as'terisk, a mark like a star (*) used to refer to a note, and sometimes to mark an omission of words.
as'teroid (Gr. adj. ei'dos, like), one of the numerous small planets between Mars and Jupiter.
as'tral, belonging to the stars.
astrol'ogy, the pretended science of foretelling events by the stars.
astron'omy (Gr. n. nom'os, a law), the science that treats of the stars.
astron'omer, one skilled in astronomy.
disas'ter, calamity, misfortune.
disas'trous, unlucky; calamitous.
7. AU'TOS (αυτος), one's self.
autobiog'raphy (Gr. n. bi'os, life, graph'ein, to write), the life of a person written by himself.