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Asphaltum
- - Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.
Asphyctic
- - Pertaining to asphyxia.
Aspirated
- verb - pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
- remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"
- suck in (air)
Aspirates
- noun - 5. breathe something in ( medical).
- a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
- remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"
- suck in (air)
Aspirator
- noun - a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid
Assaulted
- verb - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
- force (someone) to have sex against their will;
Assaulter
- noun - someone who attacks
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.
Assonated
- verb - correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance; "The accented vowels assonated in this poem"