a capella singing
         n 1: singing without instrumental accompaniment [syn: {a
               cappella singing}, {a capella singing}]

English Dictionary: Asplenium	by the DICT Development Group
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a cappella adv without musical accompaniment; "they performed a cappella" adj sung without instrumental accompaniment; "they sang an a cappella Mass"
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a cappella singing n singing without instrumental accompaniment [syn: {a cappella singing}, a capella singing]
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a couple of adj more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses" Synonym(s): a few(a), a couple of(a)
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Acapulco n a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving) Synonym(s): Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez
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Acapulco de Juarez n a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving) Synonym(s): Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez
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Acapulco gold n a particularly potent variety of marijuana [syn: {Acapulco gold}, Mexican green]
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acephalia n absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) Synonym(s): acephalia, acephaly, acephalism
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acephalism n absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) Synonym(s): acephalia, acephaly, acephalism
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acephalous adj lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous worms"
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acephaly n absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) Synonym(s): acephalia, acephaly, acephalism
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agape love n selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) Synonym(s): agape, agape love
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aquaplane n a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water v rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road; "the car aquaplaned" ride on an aquaplane
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Aquifoliaceae n widely distributed shrubs and trees [syn: Aquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae, holly family]
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as follows adv what is listed next; "her complaints went as follows"
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Asaph Hall n United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) Synonym(s): Hall, Asaph Hall
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Ascophyllum n brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis Synonym(s): Ascophyllum, genus Ascophyllum
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Ascophyllum nodosum n similar to and found with black rockweed [syn: bladderwrack, Ascophyllum nodosum]
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ash-blonde adj of hair color; whitish [syn: ash-blonde, {platinum- blonde}, towheaded]
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Asheville n a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
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Aspalathus n genus of South African heathlike shrubs [syn: Aspalathus, genus Aspalathus]
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Aspalathus cedcarbergensis n South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea Synonym(s): rooibos, Aspalathus linearis, Aspalathus cedcarbergensis
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Aspalathus linearis n South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea Synonym(s): rooibos, Aspalathus linearis, Aspalathus cedcarbergensis
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asphalt n mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons Synonym(s): asphalt, mineral pitch v cover with tar or asphalt; "asphalt the driveway"
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asphaltic adj containing asphalt; "asphaltic residues"
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Aspleniaceae n one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria Synonym(s): Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae
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Asplenium n in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae Synonym(s): Asplenium, genus Asplenium
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Asplenium adiantum-nigrum n spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent Synonym(s): black spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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Asplenium billotii n a spleenwort of western Europe [syn: {lanceolate spleenwort}, Asplenium billotii]
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Asplenium bradleyi n a spleenwort of eastern to southern United States [syn: Bradley's spleenwort, Asplenium bradleyi]
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Asplenium ceterach n small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds [syn: scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum]
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Asplenium montanum n a spleenwort of eastern North America [syn: {mountain spleenwort}, Asplenium montanum]
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Asplenium nidus n tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches Synonym(s): bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus
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Asplenium nigripes n a fern of the genus Schaffneria [syn: {Schaffneria nigripes}, Asplenium nigripes, Scolopendrium nigripes]
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Asplenium pinnatifidum n a spleenwort of eastern and southern United States [syn: lobed spleenwort, Asplenium pinnatifidum]
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Asplenium platyneuron n common North American fern with polished black stripes Synonym(s): ebony spleenwort, Scott's Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron
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Asplenium rhizophyllum n ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip [syn: walking fern, walking leaf, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus]
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Asplenium ruta-muraria n small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America Synonym(s): wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, Asplenium ruta-muraria
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Asplenium scolopendrium n Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds [syn: hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium]
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Asplenium trichomanes n small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds Synonym(s): maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes
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Asplenium viride n a small fern with slim green fronds; widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere Synonym(s): green spleenwort, Asplenium viride
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assibilate v insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
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assibilation n the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound Synonym(s): sibilation, assibilation
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Capful \Cap"ful\, n.; pl. {Capfuls}.       As much as will fill a cap.          {A capful of wind} (Naut.), a light puff of wind.
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Accouple \Ac*cou"ple\, v. t. [OF. acopler, F. accoupler. See       {Couple}.]       To join; to couple. [R.]                   The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen.                                                                               --Hall.
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Accouplement \Ac*cou"ple*ment\ (-k[ucr]p"'l*m[eit]nt), n. [Cf.       F. accouplement.]       1. The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.             [R.] --Caxton.          2. That which couples, as a tie or brace. [R.]
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Acephal \Ac"e*phal\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] head: cf. F.       ac[82]phale, LL. acephalus.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Acephala.
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d8Lamellibranchia \[d8]La*mel`li*bran"chi*a\,    d8Lamellibranchiata \[d8]La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL.       See {lamella}, and {Branchia}, {Branchiate}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve       shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.          Note: They usually have two (rarely but one) flat,                lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have                an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the                shell, whence they are called {{Acephala}}. Called also                {Conchifera}, and {Pelecypoda}. See {Bivalve}.
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Acephalan \A*ceph"a*lan\, n.       Same as {Acephal}.
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Acephalan \A*ceph"a*lan\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Belonging to the Acephala.
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Acephalist \A*ceph"a*list\, n.       One who acknowledges no head or superior. --Dr. Gauden.
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Acephalocyst \A*ceph"a*lo*cyst\, n. [Gr. 'ake`falos without a       head + ky`stis bladder.] (Zo[94]l.)       A larval entozo[94]n in the form of a subglobular or oval       vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in       the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from       the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These       cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also       applied to similar cysts of different origin.
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Acephalocystic \A*ceph`a*lo*cys"tic\, a.       Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
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Acephalous \A*ceph"a*lous\, a. [See {Acephal}.]       1. Headless.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to             bivalve mollusks.          3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of             from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.          4. Without a leader or chief.          5. Wanting the beginning.                         A false or acephalous structure of sentence. --De                                                                               Quincey.          6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.             --Brande.
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Scrag \Scrag\ (skr[acr]g), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry       tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled,       rocky. See {Shrink}, and cf. {Scrog}, {Shrag}, n.]       1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially,             a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in             contempt, the neck.                         Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton                      on silver.                                          --Thackeray.          2. A rawboned person. [Low] --Halliwell.          3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.          {Scrag whale} (Zo[94]l.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale             ({Agaphelus gibbosus}). By some it is considered the young             of the right whale.
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Agible \Ag"i*ble\, a. [Cf. LL. agibilis, fr. L. agere to move,       do.]       Possible to be done; practicable. [Obs.] [bd]Fit for agible       things.[b8] --Sir A. Sherley.
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Asbolin \As"bo*lin\, n. [Gr. [?] soot.] (Chem.)       A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.
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Ashy \Ash"y\, a.       1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed             with, ashes.          2. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. --Shak.          {Ashy pale}, pale as ashes. --Shak.
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Asphalt \As"phalt\, v. t.       To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted       streets.
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Asphalt \As"phalt\, Asphaltum \As*phal"tum\, n. [Gr. [?], of       eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.]       1. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It             is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a             surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated,             leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of             the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or             the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of             Asia, Europe, and America. See {Bitumen}.          2. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used             for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for             bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt             is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.          {Asphalt stone}, {Asphalt rock}, a limestone found             impregnated with asphalt.
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Asphalt \As"phalt\, Asphaltum \As*phal"tum\, n. [Gr. [?], of       eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.]       1. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It             is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a             surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated,             leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of             the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or             the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of             Asia, Europe, and America. See {Bitumen}.          2. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used             for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for             bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt             is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.          {Asphalt stone}, {Asphalt rock}, a limestone found             impregnated with asphalt.
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Asphalt \As"phalt\, Asphaltum \As*phal"tum\, n. [Gr. [?], of       eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.]       1. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It             is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a             surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated,             leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of             the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or             the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of             Asia, Europe, and America. See {Bitumen}.          2. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used             for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for             bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt             is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.          {Asphalt stone}, {Asphalt rock}, a limestone found             impregnated with asphalt.
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Asphaltic \As*phal"tic\, a.       Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt;       bituminous. [bd]Asphaltic pool.[b8] [bd]Asphaltic slime.[b8]       --Milton.
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Asphaltite \As*phal"tite\, a.       Asphaltic.
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Asphaltite \As*phal"tite\, a.       Asphaltic. --Bryant.
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Asphalt \As"phalt\, Asphaltum \As*phal"tum\, n. [Gr. [?], of       eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.]       1. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It             is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a             surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated,             leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of             the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or             the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of             Asia, Europe, and America. See {Bitumen}.          2. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used             for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for             bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt             is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.          {Asphalt stone}, {Asphalt rock}, a limestone found             impregnated with asphalt.
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Miltwaste \Milt"waste`\, [1st milt + waste.] (Bot.)       A small European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) formerly used in       medicine.
