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Alternat
- - A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.
Arteriac
- - Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
Arterial
- adjective - of or involving or contained in the arteries; "arterial disease"; "the arterial system"; "arterial blood"
Asterias
- - A genus of echinoderms.
Asternal
- adjective - not connected to the sternum or breastbone; "asternal ribs"
Asturian
- - Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. -- n. A native of Asturias.
External
- adjective - coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
- from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"
- happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"
- outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
- purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
Interlay
- - To lay or place among or between.
Internal
- adjective - happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
- innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
- inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
- located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
- occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"
Interval
- noun - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
- a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
- Gap in between
- the difference in pitch between two notes
- the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"