Aratrula Mad
Meöri High-King who had the Nausk Mausoleum built to keep his soul safe from the Outside.

Araxes
"Araxes Mountains" The Araxes Mountains are a range forming the eastern frontiers of both Ce Tydonn and Conriya .

Araxes Mountains
The Araxes Mountains are a range forming the eastern frontiers of both Ce Tydonn and Conriya .

Arcanata
"Prima Arcanata" The Prima Arcanata is the magnum opus of Gotagga , representing the first sustained examination of sorcerous metaphysics by Men .

Arcane
"A Defence of Arcane Arts" A Defence of the Arcane Arts is the famed sorcerous apologia of Zarathinius , which is as widely cited by philosophers as sorcerers because of its pithy critiques not only of the Inrithi prohibition of sorcery but of Inrithism itself. The work has long been banned by the Thousand Temples .

Excerpts

“If the world is a game whose rules are written by God , and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?” “If the Gods did not pretend to be human, Men would recoil from them as from spiders.” “No two prophets agree. So to spare our prophets their feelings, we call the future a whore.”

Arcanum
"Novum Arcanum" Novum Arcanum is the text written by Anasûrimbor Kellhus as Aspect-Emperor on the subject of Sorcery . In it he claimed that Sorcery is not a damnable offense contrary to traditional Inrithi beliefs.

Arcastor
"Linnû Arcastor" Or­deal­man, Earl of Gesindal.

Areamanteras
Areamanteras is the General of the Nasueret Column of the Nansur Imperial Army. A loyal follower of Ikurei Conphas , he is killed by Drusas Achamian during the battle for Shimeh .

Areamanteras

Title(s): General
Lived: ? - 4112
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: General of the Nasueret Column
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Areamanteras

Title(s): General
Lived: ? - 4112
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: General of the Nasueret Column
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Arishal
One of Anasûrimbor Kellhus' bodyguards, mentioned by Nersei Proyas in a letter to his father.

Arithmeas
Arithmeas is the Prime Augur to Ikurei Xerius III . Arithmeas is Xerius's favorite augur and astrologer. His appearance is described as portly and corpulent.

Arithmeas

Lived: ? - present
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Augur
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Arithmeas

Lived: ? - present
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Augur
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Arkfall
The Arkfall is the name given to the arrival of the Incû-Holoinas upon the World . This is the most significant event in recorded history, sparking the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars , the near-ruination of Nonman civilisation, the arrival of Men in Eärwa and ultimately the onset of the Apocalypse .

Prelude

The Arkfall was heralded by a sudden waxing of the star Imburil, which men later called the Nail of Heaven . The star burned with remarkable ferocity for a brief period before returning to normal. Three years later, Arkfall took place.

The Fall

The Incû-Holoinas was a spacefaring vessel containing the dread Inchoroi. According to some reports, the Ark had visited numerous worlds and unleashed destruction on a titanic scale on each occasion before resuming its journey. It is unclear if the Ark had landed on each world or merely visited destruction from above each time. The reason for the Ark's uncontrolled descent onto the World is unknown, although the Inchoroi did report it as an unintended accident. The Ark's arrival in north-western Eärwa visited enormous destruction upon the planet. An immense crack, known as the Displacement, was riven straight through the Nonman stronghold of Ishterebinth and the foundations of Cil-Aujas , over two thousand miles away, were briefly shaken. The skies turned red over the continent. However, the most devastating impact was felt in Viri , the Nonman Mansion located closest to the catastrophe. The verdant forests and plains in Viri's western Reach were completely destroyed, and the walls of the Mansion were scorched by the heat. All of the lands between the River Sursa and the Yimaleti Mountains were laid waste, becoming a desolate, utterly lifeless plain known as the Agongorea , or Field Appalling. Tens of thousands of Nonmen alone were killed in Viri by the earthquakes and tremors unleashed by the Arkfall. The death toll amongst the Halaroi, the vassal-men of Viri, was certainly far greater. The destruction of Viri's farmlands and supplies resulted in King Nin’janjin calling upon Cû’jara-Cinmoi of Siöl for aid. Cû’jara-Cinmoi invaded and occupied Viri and sent the great warrior Ingalira to investigate the cause of Arkfall. Ingalira reported that a great molten lake had formed on the site of the cataclysm, with two immense golden horns towering many thousands of feet into the sky. He also found two survivors of the crash, creatures of obscene aspect who made noises devoid of meaning. He dubbed them "Inchoroi", or "People of Emptiness". Cû’jara-Cinmoi ordered the two wretches executed on the spot. These events eventually led to the Inchoroi-Viri alliance, the Battle of Pir Pahal and the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars that would consume the fate of the Nonmen for the next several centuries.

Dating

The Arkfall took place a considerable amount of time before the Breaking of the Gates , the arrival of the Four Tribes in Eärwa and the overthrow of Nonman civilisation. According to the The Chronicle of the Tusk , the Breaking took place 4,132 years before the Great Ordeal began its march on Golgotterath . The length of time that elapsed between Arkfall and the Breaking is difficult to fathom. At least one Nonman who lived through the period stated that eight thousand years have passed in total (four thousand years before the Breaking), but given his Erratic nature the accuracy of this figure is highly debatable.

Arnius
"Ligesseras Arnius" Ordealman, second-in-command of the Nansur Columns.

Arnyalsa
Arnyalsa is a famed missionary priest. He is killed by Galeoth freebooters marching south to join the Holy War , who destroy seventeen villages in the course of their march. Because they leave no witnesses, their crimes are not discovered until they attempt to sell possessions looted from Arnyalsa at market in Sumna . Maithanet has the Shrial Knights kill all those responsible.

Arnyalsa

Lived: ? - 4111
Race: Men
Gender: Male
Occupation: Missionary priest
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Arnyalsa

Lived: ? - 4111
Race: Men
Gender: Male
Occupation: Missionary priest
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Ars
"Ars Sibbul" Author of Six Ontonomies.

