Alto-phobia
an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
noun
a fear of heights, high places
word origin
latin altus ‘high’
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a cloud of a cl-ss characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus: of medium alt-tude, about 8000–20,000 feet (2450–6100 meters). historical examples alto-stratus is a grey or bluish veil through which the sun and moon are faintly visible, occasionally giving rise to coronæ. sounding […]
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a performer on the saxophone. noun a person who plays the alto saxophone
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