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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: arhythmia - aristophanic</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="arhythmia"> arhythmia, noun. =arrhythmia.</DL> <A NAME="arhythmic"> arhythmic, adjective. =arrhythmic.adv. arhythmically. </DL> <A NAME="aria"> aria, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a song for a single voice, often consisting of two or three parts, with instrumental or vocal accompaniment, in an opera, oratorio, or cantata. <DD> 2. a song for a voice or instrument; air; melody. </DL> <A NAME="ariadne"> Ariadne, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a daughter of Minos, king of Crete. She fell in love with Theseus and gave him a ball of thread to help him find his way out of the Labyrinth after he killed the Minotaur. </DL> <A NAME="arian"> Arian (1), adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the doctrine, denounced as heretical, that Christ the Son is subordinate to God the Father, because Christ was begotten of and created by God and so came into being after God. <DD>noun a believer in this doctrine. </DL> <A NAME="arian"> Arian (2), adjective, noun. =Aryan.</DL> <A NAME="arianism"> Arianism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the religious doctrine of Arius (A.D. 250?-336?) that denied the divinity of Christ. Arianism was declared heretical by the Roman Catholic Church in 325 but persisted among the Christian barbarian tribes until the 700's. </DL> <A NAME="arianize"> Arianize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to convert to Arianism. </DL> <A NAME="ariboflavinosis"> ariboflavinosis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a condition caused by insufficient riboflavin in the diet. </DL> <A NAME="arid"> arid, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having very little rainfall; very dry. Ex. an arid climate. (SYN) parched. <DD> 2. unfruitful because of lack of moisture; barren. Ex. arid soil. Desert lands are arid. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) dull; uninteresting and empty. Ex. an arid, boring speech, an arid, unrewarding field of study. (SYN) lifeless. adv. aridly. noun aridness. </DL> <A NAME="aridity"> aridity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (no pl.) arid condition; dryness; barrenness. Ex. Aridity is increased by high evaporation, low humidity, strong winds (which remove humid air) and by low pressure (R. N. Elston). <DD> 2. (no pl. Figurative.) lack of interest, life, or spirit; dullness. Ex. cultural ardity, technical aridity. <DD> 3. pl. -ties. (Figurative.) something barren or lifeless. Ex. ... such architectural aridities as the cutrate skyscraper ... and dreary boxlike housing that smothered the human spirit (Russell Baker). </DL> <A NAME="ariel"> ariel, noun, or ariel gazelle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a gazelle native to Arabia. Ex. The familiar light-brown gazelle, sometimes called the ... ariel gazelle, is about 2 feet tall [and] lives in the desert where only a few low shrubs grow (Victor H. Cahalane). </DL> <A NAME="ariel"> Ariel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the airy spirit who served Prospero in Shakespeare's play The Tempest. <DD> 2. one of the five satellites of the planet Uranus. <DD> 3. Jerusalem (in the Bible, Isaiah 29:1,2,7). </DL> <A NAME="aries"> Aries, noun, genitive (def. 1) Arietis.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a northern constellation between Pisces and Taurus, named from fancied arrangement in the shape of a ram. <DD> 2. the first sign of the zodiac; the Ram. The sun enters Aries about March 21. <DD> 3. a person born under the sign of Aries. </DL> <A NAME="arietis"> Arietis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of Aries (def. 1). </DL> <A NAME="arietta"> arietta, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a short air or song. </DL> <A NAME="ariette"> ariette, noun. =arietta.</DL> <A NAME="aright"> aright, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> correctly; rightly. Ex. If I heard you aright, you said you would go. </DL> <A NAME="arikara"> Arikara, noun, pl. -ra or -ras.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians of the northern Great Plains. <DD> 2. the Caddoan language of this tribe. </DL> <A NAME="aril"> aril, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an outer covering of certain seeds. The aril arises from the stalk (funiculus) of the ovule at or below the hilum. The pulpy inner pod of the bittersweet is an aril. </DL> <A NAME="arillate"> arillate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having an aril or arils. </DL> <A NAME="arillated"> arillated, adjective. =arillate.</DL> <A NAME="arillode"> arillode, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an aril not arising from the stalk (funiculus), as in the nutmeg; false aril. </DL> <A NAME="arillus"> arillus, noun, pl. arilli. =aril.</DL> <A NAME="arimasp"> Arimasp, noun, pl. -maspi or -masps.