Asteraceae
— Noun
– English
~ plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
astereognosis
— Noun
– English
~ a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them
asteriated
— Adjective
– English
~ (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism
Asteridae
— Noun
– English
~ a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
asterion
— Noun
– English
~ the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
asterisk
— Verb
– English
~ mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"
asterisk
— Noun
– English
~ a star-shaped character * used in printing
asterisked
— Adjective
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~ marked with an asterisk; "the starred items"
asterism
— Noun
– English
~ (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
asterism
— Noun
– English
~ (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
asterismal
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to asterisms or constellations
astern
— Adverb
– English
~ stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"
astern
— Adverb
– English
~ at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
astern
— Adverb
– English
~ (of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"