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Assay
- noun - a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- an appraisal of the state of affairs;
- analyze (chemical substances)
- make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
Asses
- noun - a pompous fool
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
- slang for sexual intercourse
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Asset
- noun - a useful or valuable quality
Assot
- - To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate.
Assur
- noun - an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
Astay
- - An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
Astel
- - An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.
Aster
- noun - any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
- star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
Astir
- adjective - Afoot
- on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"
- out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"
Astor
- noun - British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)
- United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848)