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Ascessant
- - See Acescency, Acescent.
Ascetical
- adjective - pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
- practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
Asheville
- noun - a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
Aspection
- - The act of viewing; a look.
Aspectual
- adjective - of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb); "the aspectual system of Greek"
Aspergill
- noun - a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water
Aspermous
- - Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.
Aspersing
- verb - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
Aspersion
- noun - a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
- an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)