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Arrowwood
- - A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.
Art Union
- - An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.
Arthropod
- noun - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
Ascension
- noun - (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
- (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
- (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
- a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
Asklepios
- noun - son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
Aspection
- - The act of viewing; a look.
Aspersion
- noun - a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
- an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
Aspirator
- noun - a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid
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.