asperse
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ 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
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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"
aspersion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
aspersion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
aspersorium
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches
aspersorium
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water
asphalt
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ cover with tar or asphalt; "asphalt the driveway"
asphalt
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
asphalt
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
asphaltic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ containing asphalt; "asphaltic residues"
aspheric
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape
aspherical
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape
asphodel
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
Asphodelaceae
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
Asphodeline
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
Asphodelus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
asphyxia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
asphyxiate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
asphyxiate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"