Ars Sibbul
Author of Six Ontonomies.

Arsoghul
"Nepimit Arsoghul" Or­deal­man, Satrap of Hawis'amparesh.

Arts
"A Defence of Arcane Arts" A Defence of the Arcane Arts is the famed sorcerous apologia of Zarathinius , which is as widely cited by philosophers as sorcerers because of its pithy critiques not only of the Inrithi prohibition of sorcery but of Inrithism itself. The work has long been banned by the Thousand Temples .

Excerpts

“If the world is a game whose rules are written by God , and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?” “If the Gods did not pretend to be human, Men would recoil from them as from spiders.” “No two prophets agree. So to spare our prophets their feelings, we call the future a whore.”

Arweal
Arweal is one of the Nascenti , formerly a client thane of Earl Rilding Werijen Greatheart , claimed by disease at Caraskand .

Arweal

Lived: 4077 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Client thane to Rilding Werijen Greatheart Nascenti
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Arweal

Lived: 4077 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Client thane to Rilding Werijen Greatheart Nascenti
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

ar
-ere; before.

ara
-the altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the scorpion.
-a name of the great blue and yellow macaw (ara ararauna), native of south america.

arab
-one of a swarthy race occupying arabia, and numerous in syria, northern africa, etc.

arabesque
-a style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. it consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
-arabian.
-relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

arabesqued
-ornamented in the style of arabesques.

arabian
-of or pertaining to arabia or its inhabitants.
-a native of arabia; an arab.

arabic
-of or pertaining to arabia or the arabians.
-the language of the arabians.

arabical
-relating to arabia; arabic.

arabin
-a carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
-mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.

arabinose
-a sugar of the composition c5h10o5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.

arabism
-an arabic idiom peculiarly of language.

arabist
-one well versed in the arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the arabic system of surgery.

arable
-fit for plowing or tillage;
-- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.
-arable land; plow land.

araby
-the country of arabia.

aracanese
-of or pertaining to aracan, a province of british burmah.
-a native or natives of aracan.

aracari
-a south american bird, of the genus pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. there are several species.

arace
-to tear up by the roots; to draw away.

araceous
-of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus arum is the type.

arachnid
-an arachnidan.

arachnida
-one of the classes of arthropoda. see illustration in appendix.

arachnidan
-one of the arachnida.

arachnidial
-of or pertaining to the arachnida.
-pertaining to the arachnidium.

arachnidium
-the glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

arachnitis
-inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

arachnoid
-resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.
-pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.
-covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.
-the arachnoid membrane.
-one of the arachnoidea.

arachnoidal
-pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

arachnoidea
-same as arachnida.

arachnological
-of or pertaining to arachnology.

arachnologist
-one who is versed in, or studies, arachnology.

arachnology
-the department of zoology which treats of spiders and other arachnida.

araeometer
-see areometer.

araeostyle
-see intercolumniation.

araeosystyle
-see intercolumniation.

aragonese
-of or pertaining to aragon, in spain, or to its inhabitants.
-a native or natives of aragon, in spain.

aragonite
-a mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

araguato
-a south american monkey, the ursine howler (mycetes ursinus). see howler, n., 2.

araise
-to raise.

arak
-same as arrack.

aramaean
-alt. of aramean

aramaic
-pertaining to aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of syria and mesopotamia; aramaean;
-- specifically applied to the northern branch of the semitic family of languages, including syriac and chaldee.
-the aramaic language.

aramaism
-an idiom of the aramaic.

aramean
-of or pertaining to the syrians and chaldeans, or to their language; aramaic.
-a native of aram.

araneida
-alt. of araneoidea

araneidan
-of or pertaining to the araneina or spiders.
-one of the araneina; a spider.

araneiform
-having the form of a spider.

araneina
-the order of arachnida that includes the spiders.

araneoidea
-see araneina.

araneose
-of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

araneous
-cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. see arachnoid.

arango
-a bead of rough carnelian. arangoes were formerly imported from bombay for use in the african slave trade.

arangoes
-of arango

arapaima
-a large fresh
-water food fish of south america.

arara
-the palm (or great black) cockatoo, of australia (microglossus aterrimus).

aration
-plowing; tillage.

aratory
-contributing to tillage.

araucaria
-a genus of tall conifers of the pine family. the species are confined mostly to south america and australia. the wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. the seeds are edible.

araucarian
-relating to, or of the nature of, the araucaria. the earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.

arbalest
-alt. of arbalist

arbalester
-alt. of arbalister

arbalist
-a crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. it served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.

arbalister
-a crossbowman.

arbiter
-a person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
-any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
-to act as arbiter between.

arbitrable
-capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

arbitrage
-judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
-a traffic in bills of exchange (see arbitration of exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.

arbitral
-of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration.

arbitrament
-determination; decision; arbitration.
-the award of arbitrators.

arbitrarily
-in an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.

arbitrariness
-the quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

arbitrarious
-arbitrary; despotic.

arbitrary
-depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
-exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.
-despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.

arbitrate
-to hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.
-to decide, or determine generally.
-to decide; to determine.
-to act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.

arbitrated
-of arbitrate

arbitrating
-of arbitrate

arbitration
-the hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.

arbitrator
-a person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. see arbitration.
-one who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.

arbitratrix
-a female who arbitrates or judges.

arbitress
-a female arbiter; an arbitratrix.

arblast
-a crossbow. see arbalest.

arbor
-a kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
-a tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
-an axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
-a mandrel in lathe turning.

arbor dianae
-a precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.

arbor vine
-a species of bindweed.

arbor vitae
-an evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus thuja. the american species is the t. occidentalis.
-the treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

arborary
-of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.

arborator
-one who plants or who prunes trees.

arboreal
-of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
-attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.

