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Aryne

An aryne, also called a dehydroarene, is a highly reactive intermediate in organic chemistry bearing a formal triple bond between two adjacent aromatic carbons; the parent compound is benzyne, proposed by Wittig in 1942.

Arynne Wexler

Arynne Wexler (born 1993) is an American comedian, political commentator, and writer, formerly a Goldman Sachs FX trader and startup operator, known for @NonLibTake, the podcast NONNEGOTIABLE, and conservative outlets like The Federalist and Tablet.

Arzachel (lunar crater)

Arzachel (lunar crater): 96.99-km IAU-named impact crater at 18.26S, 1.93W on the Moon, youngest of the Ptolemaeus-Alphonsus-Arzachel chain, with terraced walls, 1.5-km central peak, and Rimae Arzachel rilles.

Arzamas

Arzamas (Арзамас) was a private literary circle in Saint Petersburg from 1815 to 1818 whose members, including Zhukovsky and Pushkin, defended Karamzin's reforms of Russian literary language.

Arzamas-16

Arzamas-16, now Sarov in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, was the closed Soviet city where the first Soviet atomic bomb and early hydrogen bombs were developed, beginning in 1946.

Arzanene

Arzanene (Greek Arzanene, Armenian Aghdznikh/Arzn) was an ancient province of southern Armenia on the left bank of the Tigris near Lake Van, centered on Arzen, ceded by Rome to Sasanian Persia in 363 and contested through the Roman-Persian frontier era.

Arzashkun

Arzashkun was a royal city of the early Urartian kingdom, seat of its first known king, Arame, where Shalmaneser III of Assyria won a major battle in 856 BC.

Arzawa

Arzawa was a kingdom, or group of kingdoms, in western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age, the Hittites' most powerful western rival until its power was broken by Mursili II.

Arzbach

Arzbach is the site of a small Roman fort on the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, occupied from the early 2nd to the mid-3rd century.

Arzew-Bethioua LNG Terminal

The Arzew-Bethioua LNG Terminal in Oran province, Algeria, is Sonatrach's liquefied natural gas export complex and the site of the world's first LNG plant, opened in 1964.

Arzhan-1

Arzhan-1 (Аржан-1), royal kurgan in the Uyuk valley, Tuva, Russia; oldest Scythian-period burial mound, c. 9th-8th century BC, 120 m across, 70 log chambers, elite couple, and over 160 sacrificed horses.

Arzhan-2

Arzhan-2 (Aržan 2) is an intact early Scythian royal kurgan in the Uyuk Valley, Tuva, southern Siberia, excavated 2000–2004 by a German–Russian team; dated to the 7th century BC, Aldy-Bel culture, famed for unrobbed gold finds.

Arzooo

Arzooo was a Bengaluru-based B2B retail technology startup founded by former Flipkart executives, supplying electronics to 30,000 Indian stores before its distressed sale to Moksha Group in 2024.

Arzoxifene

Arzoxifene (LY353381), an Eli Lilly benzothiophene SERM related to raloxifene, was tested for breast cancer and osteoporosis; inferior to tamoxifen in phase III and never marketed.

Arzus

Arzus (Arzos, Greek Ἄρζος) was a Roman road station in Thrace on the Arzos river (modern Sazlijka) at Kalugerovo, Bulgaria, 64 miles along the Philippopolis-Hadrianopolis road, fortified by Justinian; distinct from Arsuz/Rhosos in Turkey.

AS (robotics language)

AS is the proprietary robot programming language of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, introduced in 1992 with the AD controller and still the standard language on Kawasaki's F and E controller lines.

AS 209

AS 209, also cataloged as V1121 Oph, is a young T Tauri star about 395 light-years away in Ophiuchus, surrounded by a disk of seven nested dust rings.

AS 373

AS 373, also known as V1016 Cygni, is a symbiotic nova in Cygnus, a binary of a Mira variable and a white dwarf that brightened nearly 5 magnitudes in 1964.

As a Man Thinketh

As a Man Thinketh, James Allen's 1903 New Thought self-help book (about 71 pages, seven essays), argues that thought shapes character, circumstance, health, and achievement; foundational to the personal-development genre, never out of print.

As a service

As a service (XaaS) is a business model in which a provider operates software, infrastructure, or other capabilities that customers access on demand and pay for by subscription or use.

As above, so below

"As above, so below" (As is above, so is below) is a maxim attributed to the Emerald Tablet, an alchemical text ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus.

As Above, So Below (film)

As Above, So Below is a 2014 found-footage horror film by John Erick and Drew Dowdle, starring Perdita Weeks as an archaeologist seeking the Philosopher's Stone in the Paris Catacombs; first film permitted to shoot there, grossing $41.9 million worldwide.

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne: Madagascar football match of 31 October 2002, also called the 149 own-goal protest, in which SOE deliberately conceded 149 own goals over refereeing decisions, a Guinness world record scoreline.

As Alive as You Need Me to Be

"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" is a 2025 Nine Inch Nails song by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, lead single and track 3 of the TRON: Ares soundtrack, their first NIN-billed score, and Best Rock Song winner at the 2026 Grammys.

As Bestas

As Bestas (The Beasts) is a 2022 Spanish-French rural thriller by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña, starring Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs as French farmers in Galicia clashing with neighbors over a wind farm; winner of nine 2023 Goya Awards.

AS Bondy

AS Bondy (ASB): omnisports club founded 1978 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis; football section famous as Kylian Mbappé's first club (2004-2013) and for non-selective youth development, producing Saliba, Ikoné and Corchia while playing in lower district leagues.

As December Falls

As December Falls are an independent pop-punk/emo-rock band formed in 2014 in Nottingham, England (Bethany Curtis, Ande Hunter, Timmy Francis, Lukas James). Four albums; Join the Club (2023) hit UK Rock and Metal number 1; won 2023 Heavy Music Awards Best UK Breakthrough Artist.

As Deep as the Grave

As Deep as the Grave is a 2026 American independent historical drama about archaeologists Ann and Earl Morris, featuring an AI recreation of Val Kilmer, who filmed no scenes.

As Ever

As Ever, formerly American Riviera Orchard, is an American lifestyle brand founded by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, launched with Netflix in 2025 and known for its jam.

As for Me and My House

As for Me and My House is a 1941 novel by Canadian writer Sinclair Ross, a diary kept by a minister's wife during a drought year on the Saskatchewan prairie.