjective (a.) Formed by the lips and the nose. |
| leasable | adjective (a.) Such as can be leased. |
| malefeasance | noun (n.) See Malfeasance. |
| malfeasance | noun (n.) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. |
| massasauga | noun (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley. |
| mesonasal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region. |
| misfeasance | noun (n.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. |
| mosasaur | noun (n.) Alt. of Mosasaurian |
| mosasaurian | noun (n.) One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria. |
| mosasauria | noun (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria. |
| mosasaurus | noun (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. |
| nasal | noun (n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously. |
| noun (n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. | |
| noun (n.) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. | |
| noun (n.) One of the nasal bones. | |
| noun (n.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose. | |
| adjective (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. |
| nasality | noun (n.) The quality or state of being nasal. |
| nasalization | noun (n.) The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ASA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (sa) - English Words That Ends with sa:
| abscissa | noun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes. |
| amorosa | noun (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan. |
| annulosa | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only. |
| ansa | noun (n.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring. |
| aporosa | noun (n. pl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata. |
| babiroussa | noun (n.) Alt. of Babirussa |
| babirussa | noun (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. |
| babyroussa | noun (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa |
| babyrussa | noun (n.) See Babyroussa. |
| balsa | noun (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. |
| bassa | noun (n.) Alt. of Bassaw |
| bosa | noun (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza. |
| bursa | noun (n.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences. |
| bolsa | noun (n.) An exchange for the transaction of business. |
| docoglossa | noun (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon. |
| fossa | noun (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds. |
| foussa | noun (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws. |
| ganesa | noun (n.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence. |
| gansa | noun (n.) Same as Ganza. |
| gloriosa | noun (n.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India. |
| glossa | noun (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. |
| gymnoglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth. |
| han sa | noun (n.) See 2d Hanse. |
| hydromedusa | noun (n.) Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae. |
| impresa | noun (n.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like. |
| inclusa | noun (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example. |
| juwansa | noun (n.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel. |
| keratosa | noun (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges. |
| lobosa | noun (n. pl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba. |
| lyssa | noun (n.) Hydrophobia. |
| mantissa | noun (n.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic. |
| margosa | noun (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. |
| medusa | noun (n.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. |
| noun (n.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. |
| melissa | noun (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis). |
| mimosa | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica). |
| missa | noun (n.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass. |
| musa | noun (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain. |
| nassa | noun (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda. |
| oquassa | noun (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout. |
| paraglossa | noun (n.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera. |
| physa | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond. |
| potassa | noun (n.) Potassium oxide. |
| noun (n.) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called caustic potash. |
| ptenoglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather. |
| raghuvansa | noun (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty. |
| reticulosa | noun (n. pl.) Same as Reticularia. |
| rhachiglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append. |
| rhipidoglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| rugosa | noun (n. pl.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid. |
| saccoglossa | noun (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata. |
| sarsa | noun (n.) Sarsaparilla. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ASA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (as) - Words That Begins with as:
| asbestic | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine. |
| asbestiform | adjective (a.) Having the form or structure of asbestus. |
| asbestine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic. |
| asbestous | adjective (a.) Asbestic. |
| asbestus | noun (n.) Alt. of Asbestos |
| asbestos | noun (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine. |
| asbolin | noun (n.) A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot. |
| ascarid | noun (n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. 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. |
| ascending | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascend |
| adjective (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. |
| ascendable | adjective (a.) Capable of being ascended. |
| ascendancy | noun (n.) Alt. of Ascendance |
| ascendance | noun (n.) Same as Ascendency. |
| ascendant | noun (n.) Ascent; height; elevation. |
| noun (n.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. | |
| noun (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. | |
| noun (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. | |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Ascendent |
| ascendent | adjective (a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. |
| adjective (a.) Rising; ascending. | |
| adjective (a.) Superior; surpassing; ruling. |
| ascendency | noun (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. |
| ascendible | adjective (a.) Capable of being ascended; climbable. |
| ascension | noun (n.) The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. |
| noun (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day. | |
| noun (n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. |
| ascensional | adjective (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. |
| ascensive | adjective (a.) Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. |
| adjective (a.) Augmentative; intensive. |
| ascertaining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascertain |
| ascertainable | adjective (a.) That may be ascertained. |
| ascertainer | noun (n.) One who ascertains. |
| ascertainment | noun (n.) The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. |
| ascessancy | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ascessant |
| ascessant | adjective (a.) See Acescency, Acescent. |
| ascetic | noun (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. |
| adjective (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. |
| asceticism | noun (n.) The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics. |
| ascham | noun (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery. |
| asci | noun (n. pl.) See Ascus. |
| ascian | noun (n.) One of the Ascii. |
| ascidian | noun (n.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj. |
| ascidiarium | noun (n.) The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian. |
| ascidiform | adjective (a.) Shaped like an ascidian. |
| ascidioidea | noun (n. pl.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| ascidiozooid | noun (n.) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea. |
