any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
Archaeology. uraeus.
American selling price.
Computers. application service provider: a company that gives individuals or businesses access through the internet to specialized software applications and other computer-related services.
the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death See also uraeus
Also called: asp viper. a viper, Vipera aspis, that occurs in S Europe and is very similar to but smaller than the adder
another name for horned viper
1300–50; back formation from Middle English aspis (taken as plural) < Latin < Greek aspís originally, shield
before 900; Middle English aspe, apse, Old English æsp ( e ), æps ( e ); cognate with Middle Low German aspe, Old High German aspa ( German Espe, with altered vowel < Old High German adj. espîn ), Old Norse ǫsp; akin to Latvian apse, Russian osína, Czech osika < North European Indo-European *aps-. See aspen
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The Asp has struggled with dartitis and confidence in the past 18 months but he reached his first Premier League finals night since 2021 last year and was pretty consistent.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
Littler faced Nathan Aspinall in the semi-finals, and unusually probably had the crowd against him with The Asp from nearby Stockport.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024
Interestingly, in all the opioid receptor and muscarinic receptor structures, a conserved Arg in ICL2 forms a salt bridge with Asp of the DRY motif in TM3, thereby tethering ICL2 with the TM core.
From Nature • Feb. 13, 2013
“I see Richard Kern has a metal retractable baton, known as the Asp, out,” Officer Maloney said.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2010
At about ten p.m. she came up with the Asp, anchored a short distance outside.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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