arbored
-furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.

arboreous
-having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.
-pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.

arborescence
-the state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

arborescent
-resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

arboret
-a small tree or shrub.

arboreta
-of arboretum

arboretum
-a place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

arborical
-relating to trees.

arboricole
-tree
-inhabiting;
-- said of certain birds.

arboricultural
-pertaining to arboriculture.

arboriculture
-the cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

arboriculturist
-one who cultivates trees.

arboriform
-treelike in shape.

arborist
-one who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.

arborization
-the appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.

arborized
-having a treelike appearance.

arborous
-formed by trees.

arbuscle
-a dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.

arbuscular
-of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.

arbustive
-containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.

arbute
-the strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the heath family. it has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree.

arbutus
-alt. of arbute

arc
-a portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
-a curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of hadley's quadrant.
-an arch.
-the apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. the diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.

arcade
-a series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.
-a long, arched building or gallery.
-an arched or covered passageway or avenue.

arcaded
-furnished with an arcade.

arcadia
-a mountainous and picturesque district of greece, in the heart of the peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
-fig.: any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

arcadian
-alt. of arcadic

arcadic
-of or pertaining to arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, arcadian simplicity or scenery.

arcana
-of arcanum

arcane
-hidden; secret.

arcanum
-a secret; a mystery;
-- generally used in the plural.
-a secret remedy; an elixir.

arcboutant
-a flying buttress.

arch
-any part of a curved line.
-usually a curved member made up of separate wedge
-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. in this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
-a flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
-any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
-any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
-to cover with an arch or arches.
-to form or bend into the shape of an arch.
-to form into an arch; to curve.
-chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
-cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
-a chief.

arch brick
-a wedge
-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.

arch stone
-a wedge
-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

arch
-
-a prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.

archaean
-ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.
-the earliest period in geological period, extending up to the lower silurian. it includes an azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.

archaeography
-a description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

archaeolithic
-of or pertaining to the earliest stone age;
-- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the paleolithic age.

archaeologian
-an archaeologist.

archaeologic
-alt. of archaeological

archaeological
-relating to archaeology, or antiquities; as, archaeological researches.

archaeologist
-one versed in archaeology; an antiquary.

archaeology
-the science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.

archaeopteryx
-a fossil bird, of the jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

archaeostomatous
-applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.

archaeozoic
-like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.

archaic
-of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

archaical
-archaic.

archaism
-an ancient, antiquated, or old
-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
-antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.

archaist
-am antiquary.
-one who uses archaisms.

archaistic
-like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.

archaize
-to make appear archaic or antique.

archaized
-of archaize

archaizing
-of archaize

archangel
-a chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
-a term applied to several different species of plants (angelica archangelica, lamium album, etc.).

archangelic
-of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel.

archbishop
-a chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

archbishopric
-the jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

archbutler
-a chief butler;
-- an officer of the german empire.

archchamberlain
-a chief chamberlain;
-- an officer of the old german empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in england.

archchancellor
-a chief chancellor;
-- an officer in the old german empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

archchemic
-of supreme chemical powers.

archdeacon
-in england, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.

archdeaconry
-the district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. see benefice.

archdeaconship
-the office of an archdeacon.

archdiocese
-the diocese of an archbishop.

archducal
-of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.

archduchess
-the consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of austria. see archduke.

archduchy
-the territory of an archduke or archduchess.

archduke
-a prince of the imperial family of austria.

archdukedom
-an archduchy.

archebiosis
-the origination of living matter from non
-living. see abiogenesis.

arched
-of arch
-made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

archegonial
-relating to the archegonium.

archegonium
-the pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

archegony
-spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

archelogy
-the science of, or a treatise on, first principles.

archencephala
-the division that includes man alone.

archenemy
-a principal enemy. specifically, satan, the grand adversary of mankind.

archenteric
-relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.

archenteron
-the primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. see illust. under invagination.

archeological
-same as archaeology, etc.

archeology
-alt. of archeological

archer
-a bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.

archer fish
-a small fish (toxotes jaculator), of the east indies;
-- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. the name is also applied to chaetodon rostratus.

archeress
-a female archer.

archership
-the art or skill of an archer.

archery
-the use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
-archers, or bowmen, collectively.

arches
-pl. of arch, n.

archetypal
-of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.

archetypally
-with reference to the archetype; originally. "parts archetypally distinct."

archetype
-the original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
-the standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
-the plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.

archetypical
-relating to an archetype; archetypal.

archeus
-the vital principle or force which (according to the paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.

archi
-
-a prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. in biol. and anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.

archiannelida
-a group of annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

archiater
-chief physician;
-- a term applied, on the continent of europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities.

archiblastula
-a hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula.

archical
-chief; primary; primordial.

archidiaconal
-of or pertaining to an archdeacon.

archiepiscopacy
-that form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.
-the state or dignity of an archbishop.

archiepiscopal
-of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.

archiepiscopality
-the station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.

archiepiscopate
-the office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

archierey
-the higher order of clergy in russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.

archil
-a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the canary and cape verd islands, etc.
-the plant from which the dye is obtained.

archilochian
-of or pertaining to the satiric greek poet archilochus; as, archilochian meter.

archilute
-a large theorbo, or double
-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.

archimage
-alt. of archimagus

archimagus
-the high priest of the persian magi, or worshipers of fire.
-a great magician, wizard, or enchanter.

archimandrite
-a chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the roman catholic church.
-a superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the roman catholic church.

archimedean
-of or pertaining to archimedes, a celebrated greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of archimedes' screw; as, archimedean drill, propeller, etc.

archimedes
-an extinct genus of bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. its form is that of a screw.

arching
-of arch
-the arched part of a structure.
-hogging;
-- opposed to sagging.

archipelagic
-of or pertaining to an archipelago.

