astiquer, v.a., to polish, to glaze; to clean up, to dress up.
astracan, n.m., astrakhan (fur).
astragale, n.m., (arch., bot.) astragal; (anat.) astragalus, talus, ankle-bone; (gilding, paint.) fillet; milk-vetch, wild liquorice.
astral, -e, adj., astral, starry.
astre, n.m., star, fixed star, luminary. —s errants; wandering stars. Cette femme est belle comme un —; this woman is quite a paragon of beauty.
astrée, n.f., (astron.) Astrea; (zoöl.) astrea.
astreindre (astreignant, astreint), v.a., to force, to compel; to subject; to bind down, to oblige.
s’astreindre, v.r., to confine one’s self, to tie one’s self down, to anything.
astriction, n.f., (med.) astriction.
astringence, n.f., astringency.