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Word Unit: aster-, -aster, -astrous (Greek: star).

Word Unit: -aster, -astering, -asterism, -astery, -astress, -astry (Latin: something that is inferior, small, or shallow; expressing incomplete resemblance).

Word Unit: astheno-, asthen-; -asthenia, -asthenic (Greek: without strength).

Word Unit: astragalo-, astragal- (Greek: anklebone, talus ball of ankle joint; dice, die [the Greeks made these from ankle bones]).

Word Unit: astrapo-, astrap- + (Greek: lightning; the Greek verb strapto means "to hurl").

Word Unit: astro-, astra-, astr- (Greek: star, star shaped; also pertaining to outer space).

Word Unit: Astrophysics (understanding astronomical phenomena in terms of the laws of physics).

Word Unit: astut-, astu- + (Latin: artful, cunning; shrewd, crafty).

Word Unit: atav- (Latin: grandfather; ancestor; father of a great-grandfather).

Word Unit: ataxo-, ataxia- + (Greek: disorder, without order).

Word Unit: -ate (office of) + (Latin: a suffix; office of, office holder).

Word Unit: -ate (to do) (Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with).

Word Unit: atelo-, atel-, ateli- (Greek: imperfect, incomplete).

Word Unit: ath-, athl- + (Greek: struggle, a contest [in war or in sports], to contend for a prize).

Word Unit: athero-, ather- + (Greek: groats, meal, porridge; soft, pasty materials).

Word Unit: athro- + (Greek: collective).

Word Unit: -atic (Greek > Latin: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of).

Word Unit: -ation (Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, process, state or condition).

Word Unit: -ative + (Latin: a suffix; tending to).

Word Unit: atlantic, Atlantic + (Greek > Latin: Atlanticus, pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean or to Mount Atlas; from the Atlas mountains).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

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