Index of English words, starting with "as"

(1) - Assimilability (n.) The quality of being assimilable.

(1) - Assimilable (a.) That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.

(1) - Assimilate (v. i.) To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
(2) - Assimilate (v. i.) To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
(3) - Assimilate (v. i.) To become similar or like something else.
(4) - Assimilate (v. t.) To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
(5) - Assimilate (v. t.) To liken; to compa/e.
(6) - Assimilate (v. t.) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

(1) - Assimilation (n.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
(2) - Assimilation (n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.

(1) - Assimilative (a.) Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.