Index of English words, starting with "as"

(1) - As (n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
(2) - As (n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
(3) - As (n.) An ace.
(4) - As (adv. & conj.) Expressing a wish.
(5) - As (adv. & conj.) Than.
(6) - As (adv. & conj.) For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
(7) - As (adv. & conj.) As if; as though.
(8) - As (adv. & conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
(9) - As (adv. & conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
(10) - As (adv. & conj.) Because; since; it being the case that.
(11) - As (adv. & conj.) While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
(12) - As (adv. & conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
(13) - As (adv. & conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.

(1) - Asafetida (n.) Alt. of Asafoetida

(1) - Asafoetida (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

(1) - Asbestine (a.) Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.

(1) - Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.