(cinematography) The aspect ratio of the rectangular shape that the director intended his or her motion picture to be viewed in, as opposed to modified aspect ratio.

A material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder. (Often abbreviated as asphalt.)

A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

plural of asparagus

Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.

Death due to lack of oxygen. / An acute lack of oxygen.

An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.

(biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus.

(grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack."