1. (n.) Ardent desire; strong wish; high desire; as an aspiration to become a physician\.

2. (n.) The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

3. (n.) The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.

Aqua-Lung aim allophone alveolar ambition ambitiousness animus apico-alveolar apico-dental articulation artificial respiration assimilation assumption assurance assured faith asthmatic wheeze basis bated breath bilabial bleeding bloodletting breath breath of air breathing breathy voice broaching broken wind cacuminal calling cause cerebral check cheerful expectation confidence consideration consonant continuant conviction cough counsel craving cupping dental dependence desideration desideratum design desire determination diphthong direction dissimilation doomed hope drafting drainage draining drawing dream effect emptying epenthetic vowel exhalation expectation expiration explosive exsufflation fair prospect faith fervent hope fixed purpose function gasp glide glottal glottalization goal good cheer good hope great expectations ground guiding light guiding star gulp guttural hack hankering hiccup high goal high hopes hope hopeful prognosis hopefulness hopes hoping hoping against hope idea ideal idealism ideals inhalation inhalator inhalement inspiration insufflation intendment intent intention iron lung labial labialization labiodental labiovelar laryngeal lateral lingual liquid little voice lodestar longing low voice lust mainspring manner of articulation matter meaning milking mind modification monophthong morphophoneme motive mouth-to-mouth resuscitation mumble mumbling murmur murmuration murmuring mute mutter muttering nasal nisus objective occlusive oxygen mask oxygen tent palatal pant parasitic vowel passion peak pharyngeal pharyngealization phlebotomy phone phoneme pipetting plan plosive plot point prayerful hope presumption pretension principle project promise proposal prospect prospects prospectus prothetic vowel puff pumping purpose reaching high reason reliance resolution resolve respiration retroflex sake sanguine expectation scheme score scuba security segmental phoneme semivowel sigh siphoning sneeze sniff sniffle snore snoring snuff snuffle soft voice sonant sonority source speech sound spring stage whisper sternutation stertor still small voice stop striving study suck sucking suction surd suspiration susurration susurrus syllabic nucleus syllabic peak syllable tapping transition sound triphthong trust ulterior motive underbreath undertone upward looking urge velar venesection view vocable vocalic vocation vocoid voice voiced sound voiceless sound voicing vowel well-grounded hope wheeze whisper whispering will wind wish yearning