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| Terms for subject Environment (31552 entries) |
| amensalisme | amensalism | |
| Amérique | Americas | |
| Amérique Centrale | Central America | |
| Amérique Centrale | Central America (A narrow continental region of the Western hemisphere, existing as a bridge between North and South America, often considered to be the southern portion of North America, and including countries such as Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) | |
| Amérique du Nord | North America (A continent in the northern half of the western hemisphere, bounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north, by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea in the west, and by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in the east, connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama, and including the United States, Canada, Mexico and several small island nations) | |
| Amérique du sud | South America | |
| Amérique du Sud | South America (A continent in the southern part of the western hemisphere, astride the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north and between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama, and divided into twelve countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela) | |
| ami de l'environnement | environmentalist | |
| ami de l'environnement | hygienist | |
| amiante | asbestos fibre | |
| amiante | asbestos (Generic name for a group of fibrous mineral silicates. It includes blue asbestos (crocidolite), white asbestos (chrysotile) and brown asbestos (amosite). After they are mined the asbestos fibres are separated from the rock and are spun into a cloth. When inhaled the fibres penetrate the lungs and the tissues of the bronchial tubes, resulting in asbestosis, a crippling lung disease. Asbestos also causes cancer of the lung and the gastro-intestinal tract, and mesothelioma, a malignant cancer of the inner lining of the chest. However, because it is a poor conductor of electricity and highly resistant to heat it has been widely used over the years in fire-fighting suits, and building and insulating materials. The fibrous form of several silicate minerals, at one time widely used for electrical and thermal insulation; the use of all forms of asbestos is now either banned or strictly controlled in many countries since it causes cancer) | |
| amiante brun | asbestos gr | |
| amiante brut | raw asbestos | |
| amiante floqué | asbestos applied by projection | |
| amiante floqué | flocked asbestos | |
| amiante libre | free asbestos | |
| amiante lié | bound asbestos | |
| amidon | starch (A polysaccharide which is a combination of many monosaccharide molecules, made during photosynthesis and stored as starch grains in many plants) | |
| amidon soluble | amylodextrin | |
| amidonnerie | starch industry |