asbestoid
[ ăs-bĕs′toid′, ăz- ]
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adj.
Amianthoid.
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Words nearby asbestoid
Asat, saving grace, a, as a whole, asb., Asben, asbestoid, as best one can, asbestos, asbestos body, asbestos cement, asbestosis
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Example sentences from the Web for asbestoid
Byssolite or asbestoid is a blue or green fibrous amphibole from Dauphiny.
And this asbestoid fibre is made even more fireproof by the anti-Semitism of American uncivilisation.
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