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ASALA
- noun - a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia; "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people"
Asama
- noun - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
Asana
- noun - (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
Asarh
- noun - the fourth month of the Hindu calendar
ASCAP
- - the American Society of Cinematographers.
ASCII
- noun - (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers
Ascot
- noun - a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
- Also a famous racecourse (and small town) in Berkshire...
Ascus
- noun - saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
Asdic
- noun - a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"
- British term for sonar
ASEAN
- noun - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism