ASADA
-People:Asada is also a Japanese surname. It can refer to:* Mao Asada, a figure skater * Mai Asada, a figure skater * Yōko Asada, a voice actress

Asafoetida
Asafoetida , alternative spelling asafetida, is the dried latex exuded from the living underground rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, which is a perennial herb

Asana
Asana is a body position, typically associated with the practice of Yoga, originally identified as a mastery of sitting still, with the spine as a conduit of biodynamic union

ASAP
-Music and television:* ASAP , a hard rock band fronted by Adrian Smith* "ASAP" , a song by Australian girl group Bardot* "ASAP" -Music and television:* ASAP (band), a hard rock band fronted by Adrian Smith* "ASAP" (Bardot song), a song by Australian girl group Bardot* "ASAP" -Music and television:* ASAP (band), a hard rock band fronted by Adrian Smith* "ASAP" (Bardot song), a song by Australian girl group Bardot* "ASAP" (T.I

ASAP (software)
The Advanced Systems Analysis Program is optical engineering software used to simulate optical systems. ASAP can handle coherent as well as incoherent light sources. It is a non-sequential ray tracing tool which means that it can be used not only to analyze lens systems but also for stray light analysis

ASAP (T.I. song)
"ASAP" is a 2005 rap song recorded by T.I. as the third single from his third album, Urban Legend. In it T.I. demands respect as champion of southern rap and addresses his critics. This music appears on the game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition. The official remix features Big Kuntry & Mac Boney of P$C

ASAP (variety show)
ASAP Rocks is a musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays

Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals

Asbestos (disambiguation)
Asbestos may refer to:* Asbestos, the mineral* Asbestos-Ceramic* Asbestos Convention, 1986* Asbestos fibers* Asbestos Strike, a 1949 asbestos mine strike in CanadaCompanies* Asbestos Corporation Limited* Australian Blue AsbestosPlaces

Asbestosis
Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory and fibrotic medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs caused by the inhalation and retention of asbestos fibers

ASC (dinghy)
The ASC or Admiralty Sailing Craft is a purpose built, rugged GRP or wood sailing dinghy, historically with gunter rig, with a bermuda rig optional, designed for use by UK naval and sea cadet establishments as a pulling or sailing dinghy.It is a substantial craft, usually left on a mooring in quiet waters rather than being slipway launched

ASCA
ASCA can refer to:* Association for Student Conduct Administration* ASCA * Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics* Australian Shepherd Club of America* Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis* American School Counseling Association

Ascend
Ascend may refer to:* Ascend, an experimental doom metal band.* Ascend , by Greg Howe* ASCEND, mathematical modelling/simulation software* Ascend Communications-See also:* Ascent * Ascension

ASCEND
ASCEND is a free, open source, mathematical modelling system developed at Carnegie Mellon University since the late 1978. ASCEND is an acronym which stands for Advanced System for Computations in ENgineering Design. Its main uses have been in the field of chemical process modelling although its capabilities are general

Ascend (album)
Ascend is the sixth studio album by guitarist Greg Howe, released in 1999 through Shrapnel Records. According to Howe, this is his least favourite album due in part to creative differences which arose with keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij during the making of the latter's 1997 album, High Definition.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Greg Howe – electric guitar, bass guitar, engineering,

Ascendance
Ascendance is the first novel in the second DemonWars Saga trilogy by R.A. Salvatore. The book is also the fifth out of seven books in the combined DemonWars Saga.- Plot Summary :

Ascendancy
Ascendancy is a 4X science fiction turn-based strategy computer game. It was originally released for MS-DOS in 1995 and was updated and re-released for iOS in 2011 by The Logic Factory. Ascendancy is a galactic struggle to become the dominant life force; hence the title. The game's introductory cinematic states "Wildly different cultures competed for the same worlds

Ascendancy (disambiguation)
The Protestant Ascendancy, usually known simply as the Ascendancy, was a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.Ascendancy may also refer to:

Ascendancy (film)
Ascendancy is a 1982 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.-Cast:

Ascendant
The ascendant , or rising sign, is the zodiacal sign and degree that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to astrological theory, celestial phenomena reflect or determine human activity on the principle of 'as above so below'

Ascendency
Ascendency is a quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network. Ascendency is derived using mathematical tools from information theory

Ascender
In typography, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font. That is, the part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font's x-height.

