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  • adjective That leaves no ash upon combustion

Etymologies

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ash +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Greeley came in and grimly took a chair by the cheerful fire on the ashless hearth.

    A Son of the Hills

  • Our domestic coals are smokeless, and practically ashless.

    National Economics of Coal 1923

  • Buckton twisted his mustache nervously and flicked at the ashless tip of his cigar, glancing toward the house.

    The Desired Woman 1888

  • The new oil is formulated with high-quality Group II base stocks and uses a proprietary, premium additive package containing ashless dispersants, oxidation inhibitors, metallic detergents and a metallic anti-wear agents.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • Dr Mills was the one that inspired me to consider ashless chemistry but I appear to have taken it a step further by borrowing components of the Haisch Moddel theory involving Casimir effect and taping energy from ZPE.

    ZPEnergy.com 2010

  • The ashless chemistry Mills should be focused on is powered by quantum forces that are antithetical to his GUT.

    ZPEnergy.com 2010

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