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &       OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,       Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],       a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]       1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular             mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy             threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a             stone.[b8] --Chaucer.                         They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for                      mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.          Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are                called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the                finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone                is much and widely used in the construction of                buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,                abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.          2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]             --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Something made of stone. Specifically:             (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]                               Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will                            mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.                                                                               --Shak.             (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.                               Should some relenting eye Glance on the where                            our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.          4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the             kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.          5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.          6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a             cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.          7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice             varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]          Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8                lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5                lbs.          8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;             insensibility; as, a heart of stone.                         I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.          9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of             stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a             book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also             {imposing stone}.          Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other                words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or                stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or                pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or                stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone                falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some                adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed                by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;                as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,                etc.          {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or             Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.          {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.          {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as             after the explosion of a meteor.          {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.          {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.          {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when             stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for             weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze             age} succeeded to this.          {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as             {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --             called also {sea perch}.          {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.          {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by             dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.             --Tylor.          {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;             especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow             in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.          {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of             bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).          {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the             genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.          {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a             bruise by a stone.          {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.                      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus             {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they             inflict painful wounds.          {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.          {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.          {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the                   southern coast of the United States and much used as                   food.             (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).          {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus             torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of             the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).          {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus                   crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also                   {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.             (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]             (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]          {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.          {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.          {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.          {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})             which grows on rocks and walls.          {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of             pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied             genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.             The larv[91] are aquatic.          {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a             drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.          {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.          {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a             thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,             -- used for breaking stone.          {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its             habit of sitting on bare stones.          {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.          {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.          {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.          {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela             foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white             throat; -- called also {beech marten}.          {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.          {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used             in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short             distances.          {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.          {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli             Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.          {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},             and {Pi[a4]on}.          {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.          {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.          {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European stone curlew.             (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the                   genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.                   recurvirostris}).             (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]             (d) The ringed plover.             (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to                   other species of limicoline birds.          {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})                   of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,                   often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},                   {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.             (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma                   anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.          {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a             stone may be thrown by the hand.          {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.             [Local, U.S.]          {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) See {Stone roller}             (a), above.             (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in                   the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a                   three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.          {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be             done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ceterach \Cet"e*rach\, n. [F. c[82]t[82]rac, fr. Ar. shetrak.]       (Bot.)       A species of fern with fronds ({Asplenium Ceterach}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Female fern \Female fern\ (Bot.),       a common species of fern with large decompound fronds       ({Asplenium Filixf[91]mina}), growing in many countries; lady       fern.          Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently                given to two common ferns; but it is now understood                that neither has any sexual character.          Syn: {Female}, {Feminine}.          Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed                   to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;                   as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;                   feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,                   women; as, feminine studies, employments,                   accomplishments, etc. [bd]Female applies to sex rather                   than gender, and is a physiological rather than a                   grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather                   than sex, and is grammatical rather than                   physiological.[b8] --Latham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a       stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf.       {Interval}.]       1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,             raised to some height, and intended for defense or             security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a             field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright             inclosing parts of a building or a room.                         The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.                                                                               v. 5.          2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the             plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.                         The waters were a wall unto them on their right                      hand, and on their left.                     --Ex. xiv. 22.                         In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the                      Troyan walls.                                    --Shak.                         To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.          3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls             of a steam-engine cylinder.          4. (Mining)             (a) The side of a level or drift.             (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.          Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the                formation of compounds, usually of obvious                signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall                fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.          {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind},             etc.          {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to             extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.          {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the             weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.          {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that             is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.             [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of             Montague's.[b8] --Shak.          {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum})             much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under             {Squirrel}.          {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below.          {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird             ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe.             It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of             insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing             coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red             at the base and black distally, some of them with white             spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider             catcher}.          {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous             herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under             {Mouse-ear}.          {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a             pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the             wall; -- called also {wall box}.          {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.          {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over             the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by             means of suckers on the feet.          {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta             muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks             and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}.          {Wall louse}, a wood louse.          {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.          {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak.          {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper             hangings.          {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria             officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed             medicinal.          {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus})             having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in             Western Europe.          {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre})             with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and             bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in             Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.          {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.          {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.          {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally             upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.             See Illust. of {Roof}.          {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.             S.] --Bartlett.          {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium             Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.          {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified             rocks.          {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to             the walls of a house.          {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp             ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices             of walls.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rue \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. [?]; cf. AS.       r[?]de.]       1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant ({Ruta             graveolens}), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter             taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.                         Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve,                      for he had much to see.                     --Milton.                         They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy                      water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as                      we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.          {Goat's rue}. See under {Goat}.          {Rue anemone}, a pretty springtime flower ({Thalictrum             anemonides}) common in the United States.          {Wall rue}, a little fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) common             on walls in Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assayable \As*say"a*ble\, a.       That may be assayed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assibilate \As*sib"i*late\, v. t. [L. assibilatus, p. p. of       assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.]       To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. --J. Peile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assibilation \As*sib`i*la"tion\, n.       Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to       -shun, duke to ditch.
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Ash Flat, AR (city, FIPS 2470)       Location: 36.22577 N, 91.60652 W       Population (1990): 667 (275 housing units)       Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Ashfield, MA       Zip code(s): 01330
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Ashville, AL (town, FIPS 2908)       Location: 33.83469 N, 86.26401 W       Population (1990): 1494 (575 housing units)       Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35953    Ashville, NY       Zip code(s): 14710    Ashville, OH (village, FIPS 2680)       Location: 39.71765 N, 82.95524 W       Population (1990): 2254 (895 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43103    Ashville, PA (borough, FIPS 3296)       Location: 40.55915 N, 78.54742 W       Population (1990): 306 (122 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 16613
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Au Sable, MI (CDP, FIPS 4280)       Location: 44.41075 N, 83.33976 W       Population (1990): 1542 (694 housing units)       Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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Au Sable Chasm, NY       Zip code(s): 12911
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Au Sable Forks, NY       Zip code(s): 12912
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASPLE          A {toy language}.          ["A Sampler of Formal Definitions", M. Marcotty et al,       Computing Surveys 8(2):191-276 (Feb 1976)].          (1995-02-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASPOL          {A Simulation Process-Oriented Language}
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ashbel, an old fire