Ascender
Ascender may refer to:*Ascender - the rope-climbing device*Ascender Corporation - the font company*Ascender - ascenders in typography*Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender - prototype aircraft

Ascending
Ascending is a science fiction novel by the Canadian writer James Alan Gardner, published in 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints. It is the fifth novel in Gardner's "League of Peoples" series

Ascension
The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching found in the New Testament when the resurrected Jesus was taken up to heaven in his resurrected body, in the presence of eleven of his apostles, occurring 40 days after the resurrection

Ascensión
Ascensión is a city in northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Its population in the 2010 census was 13,456 inhabitants. The city is the capital of Ascensión Municipality.

Ascension (Misia album)
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Ascent (magazine)
ascent is an independent, not-for-profit magazine published quarterly that explores the intersection of spiritual values with social and political issues, art, culture and contemporary thought. ascent also publishes a website, a blog, books, and holds an annual retreat at Yasodhara Ashram. The tag line for the magazine is “Yoga for an inspired life”

Ascent (novel)
Ascent is a novel published in 2007, written by Jed Mercurio. It follows the career of Yevgeni Yeremin, an orphan of Stalingrad, from his days as a MiG-15 pilot in the Korean War, where he becomes a leading ace. However, at the end of the war he crashes in a plane bearing USSR insignia

Asceticism
Asceticism describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals

Asche
Asche may refer to:* Asché , German cryptographer* Asche , German musical projectPeople with the surname Asche:* Austin Asche , Australian judge* Jochen Asche , East German luger

ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text

Asclepius
Asclepius is the God of Medicine and Healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia , Iaso , Aceso , Aglæa/Ægle , and Panacea

Asclepius (disambiguation)
Asclepius may refer to:* Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing* Asclepius of Tralles, an Alexandrian scholar* 4581 Asclepius, an asteroid* Asclepius, a text in the Corpus Hermeticum * A town in Pontus, now İskilip, Turkey.

Ascoltami
"Ascoltami" is the debut single by Melody Fall, an Italian pop punk band, taken from their eponymous second album.-Tracklist:# "Ascoltami" - 3:23# "Sadness Between Roses" - 3:28# "Ascoltami" - 3:21-Music video:

Ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid is a naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties. It is a white solid, but impure samples can appear yellowish. It dissolves well in water to give mildly acidic solutions. Ascorbic acid is one form of vitamin C. The name is derived from a- and scorbutus , the disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C

Ascorbyl palmitate
Ascorbyl palmitate is an ester formed from ascorbic acid and palmitic acid creating a fat-soluble form of vitamin C. In addition to its use as a source of vitamin C, it is also used as an antioxidant food additive

Ascot (1914 automobile)
The Ascot was made by Societe Buchet, Levallois-Perret, Seine, from 1914 to 1915. It was an Anglo-French product, the chassis being built for Hollingdrake Automobile Co. of Stockport, who fitted their own bodies, mainly being two-seaters and coupes. The engine was a 10 hp side-valve with the gearbox in unit with it. It was to sell for 195 pounds.

Ascus
An ascus is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. On average, asci normally contain eight ascospores, produced by a meiotic cell division followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci in some genera or species can number one , two, four, or multiples of four

Ascus (bryozoa)
The ascus is a diagnostic morphological feature of the bryozoan suborder Ascophora . It is a water-filled sac of frontal membrane opening at or near the zooid orifice

ASDE
ASDE may refer to:*Airport Surface Detection Equipment **ASDE-X , an airport runway safety tool**ASDE-3—Airport Movement Area Safety System*Federación de Asociaciones de Scouts de España

ASEA
Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget was a Swedish industry company. It merged with the Swiss Brown, Boveri & Cie in 1988 to form Asea Brown Boveri

Asea
ASEA may mean:* African Securities Exchanges Association -- Formerly known as the African Stock Exchanges Association, ASEA is an alliance of African exchanges.* ASEA, a former Swedish company, now part of Asea Brown Boveri

ASEAN (cable system)
The ASEAN cable system was a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. It was completed in September 1983, but has since been decommissioned.-Construction:

Asentamiento
Asentamientos are shanty towns inside and around Guatemala City. Most of them were established in the last 20 years, and are a result of economic inequalities between rural and metropolitan areas in Guatemala. People living there usually came from small towns in remote rural areas, and came to the city looking for a better opportunity

Asepsis
Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing contaminants or, preventing contact with microorganisms. The term asepsis often refers to those practices used to promote or induce asepsis in an operative field in surgery or medicine to prevent infection

Asepsis
Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing contaminants or, preventing contact with microorganisms. The term asepsis often refers to those practices used to promote or induce asepsis in an operative field in surgery or medicine to prevent infection

