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Definition: Asper |
AsperNoun1. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "asper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
"Asper" is a common misspelling or typo for: apse, asker, aspen, asperse, aspire, aster, jasper, sapper. |
Crosswords: Asper |
| English words defined with "asper": rough breathing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "asper": Asperity, Asperous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Asper" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (fierce, harsh, rough, severe, violent). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Plate XXVIII. 104. Rhinoscopelus Coccoi, (Cocco), Goode and Bean. From ALBATROS S, in N. Lat. 39, W. Lon. 72. 105. Tarletonbeania tenua, Eigenmann and Eigenmann . From off Point Loma, Calif. 106. Dasyscopelus asper, (Richardson), Goode and Bean. From Richardson, "Voyage of the Erebus and Terror." 107. Electrona Risso i, (Cocco), Goode and Bean. From Cent. Coll. of Italian Vertebrata, Florence. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate 84. Steller's Rock-Trout. Hexagrammus asper, Steller. The Cultus Cod. Ophiodon elongatus, Girard. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "asper" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Asper | Last name | 400 | 19,830 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "asper": spiritus asper. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
asper | 27 |
asper bothrops | 9 |
asper business school | 6 |
asper izzy | 6 |
asper foundation | 4 |
asper syndrome | 4 |
asper mattias | 3 |
asper israel | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "asper": asperate, asperated, asperates, asperating, asperges, aspergilla, aspergilli, aspergilloses, aspergillosis, aspergillum, aspergillums, aspergillus, asperities, asperity, aspers, asperse, aspersed, asperser, aspersers, asperses, aspersing, aspersion, aspersions, aspersor, aspersors. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "asper": clasper, gasper, grasper, jasper, rasper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "asper": claspers, exasperate, exasperated, exasperatedly, exasperates, exasperating, exasperatingly, exasperation, exasperations, gaspers, graspers, jaspers, jasperware, jasperwares, jaspery, raspers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "asper" (pronounced a"sper) |
| 4 | a" s p er | gasper, Jasper. |
| 3 | -s p er | crisper, prosper, vesper, whisper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: apers, apres, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, rapes, reaps, spare, spear. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, eras, pare, pars, pase, pear, peas, rape, raps, rase, rasp, reap, reps, sear, sera, spae, spar. | |
-2 letters: ape, are, ars, asp, ear, era, ers, par, pas, pea, per, pes, rap, ras, rep, res, sae, sap, sea, ser, spa. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, pa, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: arpens, aspers, aspire, capers, crapes, drapes, escarp, gapers, gasper, grapes, japers, jasper, lapser, operas, pacers, padres, pagers, papers, pareos, parers, pareus, parges, paries, parles, parsec, parsed, parser, parses, passer, paster, paters, pauser, pavers, pawers, payers, pearls, phrase, praise, prases, prates, praxes, rapers, raphes, rasped, rasper, recaps, remaps, repass, repast, repays, sapper, sarape, scrape, secpar, serape, seraph, shaper, sherpa, soaper, spacer, spader, spared, sparer, spares, sparge, sparse, spears, spirea, spread, tapers, trapes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 70 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... .--. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s p e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0070 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3585827184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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