English words starting with asta

Relating to a system or electric circuit which oscillates spontaneously between unstable states.

To, towards, or on the starboard side of a vessel (or occasionally an aircraft).

A phoenician goddess of fertility and sexual love who corresponds to the babylonian and assyrian goddess ishtar and who became identified with the egyptian isis, the greek aphrodite, and others.

Originally (more fully "muscular astasia"): a condition characterized by muscle tremors which inhibit movement (now rare). in later use: the inability to stand, especially in an individual who has no demonstrable sensory impairment or motor weakness (frequently in astasia-abasia).

Originally (more fully "muscular astasia"): a condition characterized by muscle tremors which inhibit movement (now rare). in later use: the inability to stand, especially in an individual who has no demonstrable sensory impairment or motor weakness (frequently in astasia-abasia).

(of a system or instrument) consisting of or employing a combination of magnets suspended in a uniform magnetic field on a single wire or thread in such a way that no torque is present.

The chemical element of atomic number 85, a radioactive member of the halogen group. astatine was first produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles, and it occurs in traces in nature as a decay product.