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256 words in Earth & Sky
Abyss
Earth“bottomless”
Acronychal
Earth“at the edge of night”
Actinolite
Earth“ray stone”
Aeolian
Earth“of Aeolus, of the wind”
Aeon
Earth“an age”
Aerolite
Earth“air stone”
Agate
Earth“stone of the Achates river”
Air
Earth“the hazy lower air”
Alabaster
Earth“perfume flask”
Almagest
Earth“the greatest”
Amethyst
Earth“not drunken”
Amphibole
Earth“thrown both ways”
Analemma
Earth“something taken up, a prop”
Anatase
Earth“stretching upward”
Andromeda
Earth“ruler of men”
Anemometer
Earth“wind measure”
Anhydrite
Earth“waterless stone”
Anomaly
Earth“unevenness”
Anorthite
Earth“not straight”
Antarctic
Earth“opposite the Bear”
Anthracite
Earth“coal stone”
Anthropic
Earth“of a human being”
Antipodes
Earth“with the feet opposite”
Apatite
Earth“the deceiver”
Aphelion
Earth“away from the sun”
Apoapsis
Earth“away from the arch-point”
Apogee
Earth“away from the earth”
Apsis
Earth“a fastening, a loop”
Archipelago
Earth“chief sea”
Arctic
Earth“of the Bear”
Asbestos
Earth“unquenchable”
Asphalt
Earth“the unslipping stuff”
Asterism
Earth“a starring”
Asteroid
Earth“star-shaped”
Asthenosphere
Earth“weak sphere”
Astral
Earth“of the stars”
Astrobiology
Earth“study of star life”
Astrology
Earth“account of the stars”
Astrometry
Earth“star measuring”
Astronaut
Earth“star sailor”
Astrophysics
Earth“star nature”
Augite
Earth“brightness”
Barite
Earth“the heavy mineral”
Barycenter
Earth“heavy point”
Basalt
Earth“touchstone rock”
Bathymetry
Earth“deep measuring”
Benthic
Earth“of the sea depths”
Beryl
Earth“beryl, the pale green stone”