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| ARCHITECTURE | | n. - design and construction of buildings.
- style of a building.
- buildings etc. Collectively. architectural adj. | |
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| ARISTOCRATIC | | adj. - of or like the aristocracy.
- a distinguished. B grand, stylish. | |
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| ARISTOTELIAN | | —n. Disciple or student of aristotle. —adj. Of aristotle or his ideas. [greek aristoteles (4th c. Bc), name of a greek philosopher] | |
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| ARMWRESTLING | | n. Trial of strength in which each party tries to force the other's arm down. | |
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| AROMATHERAPY | | n. Use of plant extracts and oils in massage. aromatherapist n. | |
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| ARTICULATION | | n. - a speaking or being spoken. B articulate utterance; speech.
- a act or mode of jointing. B joint. [latin: related to *articulate] | |
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| ASTRONAUTICS | | n.pl. (treated as sing.) Science of space travel. astronautical adj. | |
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| ASTRONOMICAL | | adj. (also astronomic) 1 of astronomy.
- vast, gigantic. astronomically adv. | |
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| ASTROPHYSICS | | n.pl. (treated as sing.) The study of the physics and chemistry of celestial bodies. astrophysical adj. Astrophysicist n. [greek astron star] | |
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| ATMOSPHERICS | | n.pl. - electrical atmospheric disturbance, esp. Caused by lightning.
- interference with telecommunications caused by this. | |
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