the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the Roman Diana.

A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.

Of or pertaining to the windpipe.

Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

same as arterialize.

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

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

A systematic description of the arteries.

of or pertaining to an arteriole.

A small artery with a muscular wall.

That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

a form of arteriosclerosis which affects predominantly the arterioles, found especially in people with chronic hypertension.

a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age. Subtypes are distinguished, such as arteriolosclerosis and atherosclerosis.

of or pertaining to arteriosclerosis.

The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.

connecting an artery to a vein.

Inflammation of an artery or arteries.

The trachea or windpipe.

Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.

Same as

Pertaining to the joints.

Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to incapacitation and deformity.

Chondritis of a joint.

The external covering of an Arthropod.

Surgical fixation of joints.

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

Of or pertaining to arthrodia.

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

Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.

A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

The description of joints.

That part of anatomy which treats of joints.

One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.

Any disease of the joints.

The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

One of the Arthropoda.

A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.

One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.

Articulation.

A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria.

of or pertaining to an arthrospore{2}.

of or pertaining to an arthrospore{2}.

One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints.

Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.

Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.

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

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.

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.

Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.

In an articular or an articulate manner.

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.

To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.

Quality of being articulate.

the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

Of or pertaining to articulation.

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.

A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.

same as artefactual.

A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

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.

The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

To render artificial.

In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.

The quality of being artificial.

Artificial.

To make resemble.

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

Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

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

of, pertaining to, or belonging to the order 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.

One of the Artiodactyla.

Even-toed.

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.

One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

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

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.

Works of art collectively.

Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.

In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.

The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.

With art or skill.

Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.

A kind of autotype.

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.]

A man skilled in an art or in arts.

same as arty.

pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.

photographs, illustrations, or other visual representations other than the text, in a printed publication.

showily imitative of art or artists.

pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming

an erect European annual (Eruca vesicaria sativa) of the mustard family, often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.

a wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa, having a thick mane on the throat, chest, and forelegs; -- also called the aoudad and Barbary sheep.

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.

Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.

Producing reeds or canes.

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

Abounding with reeds; reedy.

mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag (Mama; Nintu).

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.

A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.

Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

A funeral feast.

a genus of mice in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.

A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.

Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.

To make Aryan (a language, or in language).

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.

Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.