Word Meanings - ASPIRING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv. -- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ASPIRING)
- Ardent
- Longing
- passionate
- aspiring
- eager
- fervent
- excited
- fiery
- glowing
- zealous
- fervid
- fierce
- keen
- vehement
- hot
- affectionate
- impassioned
- burning
- heated
Related words: (words related to ASPIRING)
- LONG-SUFFERANCE
Forbearance to punish or resent. - EXCITO-MOTION
Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory. - LONGIPALP
One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi. - LONGSPUN
Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious. The longspun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below. Addison. - ARDENT
1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever. 2. Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden. 3. Warm, applied - BURN
To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. (more info) birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel. - GLOWLAMP
An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic. - LONGSOME
Extended in length; tiresome. Bp. Hall. Prior. -- Long"some*ness, n. Fuller. - ASPIRATOR
An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction. - LONGULITE
A kind of crystallite having a acicular form. - HEATHER
Heath. Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell , one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather . (more info) Etym: - ASPIRIN
A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid used as a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines. - VEHEMENTLY
In a vehement manner. - EXCITABLE
Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated. - HEATHENISHNESS
The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne. - ZEALOUS
1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object. He may be zealous in the salvation of souls. Law. 2. Filled with religious zeal. Shak. -- Zeal"ous*ly, adv. -- Zeal"ous*ness, n. - BURNISHER
1. One who burnishes. 2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. - EXCITING
Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. -- Ex*cit"ing*ly, adv. Exciting causes , those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes. - BURNISH
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing - LONGSHORE
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning. - OVERBURN
To burn too much; to be overzealous. - UNSHEATHE
To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. To unsheathe the sword, to make war. - COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - SUNBURNING
Sunburn; tan. Boyle. - BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
See BURNER - SUNBURN
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden. - GAS-BURNER
The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. - AUBURN
1. Flaxen-colored. Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.