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Ash is the solid remnants of fires. [1] Specifically, ash refers to all non- aqueous , non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns . In analytical chemistry , to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples , ash is the non- gaseous , non- liquid residue after complete combustion.
Ash, one of the main characters from the film Sing; Captain Ash, a recurring character in the video game series TimeSplitters; Nina Ash, a character in the TV series Angel; Randolph Henry Ash, a Victorian poet in the novel Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt; Ash, a virtuous chimpanzee and son of Rocket, on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Fraxinus, the ash trees, a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family; Several species but not all in the genus Flindersia; Mountain ash, a name used for several trees, none of immediate relation; Zanthoxylum (Prickly ash), genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae
Appearances of the boys' name in popular culture include Ashley Wilkes in 1939's Gone with the Wind and Ash Williams (Ashley Williams) in the 1981 film The Evil Dead. Ashley in England and Wales was used predominately for boys, ranking at #33 in 1994 for boys and staying within the top 100–300 male names given each year.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (/ ˌ nj uː m ə n oʊ ˌ ʌ l t r ə ˌ m aɪ k r ə ˈ s k ɒ p ɪ k ˌ s ɪ l ɪ k oʊ v ɒ l ˌ k eɪ n oʊ ˌ k oʊ n i ˈ oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ [1] [2]) is a 45-letter word coined in 1935 by the then-president of the National Puzzlers' League, Everett M. Smith.
The plural may be used to emphasise the plurality of the attribute, especially in British English but very rarely in American English: a careers advisor, a languages expert. The plural is also more common with irregular plurals for various attributions: women killers are women who kill, whereas woman killers are those who kill women.
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The Old English Latin alphabet generally consisted of about 24 letters, and was used for writing Old English from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Of these letters, most were directly adopted from the Latin alphabet, two were modified Latin letters (Æ, Ð), and two developed from the runic alphabet (Ƿ, Þ).