| ASTRACHAN | • astrachan n. Alternative form of astrakhan. • Astrachan prop.n. Archaic form of Astrakhan. • ASTRACHAN n. a closely-curled black or grey fur from the fleece of karakul lambs, also ASTRAKHAN. |
| ASTRADDLE | • astraddle adv. In a straddling position; astride. • astraddle prep. In a straddling position on. • ASTRADDLE adv. in a straddling position. |
| ASTRAGALI | • astragali n. Plural of astragalus. • ASTRAGALUS n. (Latin) the anklebone. |
| ASTRAGALS | • astragals n. Plural of astragal. • ASTRAGAL n. (Greek) a rounded beading or moulding on column. |
| ASTRAKHAN | • astrakhan n. Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan. • astrakhan n. Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings. • Astrakhan prop.n. An oblast of Russia. |
| ASTRANTIA | • astrantia n. Any of the genus Astrantia of herbaceous plants. • ASTRANTIA n. a plant of the Astrantia genus of hardy, perennial umbelliferous plants with showy petallike bracts. |
| ASTRICTED | • astricted v. Simple past tense and past participle of astrict. • astricted adj. Restricted or confined; especially, in old Scottish law, describing land on which corn must be sent… • ASTRICT v. (archaic) to bind, constrict; to bind by moral or legal obligation. |
| ASTRINGED | • astringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of astringe. • ASTRINGE v. to draw together. |
| ASTRINGER | • astringer n. Obsolete form of austringer. • ASTRINGER n. a falconer who keeps a goshawk, also AUSTRINGER, OSTREGER. |
| ASTRINGES | • astringes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astringe. • ASTRINGE v. to draw together. |
| ASTROCYTE | • astrocyte n. (Neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain. • ASTROCYTE n. a much-branched, star-shaped neuroglia cell. |
| ASTRODOME | • astrodome n. A transparent dome in the fuselage of an aircraft or spacecraft through which navigational observations may be made. • Astrodome prop.n. A domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas. • ASTRODOME n. a stadium with a domed roof. |
| ASTROFELL | • ASTROFELL n. (Spenser) an unidentified bitter starlike plant, possibly aster, also ASTROPHEL. |
| ASTROLABE | • astrolabe n. An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars. • ASTROLABE n. a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant. |
| ASTROLOGY | • astrology n. Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. • ASTROLOGY n. the study of the supposed influence of the movements and positions of the stars and planets. |
| ASTRONAUT | • astronaut n. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth’s atmosphere, or someone… • astronaut n. (Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and their adopted home country. • ASTRONAUT n. a person engaged in space travel. |
| ASTRONOMY | • astronomy n. The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations… • astronomy n. (Obsolete) Astrology. • ASTRONOMY n. the study of the celestial bodies and the heavens in all scientific aspects. |
| ASTROPHEL | • Astrophel n. A male lover similar to that in the poem Astrophel and Stella. • ASTROPHEL n. (Spenser) an unidentified bitter starlike plant, possibly aster, also ASTROFELL. |