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  • English Word Arthropleura Definition The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.
  • English Word Arthropod Definition One of the Arthropoda.
  • English Word Arthropoda Definition A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
  • English Word Arthropomata Definition One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.
  • English Word Arthrosis Definition Articulation.
  • English Word Arthrostraca Definition One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.
  • English Word Arthrozoic Definition Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.
  • English Word Artiad Definition Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.
  • English Word Artichoke Definition 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.
  • English Word Artichoke Definition See Jerusalem artichoke.
  • English Word Article Definition 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.
  • English Word Article Definition A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
  • English Word Article Definition Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
  • English Word Article Definition A distinct part.
  • English Word Article Definition A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
  • English Word Article Definition Precise point of time; moment.
  • English Word Article Definition 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.
  • English Word Article Definition One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
  • English Word Article Definition To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
  • English Word Article Definition To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
  • English Word Article Definition To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
  • English Word Article Definition To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
  • English Word Articled Definition of Article
  • English Word Articled Definition Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.
  • English Word Articling Definition of Article
  • English Word Articular Definition Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
  • English Word Articular Definition Alt. of Articulary
  • English Word Articularly Definition In an articular or an articulate manner.
  • English Word Articulary Definition A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
  • English Word Articulata Definition One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.