/That which is behind/; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.

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.

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.

The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.

Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

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.

Arrival.

Arrival.

One who arrives.

directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving trains.

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.

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.

Arrogance.

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.

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

Arrogance.

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.

The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.

A subdivision of a department.

To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.

A gnawing.

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

An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.

the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow.

like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.

any plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and Georgia.

Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.

A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.

A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.

Consisting of arrows.

A water course; a rivulet.

See Arshine.

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

execretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal.

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

A salt of arsenic acid.

See Arsenate.

Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.

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

To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

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

Containing or producing arsenic.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

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

See Arsenide.

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

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

Smartweed; water pepper.

A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.

A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.

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.

Arithmetic.

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.

a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property.

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 natural family comprising the wood swallows.

the type genus of the Artamidae.

of or pertaining to an artefact.

A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

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.