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- English Word Arrowroot Definition 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.
- English Word Arrowwood Definition A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
- English Word Arrowworm Definition A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
- English Word Arrowy Definition Consisting of arrows.
- English Word Arrowy Definition Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.
- English Word Arroyo Definition A water course; a rivulet.
- English Word Arroyo Definition The dry bed of a small stream.
- English Word Arroyos Definition of Arroyo
- English Word Arschin Definition See Arshine.
- English Word Arse Definition The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
- English Word Arsenal Definition A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.
- English Word Arsenate Definition A salt of arsenic acid.
- English Word Arseniate Definition See Arsenate.
- English Word Arsenic Definition 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.
- English Word Arsenic Definition Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
- English Word Arsenic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
- English Word Arsenical Definition Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.
- English Word Arsenicate Definition To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
- English Word Arsenicated Definition of Arsenicate
- English Word Arsenicating Definition of Arsenicate
- English Word Arsenicism Definition A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
- English Word Arsenide Definition A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.
- English Word Arseniferous Definition Containing or producing arsenic.
- English Word Arsenious Definition Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.
- English Word Arsenious Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.
- English Word Arsenite Definition A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
- English Word Arseniuret Definition See Arsenide.
- English Word Arseniureted Definition Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen.
- English Word Arsenopyrite Definition A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.
- English Word Arsesmart Definition Smartweed; water pepper.