| ascidium | noun (n.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia). |
| noun (n.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata. |
| ascigerous | adjective (a.) Having asci. |
| ascii | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Ascians |
| ascians | noun (n. pl.) Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun. |
| ascites | noun (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. |
| ascitic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ascitical |
| ascitical | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical. |
| ascititious | adjective (a.) Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. |
| asclepiad | noun (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. |
| asclepiadaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family. |
| asclepias | noun (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. |
| ascococcus | noun (n.) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci. |
| ascospore | noun (n.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.] |
| ascribable | adjective (a.) Capable of being ascribed; attributable. |
| ascribing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascribe |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ASA:
English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
| abaca | noun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
| abada | noun (n.) The rhinoceros. |
| abanga | noun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
| abba | noun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. |
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| aboma | noun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). |
| abracadabra | noun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon. |
| abranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. |
| abuna | noun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. |
| acacia | noun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. |
| noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. | |
| noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. |
| acantha | noun (n.) A prickle. |
| noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin. | |
| noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. |
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acarina | noun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
| acciaccatura | noun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
| aceldama | noun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acetabulifera | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. |
| achatina | noun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. |
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| acinesia | noun (n.) Same as Akinesia. |
| aconitia | noun (n.) Same as Aconitine. |
| acontia | noun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated. |
| acrania | noun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull. |
| noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists. |
| acrasia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy |
| acraspeda | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. |
| acrisia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy |
| acrita | noun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. |
| actinaria | noun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. |
| actinia | noun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.]. |
| noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae. |
| actinotrocha | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. |
| actinozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| adansonia | noun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. |
| adelphia | noun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. |
| adenalgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy |
| adularia | noun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. |
| adversaria | noun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| adynamia | noun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. |
| aegicrania | noun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. |
| aerophobia | noun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby |
| aesthesia | noun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia. |
| aga | noun (n.) Alt. of Agha |
| agha | noun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect. |
| agalactia | noun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agama | noun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards. |
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| agouara | noun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| agouta | noun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. |
| agraphia | noun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. |
| aha | noun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha. |
| (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise. |
| ailuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. |
| akinesia | noun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| albata | noun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German. |
| albuminuria | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| alcanna | noun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. |
| alcarraza | noun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. |
| alcyonacea | noun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| alfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass |
| alfalfa | noun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. |
| alfilaria | noun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. |
| alga | noun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc. |
| algaroba | noun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. |
| noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| algebra | noun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| alhambra | noun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada. |
| alhenna | noun (n.) See Henna. |
| allantoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| alleluia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah |
| alma | noun (n.) Alt. of Almah |
| almadia | noun (n.) Alt. of Almadie |
| almagra | noun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. |
| alopecia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy |
| alpaca | noun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. |
| noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca. | |
| noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| alpha | noun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. |
| alpia | noun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. |
| althaea | noun (n.) Alt. of Althea |
| althea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| alumina | noun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| alumna | noun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. |
| amalgama | noun (n.) Same as Amalgam. |
| amblyopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy |
| amblypoda | noun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. |
| ambrosia | noun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. |
| noun (n.) An unguent of the gods. | |
| noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. | |
| noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. |
| amenorrhoea | noun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentia | noun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametropia | noun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. |
| amia | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. |
| amma | noun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother. |
| ammonia | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. |
| ammonitoidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. |
| amnesia | noun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. |
| amniota | noun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals. |
| amoeba | noun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda. |
| amoebea | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms. |
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