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aerostatics
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The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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anemometer
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An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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animalcule
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An animal of microscopic smallness.
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antemundane
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Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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anthracite
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Hard coal.
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antilogy
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Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antiphon
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A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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antiphony
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An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antipodes
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A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antistrophe
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The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".
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apposite
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Appropriate.
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apposition
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The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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ardent
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Burning with passion.
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attache
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A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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arrant
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Notoriously bad.
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Ochlocracy
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rule by mob
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Psephology
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study of voting behavior
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uxoricide
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killing of ones wife
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chirophobia
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fear of hands
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nyctophobia
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fear of darkness/night
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ergophobia
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fear of work
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phasmophobia
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fear of ghosts
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rigmarole
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A complicated and ritualistic procedure; meaningless, confused locution
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vitreous
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Made of glass
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gambit
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An opening maneuver
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