Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea. A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.
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The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.
The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
A constellation. A small cluster of stars.
of or pertaining to asterisms or constellations
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.
A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.
One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.
A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
To escape.
Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
Weakness of sight.
the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some transverse seismic waves.
an abnormal loss of strength.
Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
A person affected with asthma.
Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.
To assent.
Stipulation; agreement.
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Not possessing a mouth.
To stun; to astonish; to stupefy.
Stunned; astonished. See Astony.
To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.
In an astonished manner.
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.
In a stooping or inclined position.
To stun; to stupefy.
struck with an intense and usually sudden surprise sufficient to produce wonder or perplexity
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.
Amazement.
See Astrakhan.
In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
Pertaining to the genus Astr/a or the family Astr/id/. A coral of the family Astr/id/; a star coral.
A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
Of or pertaining to the astragalus.
Resembling the astragalus in form.
Divination by means of small bones or dice.
The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
Stranded.
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
Concise; contracted.
The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
Binding; astringent. An astringent.
Astrictive.
With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
Bearing stars.
To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
In an astringent manner.
A falconer who keeps a goshawk.
exobiology; -- not used technically.
the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space.
a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.
a tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum.
A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.
The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.
The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.
Same as Astrogeny.
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.
An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
A worshiper of the stars.
The worship of the stars.
The science of a/rolites.
One who studies the stars; an astronomer.
An astrologer.
Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.
In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.
An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
of or pertaining to astronautics.
of or pertaining to astronautics.
The theory and practice of navigation through the upper atmosphere or outer space; the science of travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
navigating according to the positions of the stars.
An astrologer.
An astrologer.
Astronomical.
Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy.
To study or to talk astronomy.
Astrology.
See Astrofel.
The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.
The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets.
Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies.
the concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies.
The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. It is a branch of astronomy.
A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
Observation of the stars.
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.
Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.
Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.
Subtle; cunning; astute.
Craftiness; astuteness.
To stun.
Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. A native of Asturias.
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Without columns or pilasters.
A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
The capital city of Paraguay. Population (2000) = 502,426.
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.
An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
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