Arthrodia (n.) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.
Arthrodial (a.) Alt. of Arthrodic
Arthrodic (a.) Of or pertaining to arthrodia.
Arthrodynia (n.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.
Arthrodynic (a.) Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.
Arthrogastra (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.
Arthrography (n.) The description of joints.
Arthrology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of joints.
Arthromere (n.) One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.
Arthropleura (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.
Arthropod (n.) One of the Arthropoda.
Arthropoda (n. pl.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
Arthropomata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.
Arthrosis (n.) Articulation.
Arthrostraca (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.
Artiad (a.) Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.
Artichoke (n.) 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.
Artichoke (n.) See Jerusalem artichoke.
Article (n.) 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.
Article (n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
Article (n.) Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
Article (n.) A distinct part.
Article (n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
Article (n.) Precise point of time; moment.
Article (n.) 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.
Article (n.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
Articled (imp. & p. p.) of Article
Articling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Article
Article (n.) To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
Article (n.) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
Article (n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
Article (v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
Articled (a.) Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.
Articular (n.) Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
Articular (n.) Alt. of Articulary
Articulary (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Articularly (adv.) In an articular or an articulate manner.
Articulata (v.) One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.
Articulata (v.) One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.
Articulata (v.) A subdivision of the Crinoidea.
Articulate (a.) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Articulate (a.) Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
Articulate (a.) Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
Articulate (n.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
Articulated (imp. & p. p.) of Articulate
Articulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Articulate
Articulate (v. i.) To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
Articulate (v. i.) To treat or make terms.
Articulate (v. i.) To join or be connected by articulation.
Articulate (v. t.) To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
Articulate (v. t.) To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
Articulate (v. t.) To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
Articulate (v. t.) To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
Articulated (a.) United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
Articulated (a.) Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.
Articulately (adv.) After the manner, or in the form, of a joint.
Articulately (adv.) Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
Articulately (adv.) With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.
Articulateness (n.) Quality of being articulate.
Articulation (n.) A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
Articulation (n.) The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
Articulation (n.) One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
Articulation (n.) 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.
Articulation (n.) The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
Articulation (n.) The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
Articulation (n.) The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.
Articulation (n.) A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
Articulative (a.) Of or pertaining to articulation.
Articulator (n.) 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 (pl. ) of Articulus
Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
Artifice (n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.
Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
Artificer (n.) An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
Artificer (n.) A cunning or artful fellow.
Artificer (n.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.
Artificial (a.) 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.
Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
Artificial (a.) Artful; cunning; crafty.
Artificial (a.) Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
Artificiality (n.) The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
Artificialize (v. t.) To render artificial.
Artificially (adv.) In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.
Artificially (adv.) Ingeniously; skillfully.
Artificially (adv.) Craftily; artfully.
Artificialness (n.) The quality of being artificial.
Artificious (a.) Artificial.
Artilize (v. t.) To make resemble.
Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
Artillery (n.) The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
Artillery (n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.
Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.
Artiodactyla (n. pl.) 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 (n.) One of the Artiodactyla.