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Assai
- - 1. Any of several feather-leaved South American palms, especially Euterpe edulis and E. oleracea, that are important sources of heart of palm.
2. A beverage made from the fleshy purple fruit of one of these palms.
- A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.
Assam
- noun - Assam tea is a black tea named after the region of its production, Assam, in India.
- state in northeastern India
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"
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.
Aswan
- noun - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
Athar
- noun - essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
Atlas
- noun - (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- a collection of maps in book form
- a figure of a man used as a supporting column
- the 1st cervical vertebra
Atman
- - The life principle, soul, or individual essence. (b) The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise. This sense is a European excrescence on the East Indian thought.