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Apteria
- - Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryli.
Armenia
- noun - a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
Armeria
- noun - shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials
Arsenic
- noun - a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
- a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
Artemia
- noun - fairy shrimp; brine shrimp
Artemis
- noun - (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
Arteria
- noun - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
Ascesis
- noun - rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
Ascetic
- adjective - pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
- practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
- someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline