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Ascetic
- 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"
- someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Ascians
- - 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 - accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
Ascitic
- adjective - of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity
Ascomas
- noun - an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
Ascribe
- verb - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
Auctary
- - That which is superadded; augmentation.
Auction
- noun - a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
- sell at an auction
- the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Bacalao
- unknown - Salt Cod with potatoes over rice