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Aegospotami
- noun - a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
- a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
Aeronautics
- noun - the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
Aerostatics
- - The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes a
Aestivating
- verb - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
Aestivation
- noun - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Bed-Wetting
- noun - enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)
Beef Cattle
- noun - cattle that are reared for their meat
Beer Bottle
- noun - a bottle that holds beer