archipelago
-the grecian archipelago, or aegean sea, separating greece from asia minor. it is studded with a vast number of small islands.
-hence: any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

archipterygium
-the primitive form of fin, like that of ceratodus.

architect
-a person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.
-a contriver, designer, or maker.

architective
-used in building; proper for building.

architectonic
-alt. of architectonical
-the science of architecture.
-the act of arranging knowledge into a system.

architectonical
-pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
-relating to the systemizing of knowledge.

architectonics
-the science of architecture.

architector
-an architect.

architectress
-a female architect.

architectural
-of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.

architecture
-the art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life;
-- often called civil architecture.
-construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

architeuthis
-a genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the north atlantic and about new zealand.

architrave
-the lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. see column.
-the group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

architraved
-furnished with an architrave.

archival
-pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records.

archive
-the place in which public records or historic documents are kept.
-public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family.

archives
-of archive

archivist
-a keeper of archives or records.

archivolt
-the architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
-more commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.

archlute
-alt. of archilute

archly
-in an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.

archmarshal
-the grand marshal of the old german empire, a dignity that to the elector of saxony.

archness
-the quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.

archon
-one of the chief magistrates in ancient athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.

archonship
-the office of an archon.

archontate
-an archon's term of office.

archonts
-the group including man alone.

archprelate
-an archbishop or other chief prelate.

archpresbyter
-same as archpriest.

archpresbytery
-the absolute dominion of presbytery.

archpriest
-a chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.

archprimate
-the chief primate.

archtraitor
-a chief or transcendent traitor.

archtreasurer
-a chief treasurer. specifically, the great treasurer of the german empire.

archway
-a way or passage under an arch.

archwife
-a big, masculine wife.

archwise
-arch
-shaped.

archy
-arched; as, archy brows.

arciform
-having the form of an arch; curved.

arcograph
-an instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.

arctation
-constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.

arctic
-pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
-the arctic circle.
-a warm waterproof overshoe.

arctisca
-a group of arachnida. see illust. in appendix.

arctogeal
-of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna.

arctoidea
-a group of the carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.

arcturus
-a fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation bootes.

arcual
-of or pertaining to an arc.

arcuate
-alt. of arcuated

arcuated
-bent or curved in the form of a bow.

arcuately
-in the form of a bow.

arcuation
-the act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
-a mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.

arcubalist
-a crossbow.

arcubalister
-a crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.

arcubus
-see arquebus.

ardassine
-a very fine sort of persian silk.

ardency
-heat.
-warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.

ardent
-hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
-having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
-warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.

ardently
-in an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.

ardentness
-ardency.

ardor
-heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
-warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
-bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.

arduous
-steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
-attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

arduously
-in an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.

arduousness
-the quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.

ardurous
-burning; ardent.

are
-the present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
-the unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.

area
-any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
-the inclosed space on which a building stands.
-the sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
-an extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
-the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
-a spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
-extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

aread
-alt. of areed

areal
-of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

arear
-to raise; to set up; to stir up.
-backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.

areas
-of area

areca
-a genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in india with the leaf of the piper betle and lime.

areed
-to tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream.
-to read.
-to counsel, advise, warn, or direct.
-to decree; to adjudge.

areek
-in a reeking condition.

arefaction
-the act of drying, or the state of growing dry.

arefy
-to dry, or make dry.

arena
-the area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited;
-- so called because it was covered with sand.
-any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
-"sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

arenaceous
-sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

arenae
-of arena

arenarious
-sandy; as, arenarious soil.

arenas
-of arena

arenation
-a sand bath; application of hot sand to the body.

arendator
-in some provinces of russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

areng
-alt. of arenga

arenga
-a palm tree (saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

arenicolite
-an ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.

arenilitic
-of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.

arenose
-sandy; full of sand.

arenulous
-full of fine sand; like sand.

areola
-an interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.
-the colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

areolae
-of areola

areolar
-pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.

areolate
-alt. of areolated

areolated
-divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

areolation
-division into areolae.
-any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

areole
-same as areola.

areolet
-a small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

areometer
-an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.

areometric
-alt. of areometrical

areometrical
-pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.

areometry
-the art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.

areopagist
-see areopagite.

areopagite
-a member of the areopagus.

areopagitic
-pertaining to the areopagus.

areopagus
-the highest judicial court at athens. its sessions were held on mars' hill. hence, any high court or tribunal

areostyle
-see intercolumniation, and araeostyle.

areosystyle
-see intercolumniation, and araeosystyle.

arere
-see arear.

arest
-a support for the spear when couched for the attack.

aret
-to reckon; to ascribe; to impute.

aretaics
-the ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue;
-- contrasted with eudemonics.

aretology
-that part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

arew
-in a row.

argal
-crude tartar. see argol.
-a ludicrous corruption of the latin word ergo, therefore.
-alt. of argali

argala
-the adjutant bird.

argali
-a species of wild sheep (ovis ammon, or o. argali), remarkable for its large horns. it inhabits the mountains of siberia and central asia.

argand lamp
-a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.

argas
-a genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. the famous persian argas, also called miana bug, is a. persicus; that of central america, called talaje by the natives, is a. talaje.

argean
-pertaining to the ship argo. see argo.

argent
-silver, or money.
-whiteness; anything that is white.
-the white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness;
-- represented in engraving by a plain white surface.
-made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.

argental
-of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.

argentan
-an alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; german silver.

argentate
-silvery white.

argentation
-a coating or overlaying with silver.

argentic
-pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver;
-- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.

argentiferous
-producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.

argentine
-pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
-of or pertaining to the argentine republic in south america.
-a siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery
-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
-white metal coated with silver.
-a fish of europe (maurolicus pennantii) with silvery scales. the name is also applied to various fishes of the genus argentina.
-a citizen of the argentine republic.

