English II aster-calor
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- abbreviate
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- biometrics
- a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis
- calorie
- a unit of the energy supplied by food, unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
- autograph
- a person's own signature
- biome
- a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
- biosphere
- the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
- asterisk
- a star-shaped character * used in printing
- augment
- enlarge or increase
- belligerent
- someone who fights (or is fighting)
- bibliomania
- preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
- economics
- the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
- asteroid
- any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
- cadence
- Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
- rebellion
- organized opposition to authority
- brief
- concise and succinct
- astronomy
- the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
- bibliography
- a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)
- auditorium
- the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
- audiology
- the measurement of hearing
- caloric
- of or relating to calories in food
- cadaver
- a dead body, especially one that is to be dissected, a corpse
- bellicose
- having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- ausculate
- To examine, by listening (usually with the aid of a stethoscope), to sounds produced by the movement of gases or liquids within the body, as a means of diagnosis
- calorimeter
- Measures quantities of heat, Device used to measure the heat absorbed or released in a chemical reaction
- auger
- hand tool for boring holes,, to foretell or predict from omens and signs
- cascade
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower, a succession of stages or operations or processes or units