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the Arimaspi. </DL> <A NAME="arimaspi"> Arimaspi, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a race of one-eyed men of northern Europe who fought with the griffins, trying to wrest from them the gold they guarded. </DL> <A NAME="arimathea"> Arimathea or Arimathaea, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a town of ancient Palestine, the home of Joseph of Arimathea. Its location is not now known (in the Bible, Matthew 27:57-60). </DL> <A NAME="arioso"> arioso, adjective, adverb, noun, pl. -sos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD>adj., adv. like a song. <DD>noun a piece or passage like a song; a vocal part. </DL> <A NAME="arise"> arise, intransitive verb, arose, arisen, arising.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to rise up; get up. Ex. The children arose from their seats to salute the flag. My lady sweet, arise! (Shakespeare). (SYN) stand. <DD> 2. to move upward; ascend. Ex. Smoke arises from the chimney. (SYN) mount. <DD> 3a. to come into being or action; come about; appear; begin. Ex. A great wind arose. A cry arose from the stands as the ballplayer was called "out." (SYN) originate. <DD> b. to be caused; be started; result (from). Ex. Accidents often arise from carelessness. (SYN) proceed. </DL> <A NAME="arisen"> arisen, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> past participle of arise: Ex. The prince has not yet arisen from his bed. Trouble had arisen over the ball game. </DL> <A NAME="arista"> arista, noun, pl. -tae<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the beard of grains and grasses; awn. <DD> 2. a bristle at or near the end of the antenna of certain flies. </DL> <A NAME="aristaeus"> Aristaeus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) the son of Apollo and the water nymph Cyrene, famous as a keeper of bees. </DL> <A NAME="aristarch"> aristarch, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a severe critic. </DL> <A NAME="aristarchus"> Aristarchus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a crater on the moon, the rough floor of which gives off a brighter reflected light than does any other of the moon's craters. </DL> <A NAME="aristate"> aristate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having aristae. <DD> 2. ending in a thin spine. </DL> <A NAME="aristo"> aristo, noun, pl. -tos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) an aristocrat. Ex. ... the aristos flouncing out their ruffs at the reeking buffoons crowding around the tumbrils (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="aristocracy"> aristocracy, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a class of people having a high position in society by birth, rank, or title; nobility. Earls, dukes, and princes belong to the aristocracy. <DD> 2. any class of people that is considered superior because of birth, intelligence, culture, or wealth; upper class. (SYN) elite, gentry, patriciate. <DD> 3. government in which the nobles or a privileged upper class rules. (SYN) oligarchy. <DD> 4. a country or state having such a government. <DD> 5. a government by the best citizens. Ex. ... the attainment of a truer and truer aristocracy, or government again by the best (Thomas Carlyle). </DL> <A NAME="aristocrat"> aristocrat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who belongs to the aristocracy; noble. <DD> 2. a person who has the tastes, opinions, manners, or culture of the upper classes. <DD> 3. a person who favors government by an aristocracy. </DL> <A NAME="aristocratic"> aristocratic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. belonging to the upper classes; superior in birth, intelligence, culture, or wealth. (SYN) noble, patrician, high-born. <DD> b. having to do with an aristocracy. <DD> 2. like an aristocrat in appearance, manners, ways, and tastes; stylish or grand. Ex. an aristocratic air. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) snobbish; exclusive. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) admirably dignified and restrained; fastidious. <DD> 5. favoring aristocrats or government by aristocrats. adv. aristocratically. </DL> <A NAME="aristocratical"> aristocratical, adjective. =aristocratic.</DL> <A NAME="aristoi"> aristoi, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek.) the aristocracy; upper classes. Ex. His gossipy barrage of light anecdotes and heavy name-dropping should delight hoi polloi and aristoi alike (Time). </DL> <A NAME="aristol"> Aristol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) thymol iodide, a brown powder used in surgery as a substitute for iodoform. </DL> <A NAME="aristolochiaceous"> aristolochiaceous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or belonging to the family of plants that includes the birthwort. </DL> <A NAME="aristophanic"> Aristophanic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or characteristic of the ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes or his comedies. Ex. Aristophanic drama is farce and celebration in a combination that we have lost touch with (Atlantic). </DL> <A HREF="aristote.dic">NEXT</A>