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ascian: inhabitant of the equatorial zone askefise: one who blows on ashes to bring them to flame asperity: roughness of surface or sound asportation: to carry property away wrongfully assiduity: persevering application to a pursuit assuetude: accustomedness; habit astern: at the stern of a ship astraphobia: fear of being struck by lightning astrobolism: sun-stroke astrometeorology: study of effect of stars on climate atactic: irregular athanasy: deathlessness athetosis: nervous twitching of digits and extremities
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Athetosis - I just noticed that the definition given is flawed. The abnormal movements are not "twitching" - they are slow and writhing. And the dictionary definition errs in calling it a muscular disorder. The lesion is in the central nervous system, and not limited to "cerebtral palsy" , though that would be the most common cause. athetosis n., pl. 3ses 73scz8 a muscular disorder characterized by continuous, slow, twisting motions of the hands, feet, etc., as in cerebral palsy ath4e[toid# 73t.d#8 or ath#e[tot$ic 73t9t4ik8 adj.
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atmatertera: great-grandfatherüs grandmotherüs sister atony: muscular weakness atrous: jet black attingent: touching attuition: operation between sensation and perception audile: person more attuned to sound than the other senses aught: at all aureole: radiant light around head or body of holy personage aurigation: charioteering auscultation: listening to sounds arising within organs autecology: study of ecology of one species autogenesis: spontaneous generation autonym: a writer's real name; work published under writer's own name
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autotelic: being an end in itself auxology: science of growth aveniform: shaped like oats avionics: the science of electronic devices for aircraft awn: beard or similar bristly growth on stalk of grain azoth: alchemical name for mercury bacchanal: drunkard; reveller bactericide: killer of bacteria badinage: playful repartee or banter bahadur: self-important official bakelite: type of solid plastic balbutient: stammering balistarius: crossbowman
Some of these definitions deserve challenge. "Bahadur" I have seen in Persian legends as title of respect. Sure, it could be used as put-down to a present day self-appointed bigshot, but the origin should not be forgotten.
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