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ascensionnel: ascending; upward
ascensionner: to climb (a mountain); to ascend
ascensionniste: climber
ascidie: ascidian
ascidiiforme: ascidiform
ascite: ascites
ascitique: ascitic
asclépiadacée: milkweed (of the genus Asclepias)
asclépiade: Asclepiad; ellipsis of vers asclépiade
asclépiade: asclepias
asclépiade: Asclepiadean
asclépiadéen: Asclepiadean
ascomycète: ascomycete
ascorbique: ascorbic
ascèse: asceticism; ascesis
ascète: ascetic
ascétique: ascetic
ascétiquement: ascetically
ascétisme: asceticism (the principles and practices of an ascetic)
asepsie: asepsis
aseptique: aseptic
aseptiquement: aseptically
aseptisation: sterilization, disinfecting
aseptiser: to sterilize, to disinfect
aseptisé: banal, bland, sanitized
asexualité: asexuality
asexuel: asexual
asexuellement: asexually
asexué: asexual (genderless); asexual (without sex; not involving sexual intercourse)
ashkénaze: Ashkenazi
ashkénaze: Ashkenazi
ashram: ashram
asialie: asialism
asiarcat: Asiarchate
asiarchie: Asiarchate
asiarque: Asiarch
asiate: Asian, Asiatic
asiatique: of Asia; Asian; Asiatic
asien: Asian
asilaire: asylum
asile: asylum (place of safety or refuge); retirement home, old people's home; asylum (psychiatric institution); protection, defense
asile de fous: lunatic asylum
asile politique: political asylum
asiner: to play the fool
asinesque: asinine (like a donkey)
asinicide: the killing of an ass or donkey
asinien: asinine
asinin: asinine
askari: askari
askip: apparently, appaz, they say (that), rumour has it (that)
asociabilité: asociality
asocial: asocial
asparagine: asparagine
aspartique: aspartic
aspe: asp (fish)
aspect: aspect; aspect (grammatical quality of a verb)
aspectuel: aspectual
asperge: asparagus (any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers); asparagus (the young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable); beanpole (tall, thin person)
asperger: to spray, sprinkle; to splash, splatter
aspergille: aspergillus