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Acronym of Armament Systems and Procedures, a US manufacturer of batons, restraints, and other products targeted at police and security.
A customised pistol produced by this company until 1987.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Acronym of Armament Systems and Procedures, a US manufacturer of batons, restraints, and other products targeted at police and security.
A telescopic baton manufactured by this company.
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name
Initialism of Active Server Pages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of application service provider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Initialism of average selling price or (more rarely) average sale(s) price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Initialism of ammunition supply point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Initialism of accessibility / assistance / accompaniment service provider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: accessibility
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noun
Initialism of answer set programming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
A water snake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
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noun
The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
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noun
An evil person; a snake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
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noun
The caterpillar of various types of flannel moths which induce an intense pain when their hair is touched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US
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The caterpillar of various types of flannel moths which induce an intense pain when their hair is touched.
Any caterpillar which inflicts a sharp pain when their hair is touched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, broadly
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noun
An aspen tree.
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noun
Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: law
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noun
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
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Broader terms: cobra
noun
of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: asp viper, Vipera aspis
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Broader terms: viper
History
From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.
From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-. See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”).
Across languages
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