argentite
-sulphide of silver;
-- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. it has a metallic luster, a lead
-gray color, and is sectile like lead.

argentous
-of, pertaining to, or containing, silver;
-- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.

argentry
-silver plate or vessels.

argil
-clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. see clay.

argillaceous
-of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

argilliferous
-producing clay;
-- applied to such earths as abound with argil.

argillite
-argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.

argillo
-areenaceous
-consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

argillo
-calcareous
-consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.

argillo
-ferruginous
-containing clay and iron.

argillous
-argillaceous; clayey.

argive
-of or performance to argos, the capital of argolis in greece.
-a native of argos. often used as a generic term, equivalent to grecian or greek.

argo
-the name of the ship which carried jason and his fifty
-four companions to colchis, in quest of the golden fleece.
-a large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also argo navis. in modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, carina, puppis, and vela.

argoan
-pertaining to the ship argo.

argoile
-potter's clay.

argol
-crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. it exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks.

argolic
-pertaining to argolis, a district in the peloponnesus.

argon
-a substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.

argonaut
-any one of the legendary greek heroes who sailed with jason, in the argo, in quest of the golden fleece.
-a cephalopod of the genus argonauta.

argonauta
-a genus of cephalopoda. the shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

argonautic
-of or pertaining to the argonauts.

argosies
-of argosy

argosy
-a large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.

argot
-a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

arguable
-capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

argue
-to invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
-to contend in argument; to dispute; to reason;
-- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.
-to debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.
-to prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.
-to persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.
-to blame; to accuse; to charge with.

argued
-of argue

arguer
-one who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

argufy
-to argue pertinaciously.
-to signify.

arguing
-of argue

argulus
-a genus of copepod crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. see branchiura.

argument
-proof; evidence.
-a reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
-a process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
-the subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
-matter for question; business in hand.
-the quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
-the independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
-to make an argument; to argue.

argumentable
-admitting of argument.

argumental
-of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.

argumentation
-the act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.
-debate; discussion.

argumentative
-consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
-adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the creator.
-given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.

argumentize
-to argue or discuss.

argus
-a fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by juno to guard io. his eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.
-one very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
-a genus of east indian pheasants. the common species (a. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. the species a. grayi inhabits borneo.

argus shell
-a species of shell (cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.

argus
-eyed
-extremely observant; watchful; sharp
-sighted.

argutation
-caviling; subtle disputation.

argute
-sharp; shrill.
-sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.

argutely
-in a subtle; shrewdly.

arguteness
-acuteness.

arhizal
-alt. of arhythmous

arhizous
-alt. of arhythmous

arhythmic
-alt. of arhythmous

arhythmous
-see arrhizal, arrhizous, arrhythmic, arrhythmous.

aria
-an air or song; a melody; a tune.

arian
-see aryan.
-pertaining to arius, a presbyter of the church of alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of arius, who held christ to be inferior to god the father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
-one who adheres to or believes the doctrines of arius.

arianism
-the doctrines of the arians.

arianize
-to admit or accept the tenets of the arians; to become an arian.
-to convert to arianism.

aricine
-an alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.

arid
-exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.

aridities
-of aridity

aridity
-the state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
-fig.: want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.

aridness
-aridity; dryness.

ariel
-alt. of ariel gazelle

ariel gazelle
-a variety of the gazelle (antilope, / gazella, dorcas), found in arabia and adjacent countries.
-a squirrel
-like australian marsupial, a species of petaurus.
-a beautiful brazilian toucan ramphastos ariel).

aries
-the ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of march.
-a constellation west of taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
-a battering
-ram.

arietate
-to butt, as a ram.

arietation
-the act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering
-ram.
-act of striking or conflicting.

arietta
-alt. of ariette

ariette
-a short aria, or air.

aright
-rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship god aright.

aril
-alt. of arillus

ariled
-having an aril.

arillate
-alt. of ariled

arillus
-a exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. the mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.

ariman
-see ahriman.

ariolation
-a soothsaying; a foretelling.

ariose
-characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.

arioso
-in the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

arise
-to come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.
-to spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.
-to proceed; to issue; to spring.
-rising.

arisen
-of arise

arising
-of arise

arist
-3d sing. pres. of arise, for ariseth.

arista
-an awn.

aristarch
-a severe critic.

aristarchian
-severely critical.

aristarchy
-severely criticism.
-severe criticism.

aristate
-having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.
-having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.

aristocracies
-of aristocracy

aristocracy
-government by the best citizens.
-a ruling body composed of the best citizens.
-a form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
-the nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

aristocrat
-one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.
-one who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
-one who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.

aristocratic
-alt. of aristocratical

aristocratical
-of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
-partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.

aristocratism
-the principles of aristocrats.
-aristocrats, collectively.

aristology
-the science of dining.

aristophanic
-of or pertaining to aristophanes, the athenian comic poet.

aristotelian
-of or pertaining to aristotle, the famous greek philosopher (384
-322 b. c.).
-a follower of aristotle; a peripatetic. see peripatetic.

aristotelianism
-the philosophy of aristotle, otherwise called the peripatetic philosophy.

aristotelic
-pertaining to aristotle or to his philosophy.

aristotle's lantern
-the five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

aristulate
-having a short beard or awn.

arithmancy
-divination by means of numbers.

arithmetic
-the science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
-a book containing the principles of this science.

arithmetical
-of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.

arithmetically
-conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

arithmetician
-one skilled in arithmetic.

arithmomancy
-arithmancy.

arithmometer
-a calculating machine.

ark
-a chest, or coffer.
-the oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. in it moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. called also the ark of the covenant.
-the large, chestlike vessel in which noah and his family were preserved during the deluge. gen. vi. hence: any place of refuge.
-a large flatboat used on western american rivers to transport produce to market.

ark shell
-a marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus arca and its allies.

arkite
-belonging to the ark.

