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Arris
- - The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
Arsis
- - That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
- upbeat (Mus)
Aruis
- noun - wild sheep of northern Africa
Attis
- unknown - Greek deity driven to castrate himself by his lover Cybele
Basis
- noun -
- a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
Batis
- noun - small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs
Bitis
- noun - a genus of Viperidae
Bolis
- - A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
Cadis
- - A kind of coarse serge.