Vocabulary : Astragalar to Astricted

Astragalar : Of or pertaining to the astragalus.
Astragaloid : Resembling the astragalus in form.
Astragalomancy : Divination by means of small bones or dice.
Astragalus : The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. ;; A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus. ;; See Astragal, 1.
Astrakhan : Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. ;; The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.

Astral : Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. ;; Of or pertaining to an aster; as, astral rays; astral sphere. ;; Consisting of, belonging to, or designating, a kind of supersensible substance alleged to be next above the tangible world in refinement; as, astral spirits; astral bodies of persons; astral current.
Astrand : Stranded.
Astray : Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
Astrict : To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. ;; To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. ;; To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. ;; Concise; contracted.
Astricted : of Astrict

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