arles
-an earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

arllated
-alt. of ariled

arm
-the limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
-anything resembling an arm
-the fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
-a limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
-a branch of a tree.
-a slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
-the end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
-an inlet of water from the sea.
-a support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
-fig.: power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
-a branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
-a weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare;
-- commonly in the pl.
-to take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
-to furnish with arms or limbs.
-to furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
-to cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
-fig.: to furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
-to provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

arm
-gret
-great as a man's arm.

armada
-a fleet of armed ships; a squadron. specifically, the spanish fleet which was sent to assail england, a. d. 1558.

armadillo
-any edentate animal if the family dasypidae, peculiar to america. the body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. the armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. when attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. their flesh is good food. there are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as texas. see peba, poyou, tatouay.
-a genus of small isopod crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.

armadillos
-of armadillo

armado
-armada.

armament
-a body of forces equipped for war;
-- used of a land or naval force.
-all the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
-any equipment for resistance.

armamentary
-an armory; a magazine or arsenal.

armature
-armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
-a piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro
-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. in the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
-iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.

armchair
-a chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.

armed
-of arm
-furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
-furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
-having horns, beak, talons, etc;
-- said of beasts and birds of prey.

armenian
-of or pertaining to armenia.
-a native or one of the people of armenia; also, the language of the armenians.
-an adherent of the armenian church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the greek church, in others to the roman catholic.

armet
-a kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

armful
-as much as the arm can hold.

armfulus
-of armful

armgaunt
-with gaunt or slender legs. (?)

armhole
-the cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.
-a hole for the arm in a garment.

armiferous
-bearing arms or weapons.

armiger
-formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. in later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. the term is now superseded by esquire.

armigerous
-bearing arms.

armil
-a bracelet.
-an ancient astronomical instrument.

armilla
-an armil.
-a ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

armillae
-of armilla

armillary
-pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.

armillas
-of armilla

arming
-of arm
-the act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
-a piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.
-red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

arminian
-of or pertaining to arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. see note under arminian, n.
-one who holds the tenets of arminius, a dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).

arminianism
-the religious doctrines or tenets of the arminians.

armipotence
-power in arms.

armipotent
-powerful in arms; mighty in battle.

armisonant
-alt. of armisonous

armisonous
-rustling in arms; resounding with arms.

armistice
-a cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.

armless
-without any arm or branch.
-destitute of arms or weapons.

armlet
-a small arm; as, an armlet of the sea.
-an arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
-armor for the arm.

armoniac
-ammoniac.

armor
-defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
-steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.

armor
-bearer
-one who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.

armor
-plated
-covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel
-clad.

armored
-clad with armor.

armorer
-one who makes or repairs armor or arms.
-formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.
-one who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.

armorial
-belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

armoric
-alt. of armorican

armorican
-of or pertaining to the northwestern part of france (formerly called armorica, now bretagne or brittany), or to its people.
-the language of the armoricans, a celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.
-a native of armorica.

armories
-of armory

armorist
-one skilled in coat armor or heraldry.

armory
-a place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
-armor; defensive and offensive arms.
-a manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
-ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
-that branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.

armozeen
-alt. of armozine

armozine
-a thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.

armpit
-the hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

armrack
-a frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

arms
-instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
-the deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
-anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
-the ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.
-the legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

armure
-armor.
-a variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.

army
-a collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.
-a body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the blue ribbon army.
-a great number; a vast multitude; a host.

army worm
-a lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. the common army worm of the northern united states is leucania unipuncta. the name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.
-the larva of a small two
-winged fly (sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. see cotton worm, under cotton.

arna
-alt. of arnee

arnatto
-see annotto.

arnee
-the wild buffalo of india (bos, or bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

arnica
-a genus of plants; also, the most important species (arnica montana), native of the mountains of europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

arnicin
-an active principle of arnica montana. it is a bitter resin.

arnicine
-an alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.

arnot
-alt. of arnut

arnotto
-a red or yellowish
-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of america. it is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc.
-same as annotto.

arnut
-the earthnut.

aroid
-alt. of aroideous

aroideous
-belonging to, or resembling, the arum family of plants.

aroint
-stand off, or begone.
-to drive or scare off by some exclamation.

aroma
-the quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
-fig.: the fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

aromatic
-alt. of aromatical
-a plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.

aromatical
-pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong
-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.

aromatization
-the act of impregnating or secting with aroma.

aromatize
-to impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

aromatized
-of aromatize

aromatizer
-one who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.

aromatizing
-of aromatize

aromatous
-aromatic.

aroph
-a barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.

arose
-of arise
-the past or preterit tense of arise.

around
-in a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
-in a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
-near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
-on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
-from one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.

arousal
-the act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.

arouse
-to excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.

aroused
-of arouse

arousing
-of arouse

arow
-in a row, line, or rank; successively; in order.

aroynt
-see aroint.

arpeggio
-the production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

arpen
-formerly, a measure of land in france, varying in different parts of the country. the arpent of paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an english acre. the woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, english.

arpent
-alt. of arpen

arpentator
-the anglicized form of the french arpenteur, a land surveyor.

arpine
-an arpent.

arquated
-shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.

arquebus
-alt. of arquebuse

arquebusade
-the shot of an arquebus.
-a distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.;
-- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

arquebuse
-a sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. the musket was a later invention.

arquebusier
-a soldier armed with an arquebus.

arquifoux
-same as alquifou.

arrach
-see orach.

arrack
-a name in the east indies and the indian islands for all ardent spirits. arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.

arragonite
-see aragonite.

arraign
-to call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
-to call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
-arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.
-to appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.

arraigned
-of arraign

arraigner
-one who arraigns.

arraigning
-of arraign

arraignment
-the act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
-a calling to an account to faults; accusation.

