Asteridea :: Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.
Asteridian :: Asteridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea.
Asteridian :: Asteridian (n.) A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.
Asterion :: Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures..
Asteriscus :: Asteriscus (n.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) A small cluster of stars.
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference..
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage..
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica..
Catasterism :: Catasterism (n.) A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.
Cremasteric :: Cremasteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery..
Lacasterian :: Lacasterian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them..