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Showing words for ASBESTOS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Asbestos

asbestos

7 Letter Words for Asbestos

bassest, bassets, bossest, bossets

6 Letter Words for Asbestos

asbest, assets, assots, basest, basote, basses, basset, bassos, bastes, bastos, beasts, besots, betoss, boasts, bosses, bosset, esbats, obsess, sabots, stases, tasses, tosses

5 Letter Words for Asbestos

abets, abote, asses, asset, assot, bases, basos, basse, basso, baste, basto, basts, bates, beast, beats, besat, besot, bests, betas, betso, boast, boats, bossa, botas, easts, esbat, estab, oases, oasts, ossea, osset, sabes, sabot, sasse, sates, seats, sebat, sessa, sobas, stabs, stoae, stoas, stobs, stoss, tabes, tasse, toeas, tosas, toses

4 Letter Words for Asbestos

abet, abos, asse, asst, ates, base, bass, bast, bate, bats, beat, besa, bess, best, beta, bets, boas, boat, bose, boss, bota, bote, bots, east, eats, ests, etas, oast, oats, obas, obes, oses, ossa, osse, sabe, sabs, sass, sate, seas, seat, sebs, sess, seta, sets, soba, sobs, soss, sots, stab, stoa, stob, tabs, taos, tass, teas, tobe, toea, toes, tosa, tose, toss

3 Letter Words for Asbestos

abo, abs, abt, aes, aob, asb, ase, ass, ast, ate, bae, bas, bat, bes, bet, boa, boe, bos, bot, eas, eat, ebs, eos, ess, est, eta, oas, oat, oba, obe, obs, oes, ose, sab, sao, sat, sbe, sea, set, sob, sot, sse, sta, tab, tao, tas, tbs, tea, tes, toa, tob, toe, tos, tss

Definitions for Asbestos

[1] Mineralogy . a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
[2] a fabric woven from asbestos fibers, formerly used for theater curtains, firefighters' gloves, etc.
[3] Theater . a fireproof curtain.
[4] any of the fibrous amphibole and serpentine minerals, esp chrysotile and tremolite, that are incombustible and resistant to chemicals. It was formerly widely used in the form of fabric or board as a heat-resistant structural material (as modifier ) asbestos matting

Words related to Asbestos

concrete, fire-resistant, incombustible, noncombustible, nonflammable

Words nearby Asbestos

asat, asb, asb., asben, asbestoid, asbestos, asbestos body, asbestos cement, asbestosis, asbjörnsen, asbm

Origin of Asbestos

1350–1400; < Latin < Greek: literally, unquenched, equivalent to a- a-6 + sbestós (sbes- variant stem of sbennýnai to quench + -tos past participle suffix); replacing Middle English asbeston, albeston < Middle French < Latin

Other words from Asbestos

as·bes·tine [as-bes -tin, az-] /æsˈbɛs tɪn, æz-/ , as·bes·tous , adjective
as·bes·toid , as·bes·toi·dal , adjective
non·as·bes·tine , adjective

Word origin for Asbestos

C14 (originally applied to a mythical stone the heat of which could not be extinguished): via Latin from Greek: from asbestos inextinguishable, from a- 1 + sbennunai to extinguish

Synonyms for Asbestos

concrete, fire-resistant, incombustible, noncandescent, noncombustible, nonflammable, noninflammable