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- 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.
- English Word Arshine Definition A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
- English Word Arsine Definition A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
- English Word Arsis Definition 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.
- English Word Arsis Definition That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
- English Word Arsis Definition The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
- English Word Arsmetrike Definition Arithmetic.
- English Word Arson Definition 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.
- English Word Art Definition The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
- English Word Art Definition 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.
- English Word Art Definition A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.