arytaenoid
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～ either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
arytenoid
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～ either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
As
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～ a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
AS
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～ a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
Asadha
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～ the fourth month of the Hindu calendar
asafetida
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～ the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
asafoetida
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～ the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
asahikawa
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～ a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area
ASALA
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～ 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
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～ a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
Asamiya
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～ the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali
asana
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～ (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
Asanga
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～ Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century)
asarabacca
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～ thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe
Asarh
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～ the fourth month of the Hindu calendar
Asbat al-Ansar
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～ an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda
asbestos abatement
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～ the removal of asbestos from a public building
asbestos
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～ a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer
asbestosis
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～ lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles