| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| artemisia | noun | 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. |
| arteriole | noun | A small artery. |
| arteritis | noun | Inflammation of an artery or arteries. |
| arthritic | adjective | Alt. of Arthritical |
| arthritis | noun | Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout. |
| arthrodia | noun | A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket. |
| arthrodic | adjective | Of or pertaining to arthrodia. |
| arthropod | noun | One of the Arthropoda. |
| arthrosis | noun | Articulation. |
| artichoke | noun | 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. |
| articling | present participle & vb. noun | of Article |
| articular | noun | Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process., Alt. of Articulary |
| articulus | noun | A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage. |
| artificer | noun | 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. |
| artillery | noun | 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. |
| artlessly | adverb | In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. |
| art union | An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists. |