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- adjective   That leaves no ash upon combustion
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Greeley came in and grimly took a chair by the cheerful fire on the ashless hearth. 
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								Our domestic coals are smokeless, and practically ashless. 
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								Buckton twisted his mustache nervously and flicked at the ashless tip of his cigar, glancing toward the house. The Desired Woman 1888 
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								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. 
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								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 
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								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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