arraiment
-alt. of arrayment

arrange
-to put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
-to adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

arranged
-of arrange

arrangement
-the act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
-the manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the linnaean arrangement of plants.
-preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.
-settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
-the adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
-a piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

arranger
-one who arranges.

arranging
-of arrange

arrant
-notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.
-thorough or downright, in a good sense.

arrantly
-notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.

arras
-tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
-to furnish with an arras.

arrasene
-a material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.

arrastre
-a rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.

arrasways
-placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front;
-- said of a rectangular form.

arraswise
-alt. of arrasways

arraught
-obtained; seized.

array
-order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
-the whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
-an imposing series of things.
-dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
-a ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
-the panel itself.
-the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
-to place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
-to deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop;
-- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
-to set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.

arrayed
-of array

arrayer
-one who arrays. in some early english statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

arraying
-of array

arrayment
-clothes; raiment.

arrear
-to or in the rear; behind; backwards.
-that which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage;
-- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.

arrearage
-that which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.

arrect
-alt. of arrected
-to direct.
-to impute.

arrectary
-an upright beam.

arrected
-lifted up; raised; erect.
-attentive, as a person listening.

arrenotokous
-producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

arrentation
-a letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

arreption
-the act of taking away.

arreptitious
-snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack
-brained.

arrest
-to stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
-to take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.
-to seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.
-to rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
-to tarry; to rest.
-the act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.
-the taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.
-any seizure by power, physical or moral.
-a scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse;
-- also named rat
-tails.

arrestation
-arrest.

arrested
-of arrest

arrestee
-the person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

arrester
-one who arrests.
-the person at whose suit an arrestment is made.

arresting
-of arrest
-striking; attracting attention; impressive.

arrestive
-tending to arrest.

arrestment
-the arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.
-a stoppage or check.

arret
-a judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.
-an arrest; a legal seizure.
-same as aret.

arrhaphostic
-seamless.

arrhizal
-alt. of arrhizous

arrhizous
-destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

arrhythmic
-alt. of arrhythmous

arrhythmous
-being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.

arrhytmy
-want of rhythm.

arride
-to please; to gratify.

arriere
-"that which is behind"; the rear;
-- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.

arriere
-ban
-a proclamation, as of the french kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient france.

arris
-the sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved;
-- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a doric column.

arrish
-the stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.

arriswise
-diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

arrival
-the act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
-the attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
-the person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.
-an approach.

arrivance
-arrival.

arrive
-to come to the shore or bank. in present usage: to come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land;
-- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
-to reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
-to come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
-to happen or occur.
-to bring to shore.
-to reach; to come to.
-arrival.

arrived
-of arrive

arriver
-one who arrives.

arriving
-of arrive

arroba
-a spanish weight used in mexico and south america = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old portuguese weight, used in brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.
-a spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.

arrogance
-the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self
-assumption; presumption.

arrogancy
-arrogance.

arrogant
-making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty;
-- applied to persons.
-containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self
-importance;
-- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.

arrogantly
-in an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self
-importance.

arrogantness
-arrogance.

arrogate
-to assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.

arrogated
-of arrogate

arrogating
-of arrogate

arrogation
-the act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
-adoption of a person of full age.

arrogative
-making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.

arrondissement
-a subdivision of a department.

arrose
-to drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.

arrosion
-a gnawing.

arrow
-a missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

arrow grass
-an herbaceous grasslike plant (triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.

arrowhead
-the head of an arrow.
-an aquatic plant of the genus sagittaria, esp. s. sagittifolia,
-- named from the shape of the leaves.

arrowheaded
-shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.

arrowroot
-a west indian plant of the genus maranta, esp. m. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. it said that the indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
-a nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of maranta and curcuma.

arrowwood
-a shrub (viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets;
-- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.

arrowworm
-a peculiar transparent worm of the genus sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. see sagitta.

arrowy
-consisting of arrows.
-formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.

arroyo
-a water course; a rivulet.
-the dry bed of a small stream.

arroyos
-of arroyo

arschin
-see arshine.

arse
-the buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

arsenal
-a public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

arsenate
-a salt of arsenic acid.

arseniate
-see arsenate.

arsenic
-one of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. it is of a steel
-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. it is very brittle, and sublimes at 356¡ fahrenheit. it is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. the element and its compounds are active poisons. specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. atomic weight 75. symbol as.
-arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride;
-- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
-pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic;
-- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.

arsenical
-of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.

arsenicate
-to combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

arsenicated
-of arsenicate

arsenicating
-of arsenicate

arsenicism
-a diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

arsenide
-a compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical;
-- formerly called arseniuret.

arseniferous
-containing or producing arsenic.

arsenious
-pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
-pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.

arsenite
-a salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.

arseniuret
-see arsenide.

arseniureted
-combined with arsenic;
-- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen.

arsenopyrite
-a mineral of a tin
-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron;
-- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.

arsesmart
-smartweed; water pepper.

arshine
-a russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.

arsine
-a compound of arsenic and hydrogen, ash3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.

arsis
-that part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
-that elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
-the elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar;
-- opposed to thesis.

arsmetrike
-arithmetic.

arson
-the malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.

art
-the second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending
-t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. cf. be. now used only in solemn or poetical style.
-the employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
-a system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work;
-- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
-the systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
-the application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
-those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
-learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
-skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
-skillful plan; device.
-cunning; artifice; craft.
-the black art; magic.

art union
-an association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

artemia
-a genus of phyllopod crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. see brine shrimp.

artemisia
-a genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. of these a. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and a. tridentata is the sage brush of the rocky mountain region.

arteriac
-of or pertaining to the windpipe.

arterial
-of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
-of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.

arterialization
-the process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved;
-- called also aeration and hematosis.