ASER
ASER may refer to:*Adelaide Station and Environs Redevelopment of Adelaide Railway Station.*Appraisal subordination entitlement reduction

Asexuality
Asexuality , in its broadest sense, is the lack of sexual attraction and, in some cases, the lack of interest in sex. Sometimes, it is considered a lack of a sexual orientation

Asgard
In Norse religion, Asgard is one of the Nine Worlds and is the country or capital city of the Norse Gods surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svadilfari, according to Gylfaginning. Valhalla is located within Asgard

Asgard (album)
Asgard is the third album by the German folk black metal band Adorned Brood. It was released June 16, 2000.-Track listing:#"Intro" - 1:27#"A God Ruled Time" - 4:52#"Asgard" - 6:19#"Black Beasts" - 9:22#"Twilight in Midgard" - 1:56

Ash
- Products of fire, incineration or combustion :The solid remains of fires, such as:* Ash , the compounds that remain after a scientific sample is burned; commonly reported as a percentage on pet food labels

Ash (artist)
Ash also called Victor Ash is originally a street artist from Paris, France.He started his artistic career as a graffiti writer in the early 1980s and from 1983 to 1986 he also called himself Saho and Ash2.

Ash (ballet)
Ash is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's balletmaster in chief Peter Martins to Ash by Michael Torke. The premiere took place Thursday, June 20th, 1991, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center

Ash (director)
Ashley Baron-Cohen is an independent English film-maker also known as simply Ash. He has a bachelor's degree in experimental psychology from Sussex University, and trained as a filmmaker at the Pasadena Art Center

Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter

Ash Wednesday (album)
Ash Wednesday is the debut studio album by singer songwriter Elvis Perkins, released on February 20, 2007, on XL Recordings. It is a chronologically sequenced album of songs written before and after the death of his mother, who died on 9/11

Ash Wednesday (film)
Ash Wednesday is a 2002 crime drama film starring Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, and Rosario Dawson. The film is set in the Hell's Kitchen of the early 1980s and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.

Asha
Asha is the Avestan language term for a concept of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, aša/arta represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism." 

Asha (disambiguation)
-Given names:* Indian female name , from the Sanskrit "wish, desire, hope, awesome, expectation, prospect, success"**Asha Bhosle, an Indian playback singer, for films**Asha Parekh, an Indian Hindi film actress of 60's and 70's

Asha (town)
Asha is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sim River , west of Chelyabinsk. Population: It was founded in 1898 and was granted town status on June 20, 1933.

Ashcan
Ashcan may refer to:* Ashcan , a container* Ashcan , an anti-submarine weapon* Ashcan copy, a comic book publication produced solely for legal purposes* Ashcan School, a realist artistic movement

Ashen
Ashen could mean:*Made from ash wood*Having a colour resembling ash . In a medical context, ashen equate with cyanosis, referring to a bluish hue resulting from a lack of oxygenation of hemoglobin in the blood.

Asher
Asher , in the Book of Genesis, is the second son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher.-Name:The text of the Torah argues that the name of Asher means happy/blessing, implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher ; the Torah actually presents this in two variations—beoshri , and

Asher (name)
This is a list of people named Asher, either as a given name or surname:* Asher, character in the Hebrew Bible* Asher Allen , University of Georgia cornerback* Asher Asher , Scottish physician

Ashes
Ashes may refer to:* The Ashes, the Test cricket series between England and Australia* The Ashes , the rugby league Test series between Great Britain and Australia

Ashes (The Prophecy album)
Ashes is the debut album by the British Death/doom band The Prophecy. It was released in 2003 to coincide with the first date of the doomination of Europe tour

Ashi
Not to be confused with the Bhutanese honorific title Ashi .Ashi is the Avestan language word for the Zoroastrian concept of "that which is attained." As the hypostasis of "reward," "recompense," or "capricious luck," Ashi is also a divinity in the Zoroastrian hierarchy of yazatas.-Nomenclature:Avestan 'ashi' is a feminine abstract noun, deriving from

Ashi (disambiguation)
Ashi may refer to:* Ashi, the Zoroastrian concept of "reward, recompense"* Rav Ashi, a Jewish religious scholar* Ashi, the Black Speech name of the ring in the Lord of the Rings* Ashi , a Bhutanese honorific title meaning "Lady"

Ashing
Depending on context, ashing may refer to plasma ashing, which is used in semiconductor manufacturing and microelectromechanical systems for removing photoresist, or it may refer to the process below: