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Assay Ton
- - A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.
Assertion
- noun - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Assession
- - A sitting beside or near.
Astrakhan
- noun - a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River
- the fur of young lambs
Asyndeton
- noun - the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used
Athelstan
- noun - the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
Atlantean
- - Having great strength (as Atlas)
- Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
Attacapan
- noun - a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas
- a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas