Auk
* are from a completely different evolutionary family than penguins.
* feed on fish and invertebrates.

Authenticity
* criterion of validity.
* discovery that requires time and effort.
* has special applications when dealing with people, especially difficult people.
* is believability
  - credibility
  - personal power manifested in the world
  - seen as a means to attainment of genuine happiness
  - that which is genuine, true, and real
* is the ability to portray the individuality of the consultant, thus to model humanness
  - costume worn by contemporary styles of alienation
* relates their language to their culture.

Aggressive hydration
* aids in eliminating chelated iron by maintaining an appropriate urine output.
* is also important to help thin secretions and facilitate expectoration.

Agnosticism
* denies that there revelation, and therefore denies the Bible.
* is an intellectual disease and feeds on snobbery
  - important in big cities, especially Montevideo
  - surely the safest of all non-religions
  - unbelief
* milder form of gnosticism.
* much more reasonable human state.
* religious orientation

Aerobatic
* also requires a lot of gas.
* calls for proper coordination and precision flying, accuracy in all phases of manuever.
* is unlike any other form of flying that todays average pilot has performed.

Agate
* Most agates are naturally grayish and are artificially colored
  - greyish and are artificially coloured
  - no larger than three inches in diameter
  - occur in cavities of eruptive rocks or ancient lavas
* appear red, brown and orange in color.
* are a form of chalcedony and are deposited by fluids that infiltrate voids in volcanic rocks
  - usually white with swirls of grey and black spots
* come in many shapes and sizes
  - various colors
* comes in a range of colors
  - most colors
* display a variety of colors arranged in curved bands with various degrees of translucency.
* feel heavier than other stones of the same size.
* form of chalcedony with bands or patterns of various colors
* have many colors.
* helps in healing, especially blood, skin, and intestinal conditions.
* is gemstones
  - minerals
  - precious stones
  - quartz
* occur as spherical or almond shaped inclusions in basic volcanic rock
  - in igneous rocks such as volcanic lavas
* quartz mineral originally formed in the bubbles within a volcanic lava bed.
* semi-precious gemstone that consists of thousands of microscopic quartz crystals.
* very common stone that is often used in jewelry.

Aortic regurgitation
* can range from mild to severe.
* causes a decrescendo murmur that is an early diastolic murmur
  - dilation of the left ventricle
* is caused by a damaged aortic valve
  - characterized as producing a blowing type of murmur sound
  - the diastolic flow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle

Abuse of women
* is justified by the belief they failed the test of goodness and niceness.
* major public health, medical, and social problem.
* occurs in all socioeconomic levels, all races, and in all neighborhoods.

Audacity
* cross-platform multitrack audio editor.
* is boldness
  - brass
  - software

Anticipatory grief
* allows the family to prepare for the inevitable death.
* can be just as painful and stressful as the actual death of the person
  - have positive and negative effects on the family
* coping and a balancing of competing demands.
* helps reduce the pain already felt by parents
  - by premature parents
* lowers the degree and intensity of grief at the time of death of a family member.
* natural reaction, and it has some benefits.
* normal reaction and an integral component of a life-threatening illness.