arterialize
-to transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

arterialized
-of arterialize

arterializing
-of arterialize

arteries
-of artery

arteriography
-a systematic description of the arteries.

arteriole
-a small artery.

arteriology
-that part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

arteriotomy
-the opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.
-that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

arteritis
-inflammation of an artery or arteries.

artery
-the trachea or windpipe.
-one of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. they have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
-hence: any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

artesian
-of or pertaining to artois (anciently called artesium), in france.

artful
-performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
-artificial; imitative.
-using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
-cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [the usual sense.]

artfully
-in an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

artfulness
-the quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.

arthen
-same as

arthritic
-alt. of arthritical

arthritical
-pertaining to the joints.
-of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty.

arthritis
-any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.

arthroderm
-the external covering of an arthropod.

arthrodia
-a form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.

arthrodial
-alt. of arthrodic

arthrodic
-of or pertaining to arthrodia.

arthrodynia
-an affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

arthrodynic
-pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.

arthrogastra
-a division of the arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

arthrography
-the description of joints.

arthrology
-that part of anatomy which treats of joints.

arthromere
-one of the body segments of arthropods. see arthrostraca.

arthropleura
-the side or limb
-bearing portion of an arthromere.

arthropod
-one of the arthropoda.

arthropoda
-a large division of articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. it includes insects, arachnida, pychnogonida, and crustacea.

arthropomata
-one of the orders of branchiopoda. see branchiopoda.

arthrosis
-articulation.

arthrostraca
-one of the larger divisions of crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; tetradecapoda. it includes the amphipoda and isopoda.

arthrozoic
-of or pertaining to the articulata; articulate.

artiad
-even; not odd;
-- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

artichoke
-the cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. the head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
-see jerusalem artichoke.

article
-a distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the constitution. hence: a clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
-a literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
-subject; matter; concern; distinct.
-a distinct part.
-a particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
-precise point of time; moment.
-one of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. a (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
-one of the segments of an articulated appendage.
-to formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
-to accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
-to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
-to agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

articled
-of article
-bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.

articling
-of article

articular
-of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
-alt. of articulary

articularly
-in an articular or an articulate manner.

articulary
-a bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

articulata
-one of the four subkingdoms in the classification of cuvier. it has been much modified by later writers.
-one of the subdivisions of the brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.
-a subdivision of the crinoidea.

articulate
-expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
-jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
-distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
-an animal of the subkingdom articulata.
-to utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
-to treat or make terms.
-to join or be connected by articulation.
-to joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
-to draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
-to form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
-to express distinctly; to give utterance to.

articulated
-of articulate
-united by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
-produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.

articulately
-after the manner, or in the form, of a joint.
-article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
-with distinct utterance of the separate sounds.

articulateness
-quality of being articulate.

articulating
-of articulate

articulation
-a joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
-the connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
-one of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
-one of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc.
-the act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
-the state of being jointed; connection of parts.
-the utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.
-a sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

articulative
-of or pertaining to articulation.

articulator
-one who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) one who enunciates distinctly. (b) one who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) an instrument to cure stammering.

articuli
-of articulus

articulus
-a joint of the cirri of the crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

artifice
-a handicraft; a trade; art of making.
-workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
-artful or skillful contrivance.
-crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [now the usual meaning.]

artificer
-an artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
-one who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
-a cunning or artful fellow.
-a military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.

artificial
-made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
-feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
-artful; cunning; crafty.
-cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.

artificiality
-the quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

artificialize
-to render artificial.

artificially
-in an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.
-ingeniously; skillfully.
-craftily; artfully.

artificialness
-the quality of being artificial.

artificious
-artificial.

artilize
-to make resemble.

artillerist
-a person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.

artillery
-munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
-cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
-the men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
-the science of artillery or gunnery.

artilleryman
-a man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.

artiodactyla
-one of the divisions of the ungulate animals. the functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox;
-- opposed to perissodactyla.

artiodactyle
-one of the artiodactyla.

artiodactylous
-even
-toed.

artisan
-one who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.
-one trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.

artist
-one who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.
-one who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.
-one who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.
-an artful person; a schemer.

artiste
-one peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

artistic
-alt. of artistical

artistical
-of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.

artistry
-works of art collectively.
-artistic effect or quality.
-artistic pursuits; artistic ability.

artless
-wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
-contrived without skill or art; inartistic.
-free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.

artlessly
-in an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.

artlessness
-the quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.

artly
-with art or skill.

artocarpeous
-alt. of artocarpous

artocarpous
-of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus artocarpus.

artotype
-a kind of autotype.

artotyrite
-one of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the lord's supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [gen. iv. 3, 4.]

artow
-a contraction of art thou.

artsman
-a man skilled in an art or in arts.

arum
-a genus of plants found in central europe and about the mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. the cuckoopint of the english is an example.

arundelian
-pertaining to an earl of arundel; as, arundel or arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient greece, bought by the earl of arundel in 1624.

arundiferous
-producing reeds or canes.

arundinaceous
-of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

arundineous
-abounding with reeds; reedy.

aruspex
-one of the class of diviners among the etruscans and romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

aruspice
-a soothsayer of ancient rome. same as aruspex.

aruspices
-of aruspex

aruspicy
-prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

arval
-a funeral feast.

arvicole
-a mouse of the genus arvicola; the meadow mouse. there are many species.

aryan
-one of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in central asia, east of the caspian sea, and north of the hindoo koosh and paropamisan mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the hindoo, persian, greek, latin, celtic, teutonic, slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also indo
-european or indo
-germanic.
-the language of the original aryans.
-of or pertaining to the people called aryans; indo
-european; indo
-germanic; as, the aryan stock, the aryan languages.

aryanize
-to make aryan (a language, or in language).

arytenoid
-ladle
-shaped;
-- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. the cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.

archy
-a suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. cf.
-arch.