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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

arrested
in remission adjective having development checked or reversed; `arrested tuberculosis`

arrested development
fixation noun an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

arrester
arrester hook noun a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier

arresting
sensational adjective commanding attention; `an arresting drawing of people turning into animals`; `a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten`; `a stunning performance`

Arrhenatherum
genus Arrhenatherum noun oat grass

Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius noun Swedish chemist and chemist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927)

arrhythmic
arrhythmical adjective without regard for rhythm

arrival
reaching noun accomplishment of an objective

arrival gate
noun gate where passengers disembark

arrival time
time of arrival noun the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination

arrive
make it verb succeed in a big way; get to the top; `After he published his book, he had arrived`; `I don`t know whether I can make it in science!`; `You will go far, my boy!`

arrogance
haughtiness noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

arrogant
chesty adjective having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; `an arrogant official`; `arrogant claims`; `chesty as a peacock`

arrogantly
adverb in an arrogant manner; `in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid`

arrogator
noun a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess

arrow
noun a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

arrow arum
noun an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America

arrow grass
Triglochin maritima noun tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock

arrow leaved aster
noun a variety of aster

arrow wood
southern arrow wood noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows

arrow wood
noun closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia

arrowhead
noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow

arrowleaf groundsel
Senecio triangularis noun perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist places in mountains of western North America

arrowroot
American arrowroot noun white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch

arrowsmith
noun a maker of arrows

arrowworm
chaetognath noun any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth

arroyo
noun a stream or brook

arroyo willow
Salix lasiolepis noun shrubby willow of the western United States

arroz con pollo
noun rice and chicken cooked together Spanish style; highly seasoned especially with saffron

arsenate
noun a salt or ester of arsenic acid

arsenic
As noun a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

arsenic
arsenous anhydride noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

arsenic acid
noun an acid formed from arsenic pentoxide

arsenic trioxide
arsenous anhydride noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

arsenical
adjective relating to or containing arsenic; `arsenic vapor`

arsenide
noun a compound of arsenic with a more positive element

arsenious
adjective relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent

arsenopyrite
mispickel noun a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic

arsine
noun a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare

arson
incendiarism noun malicious burning to destroy property; `the British term for arson is fire-raising`

arsonist
incendiary noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

art
artistic creation noun the creation of beautiful or significant things; `art does not need to be innovative to be good`; `I was never any good at art`; `he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully`

art class
noun a class in which you learn to draw or paint

art collection
noun a collection of art works

art critic
noun a critic of paintings

art dealer
noun a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation

art department
noun the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation

art editor
noun a editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter

art exhibition
noun an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues)

art form
noun (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)

art gallery
picture gallery noun a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

art historian
noun a historian of art

art history
noun the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture

art nouveau
noun a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers

art paper
noun a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)

art school
noun a school specializing in art

art student
noun someone studying to be an artist

art teacher
noun someone who teaches art

Artamidae
family Artamidae noun wood swallows

Artamus
genus Artamus noun type genus of the Artamidae

Artaxerxes I
noun king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)

Artaxerxes II
noun king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)

Artemia
genus Artemia noun fairy shrimp; brine shrimp

Artemis
Cynthia noun (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana

Artemis pontica
noun European wormwood; minor source of absinthe

artemisia
noun any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

Artemision at Ephesus
noun the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later; the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262

arterial
adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries; `arterial disease`; `the arterial system`; `arterial blood`

arterial blood gases
noun measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood; important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases

arterial blood
noun blood found in arteries; `except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen`

arterial plaque
noun a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis

arterial pressure
noun the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; `arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance`

arterial road
noun a major or main route

arterialize
arterialise verb change venous blood into arterial blood

arteriectasis
arteriectasia noun an abnormal distension of an artery

arteriogram
noun an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium

arteriography
noun roentgenographic examination of arteries

arteriolar
adjective of or relating to or involving arterioles

arteriole
arteriola noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries

arteriolosclerosis
noun sclerosis of the arterioles

arteriosclerosis
arterial sclerosis noun sclerosis of the arterial walls

arteriosclerosis obliterans
noun a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels

arteriosclerotic
adjective affected by arteriosclerosis

arteriovenous
adjective connecting an artery to a vein; `an arteriovenous fistula`

arteritis
noun inflammation of an artery

artery
arteria noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

artery of the penis bulb
arteria bulbi penis noun a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis

artery of the vestibule bulb
arteria bulbi vestibuli noun a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule

artesian
adjective (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; `an artesian well`; `artesian pressure`

artesian well
noun a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward

artful
adjective marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; `the artful dodger`; `an artful choice of metaphors`

artfully
adverb in an artful manner; `her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes`

artfulness
noun the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage

arthralgia
noun pain in a joint or joints

arthralgic
adjective of or relating to arthralgia

arthritic
creaky adjective of or pertaining to arthritis; `my creaky old joints`; `rheumy with age and grief`

arthritis
noun inflammation of a joint or joints

arthrocentesis
noun removal of fluid from a joint by centesis

arthrodesis
noun the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion

arthrogram
noun an X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium