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Asparagines
- noun - a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus)
Aspergillum
- - The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Aspergillus
- noun - genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals
Aspersorium
- noun - a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water
- the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches
Asphodeline
- noun - genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
Asphyxiated
- verb - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- in a state of asphyxia
Asphyxiates
- verb - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Asphyxiator
- noun - a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
Aspidistras
- noun - evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant