artifact.noun
any object made by human work

artificial.adjective
humanly contrived often on a natural model; man made (an artificial limb) (artificial diamonds); lacking in natural or spontaneous quality (an artificial smile) (an artificial excitement); imitation; sham (artificial flavor)
artificiality, artificialness-nouns
artificially.adverb

articulate.adjective
endowed with the power of speech; expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language (an articulate speaker); characterized by the use of clear, expressive language; composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech
articulate, articulated, articulating, articulates.verbs
transitive verb use.to pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate; to utter.(a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech organs (tongue, vocal cords); to express in coherent verbal form; give words to (could articulate the scene well)
intransitive verb use.to speak clearly and distinctly; to utter a speech sound
Anatomy.-.to form a joint; be jointed (the thighbone articulates with the bones of the hip; an articulated transit bus)
articulately.adverb
articulateness.or.articulacy.noun
articulation.noun
the act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation (an articulation of the group's sentiments; the act or manner of producing a speech sound; a jointing together or being jointed together as an articulated transit bus; the method or manner of jointing; a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem; a node or a space on a stem between two nodes
articulatory.or.articulative.adjective

ascend, ascended, ascending, ascends.intransitive verbs
to climb; to go up; move upward; rise
transitive verb use.to move upward upon or along; climb (ascended the mountain); to succeed to; occupy (ascended the company chair after her father)
ascendable.or.ascendible.adjective
that can be ascended
ascendence or ascendance.noun
ascendancy
ascendancy or ascendency.noun
the quality or state of being in the ascendent; domination 
ascendent or ascendant.adjective
ascending; rising
ascender.noun
a person or thing that ascends
ascendible.adjective
ascendable
ascending.adjective
that ascends
ascension.noun
an ascending

assertion.noun
declaration; positive statement
assert, asserted, asserting, asserts.transitive verbs
to state or express positively; affirm (asserted his innocence); to defend or maintain (one's rights, for example); to put (oneself) forward boldly or forcefully in an effort to make an opinion known, for example: 'I had to assert myself in the meeting in order to ensure acquisition of the new book'.
assertable or assertible.adjective
asserter or assertor.noun
assertive.adjective
inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self assured assertively.adverb
assertiveness.noun

ascertain, ascertained, ascertaining, ascertains.transitive verbs
to find out with certainty, as through examination or experimentation; to make certain in the mind; discover
ascertainment.noun
ascertainable.adjective
ascertainableness, ascertainment.nouns
ascertainably.adverb

asceticism, ascetic.nouns
common in many eastern religions.–.practicing strict self denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline; austere in appearance, manner, or attitude; severe
ascetic, ascetical.adjective
ascetically.adverb.

ascribe, ascribed, ascribing, ascribes.transitive verbs
to impute, attribute to a specific cause (ascribed the good harvest to abundant sunshine and adequate rain); to put onto someone (the work we noticed was ascribed to you); to regard as belonging as a quality or attribute; implies assignment to someone of something that may reasonably be deduced; to assign as a quality or characteristic

asexual.adjective
having no evident sex or sex organs; sexless; relating to, produced by, or involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes; lacking interest in or desire for sex
asexuality.noun
asexually.adverb

Ash Wednesday
the seventh Wednesday before Easter and the first day of Lent, on which many Catholic Christians receive a mark of ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality

aspect.noun
a way in which something can be viewed by the mind; view; the appearance of a thing as seen from a specific point

aspire.intransitive verb
inflected form(s).aspired; aspiring
to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal (aspired to a career in medicine); ascend, soar 
aspirer.noun
aspiration.noun
strong desire for high achievement; an object of such desire; an ambition (he had aspiration to be an inventor) the act of breathing in; inhalation; expulsion of breath in speech; a speech sound produced with an aspirate

aspirate, aspirated, aspirating, aspirates.transitive verbs
to draw into the lungs; inhale
aspirate.noun
a speech sound followed by a puff of breath

assent, assented, assenting, assents.intransitive verbs
to agree to something especially after thoughtful consideration; concur
assent, assentor or assenter.nouns
agreement; concurrence (reached assent on a course of action); acquiescence; consent (gave my assent to the plan)
synonyms.consent, accede, acquiesce, agree, subscribe
assenter.or.assentor.noun
assentingly.adverb
assentive.adjective
assentiveness-noun

accession.noun
the attainment of a dignity or rank (the queen's accession to the throne); something that has been acquired or added; an acquisition; an increase by means of something added; the addition to or increase in value of property by means of improvements or natural growth; the right of a proprietor to ownership of such addition or increase; agreement or assent; access; admittance; a sudden outburst
accession, accessioned, accessioning, accessions.transitive verbs
to record in the order of acquisition (a curator accessioning newly acquired paintings)
accessional.adjective

assiduous.adjective.(pronounce 'a sid you us')
constant in application or attention; diligent (an assiduous worker who strove for perfection); unceasing; persistent (assiduous research)
assiduously.adverb
assiduousness.noun
assiduity-noun,-assiduities.plural
persistent application or diligence; unflagging effort; often assiduities; constant personal attention and often obsequious.solicitude

assume, assumed, assuming, assumes.transitive verbs
to take upon oneself; to affect the appearance or possession of; feign; to seize; presume; usurp-(assume control); to take for granted; suppose.(supposed that the dictatorship was legal); to put on
assumably.adverb
assumer.noun

assumptive.adjective
having the character of an assumption; presumptuous

assumption.noun
anything taken for granted; supposition; presumption

aster.noun
a star shaped mathematical structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell and having ray like fibers that surround the centrosome during mitosis

astonishment.noun
overpowering wonder or amazement
synonym.amazement
astonish.transitive verb
to strike with sudden amazement
astonishing.adjective
causing surprise
astonish, astonished, astonishing, astonishes.transitive verbs
to fill with sudden wonder or amazement
astonishingly.adverb