| ANASTASIS | • anastasis n. A recovery from a debilitating condition, especially irradiation of human tissue. • anastasis n. Rebirth. • anastasis n. (Christianity) resurrection, especially the resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
| ASSASSINS | • assassins n. Plural of assassin. • ASSASSIN n. a murderer. |
| ASSAYINGS | • assayings n. Plural of assaying. • ASSAYING n. the act of testing. |
| ASSIGNATS | • assignats n. Plural of assignat. • ASSIGNAT n. (historical) one of the paper bonds first issued in 1789 by the French government on the security of the appropriated church lands, and later accepted as notes of currency. |
| ASSISTANT | • assistant adj. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position. • assistant adj. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. • assistant n. (Obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness. |
| ASYNAPSIS | • asynapsis n. (Biochemistry) The failure of synapsis during meiosis. • ASYNAPSIS n. a failure of the pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis. |
| DAMASSINS | • damassins n. Plural of damassin. • DAMASSIN n. a kind of modified damask or brocade. |
| MANTISSAS | • mantissas n. Plural of mantissa. • MANTISSA n. (Latin) the decimal part of a logarithm. |
| NASALISES | • nasalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nasalise. • NASALISE v. to produce sounds nasally, also NASALIZE. |
| NASALISMS | • nasalisms n. Plural of nasalism. • NASALISM n. making nasal sounds. |
| SANNYASIS | • sannyasis n. Plural of sannyasi. • SANNYASI n. (Hindi) a Hindu ascetic or hermit who lives by begging, also SANNYASIN, SANYASI. |
| SARRASINS | • sarrasins n. Plural of sarrasin. • SARRASIN n. (French) buckwheat, also SARRAZIN. |
| SATANISMS | • satanisms n. Plural of satanism. • Satanisms n. Plural of Satanism. • SATANISM n. worship of the powers of evil. |
| SATANISTS | • satanists n. Plural of satanist. • Satanists n. Plural of Satanist. • SATANIST n. one who worships the Devil. |
| SPADASSIN | • spadassin n. A fighter, duelist. • SPADASSIN n. (Italian) a swordsman; a fighter. |