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at hand
  • s  close in space; within reach
  • s  close in time; about to occur
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astonishing
  • v  affect with wonder
  • s  surprising greatly
    the dog was capable of astonishing tricks
  • s  so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
    such an enormous response was astonishing
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astounded
  • v  affect with wonder
  • s  filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
    astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
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asteroid
  • n  any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
  • s  shaped like a star
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asthenic
  • s  lacking strength or vigor
  • s  having a slender physique
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asthmatic
  • n  a person suffering from asthma
    she is a chronic asthmatic
    the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic
  • s  relating to breathing with a whistling sound
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astigmatic
  • a  of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images
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astir
  • s  out of bed
    are they astir yet?
  • s  on the move
    the whole town was astir over the incident
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