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  • English Word Aesculin Definition Same as Esculin.
  • English Word Aesopic Definition Alt. of Esopic
  • English Word Aesthesia Definition Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.
  • English Word Aesthesiometer Definition Alt. of Esthesiometer
  • English Word Aesthesis Definition Sensuous perception.
  • English Word Aesthesodic Definition Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.
  • English Word Aesthete Definition One who makes much or overmuch of aesthetics.
  • English Word Aesthetic Definition Alt. of Aesthetical
  • English Word Aesthetical Definition Of or Pertaining to aesthetics; versed in aesthetics; as, aesthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.
  • English Word Aesthetican Definition One versed in aesthetics.
  • English Word Aestheticism Definition The doctrine of aesthetics; aesthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.
  • English Word Aesthetics Definition Alt. of Esthetics
  • English Word Aestho-physiology Definition The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.
  • English Word Aestival Definition Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.
  • English Word Aestivate Definition To spend the summer.
  • English Word Aestivate Definition To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
  • English Word Aestivation Definition The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.
  • English Word Aestivation Definition The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
  • English Word Aestuary Definition See Estuary.
  • English Word Aestuous Definition Glowing; agitated, as with heat.
  • English Word Aetheogamous Definition Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
  • English Word Aether Definition See Ether.
  • English Word Aethiops mineral Definition Same as Ethiops mineral.
  • English Word Aethogen Definition A compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
  • English Word Aethrioscope Definition An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.
  • English Word Aetiological Definition Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.
  • English Word Aetiology Definition The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.
  • English Word Aetiology Definition The assignment of a cause.
  • English Word Aetites Definition See Eaglestone.
  • English Word Afar Definition At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.